🥰 Many thanks for your company. May your 2026 be filled with joy, happiness, good luck and fulfillment of your wishes and dreams 🙏💞 Willem (威廉) 祝大家新年快乐。

Step 1: Learn a new word (written + spoken). Step 2: See it applied in an example sentence. (Context). Step 3: Choose a skill to practice: A. Write your own sentence using the key word + submit for feedback. B. Listen + repeat the example sentence for pronunciation practice (shadowing) + submit for feedback. C. Write the example sentence to practice characters + submit for feedback. 生词 New word: 生气 shēng qì - angry / to get angry E.g. 我很生气。 - I’m (very) angry. Wǒ hěn shēng qì. 他 生 我的 气。 He is angry with me. Tā shēng wǒ de qì. 你 让我 很生气。 - You make me (very) angry. Nǐ ràng wǒ hěn shēng qì.

Step 1: Learn a new word (written + spoken). Step 2: See it applied in an example sentence. (Context). Step 3: Choose a skill to practice: A. Write your own sentence using the key word + submit for feedback. B. Listen + repeat the example sentence for pronunciation practice (shadowing) + submit for feedback. C. Write the example sentence to practice characters + submit for feedback. 生词 New word: 忙 máng - busy E.g. 我今天很忙。= I’m (very) busy today. Wǒ jīn tiān hěn máng 你今天忙不忙？ = Are you busy today? Nǐ jīn tiān máng bù máng

Step 1: Learn a new word (written + spoken). Step 2: See it applied in an example sentence. (Context). Step 3: Choose a skill to practice: A. Write your own sentence using the key word + submit for feedback. B. Listen + repeat the example sentence for pronunciation practice (shadowing) + submit for feedback. C. Write the example sentence to practice characters + submit for feedback. 生词 New word: 上网 shàng wǎng - to go online / surf the internet (verb) + 在网上 zài wǎng shàng - online (preposition/location) E.g. 我每天上网。 Wǒ měi tiān shàng wǎng = I go online everyday. 我喜欢在网上买东西，因为很方便。 Wǒ xǐ huan zài wǎng shàng mǎi dōng xi, yīn wèi hěn fāng biàn. = I like to go shopping online because it’s very convenient.

A short post about Christmas in Chinese! Christmas is not a national holiday in China, nor is it widely celebrated as a religious festival there (although there are Chinese Christians who will celebrate it as such). It’s most celebrated as a commercial holiday. One way that people celebrate Christmas is by gifting apples, often with messages carved into them or with decorations. I’ve attached some images below! This is because of a play on words, which are very common in Mandarin!: 平安夜 píng ān yè = peaceful night = Christmas Eve. 苹果 píng guǒ = apple. Both characters for píng in these words shared the same component 平. (The one in apple just has the ‘grass’ radical on top of it too). These Christmas apples are known as 平安果 (Peace apples). Some other Christmas key words: 过 guò - to pass/celebrate 庆祝 qìng zhù - to celebrate 圣诞节 shèng dàn jié - Christmas 祝你 zhù nǐ - wish you 圣诞快乐 shèng dàn kuài lè - Christmas happy > Happy Christmas 和家人一起 hé jiā rén yī qǐ - with family 送礼物 sòng lǐ wù - give presents/gifts 吃圣诞大餐 chī shèng dàn dà cān - eat Christmas dinner 教堂 jiào táng - church So, to everyone celebrating Christmas, 我祝你们 圣诞快乐！🎄🎉