iknowcss Posted February 6, 2019 at 09:31 AM Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 at 09:31 AM I was a little surprised to see the font size was too big for some people. On most projects I hear the opposite! I've decreased the size from 10em to 8em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted February 6, 2019 at 10:04 AM Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 at 10:04 AM 2960 +/- 370. I had hoped for better. This is why I usually don't like taking such tests ? It's all the obscure animals and ancient ritual words that tripped me up in this case, I guess it's my lack of chengyu knowledge showing? @iknowcss, I saw a glitch: if the pinyin in a definition starts with a capital (Sòng), the capital disappears so you only see òng. Using Firefox and Windows 10. On the English test I did pretty well though! 83%, 0% nonwords. I would have scored even better if I had been less circumspect. I do know 'summate' in context, 'ribonuclease' I wouldn't flag as nonword in context and 'ok' I only marked as no because it is supposed to be in capitals, OK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted February 6, 2019 at 10:19 AM Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 at 10:19 AM 51 minutes ago, iknowcss said: On most projects I hear the opposite! On many projects it's probably true! Often what happens is that the Chinese font size is just kept exactly the same as the English font size. For comfortable reading (especially on a screen), I find that Chinese needs to be a couple of point sizes larger, especially if it's Traditional characters. The font size you were using however took up a full screen (on a mobile device) which is far larger than it needs to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyj99 Posted February 13, 2019 at 08:25 PM Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 at 08:25 PM I got 980 +- 140. Not bad for a year of study, but I need to step it up! I wonder how many words I know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murrayjames Posted February 13, 2019 at 08:35 PM Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 at 08:35 PM @jeremyj99, learning 1,000 characters in a year of study is very good. Congratulations. You probably don’t need to step it up. That could lead to burn out. Just keep doing what you are doing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyj99 Posted February 13, 2019 at 08:57 PM Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 at 08:57 PM @murrayjames Thanks! I'd love to get to ~2000 by the end of the year, but I've also kind of taken a step back and started spending more time actually reading graded readers to further develop my command of the characters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iknowcss Posted February 14, 2019 at 06:22 AM Report Share Posted February 14, 2019 at 06:22 AM On 2/6/2019 at 7:04 PM, Lu said: @iknowcss, I saw a glitch: if the pinyin in a definition starts with a capital (Sòng), the capital disappears so you only see òng. Using Firefox and Windows 10. Thanks for the bug report @Lu ? I pushed a fix for this yesterday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanillalover1 Posted February 15, 2019 at 10:51 PM Report Share Posted February 15, 2019 at 10:51 PM only 1o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkmyers45 Posted May 18, 2019 at 04:55 AM Report Share Posted May 18, 2019 at 04:55 AM I got 2000+300 for simplified characters which sounds about right given that I am preparing to take the HSK 5. Im branching off to subject specific vocabulary and I wonder if the test can still gauge my range at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enjune Zhang Posted July 24, 2019 at 11:08 AM Report Share Posted July 24, 2019 at 11:08 AM Quite agree with imron. It is true that you need these basic 2000 characters frequently applied in daily written materials to get rid of illiteracy. But it will be more than characters after you reach that volume, but how you could make potential combinations of the characters to create meaning in the form of words. So learning character is a game of breeding the infinity out of limitation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david387 Posted July 24, 2019 at 03:38 PM Report Share Posted July 24, 2019 at 03:38 PM Nice test! I got 2100 on the first try and 2400 the second time. I'd love the option to login and have a history of previous tests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pall Posted September 7, 2019 at 04:59 PM Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 at 04:59 PM Maybe it's interesting. HSK5 word list (inclusive HSK1-4) contains 1708 characters. As to the test, when is character supposed to be known, when its meaning is known or pinyin, or both? I think, remembering pinyin is the most valuable knowledge since it allows to type and to voice the characters. The meaning of words can rearly be derived from the meaning of the characters, only can be guessed to some extent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david387 Posted September 7, 2019 at 05:41 PM Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 at 05:41 PM 36 minutes ago, Pall said: HSK5 word list (inclusive HSK1-4) contains 1708 characters. The meaningfulness of this to me now is simply that knowing most or all of those characters means that I am now prepared to read books and write messages. It's the beginning. Some words that I had to look up in the last couple of days that I did not know and are surely not on the hsk list are elliptical machine, drywall, and fiber optic cable. 椭圆机，石膏墙板，光线电缆 But the great thing now is that I don't have to constantly consult a dictionary or a translation app to communicate relatively clearly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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