I share a quick Chinese typing hack using pinyin initials. Instead of entering every letter of nihao, I show how native speakers often just type nh and let the keyboard suggest 你好. This shortcut works ...

So begins one of the most beautiful and well-known Tang dynasty poems, Farewell, composed by Wang Wei (AD699-761). To spell out this passage using Hanyu pinyin, mainland China’s official system of ...

In this quick tutorial, I show you how I type Chinese tones on my iPhone using the built in Chinese keyboard. I walk you ...

Hello everyone! I'm Hongfa, a Taiwanese person raised in Fukuoka, and a Chinese language coach and instructor.In my daily ...

October 31, 2026For those who want to organize the differences between Pinyin/tones, numbers, and measure words through 100 four-choice questionsWhen similar rules overlap, such as Pinyin spelling, ...

Have you ever felt lost when trying to pronounce or understand a Chinese name? Well, you're not alone. It's a challenge many of us face, and it stems from the way Chinese names are romanized using ...

FEW people live to 111. Fewer still leave as big a mark on linguistic lives as Zhou Youguang, who died on January 14th. Mr Zhou was the chief architect of pinyin, the system that the Chinese use to ...

Zhou Youguang, the inventor of a system to convert Chinese characters into words with the Roman alphabet, died Saturday at the age of 111. Since his system was introduced nearly six decades ago, few ...