Books – The Hanyu You Want

1500 Hanzi 一千五百个汉字

Nĭménhăo, dear readers. I have been diligently studying since we last spoke. As you may recall, I’ve been cramming 60 characters a day into my head, using Heisig’s famous system in Remembering Simplified Hanzi. There are two volumes of RSH and Vol. 1 takes you up to 1500 characters, learned through an elaborate yet precise…

I am very busy studying Chinese. 我很忙学中文。

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…

Piss

I have a number of Chinese children’s books that I’d like to learn to read and this one is nothing if not quirky. I will let you know how I get on as I start to decode it. As you can see, we will be taking an interest in great works of literature here at…