Yoyo Chinese Blog

Beefsteak pizza, seaweed donuts, taro pies, oh my! These unusual items found at American restaurants in China are truly one of a kind!

China is a big place with much more to offer than the typical destinations tourists choose to go to. Stray off the beaten path with this article and learn about other must-see places to visit in China.

If you've been struggling with Mandarin tones, then learn this simple technique to help you get it down right once and for all.

When negating a past action, as in "I did not finish my homework", there one important rule most Chinese-learners forget to follow. Read on to see how you should be negating past action.

You've got to experience China firsthand to know just how much it differs from the West. Here are some little known things about this country of 1.4 billion people you probably don't know about.

Constructing a sentence in Chinese isn't that difficult, but one thing that always messes up Chinese learners when it comes to sentence construction is this one mistake.

You might already be familiar with a few common Chinese dishes, but here are some more "weird" ones that we're sure you've never tried before.

A grown woman throwing a tantrum on the streets of China isn't an uncommon sight; it's actually a socially accepted practice. Learn more about what this is, and how it is reinforcing gender norms in China.

There's an abundance of food-related slang words and phrases in the Chinese language, some that are centuries years old. Learn some delicious (or not so delicious) phrases with these five slang terms.

Chinese culture has been around for a long, long time, so it’s hardly surprising that there are some deeply-rooted cultural faux pas’ (faux pases? faux’s pas? Damn you, France!). Some are easy to avoid and others require a bit more effort, but all are worth paying attention to, so here are seven cultural no-no’s to steer clear of.