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Chinese Language

LANGUAGE

Psychiatric Speech

A guide to Chinese vocabulary for mental illness

Oct. 10, 2019

LANGUAGE

Fangyan Friday: Wherefore ‘Er’ Thou?

A guide to the tricky sound that defines Beijing

Jessily Crispyn

Sept. 20, 2019

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 闹

Live a little with this noisy character

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉)& Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

July 21, 2019

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 装

A character to dress up any occasion

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉)& Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

June 2, 2019

SOCIAL CHINESE

Fitting Remarks

Surviving the fatal ‘how do I look’ question

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

May 28, 2019

STREET TALK

Cruel Conundrums

When innocent questions prove to be fatal

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

May 3, 2019

SOCIAL CHINESE

How To Spot Fake News

A surprisingly simple guide to filtering rumors from reality

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

April 2, 2019

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 根

The character that gets back to basics

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉)& Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Feb. 17, 2019

DIALECTS

Fangyan Friday #5: Rise with Nanchang

A melodious dialect from the city of heroes and food

Feb. 15, 2019

SOCIAL CHINESE

Pig Mouth

China may have fallen in love with Peppa, but the pig still has a sorry reputation in idioms and proverbs

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Jan. 23, 2019

LANGUAGE

Beware the Long Neck Deer!

…and other literally-named animals in Chinese. Take our quiz to find out how many you know

March 29, 2017

STREET TALK

Fanning The Flames

Which type of obsessive fan are you?

Jan. 3, 2015

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