Hacking Chinese

A better way of learning Mandarin

Articles published in November 2021

  1. Boost your learning with Hacking Chinese courses: Discounts available!

    Discounts for Hacking Chinese courses are available until Tuesday November 30th! Use the code jia1you2 to get $10 off courses for beginners and more advanced students.

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  2. The best Chinese reading practice for beginners

    The best way to learn to read in Chinese is to read texts you can understand without constantly using a dictionary. As a beginner, such texts aren’t easy to find, but let’s have a look at the best reading resources I know for beginners.

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  3. 6 challenges students face when learning to read Chinese and how to overcome them

    Learning to read Chinese comes with several challenges, some of them unique to Chinese. What are these challenges, what do they mean for you as a student and how can you overcome them?

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  4. Should you enrol in a Chinese course or are you better off learning on your own?

    Some people think enrolling in a course is the best way to learn Chinese, but others say that courses are useless, and swear by the effectiveness of self-studying. So should you enrol in a Chinese course or are you better off learning on your own?

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