Greetings from Hangzhou My name is Gentile and I’m a Mandarin teacher currently living in Hangzhou. My husband is also a teacher and it was out of this passion for languages and education that our love for each other grew. We have been recently married and currently we own and operate a [...]
My relationship with Mandarin Chinese is similar to a twisted love affair that is often the subject of books and films, and if like me, you’ve also embarked on this sometimes masochistic journey, you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about. Don’t get me wrong, I love the language because it’s so complex, [...]
Chinese language I have written about Chinese culture before and one of the main proponents of Chinese culture is the language. Based on pictures and drawings, many characters are claimed to be based on their likeness to real objects – such as 人, rén, is a biped walking [...]
