Mandarin Chinese

Lunar New Year 2023 – Year of the Rabbit

China's Spring Festival - Chun jie (春节) Chinese festivals are based on the traditional lunar calendar. Read More >>

Chinese Idioms with Numbers to Level-Up Your Mandarin

Impress Everyone with These Chinese Number Related Idioms From One to Ten Thousand Idioms are expressions that don’t have a direct literal translation. Read More >>

The Best Chinese Palace Dramas to Binge-Watch and Learn Mandarin

Ramsay Lewis

Learn Mandarin With Netflix and Historical Chinese TV Shows I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the best way to learn a language is to do things in it. Read More >>

9 Taiwanese Night Market Foods That You Absolutely Have To Try

Ramsay Lewis

Guide to Must-Try Street Foods in Taiwan Engaging in a region’s culture is one of the best ways to learn their language—and that’s true for Chinese languages as well. Read More >>

Fail Your Way to Success: The 5 Best—and Worst—Language Mistakes to Make

Ramsay Lewis

Why You Need to Make Mistakes to Learn a Language Making Language Mistakes Can be Painful I’ve lived in Brazil for over a year now, and I still feel embarrassed when I forget how to say, “It was nice to meet you.” in Portuguese. Read More >>

Customize Your Language Learning With Pimsleur – New Premium App Features

Mary Green

The Pimsleur Premium App Keeps Getting Better! Read More >>

Fun Zoom Backgrounds to Inspire Your Language Learning

Siobhan Wood

Travel on Hold? Read More >>

How to Learn a New Alphabet or Script: Our Top Tips

Siobhan Wood

Congratulations. Read More >>

Chinese Lunar New Year Vocabulary and Phrases Explained – Word Nerd

Emily Taylor

Top Mandarin Chinese Lunar New Year (Spring Festival) Greetings and Expressions Welcome to the Pimsleur Word Nerd Blog Series! Read More >>

Top 15 Digital Nomad Destinations for Language Nerds

Madison Rittenhouse

With 50% of the U.S. Read More >>

Taking a Taxi in Beijing – Understanding the Beijing Hua Dialect

Marcella De Rosa

Taking a Taxi in Beijing: the Beijing Hua So, you have finally arrived in China, and want to take a taxi to your hotel or other destination. Read More >>