Download or read book Hacking Chinese written by Olle Linge and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-26 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning Chinese can be frustrating and difficult, partly because it's very different from European languages. Following a teacher, textbook or language course is not enough. They show you the characters, words and grammar you need to become proficient in Chinese, but they don't teach you how to learn them! Regardless of what program you're in (if any), you need to take responsibility for your own learning. If you don't, you will miss many important things that aren't included in the course you're taking. If you study on your own, you need to be even more aware of what you need to do, what you're doing at the moment and the difference between them. Here are some of the questions I have asked and have since been asked many times by students: How do I learn characters efficiently? How do I get the most out of my course or teacher? Which are the best learning tools and resources? How can I become fluent in Mandarin? How can I improve my pronunciation? How do I learn successfully on my own? How can I motivate myself to study more? How can I fit learning Chinese into a busy schedule? The answers I've found to these questions and many others form the core of this book. It took eight years of learning, researching, teaching and writing to figure these things out. Not everybody has the time to do that! I can't go back in time and help myself learn in a better way, but I can help you! This book is meant for normal students and independent language learners alike. While it covers all major areas of learning, you won't learn Chinese just by reading this book. It's like when someone on TV teaches you how to cook: you won't get to eat the delicious dish just by watching the program; you have to do the cooking yourself. That's true for this book as well. When you apply what you learn, it will boost your learning, making every hour you spend count for more, but you still have to do the learning yourself. This is what a few readers have said about the book: "The book had me nodding at a heap of things I'd learnt the hard way, wishing I knew them when I started, as well as highlighting areas that I'm currently missing in my study." - Geoff van der Meer, VP engineering "This publication is like a bible for anyone serious about Chinese proficiency. It's easy for anyone to read and written with scientific precision." - Zachary Danz, foreign teacher, children's theatre artist About me I started learning Chinese when I was 23 (that's more than eight years ago now) and have since studied in many different situations, including serious immersion programs abroad, high-intensity programs in Sweden, online courses, as well as on the side while working or studying other things. I have also successfully used my Chinese in a graduate program for teaching Chinese as a second language, taught entirely in Chinese mostly for native speakers (the Graduate Institute for Teaching Chinese as a Second Language at National Taiwan Normal University). All these parts have contributed to my website, Hacking Chinese, where I write regularly about how to learn Mandarin.

Download or read book Learn to Read Chinese Fast Simplified Characters written by Alan Hoenig and published by Ezchinesey.com. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The memory technique pioneered in this book removes the major obstacle to learning modern Mandarin Chinese: how to remember the meanings of more than 2,000 of the most common simplified Chinese characters (those in use in mainland China)--enough to read more than 96 percent of the characters in any Chinese text. Like the previous edition, this essential guide teaches how to learn new character definitions at a breakneck pace, how to build up new characters using characters already learned, and how to fix meanings and characters forever in the mind. Now boasting an all-new, clearer layout, this version has been updated to include stroke-order diagrams for drawing every character, all meanings and pronunciations for each character, revision of many narratives for increased clarity, and inclusion of a number of new characters. Though neither a study guide to the Chinese language, a history of the development of Chinese characters, nor a Chinese phrase guide, the book provides an indispensable system for the rapid memorization of the meanings of Chinese characters. It also provides access to free downloads of flashcards and review material.

Download or read book Remembering Simplified Hanzi 1 written by James W. Heisig and published by . This book was released on 2008-10-31 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The approach that has helped thousands of learners memorize Japanese kanji has been adapted to help students with Chinese characters. Remembering Simplified Hanzi covers the writing and meaning of the 1,000 most commonly used characters in the traditional Chinese writing system, plus another 500 that are best learned at an early stage." "Of critical importance to the approach found in these pages is the systematic arranging of characters in an order best suited to memory. In the Chinese writing system, strokes and simple components are nested within relatively simple characters, which can, in turn, serve as parts of more complicated characters and so on. Taking advantage of this allows a logical ordering, making it possible for students to approach most new characters with prior knowledge that can greatly facilitate the learning process."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book Chinese Character Fast Finder written by Laurence Matthews and published by . This book was released on 2005-03-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new and innovative study aid that allows the user to find Chinese characters rapidly and intuitively from their appearance alone.

Download or read book Tuttle Learning Chinese Characters written by Alison Matthews and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This user-friendly book is aimed at helping students of Mandarin Chinese learn and remember Chinese characters. At last--there is a truly effective and enjoyable way to learn Chinese characters! This book helps students to learn and remember both the meanings and the pronunciations of over 800 characters. This otherwise daunting task is made easier by the use of techniques based on the psychology of learning and memory. key principles include the use of visual imagery, the visualization of short "stories," and the systematic building up of more complicated characters from basic building blocks. Although Learning Chinese Characters is primarily a book for serious learners of Mandarin Chinese, it can be used by anyone with interest in Chinese characters, without any prior knowledge of Chinese. It can be used alongside (or after, or even before) a course in the Chinese language. All characters are simplified (as in mainland China), but traditional characters are also given, when available. Key features: Specially designed pictures and stories are used in a structured way to make the learning process more enjoyable and effective, reducing the need for rote learning to the absolute minimum. The emphasis throughout is on learning and remembering the meanings and pronunciations of the characters. Tips are also included on learning techniques and how to avoid common problems. Characters are introduced in a logical sequence, which also gives priority to learning the most common characters first. Modern, simplified characters are used, with pronunciations given in pinyin. Key information is given for each character, including radical, stroke-count, traditional form, compounds, and guidance on writing the character. This is a practical guide with a clear, concise and appealing layout, and it is well-indexed with easy lookup methods. The 800 Chinese characters and 1,033 compounds specified for the original HSK Level A proficiency test are covered.

Download or read book Learning Chinese Characters the Easy Way Simplified Chinese Characters written by Sam Song and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (This book is the revision of the book, Learning Chinese The Easy Way: Simplified Characters, Level 1: 3 stories in one book. The book makes learning Chinese characters fun and exciting. It is a collection of three stories (Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese): 1. Two Men and The Bear 2. The Wind and The Sun 3. The Fox and The Goat.) "Sam Song has a way with words. To teach, he's the best you have heard. The books that he writes are such marvelous sights learning Chinese each day word by word. Chinese words we can learn very fast. And when learned we cry Goodie, at last! For I must know the end. How that story doth wend and to know how it ends is a blast!"-- Poet Mrs. Carol Creed This books will be a huge help for you, if you are thinking about to get better at understanding or remembering Chinese characters. It visually illustrates and explains pieces of every character in two popular Chinese stories, Two Men and The Bear and The Wind and The Sun. For practicing pronunciation or learning to read the popular Chinese stories in the book, the free downloadable audio files ensure that readers learn the correct pronunciation and tone of each character in the book. (This revised book and the original book, Learning Chinese The Easy Way: Read & Understand The Symbols of Chinese Culture, share the same audio files.) (Companion Workbook: Tracing and Writing Chinese Characters ( 3 interesting stories ): Simplified Characters)

Download or read book Learning Mandarin Chinese Characters Volume 1 written by Yi Ren and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reinforce your written Chinese with this practice book for the best-selling Tuttle Learning Chinese Characters. Learning Mandarin Chinese Characters helps students quickly learn the essential Chinese characters that are fundamental to the language. This character workbook presents 178 Chinese characters and over 534 standard words using these characters. It is intended for self-study and classroom use and includes the characters and words students need to know if they plan to take the official Chinese government HSK Level 1 Exam or the Advanced Placement (AP) Chinese Language and Culture Exam. Each character is presented plainly and transparently. A step-by-step diagram shows how to write the character, and boxes are provided for freehand writing practice. The meaning and pronunciation are given along with the critical vocabulary compounds and an example sentence. Review exercises reinforce the learning process, and an index at the back allows you to look up the characters according to their English meanings or romanized Hanyu Pinyin pronunciation. Key features of this Chinese workbook include: Designed for HSK Level 1 and AP exam prep Learn the 178 most essential Chinese characters Example sentences and over 534 vocabulary items Step-by-step writing diagrams and practice boxes

Download or read book First 100 Chinese Characters Simplified Character Edition written by Laurence Matthews and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-24 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a quick and easy way to learn basic Chinese Characters. All beginning Chinese language learners struggle to memorize and learn to write Chinese characters. The First 100 Chinese Characters adopts a structural approach which helps students to quickly master the basic characters that are fundamental to this language. This character book is intended for beginning Chinese students. It presents characters that have been carefully selected for rapid and effective learning. The English meanings, pronunciations in hanyu pinyin and alternate forms (if any) for each Chinese character are presented along with a stroke order guide and spaces for writing practice. Printed with gray guidelines, the stroke order guides are designed to be traced over to teach students the standard sequence of strokes used to write the character. Related compounds and phrases are given to assist in vocabulary building. Three indexes at the back allow the characters to be looked up by their English meanings, hanyu pinyin pronunciations, or radicals. Extra practice sheets are also provided. This Chinese character book contains: Step-by-step stroke order diagrams show you how to write each character. Special boxes with grid lines help you practice writing them correctly. Compounds and sample sentences provide easy vocabulary building. Hanyu pinyin romanizations identify and help you pronounce every word.

Download or read book Beginning Chinese Reader written by John DeFrancis and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 1012 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition, like the earlier first edition, introduces some of the main varieties of Chinese as found before and after the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949. While continuing to stress the basic importance of the traditional usages, such as the regular characters to be found in all materials published before the adoption of the simplified forms in 1956 and still in use in some areas, the present revision goes further in contrasting variant usages and in providing additional material relevant to the PRC. Closely related with the author's Beginning Chinese and its companion volume, Character Text for Beginning Chinese, this text is based on a new approach which not only takes into account the advantages of the oral-aural method but gets the student more quickly into material that he is likely to encounter in actual written Chinese. Unique features are the emphasis on compounds and their extensive use in various types of exercises. The 1,200 combinations are based on 400 characters; in all, the book contains 120,000 characters of running text. All compounds appear in illustrative sentences accompnied by English translations, in dialogues as a means of audio-lingual reinforcement, and in narrative or expository form. Additional exercises include maps, booksellers' book lists, correspondence, poems, table of contents, and brief passages from the works of outstanding writers such as Sun Yatsen, Hu Shih, Mao Tse-tung, and Lu Hsun. Supplementary lessons present reading material using the simiplified characters adopted in mainland China.

Download or read book A Book for Beginners to Learn Chinese Characters Volume 4 written by Ruyi Hua and published by Selflearnchinese.com. This book was released on 2023-08-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ideal book to jumpstart your Mandarin Chinese language journey. Salient features: Hundreds of must-know Chinese characters. Characters organized in the form of 50 puzzles. Solutions included. 6 x 6 grids. Large font size of characters. Black & white interior with white paper. Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam Spacious and relaxed: 1 puzzle per page. Large print size. Trim size: 8.5" x 11" (21.59 x 27.94 cm). Simplified characters, Pinyin, and English. Brain games for hours of fun. Fabulous characters search puzzles. Each book in the "Fast Reading Chinese Characters" series contains thousands of simplified Chinese characters (简体中文) organized in the form of over puzzles. For each puzzle of 9*9 grid, you have to find a given Chinese character (汉字) given right before the puzzle. All puzzles contain multiple similar looking and easily confused characters, helping your brain to distinguish and correctly remember the Chinese pictographs. The character to be found comes with the Pinyin (拼音) and English (英文) meaning of the character, making the book suitable for HSK all level students. The solution of the puzzles has been provided in the books. By solving these puzzles, you will be able to fast recognize, and remember the Chinese characters in the long-term. The book is suitable for all levels of Mandarin Chinese language students. In particular, the simple and manageable 9*9 size character search puzzles, inclusion of English and pinyin makes the book a perfect choice of the beginners.

Download or read book Chinese Characters written by Alan Hoenig and published by Dr. Alan Hoenig. This book was released on 2009 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A systematic, building block-style plan for mastering the most daunting aspect of learning Chinese--how to remember the meaning of more than 2,000 of the most common characters--is provided in this handbook. Beginning with the simplest of strokes, such as those for numbers, scepter, and earth, and progressing to the extremely complex, such as destroy, insert, and mouse, this manual presents a methodology employing memory techniques to associate meanings with the characters' visual components. A sequence of numbered panels displays each character in two font styles, and a notation in the adjacent margin describes the character's pinyin pronunciation. Graphics that identify the components or characters from which the featured characters are drawn, and a listing of both the names of these root components, and the panel numbers that cite their location in the book augment the presentation. Beginners will be best served by using this guide in conjunction with the development of language skills, while those who are familiar with the language will find this book to be a comprehensive reference and refresher.

Download or read book A Book for Beginners to Learn Chinese Characters Volume 9 written by Ruyi Hua and published by Selflearnchinese.com. This book was released on 2023-08-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ideal book to jumpstart your Mandarin Chinese language journey. Salient features: Hundreds of must-know Chinese characters. Characters organized in the form of 50 puzzles. Solutions included. 6 x 6 grids. Large font size of characters. Black & white interior with white paper. Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam Spacious and relaxed: 1 puzzle per page. Large print size. Trim size: 8.5" x 11" (21.59 x 27.94 cm). Simplified characters, Pinyin, and English. Brain games for hours of fun. Fabulous characters search puzzles. Each book in the "Fast Reading Chinese Characters" series contains thousands of simplified Chinese characters (简体中文) organized in the form of over puzzles. For each puzzle of 9*9 grid, you have to find a given Chinese character (汉字) given right before the puzzle. All puzzles contain multiple similar looking and easily confused characters, helping your brain to distinguish and correctly remember the Chinese pictographs. The character to be found comes with the Pinyin (拼音) and English (英文) meaning of the character, making the book suitable for HSK all level students. The solution of the puzzles has been provided in the books. By solving these puzzles, you will be able to fast recognize, and remember the Chinese characters in the long-term. The book is suitable for all levels of Mandarin Chinese language students. In particular, the simple and manageable 9*9 size character search puzzles, inclusion of English and pinyin makes the book a perfect choice of the beginners.

Download or read book A Book for Beginners to Learn Chinese Characters Volume 7 written by Ruyi Hua and published by Selflearnchinese.com. This book was released on 2023-08-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ideal book to jumpstart your Mandarin Chinese language journey. Salient features: Hundreds of must-know Chinese characters. Characters organized in the form of 50 puzzles. Solutions included. 6 x 6 grids. Large font size of characters. Black & white interior with white paper. Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam Spacious and relaxed: 1 puzzle per page. Large print size. Trim size: 8.5" x 11" (21.59 x 27.94 cm). Simplified characters, Pinyin, and English. Brain games for hours of fun. Fabulous characters search puzzles. Each book in the "Fast Reading Chinese Characters" series contains thousands of simplified Chinese characters (简体中文) organized in the form of over puzzles. For each puzzle of 9*9 grid, you have to find a given Chinese character (汉字) given right before the puzzle. All puzzles contain multiple similar looking and easily confused characters, helping your brain to distinguish and correctly remember the Chinese pictographs. The character to be found comes with the Pinyin (拼音) and English (英文) meaning of the character, making the book suitable for HSK all level students. The solution of the puzzles has been provided in the books. By solving these puzzles, you will be able to fast recognize, and remember the Chinese characters in the long-term. The book is suitable for all levels of Mandarin Chinese language students. In particular, the simple and manageable 9*9 size character search puzzles, inclusion of English and pinyin makes the book a perfect choice of the beginners.

Download or read book Fluent Forever written by Gabriel Wyner and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • For anyone who wants to learn a foreign language, this is the method that will finally make the words stick. “A brilliant and thoroughly modern guide to learning new languages.”—Gary Marcus, cognitive psychologist and author of the New York Times bestseller Guitar Zero At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn’t learn them in school—who does? Rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple techniques and free online resources—and here he wants to show others what he’s discovered. Starting with pronunciation, you’ll learn how to rewire your ears and turn foreign sounds into familiar sounds. You’ll retrain your tongue to produce those sounds accurately, using tricks from opera singers and actors. Next, you’ll begin to tackle words, and connect sounds and spellings to imagery rather than translations, which will enable you to think in a foreign language. And with the help of sophisticated spaced-repetition techniques, you’ll be able to memorize hundreds of words a month in minutes every day. This is brain hacking at its most exciting, taking what we know about neuroscience and linguistics and using it to create the most efficient and enjoyable way to learn a foreign language in the spare minutes of your day.

Download or read book A Book for Beginners to Learn Chinese Characters Volume 10 written by Ruyi Hua and published by Selflearnchinese.com. This book was released on 2023-08-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ideal book to jumpstart your Mandarin Chinese language journey. Salient features: Hundreds of must-know Chinese characters. Characters organized in the form of 50 puzzles. Solutions included. 6 x 6 grids. Large font size of characters. Black & white interior with white paper. Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam Spacious and relaxed: 1 puzzle per page. Large print size. Trim size: 8.5" x 11" (21.59 x 27.94 cm). Simplified characters, Pinyin, and English. Brain games for hours of fun. Fabulous characters search puzzles. Each book in the "Fast Reading Chinese Characters" series contains thousands of simplified Chinese characters (简体中文) organized in the form of over puzzles. For each puzzle of 9*9 grid, you have to find a given Chinese character (汉字) given right before the puzzle. All puzzles contain multiple similar looking and easily confused characters, helping your brain to distinguish and correctly remember the Chinese pictographs. The character to be found comes with the Pinyin (拼音) and English (英文) meaning of the character, making the book suitable for HSK all level students. The solution of the puzzles has been provided in the books. By solving these puzzles, you will be able to fast recognize, and remember the Chinese characters in the long-term. The book is suitable for all levels of Mandarin Chinese language students. In particular, the simple and manageable 9*9 size character search puzzles, inclusion of English and pinyin makes the book a perfect choice of the beginners.

Download or read book Second 100 Chinese Characters Simplified Character Edition written by Alison Matthews and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second 100 Chinese Characters adopts a structural approach that helps students to learn, recognize and write the second 100 most common Chinese characters. Intended for beginning Chinese students, the characters listed have been carefully selected and sequenced for rapid and effective learning. Each Chinese character is shown separately on a single page, along with its English definitions, pinyin romanization, alternate form (if any), a stroke-order guide and ample space for writing practice. Printed in gray lines, the stroke-order guides introduce the student to the standard stroke sequence used in writing the characters by tracing them. After learning the correct stroke order, the student can then practice writing the characters on their own, thus reinforcing the recognition and memorization. Large boxes with grid lines for correct proportions are provided. Related compounds and phrases containing each character are also included to assist in vocabulary building. Three indexes--alphabetically arranged by the English meanings, by pinyin romanization, and by radicals--are provided at the back of the book for quick and easy reference. This Chinese character book features: The second 100 most frequently-used characters Foundation characters for HSK Level 1 test Standard pinyin romanizations Step-by-step stroke order guides and ample space for writing practice Special practice boxes with grid lines Lots of extra practice sheets Over 500 words and phrases containing the basic characters Concise English definitions

Download or read book A Book for Beginners to Learn Chinese Characters Volume 5 written by Ruyi Hua and published by Selflearnchinese.com. This book was released on 2023-08-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ideal book to jumpstart your Mandarin Chinese language journey. Salient features: Hundreds of must-know Chinese characters. Characters organized in the form of 50 puzzles. Solutions included. 6 x 6 grids. Large font size of characters. Black & white interior with white paper. Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam Spacious and relaxed: 1 puzzle per page. Large print size. Trim size: 8.5" x 11" (21.59 x 27.94 cm). Simplified characters, Pinyin, and English. Brain games for hours of fun. Fabulous characters search puzzles. Each book in the "Fast Reading Chinese Characters" series contains thousands of simplified Chinese characters (简体中文) organized in the form of over puzzles. For each puzzle of 9*9 grid, you have to find a given Chinese character (汉字) given right before the puzzle. All puzzles contain multiple similar looking and easily confused characters, helping your brain to distinguish and correctly remember the Chinese pictographs. The character to be found comes with the Pinyin (拼音) and English (英文) meaning of the character, making the book suitable for HSK all level students. The solution of the puzzles has been provided in the books. By solving these puzzles, you will be able to fast recognize, and remember the Chinese characters in the long-term. The book is suitable for all levels of Mandarin Chinese language students. In particular, the simple and manageable 9*9 size character search puzzles, inclusion of English and pinyin makes the book a perfect choice of the beginners.