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你好 and 再见—knowing these phrases will help you strike up a conversation...and politely exit when the Chinese becomes too overwhelming.

We think radicals are rad. Sorry, we just couldn't resist.

外公，奶奶，爷爷，姑姑，伯伯...that's a lot of family members to remember. We better start practicing now before our next family reun...

Using the correct pinyin tone can mean the difference between calling your mom "mother (mā) and "horse" (mǎ). Disaster averted.

You'll want to put a pin in this pinyin video (get it? get it?) so you can watch it as many times as you need.

It's time to put the person in personal pronouns—and in this case, we mean a virtual person giving you the rundown on personal pronouns.

It's time to put the person in personal pronouns—and in this case, we mean a virtual person giving you the rundown on personal pronouns.

你好 and 再见—knowing these phrases will help you strike up a conversation...and politely exit when the Chinese becomes too overwhelming.

Check out how these two characters meet for the first time and bond over their Chinese class. We'd call that a meet-cute.