If you're feeling a bit overwhelmed at the prospect of learning Mandarin Chinese, I've prepared a page of learning resources that may help. The most important part of learning Mandarin is ... Read More

The Mandarin Chinese phrase meaning "great" is li hai. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

The Mandarin Chinese phrase meaning "to resolve" is jue ding. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

The Mandarin Chinese phrase meaning "to seem like" is hao xiang. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

EzPinYin is a free Windows software package for practicing Mandarin Chinese pronunciation. It provides sound files and pronunciation guides for almost every combination of initials, finals, and tones. One problem ... Read More

The Mandarin Chinese phrase meaning "to feel" or "to think" is juede. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

The Mandarin Chinese phrase for "good-looking" hao kan. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

The Mandarin Chinese phrase for "complicated" is fu za. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

If you need to take a bus, you probably have to go to the bus station - che zhan in Mandarin Chinese. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio ... Read More

If you are uncomfortable you can use the Mandarin Chinese expression bu shu fu to describe how you're feeling. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening ... Read More

Want to wish your Mandarin-speaking friends a Merry Christmas? This Mandarin Christmas vocabulary list will put them in the holiday mood.

Mandarin may be the official language of China, but it is by no means the only language spoken there. Beside hundreds of Mandarin dialects, there are scores of full-fledged languages. Toisanese ... Read More

The Mandarin Chinese expression for comparing things is bi jiao. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

December 22 is Dong Zhi - the winter solstice. Dong Zhi is the day for families to gather and eat tang yuan - glutinous rice balls cooked in a sweet broth. Dong ... Read More

The Mandarin Chinese phrase for "business" or "tasks" is ban shi qing. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

The Mandarin Chinese phrase for "need" xu yao. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

According to a recent article in Reuters, China is planning to begin a linguistic survey in 2008. The aim of the survey is to determine which languages are in danger ... Read More

The Mandarin Chinese phrase for "willing" yuan yi. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

The Mandarin Chinese phrase for "important" zhong yao. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

One of the standard textbooks for learning Chinese characters is William McNaughton's Reading and Writing Chinese. It's available in two editions - one for simplified characters and the other for ... Read More

Mandarin is the official language of China, Taiwan, and Singapore, but that does not mean it is spoken exactly the same in all of those places. There are hundreds of regional ... Read More

The Mandarin Chinese phrase for "prepare" zhun bei. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

The Mandarin Chinese phrase for "forget" wang ji. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

The Mandarin Chinese phrase for "already" Yi Jing. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

The Mandarin Chinese phrase for "habit" xi guan. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

The Mandarin Chinese phrase for "rent money" fang zu. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

Learning Chinese characters is the most difficult part of learning Mandarin Chinese, but the effort is well worth it. You will gain a better understanding of the language and an ... Read More

The Mandarin Chinese phrase which means "to abandon" fang qi. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

Get your tong yuan ready! Dong Zhi is coming! If this leaves you scratching your head, Dong Zhi is the winter solstice, and has special meaning in Chinese culture. It's a ... Read More

The Mandarin Chinese for "pocket" is kou dai, which translates literally as "mouth pocket." This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: Daily Mandarin ... Read More

Mandarin Chinese uses measure words whenever any noun is counted (as in 3 apples). There are more than 100 different measure words, and although some of them apply to various ... Read More

The Mandarin Chinese for "public" (as in "public telephone") is gong gong. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

Know how to tell the time in Mandarin Chinese? Take this audio quiz to test your listening comprehension of Mandarin times.

The Mandarin Chinese for "usually" is ping chang. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

The Mandarin Chinese for "exactly" is gang hao. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

The Mandarin Chinese for "exceptional" is fei chang. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

The Mandarin Chinese for "convenient" is fang bian. Here's hoping this lesson is convenient for you. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: ... Read More

If you're visiting a Mandarin-speaking country like China or Taiwan you can find some great shopping bargains. Stay away from the department stores, though. The prices are high and the ... Read More

The holidays are approaching, so get ready to talk about them in Mandarin Chinese. Fang Jia means "holiday" or "vacation." This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for ... Read More

If you feel you are up to speed with your Mandarin Chinese date vocabulary, try this audio quiz to test your listening comprehension.

Making some plans? Use the Mandarin Chinese da suan to talk about them. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening and pronunciation practice. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

Mandarin Chinese telephone customs are similar to English. Making Mandarin telephone calls, then, is just a matter of learning some of the telephone vocabulary that native speakers will expect to ... Read More

There's a few different ways to say "but" in Mandarin Chinese, but one of the most common is dan shi. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for ... Read More

The Mandarin Chinese system for hours of the day is fairly straightforward, but requires a good knowledge of Mandarin numbers.

If you want to talk about famous places, things or people you can use the Mandarin Chinese chu ming. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files for listening ... Read More

The Mandarin Chinese word for "originally" is ben lai. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

The Mandarin Chinese word for "essential" is bi xu. This Daily Mandarin Lesson comes complete with audio files. More: Daily Mandarin Lessons

Traveling to a Mandarin-speaking country? Brush up on on this vocabulary for asking and understanding directions in Mandarin Chinese. Lots of phrases and sentences along with audio files for pronunciation ... Read More