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Stickynote Chinese Stickynote is an online learning community for Mandarin Chinese learners and enthusiasts. We believe that language is a means for connection.

We provide virtual interactive classes, as well as self-paced lessons, of all levels. We don't learn a language by tapping through apps, but by connecting with people. At Stickynote, we learn a language by interacting with real people and practising with real-life materials. With a culturally-rich and science-backed system, we build a community and semi-immersion environment for you. Traveling, business, cognitive benefits, cultural interests - No matter what your goals are, we will get there through a fun journey.

新年快乐！Happy new year! Just a quick popup for my group courses kicking off soon in the new year. If you need more guidance...
12/31/2024

新年快乐！Happy new year!

Just a quick popup for my group courses kicking off soon in the new year.

If you need more guidance and accountability on your Mandarin learning journey, and want to do it in a stress-free way, come to join me! ❤️

I wish everyone a joyful, peaceful, and fruitful year of 2025. The world does seem to get crazier, but may we all focus on the present moment and seize every moment of life.

Comment ‘Joy’ and I will directly send the course info links to you.

As a language learner, I often find myself falling into a slump at the intermediate level, getting bored of the textbook...
10/13/2023

As a language learner, I often find myself falling into a slump at the intermediate level, getting bored of the textbooks or struggling with consistency.

If you are experiencing this too, I invite you to join me in my new program. I designed this program to:

1. Get rid of achy textbooks and learn from meaningful authentic Mandarin videos.

2. Beat procrastination by sharing daily suggested study load and mini exercises with personalized feedback.

If this sounds interesting, you can check out a sample lesson for free.

The cohort will start in 10 days. If you want to get more info of the course, book a language assessment with me:). Links are in my bio! 👆

#叔本华 #哲学 #学中文
03/14/2023

#叔本华 #哲学 #学中文

01/16/2023

Have you noticed this inconsistency between the Pinyin and audio demonstration on Google translate?

Google needs to go fix this confusing bug.
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Join my group classes If you want for an enjoyable learning experience and more accountability!

www.stickynotestudy.com

#学中文

01/09/2023

A language often reflects how people who speak that language think.

For example, in Mandarin when we describe a specific item, we often start from the macro, and then move to the micro. Two typical examples would be address, and date & time.

Why does English typically go the opposite way?
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☝️ Join my 2023 group classes for beginners, and speaking club for intermediate and advanced learners!

01/05/2023

It’s very common to use pun on Chinese social media. 我🐑了。你🐑了吗？

🗣️My new group class for BEGINNERS, and Speaking Club for intermediate and advanced learners are starting soon! Grab the early bird discount now.

☝️Link in bio.

2022年最感恩的事，就是能够回国陪伴家人几个月的时间，并且见到我最好的朋友们。这个世界上最珍贵的就是家人和朋友们了。祝大家在新年都被爱包围着。（我的脸肉眼可见地越来越圆了。）Last year this time, I was in Ch...
01/01/2023

2022年最感恩的事，就是能够回国陪伴家人几个月的时间，并且见到我最好的朋友们。这个世界上最珍贵的就是家人和朋友们了。

祝大家在新年都被爱包围着。

（我的脸肉眼可见地越来越圆了。）

Last year this time, I was in China with my parents. The most grateful thing for me in 2022 was being able to spend a couple of months with family and seeing my best friends.

Wishing everyone to be surrounded by love in the new year.

My face is visibly rounder and rounder.)

What’s your understanding of this line?Gu Cheng was a contemporary poet, a prominent member of the “Misty Poets”. His wo...
11/27/2022

What’s your understanding of this line?

Gu Cheng was a contemporary poet, a prominent member of the “Misty Poets”. His words can often give me great strength and courage, especially this line, often reminding me that we are beautiful spiritual creatures even when we are living our everyday busy life like tiny and helpless ants.

顾城是一位当代诗人，朦胧诗的代表人物，他的文字常常能带给我巨大的力量和勇气。即使每日如渺小无助的蝼蚁般忙碌地生活，我们仍是充满灵性的美丽生物。

10/17/2022

How to say “nice to meet you” in Mandarin?

Most text books will teach 很高兴见到你【Hěn gāoxìng jiàndao nǐ】or 很高兴认识你【Hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ】. However, they are both “imported language” literally translated from English. So it’s not used that often in real life.

What are the authentice ways to say “nice to meet you” in Mandarin then?

1️⃣
Xìnghuì.
幸会
Literally “honored to meet you”. It can be used both in casual and formal settings, but it does sound very polite and sophisticated, and shows a lot of respect.

2️⃣
Jiǔyǎng.
久仰
Literlly “admired you for a long time”. It’s basically saying “I’ve heard a lot about you.” in a very respectful way. It also came from classical Chinese. So relatively more polite and formal.

3️⃣
Nǐhǎo.
你好
Simply, in most casual situations, we don’t really say “nice to meet you”. You can simply say hi after being introduced to new friends.

Clips of Chinese drama are from 你是我的荣耀【Nǐ shì wǒde róngyào】You Are My Glory, which can be found on Youtube!

10/16/2022

How to say “nice to meet you” in Mandarin? Most text books will teach 很高兴见到你【Hěn gāoxìng jiàndao nǐ】or 很高兴认识你【Hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ】. However, they are both “emported language” literally translated from English. So it’s not used that often in real life.

What are the authentice ways to say “nice to meet you” in Mandarin then?

1.

Xìnghuì.
幸会

Literally “honored to meet you”. It can be used both in casual and formal settings, but it does sound very polite and sophisticated, and shows a lot of respect.

2.

Jiǔyǎng.
久仰

Literlly “admired you for a long time”. It’s basically saying “I’ve heard a lot about you.” in a very respectful way. It also came from classical Chinese. So relatively more polite and formal.

3.

Nǐhǎo.
你好

Simply, in most casual situations, we don’t really say “nice to meet you”. You can simply say hi after being introduced to new friends.

Clips of Chinese drama are from 你是我的荣耀【Nǐ shì wǒde róngyào 】You Are My Glory, which can be found on Youtube!

08/24/2022

Learning radicals can be really helpful for learning more Chinese characters. But, after thousandsof years' evolvement, many have changed their shapes, so it can be confusing.

Like this character 肉ròu, which means meat or flesh, will change its shape when being a radical on the left side. It looks very much loke the charater 月yuè, which means the moon.

So you might be confused when seeing a character that doesn’t have anything to do with the moon, like肚dù(belly), 脸liǎn (face), 肤fū(animal skin), 腿tuǐ (leg).

That’s because most of the time, the 月 shaped radical is actually the transformed 肉, which indicates something related to flesh or body parts.

Any other radical that was confusing to you?

#汉字

07/21/2022

I sometimes run into students who have no interest in Chinese characters, because they only want to know how to talk and hold a conversation in Mandarin.

But without learning Chinese characters, you’ll very quickly find yourself hit a wall, because you start to confuse all the different words that share the same pronunciation.

Why so? This video tells you why.😉

#汉字

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