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Cafés are language gyms with better lighting. In Taiwan, ordering coffee or tea is a string of small, friendly verbs—要、來、給—and […]

A Tiny Yak Moment I once walked into a Taipei flower shop with a perfect plan: “Buy something nice.” Then

You hear chirping outside your Taipei apartment window. A flash of white and olive swoops past. Your host family starts

Maps are just stories about earth wearing different outfits—mountains, rivers, plains, and the occasional dramatic volcano. In Mandarin, geography terms

Passports are paperwork; identity is conversation. In Mandarin, you’ll introduce where you’re from with a country name, mark nationality with

Time talk powers real life: trains, meetings, coffee runs, “be there in five.” Mandarin keeps it clean—點 for hours, 分

Chinese numbers are deceptively simple. You start with ten simple characters, but the system for counting large figures is fundamentally

Weather small talk is a universal friendship cheat code. In Mandarin, the four seasons are clean, memorable, and endlessly useful

Months in Mandarin are deliciously straightforward: numbers 1–12 plus 月（yuè, “month”）and you’re done. No tricky names to memorize, no spelling