I discovered some fun language facts this week and just wanted to share.
Category: Chinese
Over the past four years of my degree in Chinese, I’ve acquired a few ways of studying Chinese on my own to prepare myself for classes, study for the HSK exams, and generally improve. I saw this written on a wall in a cafe and I thought it was hilarious Okay, okay. Chinese does NOT…
Where I Went Shanghai, China Qingdao, Shandong, China Luoyang, Henan, China Huashan and Xi’an, Shaanxi, China Xiahe, Zhangye, Dunhuang, and Jiayuguan, Gansu, China Xining and Qinghai Lake, China For the last half of the month I was backpacking around China. Blog posts about everywhere I went to come! Best on InstagramThis one is from Qinghai…
I recently spent 4 days in Xi’an, which is the capital city in Shaanxi Province, China. I had an absolutely amazing time, so I thought I would share my top 5 activities in Xi’an. 1. Terracotta Warriors This one is pretty obvious. This is the reason most people outside of China have heard of Xi’an….
This week I went to Xi’an and had an absolutely amazing experience. One of my favorite places we went was the Muslim Quarter and this is why I loved it so much. The Muslim Quarter is a neighborhood in Xi’an where the Muslim influence is quite evident. There are several mosques, lots of people walking…
This past weekend I went to Shengzhou with a TV crew who was filming a travel show. I got to tag along and write about it. Here’s my favorite moments from the trip. (photo above by 仲斌） Trying chicken feet (and squid and eel) For our first meal on the trip, there was a bowl…
I’ve been in China for just over 24 hours and I wanted to jot down my thoughts so far. I had a loooong journey from the US. I was in transit for over 24 hours and I only slept two or three hours over the course of those hours. While I was en route, I…
I think I’ve written before about how I study at university, but I wanted to go in depth about my system for studying Chinese characters, because I’ve been really enjoying it and I think it’s been working really well. I kind of figured out this system through trial and error, so there is kind of…
This whole summer I told myself I would review everything I learned in my first year of Chinese classes and that I would get ahead so coming back after summer wouldn’t be hard. I never managed get myself to open a book about Chinese, so I was really nervous about coming back to it. I…
Back in February, I made a video of my presentation for my last Chinese oral exam (watch here), and I decided to do that again. This is my presentation for the oral component of my final exam for Chinese 1. I’m fairly content with my progress, but I wish we had learned a little more….