General Study Advice and Discussion

2263 topics in this forum

1. How to reduce distractions while learning chinese?

   By phoneticsem, April 29, 2022 at 12:34 AM
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   • phoneticsem
   • May 15, 2022 at 01:42 AM

2. What is your definition of success with Chinese?

   By dakonglong, November 7, 2021 at 03:19 AM
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   • Guest
   • May 9, 2022 at 06:29 AM

3. Extensive or intensive studying (listening, speaking) better?

   By Zhenzhunaicha, May 4, 2022 at 09:27 PM
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   • Qaamar
   • May 9, 2022 at 01:59 AM

4. Chinese language learning survey

   By laoyumi, May 6, 2022 at 02:03 AM
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   • Flickserve
   • May 7, 2022 at 04:00 AM

5. How to determine your proficiency level

   By dakonglong, April 30, 2022 at 04:09 AM
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   • laoyumi
   • May 4, 2022 at 12:31 AM

6. List of important characters (in addition to radicals)

   By Dana123, March 18, 2022 at 09:33 AM
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   • phoneticsem
   • April 23, 2022 at 09:32 AM

7. Teacher posting disturbing moments

   By suMMit, April 20, 2022 at 06:55 AM
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   • Lu
   • April 21, 2022 at 07:25 AM

8. How many words should I learn? Im hsk4 1 2

   By Jony112314, March 27, 2022 at 04:18 AM
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   • Jony112314
   • April 17, 2022 at 02:42 PM

9. Active Chinese speaking communities outside China

   By david387, April 7, 2022 at 02:16 AM
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   • amytheorangutan
   • April 7, 2022 at 08:02 AM

10. Ideas wanted: How would you improve this study process for new vocab&syntax acquisition? 1 2

    By Tamu, October 26, 2013 at 05:46 PM
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    • Flickserve
    • March 27, 2022 at 09:01 AM

11. How to recove Chinese I've almost forgotten?

    By red1, March 26, 2022 at 01:26 PM
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    • Jan Finster
    • March 27, 2022 at 06:42 AM

12. "Who lives better?" by 张洁

    By flautert, March 11, 2022 at 11:46 PM
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    • Lu
    • March 16, 2022 at 09:07 AM

13. Is it just me, or the HSK tests seem to be significantly harder in mainland China than the ones held abroad?

    By I.carranza, March 10, 2022 at 11:44 AM
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    • I.carranza
    • March 12, 2022 at 04:07 PM

14. I don't know how I should be structuring my learning because I don't have a lot of money

    By teddy00, March 7, 2022 at 06:12 AM
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    • Jan Finster
    • March 8, 2022 at 06:51 PM

15. Getting started with Chinese

    By PlanetLockdownFilm, March 4, 2022 at 11:43 AM
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    • Flickserve
    • March 7, 2022 at 05:21 AM

16. What motivates you to keep going? 1 2

    By PerpetualChange, February 17, 2022 at 02:58 PM
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    • Lu
    • February 25, 2022 at 04:42 PM

17. Couple of questions from middle-aged self-taught learner

    By Liebkuchen, September 10, 2021 at 07:52 PM
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    • Jane_terracota
    • February 23, 2022 at 09:01 AM

18. Chinese as a Hobby

    By dakonglong, February 13, 2022 at 10:16 PM
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    • suMMit
    • February 20, 2022 at 05:12 AM

19. Walking in rural Nantong and talking Chinese

    By jaapgrolleman, February 11, 2022 at 02:05 AM
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    • jaapgrolleman
    • February 14, 2022 at 08:43 AM

20. Using a wechat group for learning

    By Flickserve, April 13, 2020 at 08:38 AM
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    • Flickserve
    • February 12, 2022 at 05:45 AM

21. Company cancels contract before employee starts working

    By Tye, March 22, 2021 at 05:11 AM
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    • chupachang
    • January 15, 2022 at 12:27 AM

22. The 2021 Aims and Objectives Progress Topic 1 2 3 4 6

    By Tomsima, December 23, 2020 at 11:48 AM
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    • Singe
    • December 31, 2021 at 06:21 AM

23. Learning Chinese with PTSD and ADHD

    By 外留者, December 29, 2021 at 11:00 AM
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    • 外留者
    • December 29, 2021 at 11:00 AM

24. How to Grow and Review Larger Vocabulary Lists

    By SteadyCamel, December 13, 2021 at 10:59 AM
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    • imron
    • December 17, 2021 at 04:21 AM

25. My first speech in Chinese: Tier 3 & 4 cities in China

    By jaapgrolleman, December 5, 2021 at 08:25 AM
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    • jaapgrolleman
    • December 7, 2021 at 12:59 AM