The third edition of The English-Chinese Dictionary, published earlier this year by the Shanghai Translation Publishing House. [Photo provided to China Daily] After a decade-long revision, the third ...

An official online version of the Cihai, a large-scale dictionary and encyclopedia of the Chinese language, was released on Thursday. The online version was designed for laptops and smartphones, ...

Chinese is a difficult, but rewarding language to learn. In fact, it’s the most popular language in the world. However, most vacations and business trips don’t need that level of learning. Most use ...

Learning Chinese as an adult is like playing a game of chicken with your brain. When I was 26, I spent nine months in a Mandarin program and every time I sat down with a new stack of flashcards, I ...

"Jia you" is a Mandarin Chinese expression used in cheers at sporting events and rallies or to encourage someone. In Cantonese, it's "ga yau". Now the English translation - "add oil" - has been ...

You can get pork for your char siu at the dai pai dong Several Singaporean and Hong Kong English terms, including "wah", "shiok" and "yum cha", are now officially recognised as acceptable English. The ...