Chineasy
Headquarters | London, UK |
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Founder(s) | ShaoLan Hsueh |
CEO | ShaoLan Hsueh |
Industry | Online education, Chinese Language, Graphic Design, Education |
Services | Second language acquisition (Chinese) |
Slogan(s) | Break down the Great Wall of Chinese language |
Website |
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Advertising | no |
Registration | no |
Launched | 14 February 2013 |
Current status | Online and publications |
Chineasy is an Internet startup created with the purpose of teaching characters, created by the entrepreneur Shaolan Hsueh. The 2014 book Chineasy: The New Way to Read Chinese contains about 400 characters.[1] It was based on her 2013 TED talk [2] and funded via a crowdfunding campaign though Kickstarter.[3]
While the book introduces common Chinese characters, it does not teach pronunciation or grammar, and thus does not teach how to read or use the language.[4]
Chineasy has been widely featured in the press, including the Financial Times,[5] the Wall Street Journal,[6] Time magazine,[7] and National Public Radio.[8] It won Wallpaper’s 2014 Design Award.[9]
Illustrated characters[10]
Hsueh's book uses illustrations and storytelling. Characters are illustrated by various illustrators including Noma Bar.
References
- ↑ Chineasy: The New Way to Read Chinese (Flexibound ed.). HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 978-0062332097.
- ↑ "Learn to read Chinese...with ease". TED.com. May 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Chineasy: The easiest way to learn Chinese". Kickstarter.com. July 23, 2013.
- ↑ Victor Mair (March 19, 2014). "Chineasy? Not". Language Log. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
- ↑ Berwick, Isabel (August 9, 2013). "Learn Mandarin the Chineasy way". FT.com.
- ↑ Wolfe, Alexandra (March 14, 2014). "A New Way to Learn Chinese". WSJ.com.
- ↑ "Chineasy: A New Way to Learn Chinese Characters". Time. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
- ↑ "These Cute Images Make Reading Chinese Characters 'Chineasy'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
- ↑ Wallpaper* Design Awards (January 15, 2014). "Wallpaper* Design Awards Life Enhancer of the Year – Wallpaper*". Wallpaper.com.
- ↑ "Chineasy illustrated characters designed to make learning Chinese easy". Dezeen. Retrieved 2015-10-23.