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    • 娜娜
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      Hi   I'm looking for an accredited course on Chinese culture, history and business. They can be separate courses. One that comes with a certificate and meaningful assessment. Purely online and nothing too pricey. Any advice?
    • vellocet
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      I've taken to listening to podcasts while I fall asleep, but I'm bored with my usual content. I'd like to listen to some podcasts where they just shoot the shit and talk about Chinese. I've asked before, and they're always all in Chinese and meant for study, or blocked by some kind of wall, pay or otherwise.  This is the time of day I turn my brain off, I'm just looking to hear some chat about Chinese, not really in Chinese, if you get my drift.  But obviously it's gotta use some Chinese, but just trying to draw a line because otherwise I'm going to get a bunch of recommendations for  study, stories, TV shows, etc. Like when class is over and you're just chatting with the other students before the next lesson starts, that kind of thing. i'm
    • Alice24
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      For "it was fun", this is what I get in "reverso context": 这很有趣 (Zhè hěn yǒuqù) but when I reverse the translation, it translates as: "it was funny" or "it was interesting"... hmm, quite a difference.   In google translate I get 好玩 (Hǎowán) which does mean fun, but it without the "it was" So my actual guess for 'it was fun' would be"这好玩" ( Zhè hǎowán) or "这很好玩" (Zhè hěn hǎowán)...   If you want context: "Did you enjoy playing basketball yesterday?" "Yes, it was fun!"
    • Wings of Desire
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      Are any Chinese Universities open universities, in English?   I could not find a way to make my own thread, how is it done here?   I am interested in writing for Mandarin and Cantonese readers. Via a translator.    
    • Explore Chinese
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      Hi all,   Long story short my and my girlfriend (Chinese) are considering relocating from the UK to China.   Does anyone have any recommendation for work agencies specifically set up for expats finding work in China? Google shows a few but looking for some recommendations!   Thanks,   Kris 
    • becky82
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      While I'm totally underwhelmed by the Heisig and Richardson method (which lacks both pronunciation (!) and words (!!!)) as a study method, it provides a reasonable character order for handwriting practice for advanced students.   So I whipped up the attached document (3018 simplified characters).  It's adapted from this Pleco Forums post.  I had to fix a few errors from the Pleco post.  I added in character structures from Make Me a Hanzi.  I added as-common-as-possible words (or phrases, or names, where relevant).  I changed some tones on the 多音字 to more common pronunciations, and used capitalization when the given word/phrase/name requires is.  There's 100 characters per page (in a 10 x 10 layout), and so 31 pages (the first 15 pages is precisely the first volume of Heisig, and the remaining 16 pages is precisely the second volume).  The second volume is substantially harder than the first.   Enjoy.  The idea is that you download the pdf, print it out, and fill in the blanks for the characters you know.  (I estimate I can handwrite maybe 85% of the first volume, and maybe 40% of the second volume.)  You'll handwrite some characters incorrectly and you'll forget how to write some (the answers are at the bottom of each page).  From this, you can choose which characters you actually need to improve upon; most people won't need to be able to handwrite all 3018 characters.   I've been through this carefully to eliminate as many mistakes as possible (while practicing handwriting myself), but please let me know if you find any slip-ups.  I should be able to edit.   Do note that Heisig lists some rare characters; these characters I don't know, and am comfortable going into the HSK6 exam not knowing: 昭逾贱梅乃曼揪呐襟尹眷矢荫酋冈亥襄韦彥甫暇勒馨寅嚣矗砌灼灶炯晌淌桐焚逞轧榆炕淳亨墩瞻贰婿袄啼蒂顷沦炊淤蝗蚕遂赃桩怔瑟拭挟莽寇妓淑冶琉崎凯榕歼毙勋颓锹箩佐俏侍淫赎媚凛祟坤婶煞雏秉萧镰糠拂垮愕嗜菱窥窘绰绽缔绞绢孵玲岭梭垦靖豁潭涧轩悍疮殃秧焕拱浦缎舵溢敛魁俺奕驮芙蓉钧.  (Or, at least, I didn't know them at the time, but I've inadvertently learned some of them during the process of making this pdf.)  These rare characters occur mostly in the second volume, and are mixed in with common characters (another drawback of Heisig).   The Make Me a Hanzi database has a few bugs, and I may not have found them all (this would affect the character structure icons).  It describes e.g. 街 as ⿻ rather than ⿲ which seems debatable.   I'm thinking of expanding this pdf to e.g. include all the HSK characters:   Quote HSK2.0 characters not in Heisig: 丐侃侈侥俐倔剔匹吝咀咋咙哆哦唆唠啃啬啰嗦嗨嗯嘈嚏堕墅墟婪嫉幢庇徙怯惋惦惫惮抒拄拙拽捍掐掰揍搀擎攒斟晤晾暄暧曝柬桔椎椭橙沐沮浏涮淀潇澈濒炫烹熨狈甭疙痪痹瘩瘸眶睦瞩磋窍簸紊绎缉肪肴膊舔荤蔼藐裔讳诧诽谤账赁赂踊蹋蹬辕辙迸遏酗酝钝锲阂阱韧饪馈髦   HSK3.0 characters not in Heisig: 丐丫侃侈倔兹刨剔匹卉卒卤卦厄吏吭呛咙哆哦唠啃嗦囱堕墅墟娥婪媲嫉嫦嬉孪屹峙崛巅幢弈弛弧徽怯恤惋惦惫慑抒抠抡抨拄拎拙拯拽捂捅捍捶掐掰掺揍搀撬擎攒攘晤曙曝杭柬椰楷槛橙汛沏沐沪沮沽浏涝涤涮淀淮渝漾潇潦澜灸炖炫炬烹焊煲煽狈猖畸痪痹瘟盹睦瞅瞩矣磊磋祀秽稽窍窒窿竣粤粽紊绎绯缅缉缤肇肪胚膊膳臊舔芭芯荆荧蔼蘸虔蜀裔讳讹诀诧诽谤账赁赂赡跤踊踹蹬蹭辙迪迭遏遛酗酝酣酥酵镑闺阂阎阱陨靶韧飙饵馁馈驭骇骏髦鲨   and make sure no common characters are missed, and perhaps give an indication when a character is rare.  But this presents additional challenges (especially which order to present the characters in), so we'll see; it looks like Mandarin Blueprint is doing something similar. Heisig_chars.pdf
    • MadmaxxxMaSiDe
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      Hi all!   My phone broke and now I´m having problems logging into Wechat through my new phone (failing to confirm my identity). I´m back in my country, so have no chance to let my chinese friends help me to retrieve the password.   Is it possible getting confirmed one´s own identity through any user (then I´d just go to a local chinese restaurant) or does it have to be a 微信好友?
    • vitorvictor
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        Can someone help me and translate?
    • Denemelik
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      Hello my friends. I am new to this forum because I need your urgent help. I need to pass at least HSK3 or HSK4 exams in December this year. I will be a bachelor's degree graduate in June this year. I saw a post on this forum and its name was; “ HSK 0 to HSK3 -> 1 month Challenges to learning mandarin“ but it does not say which resources it used or which applications it used. Can anyone give me information on how I can pass HSK3 in 6-7 months? My current level of Chinese is HSK1 and I can only remember 70 pinyin words. I can't remember the characters at all.
    • Mr Mide
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      Hi do I need to pay for jw202 form?  The agent I am making use is requesting I make a $150 payment for jw202
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