“How to Order a Jiānbing in Mandarin,” The Beijinger
A basic primer on how to use Mandarin to order the apex breakfast street food: The humble Jianbing. [Read More...]
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“Chuan, Chuanr, Chuan’r, Chuan’er? How to Correctly Transliterate Beijing’s Favorite Street Snack,” The Beijinger
In the interest of getting this right, we asked several experts from the field of Chinese language and linguistics to help us settle the debate. [Read More...]