Yoyo Chinese Blog

The ultimate guide for setting up a Chinese keyboard input on your computer or mobile device.

The ultimate master list of how to address anyone and everyone you meet in China in Mandarin Chinese, and when it's appropriate to use each.

The Dialogue Replay study feature lets you break down the real, authentic dialogue from Yoyo Chinese video lessons and see (or hide) the Pinyin, Hanzi, and English translation, and listen at actual speed, or at slow speed with "standard" pronunciation.

Chinese has a reputation as one of the hardest languages. But what does a Westerner who has learned Chinese really think, and how can you overcome the key challenges? Find out in this blog post.

Learn how Chinese people ACTUALLY speak, and improve your real world Mandarin listening skills.

While we have plans to release a full-fledged mobile app in the future - for both Android and iOS - in the meantime, did you know you can already use Yoyo Chinese a lot a like mobile app right now?

“What’s your salary?” “Do you own your apartment?” Or even, “have you put on weight recently?” Learn how to answer some tricky questions people often ask in China.

Discover the logic behind Chinese compound words, and how understanding the most common root characters can help you read Chinese words you've never seen before.

It's time to call out two myths that lead non-Chinese speakers to feel that Chinese is one of the most difficult languages to learn.  In this blog Yangyang answers the question, "Why do non-Chinese people feel Chinese is so difficult to learn?"

Everything you ever wanted to know about the new Yoyo Chinese website!