Hi, my name is Niel, otherwise known as Confused Laowai. I blog about my exciting, yet often confusing adventure learning Chinese.
Anki Flashcards
This year I want to complement my Mandarin University studies with more self-study. One of the things I’ve stumbled upon is Anki. It’s a flashcard program that uses SRS. I quote the description: “Anki is a spaced repetition system (SRS). It helps you remember things by intelligently scheduling flashcards, so that you can learn a lot of information with a minimum amount of effort”. It’s a pretty nifty program. I use it now every day. [...]
Getting creative with 汉字
I’m following this rad dude on Twitter, @puerhan and he just posted this really creative card design for the festive season. He uses the character 木 (mù) which means tree. With the touch of a star on the top, symbolizing the Christmas tree, I thought this was really creative! Seeing as Chinese characters often started as pictographs, it just shows that some characters still represent what they mean. If you want to retweet this or [...]
