Learn Chinese

Information, tips and guides for learning Mandarin Chinese as a second language. Most of our bite-sized guides offer focused vocabulary (with audio) for specific situations and occasions. We can't make you fluent, but we can make you fantastically not bad.

Software for Learning Chinese

There is no shortage of software vying for the growing market of Chinese language learners. Here we list a few of the ones that stand out due to popularity, quality or personal experience with it. Should you have any suggestions for the inclusion of specific software on this page, please let us know.

Chinese Halloween Vocab

Chinese Halloween Vocab

It's that spooky time of year, and though not a much-celebrated holiday in China, why not expand your Chinese vocabulary to include these wicked words.

This simple Halloween language primer will have you howling out Halloween lingo in Chinese faster than deciding whether Chinese is a trick or a treat.

Understanding Chinese Pinyin

Understanding Chinese Pinyin

Simply put, pinyin is a way to take the many thousands of ideograms that make up the Chinese language and put them into a more accessible Romanized format (read: use letters us Laowai are familiar with, as opposed to the random lines that Chinese seem to have no problem with)

Survival Chinese

Survival Chinese

This section of Lost Laowai is designed to teach you some basic survival Chinese - words and phrases that will get you by.

It is advisable to also visit our section on Chinese pinyin, as Chinese is a rather complicated language and even saying basic things can be difficult without an understanding of this core concept.

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