Hollie, Author at Written Chinese

生日快乐 (sheng ri kuai le)! How to Celebrate a Chinese Birthday

On February 10, 2020 By Hollie In Blog, Culture Lessons 9 Comments

We’ve put together a cultural lesson about celebrating Chinese birthdays. Although some of these traditions are beginning to change in modern China, it’s good to understand the reasons for these cultural superstitions and differences. Some of these traditions may be different around China, and if you’ve come across any that are different or interesting, please… Read More

Romantic Mandarin Words and Affectionate Phrases for Your Beloved

On February 9, 2020 By Hollie In Blog, Culture Lessons, Learner Tips, Vocabulary 3 Comments

Chinese Dating Culture Although this is slowly beginning to change, there is a huge emphasis on women marrying early in Chinese culture. According to Chinese traditions, if you’re a woman of 28 and you’re still not married, you might as well give up and accept the title of 剩女 (shèng nǚ). While men have a few… Read More

BONUS EPISODE 2 – WHAT HAPPENED…, Bonus 2

On February 8, 2020 By Hollie In 2 White Chicks in China 0 Comment

This week, well…join us for some background madness whilst we come clean about what on earth has been going on for the last 7 months… If you want to ask us a question just go to our voicemail page and leave us your question! In This Episode, We Talk About… What the heck happened! Thank… Read More

Basic Words and Phrases for Transportation in Chinese

On July 30, 2019 By Hollie In Blog, Learner Tips, Vocabulary 0 Comment

Getting around is probably one of the first lessons you should learn in Chinese if you’re going to travel within China. This article will introduce some basic vocabulary and phrases to use when taking public transport. You can also take a look at our previous article all about asking for directions and location in Chinese… Read More

12 Essential Tools For Studying Chinese

On June 20, 2019 By Hollie In Blog, Learner Tips 5 Comments

It will only take [est_time] to read this post! It’s always difficult to know what study aids you really need when learning a new language. Can you just go online, find some sites and start scribbling down a few words? Maybe find some videos on YouTube named ‘Learn Basic Chinese in 5 minutes!’ or buy… Read More

20 Practical Chinese Verbs You Need to Learn

On May 24, 2019 By Hollie In Blog, Learner Tips, Vocabulary 0 Comment

We have already looked at some Chinese greetings and farewells, as well as some phrases for beginners. Now it’s time to focus on learning some simple verbs and starting to construct basic sentences. You may notice that sometimes the Chinese character has more than one meaning. Still, we have chosen the most frequently used or most appropriate verb… Read More

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Author Archives: Hollie

生日快乐 (sheng ri kuai le)! How to Celebrate a Chinese Birthday

Romantic Mandarin Words and Affectionate Phrases for Your Beloved

BONUS EPISODE 2 – WHAT HAPPENED…, Bonus 2

Basic Words and Phrases for Transportation in Chinese

12 Essential Tools For Studying Chinese

20 Practical Chinese Verbs You Need to Learn

Past, Present and Future Tenses in Mandarin Chinese

The Radical Truth: The Importance of Learning Radicals

How to Learn Chinese Characters That Look Alike