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286 - Chinese reading practice for beginners: 7 resources to improve your Mandarin
Season 1 Episode 286
The best way to learn to read Chinese is to read texts you can understand without constantly using a dictionary. As a beginner, those texts aren’t al…
2 days, 13 hours ago
285 - Chinese subtitles and transcripts: Reading before, while or after listening
Season 1 Episode 285
Subtitles and transcripts can help you understand spoken Chinese, but do they also help you become a better listener? Should you read along, read fir…
1 week, 2 days ago
284 - Chinese listening, fast and slow: Three ways of slowing down Mandarin speech
Season 1 Episode 284
Spoken Mandarin can feel like an onslaught of similar sounds, half-recognised tones and unknown words. To add insult to injury, it's often too fast! …
2 weeks, 2 days ago
283 - Best of Hacking Chinese 2025
Season 1 Episode 283
2025 has come to an end. Which were the most popular articles on Hacking Chinese last year? The most popular podcast episodes? It's time to summarise…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
282 - Diversify how you study Chinese to learn more
Season 1 Episode 282
How is it possible to spend 80 hours a week learning Chinese? And what can you learn from that, even if you're busy juggling work, family and other c…
4 weeks, 2 days ago
281 - Reading is a lot like spaced repetition, only better
Season 1 Episode 281
You can build vocabulary in Chinese with flashcard apps and spaced repetition, but reading is more effective and more enjoyable. It helps you recogni…
1 month ago
280 -Chinese characters and words that refuse to stick: Killing leeches
Season 1 Episode 280
How long does it take to learn a Chinese character or word? It varies, but some vocabulary just refuses to stick, no matter what you do. These are ca…
1 month, 1 week ago
279 - Learning Chinese words: When quantity beats quality
Season 1 Episode 279
Everybody knows that knowing many words is important, but how important is it? And how should you expand your vocabulary in Chinese?
#learnchinese #vo…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
278 - A minimum-effort approach to writing Chinese characters by hand
Season 1 Episode 278
Chinese characters are beautiful and fascinating, but learning to write them by hand is time-consuming. If you want to learn to write Chinese charact…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
277 - Cultivate your Chinese flashcard garden... or burn it down and start afresh
Season 1 Episode 277
Flashcards are powerful, but what if your deck feels more like an overgrown thicket than a carefully cultivated garden? Do you clear away the weeds a…
2 months ago