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Kah Joon Liow
Member since 06th January 2006
Occupation: entrepreneur
LIOW Kah Joon is the award-winning author of A Musical Journey, a children's book about China. Through his site, he guides readers to appreciate the culture of Chinese symbols and characters and discover creative ways to make it part of their lives. Sign up for his free Chinese Symbols ezine at http://www.living-chinese-symbols.com. It's guaranteed to expand your world, enhance your lifestyle and enable you to speak better Chinese!
04th April 2006
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 realiz...
Views: 148
01st February 2006
"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 tim...
Views: 190
01st February 2006
"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 tim...
Views: 162
14th January 2006
(Also called: The Case of the Missing Chinese Alphabet)
Does the Chinese language have an alphabet?
If so, where is it? Why don't I see it?
Each month thousands of people search for the "Chinese alphabet" on the internet.
To answer the above...
Views: 531
14th January 2006
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 ...
Views: 259
14th January 2006
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...
Views: 181
14th January 2006
"Just give me the basics!"
That's what this Chinese pronunciation guide is all about.
It's all that you need to know Chinese pronunciation to get by.
The 80% that's important.
To speak Mandarin, the first thing to learn is Chinese pronunciati...
Views: 208
14th January 2006
To continue with Chinese pronunciation...
1. Consonants
There are 24 consonants in pinyin which are pronounced a lot like in English.
b, p, m, f, d, t, n, l, g, k, ng, h, j, q, x, zh, ch, sh, r, z, c, s, y, w
Chinese pronunc...
Views: 150
09th January 2006
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 ...
Views: 176
09th January 2006
"Lucky" Chinese New Year symbols are an important part of
celebrating the Spring Festival.
Afterall, it is the start of spring -- a perfect time to
have your New Year wishes come true!
And what better way to usher in happiness, prosperity and
hea...
Views: 1130
07th January 2006
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 ...
Views: 297
