Simin Liu
I am a certified teacher of Chinese and Japanese with five years of experience.
Learning Days of the Week in Japanese: A Visual Memory Technique
The Japanese names for the days of the week originate from the ancient Chinese seven luminaries system (七曜).
Advantages of Learning Japanese for Chinese Speakers
Japanese uses many Chinese characters called Kanji and has also developed two other scripts, Hiragana and Katakana, based on them. These scripts look similar, so people who know Chinese can use Kanji to help remember Japanese words. In simple terms, Chinese speakers learning Japanese can more easily understand the meanings of words with Kanji, even though the pronunciations are different. Research shows that Japanese children need to learn 1,026 Kanji by the end of sixth grade, which means knowi
What You Need to Know About Chinese Pinyin of “iu” and “ui”
This misunderstanding arises because “iu” and “ui” are actually shortened forms of “iou” and “uei,” respectively, as defined in the Hanyu Pinyin Guifan (汉语拼音规范).