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  • a little {booster} dose of Hanyu Pinyin
    • “a” Finals
    • “o” Finals
    • “e” Finals
    • “i” Finals (Part 1)
    • “i” Finals (Part 2)
    • “u” Finals (Part 1)
    • “u” Finals (Part 2)
    • “u” Finals (Part 3)
    • “ü” Finals – the most confusing page!

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The Wild Cards of Hanyu Pinyin

Aside from the vowels (also known as Finals in Hanyu Pinyin), I like to think that the father of Pinyin saw various modern … More

Blog, Chinese, Hanyu Pinyin, journal, language, Learn, life, Mandarin, Sounds

Self-publishing: changing with the times

In 2008, when I first self-published A Little Beijing: Your Niche Travel Guide, I made an art installation with the help … More

#book, Book launch, Chinese, Crowdfunding, Digital, Format, indie book, Learn, San Francisco, Self-publishing, Technology

Self-publishing: raising the fund

After two years of writing, visualising and sharing the hand-sewn version of A Little Daily Dose with friends who were … More

#book, Chinese, creative, Crowdfunding, design, Ideas, Kickstarter, language, Learn, Project, Self-publishing

W-o-m-e-n

Try typing w-o-m-e-n with Chinese input methods and you’ll arrive at the word for #We / #Us – #我们 – which literally means the … More

Chinese, Learn, San Francisco, Women

A Little Daily Dose: The Beginning

Somewhere in 2017, I started creating bilingual short stories for Jon. The idea of reading in English and picking up … More

beginning, bilingual, book, Chinese, indie, Learn, San Francisco, short stories

It’s raining in San Francisco

Back in 2012, when Jon and I started sending postcards to each other, California was still in drought. We were … More

Chinese, Learn, Living in San Francisco, Rain
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