How to master Chinese stroke order in 10 minutes

How to master Chinese stroke order in 10 minutes

If you want to write in Chinese, first of all, you need to know the stroke rules. Then, you also have to learn the structure of characters.

The stroke rules

1 Top to bottom

2 Left to right

3 Center first (for symmetrical words: the central part from top to bottom)

4 Horizontal first, vertical second

5 Enclosures first, content second, close frame last （of there is any）

The structure of characters

1 Symmetrical

Example, 永

Rule: Center first

2 Top to bottom

Example, 己

Rule: Top to bottom

3 Left to right

Example, 你

Rule: Left to right

4 Enclosures first, content second, close frame last （of there is any）

Example, 田

Rule: Enclosures first, content second, close frame last （of there is any）

Now is the challeage! Let’s try 「新」

The structure of 新 is

1 Left to right

2 Top to bottom

[10000 Chinese Characters] Genesis 1.1

[10000 Chinese Characters] aims at expanding vocabulary for Chinese learners. If you wish to become fluent or even take the HSK exam in the future, you could't avoid the thousands of Chinese characters. For some "older" learners it may be a daunting task not only because they may be "too old" to memorise such amount of new words, but because it is not easy for them to spare a lot of time for a language. [10000 Chinese Characters] provides a systematic and natural way for memorising words. We will focus on the Bible <Genesis 1> with 50 chapters which contains approximately 10000 characters. The following steps are my suggestions. 1) Read the sentences (English and Chinese) 2) Read the words accordingly (English and Chinese) 3) Read the Pinyin, look up dictionary if you are not sure about the pronunciation. 4) Copy the content to your notebook, use your imagination to link the pronunciation with the meaning of every word. 5) Read your notes regularly. *My tips: To memorise pronunciation and meaning first

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 起初，神創造天地。

In the beginning 起初 Qǐchū

God 神 shén

created 創造 chuàngzào

the heavens 天 tiān

the earth 地 dì

Learn Mandarin in 3 minutes I Syllable

How does a syllable look like?

Learn Mandarin in 3 minutes I Vowels, Finals

Vowels and and pronunciation (similar to English)

A Ah

o All

e er

i Isabella

u blue

ü no reference in English, please check the sound in the * link.

Ai i

ei a

ao chao

ou oh

An analyze (British)

en un

ang analyze (British) + ng

eng un+ng

ong own

* You can check the audio demonstrations HERE.

Learn Mandarin in 3 minites I Initials

Initials and pronunciation (similar to English)

b ball

p paul

m more

f four

d dozen

t target

n naive

l lavander

g garlic

k kettle

h hand

j jimmy

q treat

x xerox

zh jar

ch challenge

sh shave

r ray

z zealous

c cease

s soup

* You can check the audio demonstrations HERE.

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Common Chinese Expressions / How To Say “Not bad. " In Chinese

Common Chinese expressions are full of useful expressions that help you speak Chinese like a native. We also break each sentence down character by character to make it easier to understand and memorize.

不錯。／還好。（Traditional Chinese)

不錯。／还好。(Simplified Chinese)

Bùcuò / Hái hǎo

Not bad.

Let’s break the expressions down character by character to understand it better:

不- not, no

錯－wrong, bad

還／还- still

好- good, fine, ok, well, alright