China is making AI education mandatory across all primary and secondary schools in Beijing starting this fall. Students will learn: – What AI is and how it’s used – Real-world applications & tools – How to build simple models – Data bias & ethics – AI’s impact on society

Why Chinese Can Make Complex Words Easier to Understand 👇 Okay, I might lose a few of you here 😅 — but one of the reasons Chinese can actually make complicated terms easier is because you can often break them down into simple, meaningful parts. #Mandarinsky #languagesky

I remember hearing you dream in languages you are fluent in...but then I had a whole dream in Russian and I was (and still am) very far from fluent. Now I feel most of my dreams don't have any language, sometimes they do, but rarely.

I need a "kill switch" for any news about the US. It's getting more depressing by the second. Now an executive order to cut federal funding for NPR and PBS?

I with I could get to my main page by just clicking on my profile picture 😭. Not super intuitvate for me to have to click 个人资料 everytime.

Popular movie about a single mom. I don't know anything about it, just got this recommendation. Apparently it's VERY good, so I am excited to watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKXN...

I am not the typical student for an intensive Chinese Mandarin program. I have been living in Shanghai for the past 11 years and speak what would be considered fluent and almost “native-like” Chinese to people just passing me on the street hearing me talk to a neighbor or a vendor.

Mandarin, Tamil, Thai, Khmer to be taught in schools as elective languages

Living in China be like... asking the recruiter if they are looking for "Americans" or white people with an American accent.

These porcelains, found in the Song-period (AD 960–1279) Nanhai I shipwreck in the South China Sea, are inscribed with Chinese characters #ChineseLanguageDay The characters were likely merchants' names, distinguishing the goods of different traders. 🏺 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Imagine my horror when a friend texts me that our best friend who goes to FSU is not picking up her phone or answering texts. Complete torment. After a lot of text messages, we found out she was okay but this should NOT be normal.

I hype ChatGPT so much for learning Mandarin--or really any AI assistance tool. I would have improved SO quickly back in the day if I had something that could give feedback and correct errors. I did it the hard way, which still worked, but AI-assisted tools work as an amazing supplemental tool.

Question for anyone who has tried to learn Mandarin on Duo or Rosetta Stone: did you learn the sounds with the characters or the pinyin first? I have both on because I’m still trying to learn sentence structure, but ultimately I’ll want to be able to read.

Nice cozy street 😊💗💗 #photo #photograph #picture #china #pretty #photography #sichuan #chengdu #lanterns #road #walking #street

Your regular update on Feng Zhiwei's commentary on current events:

Do it. There is still time.

Join YABC for an #authorinterview for #new #kidlit #bookrelease LITTLE BIRD LAILA! yabookscentral.com/interview-wi... #ChineseAmerican #translation #immigrantparents #languagebarriers #learning #newlanguage

All right! I received a great question from a stranger on my Threads about Mandarin! I address it right here! I hope it benefits you if this is also a question for you! #langsky

Student work part 1: Chinese Watercolors and Calligraphy

Quite impressed that despite me ghosting bsky for so many months, the Mandarin Chinese feed is still pretty intact. I can only imagine how destroyed the No Poltics China feed is though.

We are officially living in the dumbest timeline rn. And apparently Apple is smuggling in plane-fulls of iPhones to avoid tariffs and likely to just outsource phone making to India? Please remind me how this helps Americans again...

Definitely pass on grape tanghulu, a huge no for me. I also think tanghulu is quite sweet, but hawthorn is nice because it's sour, so it balances out the sweet taste. Strawberry is quite nice too, but will be sweeter.

This is obviously not true, but also—I think people don't understand the demographics of a majority of active users on this app (REDNote), basically the younger, wealthier, and mostly female population: 𝐗𝐢𝐚𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐡𝐮 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 (𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒) Gender: 80% women 20% men cont... (1/4)

This is really the next important step in this revolution. Start getting Cdramas trending all over in the states; keep up with Chinese music artists, and watch Chinese movies. Imagine getting a Cdrama to #1 on Netflix. 😂

day 2 of learning mandarin: i still didn't start learning mandarin! It's going well

If you get a comment on Xiaohongshu (REDNote) about having "stars" in your eyes and being the most beautiful woman...and being introduced to some type of village chief--these are not genuine compliments. Just scroll and ignore.

So I got the “失声病毒” 😂 (lost voice virus) and cannot talk, day 2 of me keeping quiet but for some reason my sense of smell has increased I’m smelling stuff and my husband has no idea what I’m talking about. Like some horrific burning smell from outside the window, and one bedroom smelled like grease?

The mandarin feed is a MESS. I’ll work on the algorithm tomorrow.

The US government banning TikTok due to fear of Chinese influence, then GenZ moving to an app that sounds like it was named after a book of communist propaganda written by Mao Zedong is something not even the best writers in the world could script.

i actually do qanna learn mandarin but idk where to start i always end up on duolingo but apprently theyre using ai on it now we cant have shit

As of Jan. 15th, REDNote (Xiaohongshu) was trending #1 in the following countries (86 total):

Anyone else here in China notice that both CapCut and Tiktok are no longer blocked via Chinese SIM card? I opened it without turning off my data and no issues at all. Not sure what this means.

My husband's mom scarred me when I told her I was learning Shanghainese, and she was like, "What a waste of TIME!" lol I swear I haven't picked up my Shanghainese dictionary since 😭, but I wouldn't mind learning a few phrases at least.

Pinning the Mandsky feed instead. bsky.app/profile/chan...

You don't read Mandarin; you speak it. People have made "Chinese" a new curse word or something.

Hilarious...

Got a bit of a cold; it started easing after a day, but then came the squeaky, hoarse voice, a rare cold symptom for me. Went on Xiaohongshu to get medicine recommendations and advice from doctors. Looks like no talking until it gets better. Already took some meds and drank about a gallon of soup.

There is a lot of confusion around the use of the word "Mandarin" and "Chinese".

Officially invested in a course to get my Mandarin to "native level", or my goal of just being near-native. I am already seeing a lot of ridiculously helpful tips that are similar to what I have been doing, but on another level. Excited for where this journey will take me. #mandsky #langsky

Is Rednote starting a Mandarin learning revolution? I saw people on Red saying they are going to learn it, but didn't take them seriously. It would be pretty cool though, ngl. #mandsky

in like 6 months every child in America is going to speak Mandarin

Patiently waiting for all the new Rednote users to find #mandsky 🫣

Americans are seriously so funny right now making Red Note the #1 app in the country ahead of the TikTok ban 🤣😭

Watching Americans go IN on the US on REDnote (小红书) is an absolutely hilarious way to start 2025. The hashtag #tiktokrefugee is almost at 3 million uses.

Guess I really need to work on this Mandarin language feed 😂 especially for those who want to use helpful phrases for using 小红书. #mandsky

Candied Hawthorns, known as "冰糖葫蘆" in Chinese, are a traditional snack made by coating hawthorn berries with syrup on skewers. Legend traces their creation to Empress Huang GuiFei, concubine of Emperor Zhao Ting, during the Southern Song Dynasty. After recovering from illness, she followed 1/2

I'll never forget reading a book on the metro and this older guy turns to a woman next to him like, "See! Look at how much more studious and hardworking foreigners are!" I guess bc I wasn't on my phone. I found it funny because most of us are definitely on our phones just as much as everyone else.

hey do folks have good resources for learning mandarin. i've been studying for a number of years i just wanna hear what other people use

When you speak Mandarin and watch Squid Games and can catch some of the Korean words that sound similar to Mandarin pronunciation.