In this quick lesson, I respond to a viewer who challenged me to say Monday to Sunday in Chinese in just one second. I break ...

The rapid growth (and partial retreat) of “they” and “them” has gotten a lot of attention in recent years, but English is ...

In this quick Mandarin tip video, I share an easier way to reply to both thank you and I’m sorry in natural spoken Chinese.

Every Mandarin restaurant comes with a similar setup: inside the entrance is a water feature (often a too-small koi pond where ornamental carp guzzle dissolved oxygen around its waterfall) that leads ...

Dear Annie: On my daily walks around my neighborhood, I always say hi to the other sidewalk walkers. Sadly, the greeting is seldom returned. Why doesn’t everyone respond “Hi” back? We all see each ...