Now in modern Chinese there are more than 50,000 characters in total,All of them can be put into three types.They are pictographs,ideographs,and radical-phonetic compound characters.
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Travel in Macao：Ruins of St. Paul’s大三巴牌坊
The Ruins of St. Paul is a famous interesting place in Macao.The Ruins of St. Paul's were initially built in 1602. In 1835, a fire razed the church, leaving only the dramatic facade standing in four colonnaded tiers, complete with carvings and statues. Today, the Ruins of St. Paul's is a symbol of Macao.大三巴牌坊，其正式名称为圣保禄大教堂遗址，是澳门天主之母教堂（圣保禄教堂）正面前壁的遗址。今天，我们的话题就是大三巴牌坊，让我们来一起领略一下澳门独特的风景吧！
Mandarin Jokes — Chinese reading order
This Mandarin Chinese joke will be presented in Chinese characters, followed by Pinyin Romanization, an English translation, and an explanation.
Why you should keep notes in your Chinese flashcards
You put a lot of effort into building, maintaining and studying your Chinese flashcard deck, but are you missing out on an opportunity to make it even more beneficial to your Chinese learning?
Interference when learning Chinese
This is the eleventh article in this series based on Dr Piotr Wozniaks 20 Rules for Formulating Knowledge. The eleventh rule is “combat interference”.
Avoid enumerations
In the previous article in this series, we looked at why sets are damaging to learning and what to do about them. The first priority is to avoid sets completely, but when that’s not possible, the next best thing is to turn a set into an enumeration. This is Rule #10 in the 20 Rules for Formulating Knowledge.
Avoid sets
The ninth rule in 20 Rules for Formulating Knowledge is “avoid sets”. What does this mean in terms of study methods, and how can it be applied to language learning?
Use mnemonics
Rule #7 in the 20 Rules for Learning is “use mnemonics”. This is such a fundamental part of effective learning that it is covered in several articles on this site and elsewhere. Rather than reiteriting that here, this post gathers together a set of trail-starters on using mnemonics and how they can help you to learn Chinese.
Use imagery to learn Chinese
Many courses use images for teaching basic vocabulary in the early stages of learning Chinese, but after that most learners do not make much use of imagery in their studies. This is unfortunate, because imagery can be a powerful tool for learning Chinese.
Learn before you memorise
Memorisation of material is a big part of many people’s approach to learning Chinese. Some aspects of memorisation are essential: seeking out ways to enforce and retain what you’re learning in the long term is important. If you don’t do that, learning Chinese will be like trying to hold a growing quantity of sand in your hands. In other ways, though, memorisation can be a bad approach.
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