Chinese speakers like me have been trained to understand the difference between 'aiyah' and 'aiyaah', and things left unsaid ...

The Chinese found more uses for their innovation. They made playing cards and paper money by stamping pictures and words onto paper (the first printing!). Paper money was called "flying money" because ...

10 facts about Chinese. Get your head around tongue twisters and jokes. It's also available in Chinese with audio.

While modern life pushes for simplification, these precise terms—from 'bak fu' to 'yi yi'—remind us that family relationships deserve more than one-size-fits-all labels.

Then, you will naturally need both the words you have just learned and those you learned a while ago. A study shows that for Chinese characters 1,500 is a threshold or turning point. After you can ...