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225 - Which Chinese learning resources are worth paying for?
224 - Welcome to The Fluent Listener, a new course from Hacking Chinese!
223 - Four key principles to improve your Mandarin listening comprehension
222 - Student Q&A, November 2024: Pros and cons of digital tools for Chinese reading, and the struggle to find comprehensible and interesting texts
221 - How to learn Zhuyin (Bopomofo) in two hours
220 - Do you really know how to count in Chinese?
219 - Three things I wish I had known as an advanced student of Chinese: Time machine, part 3
218 - Don’t learn Mandarin pronunciation by reading, listen and mimic instead
217 - Student Q&A, October 2024: Pronouncing the final -i after sh-, the initial z- and if Pinyin is a good transcription system
216 - How to use YouTube and other video platforms to learn Chinese
215 - Three things I wish I had known as an intermediate student of Chinese: The time machine, part 2
214 - YouGlish: A free service to hear and see Chinese words in context
213 - Student Q&A, September 2024: Slowly spoken Chinese, passing listening exams and understanding numbers
212 - Getting the most from Hacking Chinese in024: Back-to-school course discounts
211 - Three things I wish I had known as a beginner student of Chinese: The time machine, part 1
210 - The 10 best free Chinese listening resources for beginner, intermediate and advanced learners
209 - Student Q&A, August 2024: Avoiding mental translation, untranslatable words and why practising translation is good
208 - Insights from my recent trip to China: The importance of top-down listening
207 - Chinese character variants and font differences for language learners
206 - Why you should preview before every Chinese lesson
205 - How I used a notebook to learn more Chinese, and why you should too
204 - Student Q&A, July 2024: Reading speed, children’s books and Chinese literature
203 - The three factors that determine how much Chinese you learn
202 - Habit hacking for language learners
201 - Should you learn the pronunciation of radicals?
200 - Student Q&A, June 2024: How much time on flashcards, Remembering the Hanzi, and resources for learning characters
199 - Chinese character learning for all students
198 - Learning to hear the sounds and tones in Mandarin
197 - 24 great resources for improving your Mandarin pronunciation
196 - Student Q&A, May 2024: Understanding strangers, listening with transcripts, and which podcasts to avoid
195 - Why is listening in Chinese so hard? Beyond tīng bu dǒng, part 6
194 - Chengyu, a magic key to Chinese language and culture, or a waste of time?
193 - Interview: Insights from Skritter’s Complete Guide to Learning Chinese
192 - Student Q&A, April 2024: Learning chengyu, listening to yourself and using role-playing games to learn Chinese
191 - Is speaking more important than listening when learning Chinese?
190 - The best podcasts for learning Chinese in 2024
189 - Real communication: What it is, why you want it and how to get it
188 - How to learn Chinese in the long term with intrinsic motivation
187 - Student Q&A, March 2024: Reading aloud, finding word boundaries, and working actively with reading materials
186 - Outlier Chinese Character Masterclass review: Understand more, learn faster, remember longer
185 - The Hacking Chinese guide to Mandarin tones, part 3: Learning to hear and say tones
184 - The Hacking Chinese guide to Mandarin tones, part 2: How important are tones?
183 - The Hacking Chinese guide to Mandarin tones, part 1: What are tones?
182 - Student Q&A, February 2024: Typing or handwriting, using new words in texts, and how to use AI to improve your writing
181 - Listen more and learn more by building a personal Chinese audio library
180 - 8 great ways to scaffold your Chinese listening and reading
179 - Best of Hacking Chinese 2023
178 - Student Q&A: Chinese music, too much Mandarin in the classroom, and listening
177 - 12 ways chatting online will improve your Chinese
176 - How to best use flashcards to learn Chinese
175 - Why flashcards are terrible for learning Chinese
174 - Student Q&A, December 2023: How many words to learn, if it's good to learn radicals, and whether to learn simplified or traditional characters
173 - Why flashcards are great for learning Chinese
172 - Chinese reading speed revisited
171 - Is learning things by heart good for improving your Chinese?
170 - The 10 best free Chinese reading resources for all levels (2023 edition)
169 - Student Q&A: Reading Pinyin or characters, comprehensible vs. compelling content and reading tools
168 - Shapeshifting Chinese characters
167 - You won't learn Chinese simply by living abroad
166 - 100 hours of Chinese listening in 3 weeks: What I learnt and how to apply it
165 - Student Q&A: Expanding vocabulary quickly, learning by watching videos and nailing dictation tests
164 - Listen more than once: How the replay button can help you learn more Chinese
163 - The cheapest and most convenient way to improve your spoken Chinese
162 - Improving your Chinese pronunciation by mimicking native speakers
161 - Student Q&A: Listening more than once, assessing pronunciation and the merits of flashcards
160 - How long do you have to study Chinese to make it useful?
159 - Getting the most out of your learning with Hacking Chinese
158 - Should you throw away your Chinese textbook?
157 - How translation to another language can help you learn Chinese
156 - Hacking Chinese Podcast three-year anniversary Q&A
155 - Is Chinese difficult to learn?
154 - Timeboxing Chinese: Get more done in less time
153 - Insights from the new HSK 7-9: Interview with Sara Jaaksola
152 - How I learnt Chinese, part 7: Teaching, writing, learning
151 - How narrow reading and listening can help you bridge the gap to real Chinese
150 - Seeing through the illusion of advanced Chinese learning
149 - Why travelling isn't the best method to learn Chinese
148 - How I learnt Chinese, part 6: Graduate program in Taiwan
147 - Learning Chinese with the aid of technology: Interview with Jake Gill from Skritter
146 - Get to know your Chinese voice to level up your speaking ability
145 - How learning some basic theory can improve your Mandarin pronunciation
144 - Learning Chinese is more like walking a thousand miles than running 100-metre dash
143 - How I learnt Chinese, part 5: Returning to Sweden
142 - Becoming a better listener as a student of Chinese: Beyond tīng bu dǒng, part 5
141 - Vocabulary lists that help you learn Chinese and how to use them
140 - Should you learn Chinese vocabulary from lists?
139 - How I learnt Chinese, part 4: My second year in Taiwan
138 - 6 benefits of learning Chinese through sports
137 - Should you use an efficient method for learning Chinese even if you hate it?
136 - Don't try to improve everything at once when learning Chinese
135 - How I learnt Chinese, part 3: My first year in Taiwan
134 - Learn Chinese by playing Mahjong (麻将, májiàng)
133 - Hacking Chinese Pronunciation: Learning Mandarin finals
132 - Can ChatGPT pass the HSK?
131 - How I learnt Chinese, part 2: Learning Mandarin in Sweden
130 - Beginner Chinese listening practice: What to listen to and how
129 - Using the HSK as a roadmap to learning Chinese
128 - How I learnt Chinese, part 1: Where it all started
127 - Best of Hacking Chinese 2022
126 - 8 tips for learning Chinese as an introverted student