Mar. 13, 2009 - Learning Chinese |
If you want to learning Chinese, you are about to undergo a very challenging proposition. This language consists of many complex characters that represent both a sound and meaning. It is going to take quite a bit of effort on your part to properly learn all the various aspects of the Chinese language.
While learning Chinese, you're going to have to use some mental tricks so that you can associate the character to the physical item or abject concept that represents. By developing a mental image of the character and quickly associating it with its pronunciation and meaning, you will find yourself being able to build up a library of the components of each character.
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You may also want to take a class in writing Chinese characters. This will ensure that you do them correctly and make you much more familiar with the art form. If you do that, you can then make up cue cards for yourself that you can study off of during some idle time. As you do this you will start to notice some recurring themes in the characters in your association will begin to come together. The more characters you learn, the easier it is to expand your library of characters.
Taking a class in learning Chinese calligraphy may also be something that you want to do. Each of these characters are very distinct in their features and one wrong stroke could mean an entirely different word. Taking this class you will ensure that you are doing an accurate depiction of each and every hanzi that you're trying for. When you can accurately depict all the characters, begin making yourself a set of cue cards that you can use as a study aid. Go through them during your spare time and you'll soon find that you accumulate it a large mental library of hanzi characters.
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