http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Kah+Joon+Liow Education Kah Joon Liow Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=45156&ca=Education Are you learning Chinese? Chances are, you've already searched the internet for information that'll help you learn Chinese. And what do you find? Lots of sites offering free information on learning Chinese. I did an online search recently and realized that with all the information out there, it can... Education Kah Joon Liow Sat, 04 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=31646&ca=Education "I want to learn Chinese but just give me the basics!" That’s what this Chinese pronunciation guide is all about. It’s all that you need to know about the pinyin system of Chinese pronunciation to get by. The 80% that’s important. (Spend 20% of time to learn the 80% that's important.) To speak Manda... Education Kah Joon Liow Sat, 04 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=31648&ca=Education "I want to learn Chinese but just give me the basics!" That’s what this Chinese pronunciation guide is all about. It’s all that you need to know about the pinyin system of Chinese pronunciation to get by. The 80% that’s important. (Spend 20% of time to learn the 80% that's important.) Continued from... Culture Kah Joon Liow Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=30314&ca=Culture Did you know there are only 6 ways of forming Chinese characters? Yes, 6 kinds of Chinese characters make up the 50,000 Chinese characters in existence today. Amazing isn’t it? It shows that there is a logical symbol system used to create Chinese characters. That they are not just made up of random... Culture Kah Joon Liow Sun, 22 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=29849&ca=Culture In any single month, more than 10,000 people search for the “Chinese alphabet” on the internet. Question is: Does the Chinese language have an alphabet? If so, where is it? Why don’t I “see” it? To answer the above questions, let’s look at how Chinese writing evolved over the ages. At the beginning,... Education Kah Joon Liow Sun, 22 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=30071&ca=Education In the modern Chinese writing system, each character is a form of its own, representing a particular sound and at least one meaning. In other words, each Chinese symbol is a unity of form, sound and meaning. To learn Chinese writing, you need to know each Chinese symbol or character individually. Yo... Culture Kah Joon Liow Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=27598&ca=Culture What are the Chinese New Year activities for celebrating this most important festival in the Chinese calendar? Let's start at the beginning... In China, Chinese New Year is called the Spring Festival. That’s because the first day of Chinese New Year falls on the start of spring. The beginning of spr... Culture Kah Joon Liow Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=27801&ca=Culture I'm sure you’ve noticed that Chinese New Year falls on a different day each year. Here's a list of Chinese New Year dates from the year 2000 to 2014 at http://www.living-chinese- symbols.com/chinese-new-year-dates.html Why is this so? I asked myself the same question and finally I figured it out. Sp...