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I find this very educational and insightful.

Creating situations and conditions

English added by me :)

I used to get super confused by these when I started learning Mandarin, but I promise it gets easier every day if we keep practicing!

书 vs. 本子 – Books

Another little differences I was taught by Yoyo this week!

书 / 書 / shū / book; full-length

本子 / běn zi / book; short, a few pages

Examples:

书 = novellas/novels, textbooks, dictionaries

本子 = menus (菜谱 and 菜单), notebooks

Here are just a couple of Chinese Mandarin notes on some kitchen vocab

Today I learned something in the Chinese language that I think is pretty cool.

凹 means concave,

凸 means convex,

And then 凹凸 means bump/irregular as in an uneven/rough road. What I find cool about this is that each character matches its meaning in shape and that the translation to them is so literal.

Maybe it's just me who thinks this, but yeah, I think it's really fascinating for some reason that there are so many words similar by nature to these in the Chinese language!

螺髻九十九里 - ( Luó jì jiǔshíjiǔlǐ )

四川省凉山彝族自治州普格县境内景点 - ( Sìchuān shěng liángshān yízú zìzhìzhōu pǔ gé xiàn jìngnèi jǐngdiǎn )

螺髻九十九里 luo-ji-jiu-shi-jiu-li, hot spring waterfall, liangshan, sichuan province.

These are 40 of the most common chinese characters

Alright, this is part 2 of most the common (and useful) chinese characters. Anyways, so here are 60 new characters for you! (The final 50 most common characters are coming soon for this series, we've got this!!<3)

Always feel free to send me a message or ask any questions ♡♡♡

Hi! These are by far my most recommended mobile apps for learning Mandarin Chinese for beginners and advanced beginners! (Please feel free to save this image so that the text is clearer)

You've got this, I believe in you!<3<3<3

Sold-

I have recognized the beginnings of a new favorite literary niche: cat manga in Chinese

I already own two, and someone has just recommended a third one to me as well

AYO! It's the final part of the "Most common Chinese characters" series! Here are the final 50, but I used to pen with awful ink for the hanzi this time so please lmk if you want me to redo it-

Don't give up, we've got this!<3<3<3

I've just been diagnosed with chronic fatigue and for the past weeks I've just been so tired that doing some of the most simple things feel exhausting. I'm letting you know this out of frustration that I haven't been able to keep up with my chinese studies as much as I'd like to because of this fatigue. I think doing something more simple like watching some cdramas would be a better alternative to hard core study. I've never watched any asian dramas before but heard they can be helpful for language learning so I'm open for some recommendations!

Pls DM me or just lmk in the comments if you have any drama recs.

Love you all!<3<3

Hello everyone!

Tomorrow I'll be starting a shiny new series of Mandarin Chinese vocab lists of your choice!

Please lmk in the comments what topics of phrases you'd like to learn.

Here are some suggestions of topics (although you're more than welcome to suggest anything else!)

Dating and friendship

Cooking terms

Asking for help

Inside the classroom

General conversation

Empathy, comfort, and feelings

Everyday phrases

Common sayings and expressions

Interests

Making plans

Questions

Food terminology

Don't give up, we've got this!<3<3<3

(This series will continue for a month)

Hello hello!

Today's Chinese lesson is on some of the most common Chinese phrases; today specifically looking at some common expressions and sayings!

I should be posting more soon enough, however my energy levels are quite low at the moment so we'll see.

Study hard everyone! We can do this!<3

A study session from the other day! You know I gotta glamorize it to make it appear worth while-

Here is a mini lesson on Mandarin Chinese food vocab. Just a few nouns and adjectives today but we'll shortly be posting a big list of useful food and kitchen related terminology and phrases!

I believe in us, we've got this!

Cya again soon <3

I AM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW!!

So at my school, there is a Chinese girl in my baking class that I've been getting along with for a while. She just moved to Australia earlier this year and speaks very little English just like many other students here at my school. Ive calculated about a third of my entire school is asian (many of which are Chinese international students) and on the senior campus, just under 50% are asian. Many of the Chinese students can't speak much English and they sort of just keep to themselves in their ethnic groups in classes and during break due to the language barrier. This one girl however, is the only Chinese speaking student in my baking class, and me, studying Mandarin, finally built up the courage to attempt "breaking the ice" with her; I wanted to practice my Mandarin with her so that maybe she'd feel more comfortable. Guess what? it worked! Ever since then, we've been having conversations in every class together, with her broken English and my broken mandarin, helping each other out along the way, making jokes, and even walking home together after a long day at school. Today she gave me a big hug and told me I was a good friend for the first time. I'm so, so happy.

A little light studying and exploring

I'm back with more Mandarin Chinese lesson notes! Today's lesson is on making friends and hanging out. I thought this would be an appropriate topic as I had lunch with my Chinese friend today and many of these phrases came in handy!

Hi! I'm posting part 1 of the most common phrases heard in Mandarin Chinese dramas. I used a few YouTube videos to lesrn these if anyone is interested!

Cya in the next post, bye!<3<3<3

I've briefly gone over one on the main reasons I study Mandarin Chinese in the past, as well as some of my personal study methods, however, this post really goes into a bit more depth about my motivation and reason to study as well as a few more of my main tips and strategies that I use to study and take notes.