WordSwing

WordSwing is a web/iOS/Android app for practicing Mandarin Chinese, aimed at Intermediate students, and includes text adventure game, comics, and much more.

[Olle Linge (凌雲龍) @HackingChinese]

New article and podcast episode on Hacking Chinese; share and enjoy: How to make Chinese easier by using mnemonics and memory techniques: https://t.co/LkTxVzP5cs

#learnchinese #mnemonics #memory #vocabulary

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Interesting thread about AI in language learning

[Will Manidis @WillManidis]

its genuinely shocking to me that we haven't made giant strides in language acquisition due to ai.

it doesn't feel dramatically easier/faster to learn a new language than it was 24-36 months ago. why?

[Olle Linge (凌雲龍) @HackingChinese]

New article and podcast episode: Learn Chinese by playing Chinese chess (象棋, xiàngqí): https://t.co/GBTJJIL3Fl

#learnchinese #xiangqi #chinesechess

[Chinese Short Dialogue @chinese_s_d]

Some Chinese characters don’t explain more.

They just add more.🔥🔥

A second piece feels like a clue.
A third piece starts to feel like a crowd.🌲🌲🌲

Chinese can be surprisingly visual once you stop treating every character like a random drawing.✨

[Word List]
• 林 (lín) — Tree ×2 → Grove
• 炎 (yán) — Fire ×2 → Flames / heat
• 从 (cóng) — Person ×2 → To follow
• 竝 (bìng) — Standing ×2 → Side by side
• 森 (sēn) — Tree ×3 → Forest
• 众 (zhòng) — Person ×3 → The masses
• 鑫 (xīn) — Gold ×3 → Prosperous wealth
• 蟲 (chóng) — Insect ×3 → Insects / bugs
• 燚 (yì) — Fire ×4 → Blazing fire

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Learn how to confirm a plan:

所以我们明天下午三点见？
Suǒyǐ wǒmen míngtiān xiàwǔ sān diǎn jiàn?
So we are meeting tomorrow afternoon at three?

[Chinese Short Dialogue @chinese_s_d]

Chinese tones are not as “fixed” as they look on paper 🤯

Put words together, and the melody starts adjusting itself:
你好 gets smoother, 一 changes outfits, 不 dodges another falling tone.

It is less about memorizing exceptions and more about noticing how Chinese protects the rhythm.🎵

Your mouth will thank you later.✨

[Word List]
• 你好 (nǐ hǎo) — Hello
• 很好 (hěn hǎo) — Very good
• 很忙 (hěn máng) — Very busy
• 老师 (lǎo shī) — Teacher
• 我们 (wǒ men) — We / us
• 一 (yī) — One
• 一样 (yí yàng) — Same
• 一定 (yí dìng) — Definitely
• 一天 (yì tiān) — One day
• 一年 (yì nián) — One year
• 一起 (yì qǐ) — Together
• 不 (bù) — No / not
• 不去 (bú qù) — Not go
• 不是 (bú shì) — Is not
• 不忙 (bù máng) — Not busy
• 不好 (bù hǎo) — Not good

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@tokkibaery These are really useful, and cute! 🙏

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Practice restating what someone said:

也就是说，这个词不能这样用？
Yě jiù shì shuō, zhège cí bù néng zhèyàng yòng?
In other words, this word cannot be used this way?

[惜云 @tokkibaery]

i found this compilation of easily confused chinese words compared side by side in pdf format.

feel free to download it here: https://t.co/95SZovyeka

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Practice giving a simple personal idea:

我想我们可以先试一试。
Wǒ xiǎng wǒmen kěyǐ xiān shì yi shì.
I think we can try it first.

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生活就是要学会接受变化嘛~
Shēnghuó jiùshì yào xuéhuì jiēshòu biànhuà ma
Life is all about learning to accept change

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What advantages to adults have in learning languages? Discipline, world knowledge, better learning strategies, meta thinking, introspection

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Practice giving a quick reaction:

这个想法很有意思。
Zhège xiǎngfǎ hěn yǒu yìsi.
This idea is very interesting.

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朋友，坐一会儿吧。
Péngyǒu, zuò yíhuìr ba.

喝点咖啡，看看风景。
Hē diǎn kāfēi, kànkan fēngjǐng.

来，陪我聊聊天吧。
Lái, péi wǒ liáoliao tiān ba.

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Practice your Chinese with this storyboard video

我的猫在哪儿？
Wǒ de māo zài nǎr?
Where is my cat?

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我有一个不同的想法。
Wǒ yǒu yí ge bù tóng de xiǎngfǎ.
I have a different idea.

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Learn how to say what you believe:

我认为学习语言需要时间。
Wǒ rènwéi xuéxí yǔyán xūyào shíjiān.
I believe learning a language takes time.

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Learn how to ask for another example:

你能再给我一个例子吗？
Nǐ néng zài gěi wǒ yí ge lìzi ma?
Can you give me another example?

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我是一个半机械人女孩。I am a cyborg girl. 请听我的故事。Please listen to my story

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Learn how to say a word has more than one meaning:

这个字有两个意思。
Zhège zì yǒu liǎng ge yìsi.
This character has two meanings.