The vast majority of people, if asked what language is spoken in China, would say: That’s a no-brainer: Chinese, of course! Some might know enough to differentiate between Mandarin Chinese and ...

Chinese New Year is a time for celebration, renewal and reflection. It celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. The special occasion marks the end of ...

A week of broken Mandarin, accidental Cantonese, and listening to Taiyu brought the writer closer to her racial identity. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Lantern Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunar month, during the full moon. The lunisolar calendar ...

As "TikTok refugees" flood to Chinese site RedNote, language learning app Duolingo has reported an over 200% spike in people learning Mandarin.

SINGAPORE - A hallmark of Chinese New Year, the sight of mandarin oranges each year signals that the festive season has officially begun. In Cantonese, to gift mandarin oranges is to “song gam ...

(We’re using Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese below — but check out the video above for some new year’s greetings from our colleagues in Korean, Vietnamese and Hokkien, too.) Mandarin and ...