What Are Chinese Homophones?
Homophones are fairly common in Chinese, forming an important part of the subtext of everyday communication, and significantly influencing cultural...
How To Use Chengyu (成语) Properly
Chengyu are Chinese idioms, usually consisting of four characters. They usually have a very specific meaning, making it difficult to translate them...
Differences Between Spoken And Written Chinese
The difference between spoken and written language is more significant in Chinese than in English. However, distinctions between the two styles are...
Chinese Characters With Multiple Pronunciations
Around 20% of the most commonly used characters have more than one pronunciation. Learning which characters these are can make Mandarin less...
How to Choose a Chinese Name
How to choose an authentic Chinese name that also incorporates something about your personal or cultural identity, and why you shouldn't use an auto...
What is the HSK (And Should You Take it)?
The HSK Chinese Proficiency Test is the standardized test of Chinese language ability for professionals and university students, like a TOEFL for...
3 Mnemonic Steps to Learning 3,000 Characters Quickly
Chinese characters are puzzling to the untrained eye. TutorMing's step-by-step mnemonic guide will help you make sense of the Chinese character...
Is Chinese the World's Hardest Language?
Chinese often gets a bad rap for being extremely difficult. However, we may be looking at the wrong criteria in judging which languages are most...
How to Type in Chinese
Learning how to type in Chinese using a computer or mobile device. These tips will help you to apply what you've learned to start writing in PinYin...
How To Say Numbers In Chinese
Learning to count numbers in Mandarin Chinese is simple, because the Chinese number system is very straightforward.