The goal of my new book Chineasy is to allow people to learn to read Chinese easily by recognizing characters through simple illustrations and animations. By learning one small set of building blocks, ...

HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, students around the world are increasingly interested in learning Chinese. Some are drawn by the pull of a foreign culture or the challenges of a new language; ...

Speak excellent Chinese with accurate pronunciation and tones, OK if in slightly lower than natural speed. Understand basic grammar rules. Be able to engage in communications on topics taught in the ...

To a non-Chinese speaker (like me), and especially to a Westerner (like me), Chinese is the most impenetrable family of languages on Earth. While there may be only an eighth as many syllables as in ...

Growing up in Taiwan, ShaoLan Hsueh stuck out. She liked writing in Chinese. "I know all the children hated it, but I was a bit odd in that I loved writing Chinese characters," says Hsueh, the ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Duolingo today added support for Chinese and that’s a big deal for a few reasons. The language ...

Chance has been writing about tech since 2011, including news, reviews, interviews with CEOs and founders, and event coverage at industry expos like CES, IFA, and COMPUTEX. He has also contributed ...

GUANGDONG, South China — In a classroom at Weining Dyslexia Education Center, several kids around 10 years old excitedly grab colored pens and begin highlighting patterns in a series of Chinese ...

Mandarin Chinese is spoken by over a billion people across Asia and around the globe, making it a useful language for travelers to know. Learning pinyin, which romanizes Chinese characters, can ...

Few things in Chinese culture are more widely misunderstood outside of China than the Chinese language. The Chinese write very differently from us and indeed from all other literate societies in today ...