All episodes
126 - 8 tips for learning Chinese as an introverted student
125 - Hacking Chinese reader and listener survey
124 - Learn Chinese efficiently, not quickly
123 - Learning to process spoken Mandarin quickly and effortlessly: Beyond tīng bu dǒng, part 4
122 - Learning Chinese words, characters and components
121 - Using what you already know to aid listening comprehension in Chinese: Beyond tīng bu dǒng, part 3
120 - The simple trick I used to double the amount of Chinese I listen to
119 - Standard pronunciation in Chinese and why you want it
118 - Tone errors in Mandarin that actually can cause misunderstandings
117 - How to study Chinese when you don’t feel like it
116 - Are there any shortcuts for learning Chinese?
115 - The 10 best free Chinese listening resources for beginner, intermediate and advanced learners
114 - Learning the neutral tone in Mandarin
113 - Training your Chinese teacher, part 1: Introduction
112 - From sound to meaning in Mandarin: Beyond tīng bu dǒng, part 2
111 - A guide to Chinese listening comprehension: Beyond tīng bu dǒng, part 1
110 - Kickstart your learning with the Skritter Character Course
109 - Focusing on Mandarin tones without being distracted by Pinyin
108 - Take responsibility for your Chinese learning now
107 - 50 beginner questions about learning Chinese
106 - Learning to pronounce Mandarin with Pinyin, Zhuyin and IPA
105 - 10 ways of using games to learn and teach Chinese
104 - Hacking Chinese Podcast two-year anniversary Q&A
103 - How to learn Chinese characters as a beginner
102 - 7 ways to write Mandarin tones
101 - Chinese language question triage: When to ask whom about what
100 - The most common Chinese words, characters and components for language learners and teachers
99 - How to become fluent in Chinese
98 - How to learn from your mistakes and errors when learning Chinese
97 - Do you have to learn to write Chinese characters by hand?
96 - Which words you should learn and where to find them
95 - Why you should use more than one Chinese textbook
94 - Analyse and balance your Chinese learning with Paul Nation's four strands
93 - On accuracy, communication and comprehensibility when learning Chinese
92 - Obligatory and optional tone change rules in Mandarin
91 - How to find more time to practise Chinese listening
90 - Are authentic texts good for learning Chinese or is graded content better?
89 - What to read to improve your Chinese and why
88 - How to learn Chinese pronunciation as a beginner
87 - Focusing on tone pairs to improve your Mandarin pronunciation
86 - Time quality: Studying the right thing at the right time
85 - 500 resources for learning and teaching Chinese, tagged by level, topic and type
84 - How to start learning Chinese again after a break
83 - Is it necessary to learn the stroke order of Chinese characters?
82 - How to survive and thrive in a difficult Chinese course
81 - The benefits of using 语文/國文 textbooks to learn Chinese
80 - Is taking a Chinese course that's too hard good for your learning?
79 - How to improve your Chinese handwriting
78b - 文字冒险游戏及其在对外汉语教学中的应用
78a - Text adventure games and how to use them in the Chinese language classroom
77 - Best of Hacking Chinese 2021
76 - A guide to Pinyin traps and pitfalls: Learning Mandarin pronunciation
75 - Two reasons why pronunciation matters more than you think
74 - My best advice on how to learn Chinese characters
73 - How to improve fluency in Chinese by playing word games
72 - The building blocks of Chinese, part 6: Learning and remembering compound words
71 - The building blocks of Chinese, part 5: Making sense of Chinese words
70 - Why spaced repetition software is uniquely well suited to learning Chinese characters
69 - Should you learn the names of the strokes in Chinese characters?
68 - The 7 best Chinese reading resources for beginners
67 - 6 challenges students face when learning to read Chinese and how to overcome them
66 - Should you enrol in a Chinese course or are you better off learning on your own?
65 - Learning to read handwritten Chinese
64 - Why your Chinese isn't as good as you think it ought to be
63 - The building blocks of Chinese, part 4: Learning and remembering compound characters
62 - The building blocks of Chinese, part 3: Compound characters
61 - The beginner's guide to Chinese translation
60 - Using voice messaging as a stepping stone to Chinese conversations
59 - Can you use your phone's speech recognition to practise Chinese pronunciation?
58 - A smart method to discover problems with Mandarin sounds and tones
57 - 7 ideas for smooth and effortless Chinese listening practice
56 - Getting the most out of your learning with Hacking Chinese
55 - Basic characters, components and radicals: The building blocks of Chinese, part 2
54 - Chinese characters and words in a nutshell: The building blocks of Chinese, part 1
53 - Boosting your Chinese character learning with Skritter
52 - Hacking Chinese Podcast one-year anniversary Q&A
51 - Chinese language logging, part 3: Tools and resources for keeping track of your learning
50 - Chinese language learning in the twenty-first century: Towards a digital ecosystem? Interview with Julien Leyre
49 - The benefits of using Wikipedia to look up words when learning Chinese
48 - How to get past the intermediate Chinese learning plateau
47 - The new HSK 3.0: What you need to know
46 - Learning to understand regionally accented Mandarin
45 - The importance of tones is inversely proportional to the predictability of what you say
44 - Lost in transcription: Saylaw, Ice Island and Aristotle
43 - How important is reading speed on tests like HSK and TOCFL?
42 - Chinese language logging, part 2: A healthy, balanced diet of Mandarin
41 - Chinese language logging, part 1: Why and how to track your progress
40 - It's time to level up your Chinese pronunciation
39 - How to look up Chinese characters you don’t know
38 - What's the difference between Chinese pronunciation and Pinyin? Does it matter?
37 - Learning the second tone in Mandarin Chinese
36 - Chinese input methods: A guide for second language learners
35 - Why is listening in Chinese so hard?
34 - Does using colour to represent Mandarin tones make them easier to learn?
33 - The best free Chinese reading resources for beginner, intermediate and advanced learners
32 - 6 things in Chinese that are harder to learn than they seem
31 - Hacking Chinese Challenges - Building language skills through daily practice and friendly competition
30 - Learning science in Chinese with 李永乐老师
29 - 5 levels of understanding Chinese characters: Superficial forms to deep structure
28 - 20 tips and tricks to improve your Chinese writing ability