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The Chinese Learner’s Guide to All 214 Radicals
Radicals are small components of Chinese characters that make it easier to categorize them and look them up. In lieu…![how-to-write-an-email-in-chinese](https://www.fluentu.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/how-to-write-an-email-in-chinese-768x513.jpg)
How to Write an Email in Chinese: The Business-ready Guide
Emails are a form of formal communication in Chinese. So if you find yourself in the position of needing to…![chinese-vowels](https://www.fluentu.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/chinese-vowels-1-768x513.jpg)
The Easy Guide to Chinese Vowels in Pinyin
Chinese characters can be translated into a romanized version called pinyin. This spells out the characters in a way that…![](https://www.fluentu.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/learn-to-read-chinese-1-768x634.jpg)
Your Shortcut for Learning to Read in Chinese: 15 Common Phonetics and Radicals
Wouldn’t it be nice to wake up one day and find out you could effortlessly read Chinese? Well, that didn’t…![](https://www.fluentu.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pexels-minan1398-1115692-e1721165841218-768x511.jpg)
How to Read Mandarin Chinese: The Newbie’s No-stress Guide
Would you believe me if I said that reading Chinese, and learning Mandarin Chinese in general, is not as difficult…![](https://www.fluentu.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/chinese-calligraphy-768x510.jpg)