Tag Archives: chinese character input

16 September 2009

how to write numbers in Chinese

While many Chinese texts include numbers in the familiar Arabic format (1,2,3 etc.), there is also a Chinese way of writing numbers. This post covers how they are written. Continue reading →

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12 September 2009

Should you learn writing Mandarin?

As computers are replacing the pen for word processing and even the Chinese themselves are forgetting how to write certain characters, should you invest your time in learning how to write Chinese characters? Continue reading →

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26 August 2009

Learning Mandarin: the first 2 months

Charlie is British and just started learning Chinese. He keeps a blog of his learning experiences at discoveringmandarin.blogspot.com. He was so kind to write a guest post for this blog, and share his motivations and experience of learning the language … Continue reading →

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14 July 2009

How to send an SMS in Chinese characters

The Chinese are big fans of SMS. But how do you send an SMS in Chinese characters? Certainly a mobile phone doesn’t have enough buttons? Continue reading →

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