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It's time to put the person in personal pronouns—and in this case, we mean a virtual person giving you the rundown on personal pronouns.
你好 and 再见—knowing these phrases will help you strike up a conversation...and politely exit when the Chinese becomes too overwhelming.
Come meet the family: grandparents, parents, siblings, and most importantly, the dog.
外公，奶奶，爷爷，姑姑，伯伯...that's a lot of family members to remember. We better start practicing now before our next family reun...
Where are you from? Where are we from? Where are any of us really from?
Too salty? Too sweet? Too spicy? It's all a matter of taste...literally.
Check out how these two characters meet for the first time and bond over their Chinese class. We'd call that a meet-cute.
Knowing the parts of the body in Chinese is important. How else would you say, "My fingers hurt from playing computer games all day" or "My whole b...
Feeling uncomfortable? Or sick to your stomach? Time to visit the 医生.
Finding your way around a school campus can be hard. If you're like us though, the first place you look for is the 餐厅 (cafeteria).
A three-bedroom house with a backyard and garage? It's the suburban dream.
Want to impress at a Chinese restaurant? Skip the 叉子 and go with 筷子 instead.
If you weren't hungry before, you'll be starving after watching this video.
We love talking about food...so much so that we even made a video about it in Chinese.