Master conversational Mandarin with podcasts

by Inchincloser | Dec 20, 2023 | [:en]Culture[:zh]文化, Language, Travel

Learning Conversational Mandarin through podcasts was a huge breakthrough idea in 2023. Podcasts offer the flexibility of listening anywhere, practice in immersing yourself wholly in Chinese language and culture as well as are the richest resource for listening to...

Pursuing Mandarin at higher levels

by Inchincloser | Oct 12, 2023 | Foreign Policy, Language

If you’re looking at pursuing Mandarin language as a career, want to join the Indian Foreign Services or would like to research more into India’s largest neighbour, here are a few options beyond the regular HSK courses. For those that are more serious about learning...

Learn to count in Mandarin

by Inchincloser | Jul 4, 2023 | [:en]Business[:zh]业务, Foreign Direct Investment, Language, Trade, Travel

Learning to count in Mandarin is one of the most essential skills new students want to learn when they sign up for Inchin Closers Mandarin Language classes. Being able to bargain for the right price or surreptitiously trying to understand what two Chinese businessmen...

Mandarin – An Inclusive Language; way ahead of its time

by Inchincloser | Jun 27, 2023 | [:en]Culture[:zh]文化, Language

Indian languages as well as many European languages have gendered pronouns built into their languages. While he and she remain for a majority of languages, Indian and European languages also assign gendered pronouns to objects such as a chair or a computer. Mandarin...

Difference between HSK and HSKK exams

by Inchincloser | May 23, 2023 | [:en]Business[:zh]业务, Language, Trade, Travel

The international certification in Mandarin consists of two separate exams, the HSK short for Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi ( 汉语水平考试 ), which means “Mandarin Level Exam” and the HSKK or the Hanyu Shuiping Kouyu Kaoshi ( 汉语水平口语考试 ), which means “Mandarin...