Most Helpful Chinese Learning Tools in 2023
1. ChatGPT - https://chat.openai.com Chances are you may have heard of this one recently, whether online or in the press. ChatGPT is a...
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Unconventional Chinese
- Dec 28, 2021
- 2 min
China's Female Entrepreneur Story-The Trash Queen
TPRS Chinese Story: Free Voluntary Reading 11 有一个女人，她叫张茵，她是中国以前的女首富。张茵是在1957年广东省出生的。她的家里有八个孩子，张茵是老大，她有七个兄弟姐妹。以前，张茵的家非常穷，每年在春节的时候他们才可以吃肉。...
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Unconventional Chinese
- Oct 27, 2021
- 7 min
新疆之行A Trip to Xinjiang
Part I: for the video, please check here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO1ZrhY5cgQ&t=16s 从小到大, Since I was a kid 新疆一直在我的bucket list上面。...
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Unconventional Chinese
- Jun 3, 2021
- 1 min
Free Voluntary Reading 11: Ceri travels in China
Ceri在中国的上海，她想要去张家界（zhāng jiā jiè）。她不知道从上海怎么去张家界，张家界离上海很远，她打算在谷歌找一找，也会问一问Keren。 Ceri去谷歌找从上海到张家界怎么走，她发现坐飞机上海离张家界只有两个半小时，需要168英磅，特别便宜。在英国，16...
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Unconventional Chinese
- May 29, 2021
- 1 min
避免HSK5 | Learn Chinese in 5 mins with sample sentences
Give me 5 minutes, and I will make sure you will never forget this HSK 5 vocabulary 避免。 Step 1:Let's learn the meanings of 避免：verb. avoid...
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Unconventional Chinese
- May 18, 2021
- 2 min
TPRS Chinese Story: Free Voluntary Reading 10
猫先生喜欢吃鱼，因为鱼很好吃。它一边走下去，一边看它的邻居。它看到火鸡在画画，大象在唱歌。它继续走下去，它看到狗在读书，兔子在闻花。它走出去了，今天风好大，天好冷！ 它在街上走着，它走到了一家喇叭店那里，它走进去了，看了看喇叭，于是它给大象买了一个喇叭。...
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Unconventional Chinese
- Mar 24, 2021
- 4 min
6 MOST Common Chinese Grammar Mistakes Made by English Learners
In my years of teaching Chinese, I have noticed that my students (no matter what language proficiency level they are at) tend to make the...
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Unconventional Chinese
- Mar 6, 2021
- 1 min
买HSK1 | Learn Chinese in 5 mins with sample sentences
Give me 5 minutes, and I will make sure you will never forget this HSK 1 vocabulary 买。 Step 1:Let's learn the meanings of the word:...
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Unconventional Chinese
- Mar 3, 2021
- 2 min
TPRS Chinese Story: Free Voluntary Reading 9
有一个男人和一台叫Chille的冰箱。 一天早上，男人打开了冰箱的门，然后他拿起了一瓶饮料，然后他关上了冰箱的门，可是，冰箱的门自己又打开了，男孩把冰箱的把手弄坏了！冰箱感觉又紧张又担心，因为男孩拿起了一个新的冰箱的广告，然后他离开了。Chillie以为男孩要买一台新的冰箱...
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Unconventional Chinese
- Feb 26, 2021
- 2 min
TPRS Chinese Story: Free Voluntary Reading 8
Key vocabulary for the story 有一个老爷爷，他起床了，他看起来很难过，因为他想要回到年轻的时候。所以，老爷爷去找哑铃（dumb bell），他想要把哑铃举起来，可是，哑铃太重了，他不能把哑铃举起来。...
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Unconventional Chinese
- Feb 18, 2021
- 1 min
让HSK 2 | Learn Chinese in 5 mins with Comprehensible Input
Give me 5 minutes, and I will make sure you will never forget this HSK 2 vocabulary 让。 Step 1:Let's learn the meanings of the word: verb....
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Unconventional Chinese
- Feb 11, 2021
- 1 min
像HSK 3 | Learn Chinese in 5 mins with Comprehensible Input
Give me 5 minutes, and I will make sure you will never forget this HSK 3 vocabulary 像。 Step 1:Let's learn the meanings of the word: verb....
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Unconventional Chinese
- Jan 29, 2021
- 1 min
打算HSK 3 | Learn Chinese in 5 mins with Comprehensible Input
Give me 5 minutes, and I will make sure you will never forget this HSK 3 vocabulary 打算。 Step 1:Let's learn the meanings of the word.To...
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Unconventional Chinese
- Jan 29, 2021
- 3 min
How to Create An Immersion Language Environment At Home
"I can't afford a Chinese tutor now, but can I gain comprehensible input by myself?" Well, the answer is to create a Chinese immersion...
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Unconventional Chinese
- Jan 21, 2021
- 1 min
搬HSK 3 | Learn Chinese in 5 mins with Comprehensible Input
Give me 5 minutes, and I will make sure you will never forget this HSK 3 vocabulary 搬。 Step 1:Let's learn the meanings of the word. I...
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Unconventional Chinese
- Nov 17, 2020
- 4 min
The Ultimate Chinese Song List to Enhance Your Chinese Learning (with youtube links)
Tired of textbooks? Need some fun materials to get that Chinese input? You are at the right place, cuz my music taste is just as good as...
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Unconventional Chinese
- Sep 16, 2020
- 2 min
TPRS Chinese Story:Free Voluntary Reading 5
在家里，有一个女孩。她叫Jessica，她33岁了，她看起来不错。她走到衣柜那里，打开了门，然后，她放下了一个衣架。她关上了门，听到了一个奇怪的声音。所以，她又慢慢地打开了门。她看到了两个衣架，她觉得有一点奇怪。她关上了门，又听到了一个奇怪的声音。她快快地打开了门，她看到了...
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Unconventional Chinese
- Sep 10, 2020
- 4 min
Learning with Comprehensible Input: My Chinese Experience-Alicia Arango
When Alicia booked my Chinese lessons, I was surprised with not only her pronunciation, but also with the accuracy of her Chinese at...
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Unconventional Chinese
- Sep 8, 2020
- 5 min
How I used Immersion to Learn Chinese?-Max Hobbs
This guest post was written by Max Hobbs who has been learning Chinese for 3 years now. His level of Chinese, although by his own...
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Unconventional Chinese
- Sep 5, 2020
- 5 min
Discovering Chinese I. a physicist living in Beijing-Jonathan Shock
Jonathan is an Intermediate level Chinese learner and started his Unconventional Chinese lessons in April, 2020. In the 'Discovering...
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