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Tag: hanzi
Almost 100% recall.
Today I tested my hanzi again. I start with the Heisig keyword, then I try to correctly write the character from memory and recall its pinyin spelling, using the correct tones. There are 236 characters in my set, so writing plus pinyin gives me 472 chances to make a mistake. I only made three mistakes…
Today’s corrections.
I’m working and working on my Heisig set of 236 characters because I want to know them with 100% certainty and accuracy before I tackle the next 2,800 characters still to come. Here are today’s corrections.
My baboon has a new balloon.
我的狒狒有一个新的气球 Wǒ de fèifèi yǒu yīgè xīn de qìqiú. 狒狒 fèifèi, baboon. fèi – hamadryad, a mythical being that lives in a tree (lol). 气球 qìqiú, balloon. qì – gas. qiú – sphere. 新 xīn, new. 的 The possessive particle 的 de is used as an attributive. It connects the adjective 新 new to the noun 球 balloon. New-balloon,…
ChinesePod: Newbie: Good Morning
This post is to record that I’ve studied the lesson titled Good Morning. I’m new to ChinesePod and liking it, the recordings are really clear. I can understand the spoken dialogue no problem but I’m less confident about my ability to reliably recognise all the characters. Words to remember: 早上 zǎoshang …
Chinese: New Horizons
I went to school and earned 1 Chinese point. I think I am going to change my learning style for a while and get a private tutor, perhaps in a reciprocal Chinese/English tuition arrangement. I’m starting to realise that learning Mandarin Chinese is something that takes several years, not just a couple or a few,…
Write about how someone in your family has changed.
I am staying in on a Saturday night, doing my homework. Part of this week’s Chinese homework is to write a couple of sentences on a given topic. Last week the topic was weather and I wrote a very boring story about snow. So let’s try to liven things up this week. The set topic…
Have you eaten?
I’m claiming three Chinese points for one class plus two homework sessions, one of which was a huge amount of study this evening. I’m only stopping now because I’m too tired to go on. Here’s some evidence of what I’ve been doing: Photo by Sharon Chen on Unsplash Nǐ chī le ma? Have you eaten? Hěn…
Chinese table
My dining table is under there somewhere.
Making sense of hanzi
Q: Gloria, sometimes it seems from the context that you must be writing in Chinese, but all I can see is little boxes. Why? A: Your web browser is substituting little boxes in place of the Chinese characters. It does this because your version of Windows has not been configured to display Asian fonts. Here…
The Hanyu You Want 