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  • Mandarin Corner
    Learning Chinese

    Mandarin Corner

    Great everyday dialog with Hanzi AND Pinyin.  Check out her entire channel!  

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  • Frozen – Let It Go
    Learning Chinese

    Frozen – Let It Go

    I’m not a huge fan of this movie, but it was a decent production and I can deal with the theme song.. especially if…

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  • Learn Chinese thru Popular Karoake
    Learning Chinese

    Learn Chinese thru Popular Karoake

    Found this on my twitter, cool to see!  Also cool that they’re popular karoake songs, adds a bit to cultural tastes and understanding. [visual_button…

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  • Karoake Jingle Bells (Pinyin/Hanzi)
    Learning Chinese

    Karoake Jingle Bells (Pinyin/Hanzi)

    Rounding out my Christmas feel for the day – another carol, again with sing along pinyin and hanzi video.

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  • Learning Chinese

    We Wish You a Merry Christmas in Chinese

    Classic Christmas song with a pinyin karoake-style video so you can sing along and learn.

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  • Learning Chinese

    喜羊羊与灰太狼 Theme Song

    喜羊羊与灰太狼 Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf (English, Pinyin, Hanzi)

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  • Learning Chinese

    飞越老人院 (Full Circle)

    I saw this film yesterday.  It’s a gentle film about a group of elderly people living in a nursing home whom manage to piece…

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  • Learning Chinese

    Cussing in Mandarin

    I had a discussion the other day about swear words with a new language partner.  I thought I’d look something up for reference and…

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  • Learning Chinese

    Aftershock (唐山大地震) Subtitles

    Suggested by a friend also learning Chinese, the movie “Aftershock”.   I’ve added the subtitle to my PinyinSubtitles subreddit and TencentCloud.

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  • 13 Mandarin Chinese Grammar Patterns and Structures We Love to Hate
    Learning Chinese

    13 Mandarin Chinese Grammar Patterns and Structures We Love to Hate

    13 Mandarin Chinese Grammar Patterns and Structures We Love to Hate

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Catrina

Tinkerer at Large

Hello! You’ve stumbled into my random documentations of the various hobbies and interests I occupy myself with. I blog mostly to remind myself of when I did what and how, but always happy to help someone if they find something they need here. Enjoy!

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  • How I Got Into Quail

    How I Got Into Quail

    Once I bought my new home self-sufficiency was high priority on my list. I live in a suburban area so things I can do…

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  • Easy Ham Radio Arrow Antenna Mount for Tripod

    Easy Ham Radio Arrow Antenna Mount for Tripod

    I saw lots of DIY’s on how to better mount the antenna to the tripod but none quite fit what I wanted. I finally…

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  • Setting up a MMDVM Hotspot with Raspberry Pi4

    Setting up a MMDVM Hotspot with Raspberry Pi4

    Purchases and notes Prep SD Card You can chose to prep the card with either Pi-Star or WPSD, but Pi-Star no longer pushes out…

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  • Getting Into Ham

    Getting Into Ham

    Explore what you can do with your tech license Ham radio is always something I’ve been interested in just because I love tech, but…

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  • Pressure Cooker Level Up

    Pressure Cooker Level Up

    Using a pressure cooker was outright scary for me the first time, but with the help of some friends and the reference to this…

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  • Wo Hui Mandarin Pen

    Wo Hui Mandarin Pen

    I recently purchased this pen on Amazon for $39 and wanted to post some results.  I’ve included a video of using the pen to…

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  • Applying for a Visa

    Applying for a Visa

    Getting through some of the site information can be a bit murky, but this site made it very easy to get your all you…

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  • Print Paper to Practice Your Hanzi

    Print Paper to Practice Your Hanzi

    Print your own practice paper with various squares and designs, great for practicing your Hanzi! https://chinesewritingpaper.com/

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  • Little Fox Chinese

    Little Fox Chinese

    Hanzi, Pinyin, English translations, slow pronunciation, graded levels, this series has it all!  They even put the subtitles in plain text for you to…

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  • Phrases & Vocabulary for Hanging Out

    Phrases & Vocabulary for Hanging Out

    I come across a lot of these phrases chatting with friends on QQ.  Really useful! Written Chinese: Phrases & Vocabulary for Hanging Out with…

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