I break down how to pronounce all six Chinese vowels across four tones, making it simple for beginners to follow along. My ...

To many learners encountering Mandarin for the first time, Chinese names often sound melodic and graceful — sometimes even like fragments of poetry. Yet this elegance is not accidental. It reflects a ...

New research by neuroscientists revealed that a simple, earbud-like device that imperceptibly stimulates the brain could significantly improve the wearer's ability to learn the sounds of a new ...

The late, great sinologist Simon Leys once pointed out a peculiar paradox. China is the world’s oldest surviving civilization, and yet very little material of its past remains—far less than in Europe ...