General Study Advice and Discussion

2250 topics in this forum

1. How good are people after 15 weeks of Mandarin?

   By CaitlinG, June 13, 2020 at 02:03 AM
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   • Dawei3
   • June 15, 2020 at 05:57 PM

2. How good are people after 4 semesters of Mandarin in college?

   By Jan Finster, February 29, 2020 at 02:56 PM
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   • 杰.克
   • June 13, 2020 at 06:46 AM

3. New Chinese Learning Platform

   By Larry Language Lover, October 28, 2019 at 10:18 PM
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   • PerpetualChange
   • June 4, 2020 at 12:30 PM

4. Is Chinese more difficult than European languages 1 2 3 4 8

   By geckex, May 12, 2009 at 09:18 PM
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   • mungouk
   • June 2, 2020 at 03:39 PM

5. Should I learn ALL hsk 6 words in order to pass HSK 6?

   By brigitte, April 23, 2020 at 08:43 AM
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   • roddy
   • June 2, 2020 at 09:09 AM

6. Alternative Chinese Pronunciations for Latin Alphabet Characters

   By ZhuoMing, May 31, 2020 at 08:30 AM
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   • Jim
   • June 1, 2020 at 04:03 AM

7. I need Hskk advanced (高级) 听后复述 tips and tricks

   By rocer_jubin, May 14, 2020 at 12:25 AM
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   • ChTTay
   • May 28, 2020 at 12:23 AM

8. Where to get work corrected?

   By luker7, May 21, 2020 at 07:17 PM
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   • abcdefg
   • May 24, 2020 at 02:46 AM

9. Reflections on online learning

   By mungouk, May 9, 2020 at 01:49 PM
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   • mungouk
   • May 20, 2020 at 03:25 PM

10. American young lady speaks Chinese and Japanese

    By NinjaTurtle, May 14, 2020 at 10:22 PM
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    • abcdefg
    • May 17, 2020 at 01:05 PM

11. 蟹 vs 蠏 (simp/trad in Pleco and MDBG)

    By mungouk, May 5, 2020 at 09:17 PM
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    • oceancalligraphy
    • May 13, 2020 at 01:58 AM

12. Making a video every month to show my Chinese progress 1 2

    By liface, July 22, 2019 at 08:23 PM
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    • Tomsima
    • May 6, 2020 at 01:24 PM

13. Helping a language partner with really bad English

    By Dawei3, April 30, 2020 at 09:35 PM
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    • Flickserve
    • May 2, 2020 at 06:51 AM

14. Heisig Book 2 Or No?

    By Chow Yun Thin, April 30, 2020 at 06:40 PM
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    • PerpetualChange
    • May 1, 2020 at 08:02 PM

15. Learning Chinese (Beginner Help)

    By Lu Kai, April 28, 2020 at 11:58 PM
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    • Lu Kai
    • April 28, 2020 at 11:58 PM

16. How do you study transliterations and names?

    By Jan Finster, April 19, 2020 at 12:07 PM
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    • Dlezcano
    • April 23, 2020 at 09:49 AM

17. I want to learn Chinese after Japanese. I am not in China and there are no Chinese language schools nearby. Is my plan good? + a little Japanese rant 1 2

    By gintama, April 20, 2020 at 10:07 PM
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    • Lu
    • April 22, 2020 at 02:43 PM

18. Are there any good AI audio transcription services?

    By Jan Finster, June 25, 2019 at 04:57 PM
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    • Jan Finster
    • April 17, 2020 at 02:48 PM

19. improving grammar, vocab, translations - suggestions?

    By TheWind, February 1, 2019 at 12:02 AM
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    • Jan Finster
    • March 29, 2020 at 09:54 AM

20. Not Getting Access to Learn Chinese

    By Lindaawilsoon, January 18, 2019 at 01:09 PM
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    • roddy
    • March 29, 2020 at 07:24 AM

21. Advanced Learners (B2+-C2), did you have any systematic method you felt helped improvement for speaking / listening?

    By avren, March 20, 2020 at 11:51 AM
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    • 柯林
    • March 22, 2020 at 02:35 PM

22. Frustrated with my lack of progress! 1 2 3

    By trisha2766, January 22, 2014 at 05:06 AM
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    • Jan Finster
    • March 21, 2020 at 07:23 PM

23. Help with Chinese to English translation

    By Ori_A, March 19, 2020 at 10:48 AM
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    • Ori_A
    • March 19, 2020 at 10:48 AM

24. Better methods for learning Chinese?

    By Cyath, March 16, 2020 at 03:43 PM
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    • 640 views
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    • Jan Finster
    • March 16, 2020 at 06:31 PM

25. Teaching Chinese Online

    By zhouhaochen, February 21, 2020 at 02:52 AM
    • 19 replies
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    • zhouhaochen
    • March 13, 2020 at 06:17 PM