Hello everyone. I am working hard at Chinese. Here’s what I’m doing. Heisig. Each day I study 60 characters from Heisig’s famous book, Remembering Simplified Hanzi. 60 characters is a lot and it takes 2-3 hours every day all by itself, this is a big chunk of time if you have a full-time job. I’m…
Month: July 2020
My Chinese desk 我的中文书桌
A glimpse of my desk. I am cramming Chinese into my head, absolutely cramming. I more or less confidently recognise over 600 characters from Heisig, which well-thumbed volumes you don’t see in this pile here because they are in constant use. I am the top of my league in Duolingo and set to take first…
动物森友会 Animal Crossing
I have been playing Animal Crossing assiduously since its release in March. I returned to studying Chinese in April. Finally, today, I had the genius idea of changing the language settings on AC so now it’s all in Chinese. This is going to be a big challenge to my reading skills but it is a…
I’m going to take an exam
I entered myself for the HSK1 exam in September, so I have two months to prepare. The photo shows my notes that I made today. The numbers to the left are those assigned by Heisig, on whose book I am relying to learn individual characters. HSK1 requires you to know 150 words. Most are compounds,…
Chinese is back on.
I know it’s been a long break. The last ten years have been like this. I get thoroughly stuck into Chinese, then something happens, usually work, and I could be away for two years. Then I come back to it and start again. Each time I re-start, it is quicker to catch up and then…
The Hanyu You Want 