Looking up words in a paper dictionary can be time-consuming. That's why we recommend using the dictionary in our Chinesimple App, which offers faster and simpler searches.
Introducing the "exam" feature in the Chinesimple app marks a significant milestone for those who want to learn Chinese effectively and dynamically.
Chinese radicals are elements or components used when writing Chinese characters.
App-based dictionaries like Chinesimple offer several advantages over traditional paper dictionaries when it comes to looking up words in Mandarin Chinese.
Searching for a word in a Chinese paper dictionary can be challenging due to the nature of Chinese characters, but it's not impossible.
Mahjong is played with four players and a set of 144 tiles. The tiles are used to form combinations and earn points.
The decoding systems in some foreign languages enable non-native speakers to produce sounds resembling more closely the sounds of the Chinese language.
"Erhua" 儿化/兒化 (érhuà) refers to the fact of adding a final “-r" sound to a syllable. It is prevalent in the Beijing dialect but it is also a Standard Chinese feature.
When talking about the Chinese alphabet, you are referring to its characters, the smallest writing-unit with symbols that represent whole words and which can be grouped together in order to create other words.
Chinese Classifiers are "special characters" used along with numbers to define the quantity or with demonstratives to identify the object.
The writing does tell us that the Chinese characters appeared more than three thousand years ago from a combination of abstract signs.
Pinyin is the romanized form of the Chinese based on the pronunciation.
