In fact, if you know 1000 of the most frequently used characters, you can read almost 90% of publications. You can learn 10 characters a day, then you can memorize 1000 characters in less than half year.
Click the star to get 1000 most common Chinese words.
It is too hard to learn Chinese.
Difficulty
Solution
It is IMPOSSIBLE to memorize so many Chinese characters!
Don’t know how to read Chinese!
First convert those Chinese characters first into an alphabetical form.
“ Pinyin” is fully phonetic and can be learned very quickly since there are only about 400 different syllables in the Chinese languages, compared to thousands in Western languages.
Learn 4 different tones mark as changes the tones will change to different meanings in Chinese.
Chinese is a context-based language!
Firstly, the same phrase can be interpreted in different ways in different contexts.
Secondly, Chinese is “pro-drop”. Some words are dropped in the conversation because they can be inferred from the context.
Search for the word or phrase with the electronic dictionary.
Find Chinese speakers to practice through online platforms.
Hold a positive attitude to learning Chinese. Whenever you meet with challenges, you can take it into stride and remember that you can master great skills as long as you overcome the challenges.
It is difficult to look up a word in Chinese dictionary!
Chinese is one of the most dictionary-intensive language over the world in the sense that there are various types of Chinese dictionaries.
Step 1: To distinguish clearly between 「詞典」,「字典」,and 「辭典」in Chinese.
Step 2: Know about what you are looking for.
Step 3: Make use of the stroke table in the first page of dictionary.
I 我 我
you(singular) 你 你
he 他 他
we 我們 我们
you(plural) 你們 你们
they 他們 他们
this 這 这
that 那 那
here 這裡 这里
there 那裡 那里
who 誰 谁
what 甚麼 什么
where 哪裡 哪里
when 甚麼時候 什么时候
how 如何 如何
not 不 不
all 全部 全部
many 多 多
some 一些 一些
few 少 少
other 其他 其他
one 一 一
two 二 二
three 三 三
four 四 四
five 五 五
big 大 大
long 長 长
wide 寬 宽
thick 厚 厚
heavy 重 重
small 小 小
short 短 短
narrow 窄 窄
thin 薄 薄
woman 女人 女人
man(adult male) 男人 男人
egg 蛋 蛋
horn 角 角
tail 尾 尾
feather 羽毛 羽毛
hair 頭髮 头发
head 頭 头
ear 耳朵 耳朵
eye 眼睛 眼睛
nose 鼻 鼻
mouth 嘴 嘴
tooth 牙齒 牙齿
tongue 舌 舌
fingernail 指甲 指甲
foot 腳 脚
leg 腿 腿
knee 膝 膝
hand 手 手
wing 翼 翼
belly 肚子 肚子
guts 腸子 肠子
neck 脖子 脖子
back 背 背
breast 胸 胸
heart 心臟 心脏
liver 肝 肝
drink 喝 喝
eat 吃 吃
bite 咬 咬
suck 吸 吸
spit 吐 吐
vomit 嘔 呕
blow 吹 吹
breathe 呼吸 呼吸
laugh 笑 笑
see 看 看
hear 聽 听
know 知道 知道
“我现在不方便”
---The speaker is not available now.
“我想要去方便一下”
---The speaker wants to go to the washroom.
「詞典」
---refers to the word dictionary
「字典」is for you to find the meaning of a single character.
「辭典」is a kind of dictionary helps you with the use of rhetorics and sentence structures in Chinese.