This woman adopted the ancient Chinese game of mahjong to create a popular club in New York that draws hundreds of players every week. Source: SCMP More on overseas Chinese: sc.mp/567d2 […]
中秋快樂 Happy Mid-Autumn Festival
ifc Mandarin Connection Wish you a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
NEW BEGINNER MANDARIN CLASS ENROLLING
Hi everyone! The schedule for new Beginner Mandarin Class for Central classroom is out! Check out here and make sure to enroll before the registration deadline! Limited Space, first come […]
Do you know? Some fact about “Mandarin”
The English word “mandarin” (from Portuguese mandarim, from Malay menteri, from Sanskrit mantrin, meaning “minister or counsellor”) originally meant an official of the Ming and Qing empires.Since their native varieties were often mutually unintelligible, these officials communicated using a Koiné language based on various […]
Kevin Rudd: Learning Chinese Is a “Doorway to Understanding”
Kevin Rudd was Australia’s 26th Prime Minister and, notably, he’s fluent in Mandarin Chinese. Here’s an interview done with him in Mandarin on the Mandarin News Australia. Wow! Many people […]
Some facts for Beginner Mandarin learning
Chinese has a relatively uncomplicated grammar. Unlike French, German or English, Chinese has no verb conjugation (no need to memorize verb tenses!) and no noun declension (e.g., gender and number […]