History of Chinese Writing
The tools used to communicate in the Chinese language have drastically changed over time, thus affecting how the characters are written and look. The earliest form of Chinese writing occurred on pottery and on oracle bones. These characters where written with sharp angles. Eventually the Chinese began to use brushes to write [...]
Learn and Understand Tones
The Chinese language is centered on the usage of tones. If you do not produce the tones that are associated with each word correctly, then you will not be able to communicate in the language effectively. The Mandarin dialect has 5 tones, which are neutral, first, second, third, and fourth tone. [...]
The 21st century has been the staging area for China’s awe-inspiring economic growth and it’s manifestation as a political leader; these facts have been a major factor in why public and private sector leaders acquired an increase interest in the country’s tongue and culture. It is crucial for the United States to have an increasing [...]
Top Five Reasons to Learn Chinese
1. 1/5 of the world’s population speaks it.
The country of China has a population consisting of over 1.3 billion people, which means that nearly one-fifth of the world’s population speaks the same language. In addition, current studies show that there will be more websites, thus information, in Chinese then [...]
The Chinese language is called hanyu or Zhongwen. Over 1 billion people in the world speak some form of Chinese. The form of Chinese that has become the official dialect of the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan is Mandarin, also referred to as the Putonghua, meaning the common language. Besides being prominent in [...]