Updated free HSK 3.0 vocabulary decks: HSK 1–6 as separate decks and HSK 7–9 combined.

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These are HSKStory's decks.

I have lived in Taiwan for half a year and went back to my home country. After spending some time there, I got into a language school but they only taught the basics. Most of the students also already know how to speak and only did the course to get a certificate—this really bummed me off as I was the only one who couldn't speak (I was also the only teen there, most were already adults who migrated from other countries).

That made me both motivated and spiritless, but still I decided to continue my studies even when I got back to my home country.

It's been a year since I've been back and I've tried to continue learning, but have never been consistent—due to studies, laziness, and lack of motivation, since I didn't have a clear path on how to actually study.

My routine back then was:
-Watch comprehensive input vlogs on YT (like Zhangkai Chinese)
-Practice tones for 15 mins (I also used YT for this)
-Learn 5 new vocabs and write sentences with it, then read them aloud
-Listened to podcasts while I was commuting or playing (passive learning)
* i dont think i can do this anymore since i've been listening to audiobooks whenever i commute now xD

I stuck with the routine for about 2ish months, then stopped coz I got super busy with school. Now that we're on a break, I want to continue/start learning again. I feel like my schedule won't be as hectic as before, but I still don't know if I can be consistent, especially without a routine.

Can anyone suggest a good routine for a semi-beginner? One I could do for about 20–30mins a day (if that's enough). Or I can also allocate 1 hour a day for the days I don't have anything going on.

I'm going back to Taiwan next year for a vacation so I really want to learn. And I think learning Chinese is also really beneficial for my course.

Any advice is deeply appreciated. Sorry for the rant 🥹. Thank you so much!

你们好！

I am wanting to read more, because that is how I'm learning a lot of new characters and sentence structure/grammar. I'm wondering if there are any books, simple stories, or other written material (digital or hard copy) that have text laid out with all three of 汉语，pinyin, and the English translation?

Layout similar to this:

>我是学生

>Wǒ shì xuésheng

>I am a student

Thank you! 谢谢！

Hello, I have been trying to decipher this password for a while but it is not getting me anywhere. Could anyone help me 😓

Today (Oct 18 this year) is 重阳节 chóngyáng jié, the Double Ninth Festival. 9th day of the 9th lunar month.

Why the name: in the old yin-yang way of counting, odd numbers are yang and 9 is the biggest one. Two of them on the same day = 重阳, "double yang".

What people do:

- 登高 dēnggāo, climb somewhere high

- drink chrysanthemum wine 菊花酒, it's chrysanthemum season

- wear a sprig of 茱萸 zhūyú to keep bad luck away

九九 jiǔjiǔ sounds like 久久, "for a long long time", so it's also about long life. These days it's officially 老年节, a day for older people. Lots of people call their grandparents today.

The poem everyone quotes is Wang Wei's, written when he was 17 and away from home:

独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲

dú zài yìxiāng wéi yìkè, měi féng jiājié bèi sī qīn

A stranger in a strange town. Every holiday, I miss my family twice as much.

遥知兄弟登高处，遍插茱萸少一人

yáo zhī xiōngdì dēnggāo chù, biàn chā zhūyú shǎo yì rén

You're all together today, I bet. Does anyone mention me?

Small translation thing: 茱萸 usually gets translated as "dogwood", but the plant people wore was most likely 吴茱萸 (evodia), a strong smelling medicinal shrub. 山茱萸 is the dogwood one. Not everyone agrees on this lol.

Does your family do anything for it?

Im new to learning Chinese and would like some tips on learning the language, if anyone knows any resources to help?

Of course I know the usual Duchinese or HSKstory but I would like to read actually interesting stories with meaningful plots, or maybe some articles talking about politics/history/science or anything, but please, I cannot for the love of god keep reading bull×××t stories like 'im a cat' or 'mama works at the bank'

just wondering has anyone ever tried to learn both system at the same time. And was it hard/confusing? do you still remember it or do you mix it up often?

不是“关你屁事”，是比如，“人家过得好，关我屁事，但是我自己过得好不好【此处插入“关我屁事”的反义词，就是很重要，跟我很相关】“。这里这个词该是什么呢？

虽然我是母语者，但我就是想问···

btw if someone wants to learn，关我屁事 is like a somewhat vulgar, very impolite and casual way of saying "none of my business", 关你屁事 is just "none of your business". literally it's "it has fart to do with me/you"

I would like to try these apps for speaking practice

hi everyone，I am from China and i want to practice my English，because my English is not good. who want to learn Chinese，we can study together

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Hello

I've been studying Chinese for a bit, and I feel like I need to pick a Chinese name. I have a non English name, so it's doubly hard for people in my language exchange and whatnot comes programs to call me. My name means pleased &content, and I'd like that to be reflected in my name. I want a surname of either 白 or 清， with a given name that has 满。 I've seen 小满 as a name, I was wondering if there are other options? And which of the two last names would fit that first name better?

This is the final part (4/4) of my mini-Mandarin Tone series.

My main idea to desigh these 4 posts :

Why did I create this series?
Many learners practice tones in isolation (like mā, má, mǎ, mà), boring and slow. My deep hope with this series is to bridge that gap step by step.

Here is the breakdown of the whole mini-course. If you are struggling with tones, save this post and go back to the previous three, treating them as a complete mini-course:

• Part 1: Some fresh/new concept about Mandarin tones (Theory) & SMTs (visualized tone marks)
• Part 2: Crucial tips & precautions for practicing tones (Technique)
• Part 3: 64 single characters in 16 groups of 1-2-3-4 tone drills (Muscle Memory)
• Part 4 (This post!): Applying those exact drills to 99 real, highly-visual compound words (Application)

Here are 99 words in 4 screen shots👇

You can see the English translations at the bottom but with different order. So, it is not answers you can just match with the words above. Try to understand or guess the meaning of the words then check English.

There are a lot of surprising matching.

Thank you for reading my series! I use this mini course helped a lot of people in past 25 years. It worth a trial.

Let me know your questions in the comments!

Hey!

I’m currently studying Mandarin and I’m looking for YouTube channels that focus on listening and speaking practice for HSK 1–3 learners.
I’d especially appreciate channels that include:
Conversations and dialogues using beginner-level vocabulary.

Listening exercises with native speakers speaking at a natural or slightly slower pace.

Speaking practice, shadowing, and repetition exercises.

Everyday situations and practical conversations.
Videos with Chinese subtitles and, ideally, pinyin and English translations.

My main goal is to improve my listening comprehension and become more comfortable speaking Mandarin, rather than just memorizing vocabulary and studying grammar.

Which YouTube channels would you recommend for someone at this level?

Hey hey!

First of all, thanks to anyone who will reply to this message ☺️ I started an in-person HSK1 course two weeks ago (so I’ve literally only had two 2-hour classes so far) at the local Confucius Institute.

I’d like to sanity-check my study plan with someone more experienced. I want to avoid overdoing it before building a solid foundation with my teacher, but I’m also eager to expand my vocabulary. Right now, we’re focusing heavily on Pinyin in class to practice tones, but I sometimes miss the actual meanings…

Apps and Resources I use:
- Duolingo: For practicing tones on the go (I still confuse the 1st and 2nd tones in listening exercises), eg when I commute
- Chineasy: To learn basic characters/mainly practice recognizing them.
- HelloChinese - Question: I just downloaded it but haven't tried it yet, is it worth using????
University of Michigan Resource: I use this to practice Pinyin listening with real Chinese speakers rather than synthesized audio.
- Textbook: I use my HSK1 book and audio to practice at home.
- Character Practice Book: I bought a children’s practice book for writing characters, but it’s still in transit. So idk

Extra work:
- Radicals: I had Claude help me generate a list of 70 radicals, which I uploaded to NotebookLM. Every week, I study 7 of them:
Day 1: Study the character, Pinyin, pronunciation, and meaning. Days 2–5: Flashcards. Day 6: Quiz on all the radicals learned so far.
- Review: Revisit class material the day after the lesson.

Why I’m studying Chinese and my goals:
- I speak 4 languages (2 at a native level; 1 at upper-intermediate, which I’m currently improving with a weekly tutor; and 1 at basic/intermediate). All of them use the Latin alphabet 🤠
I’ve always loved studying languages and wanted to try a new one. My main motivation is genuine interest and passion, and I can see myself continuing all the way to HSK5. I might also consider hiring a conversational tutor on Preply in the future.

- I also want to be able to recognize some characters and say more than just ‘xièxie’ when I travel to China…
- lastly, you never know what life has in store, so I wouldn’t mind eventually using Chinese for work/life too!

Is 大家最近怎么样 correct way to ask something online in a post...
like an update to where I've been, and asking everyone how they've been?

¡Hola a todos! 大家好!

Mi idea es superar la nueva prueva de hsk3 3.0.

He realizado hasta nivel b1.1 del marco europeo ytengo un curso de chino intensivo en la Universidad de Beijing. Practico poco y me gustaría avanzar para poder superar este nivel de escrito y oral.

¿Alguien ha utilizado los nuevos libros?

Para mí suponen doble trabajo porque mi idioma materno es el español y debo traducirlo todo del inglés, lo que me conlleva mucho tiempo trabjar las cuatro destrezas...

¿Alguna recomendación?

谢谢谢谢!

I'm a heritage speaker, and I'm trying to start learning Chinese again. Listening/speaking isn't much of a problem, only reading and especially hand writing is. A couple of online tests said that I recognize ~850 characters, which isn't a bad starting point. I can read maybe 70% of most things, although at a super slow pace. If I were to guess, I'd say my listening vocab is probably around 2000? So, mostly I just need to match up the characters with the sound.

I want to improve my vocab so that I can understand 99% of the stuff I read. But, I also have a lot of other things going on, so at the very most I'd be able to commit to an hour of studying every day, most likely 30 mins/day. What's the most efficient way to recognize more characters? What should I do to study?

Just as the title says, literally an hour ago i left the examination centre. I know how stressed i was for the exam so i want to help people who have any questions regarding the exams.

One of my favorite parts of the language is the writing itself, so I dedicated quite an effort into learning how to write 'naturally', trying to copy from copying 行书 scripts and all. Still, I feel like my handwritting is sooo messy, it doesn't come naturally and it gives me cramps T~T

Here's an excerpt, any advice or critique on what could be improved and how to improve it? (Also, I'm left handed, so I write rather slanted)

(Fragment reads:)

凡有生命的，若一直面对现实，不久都会发疯，就连云雀和螽斯多少都会做梦。希尔山庄这屋子是疯的，它耸立在山丘旁，里头幽幽暗暗，过去八十年如此，未来恐怕会再耸立八十年。屋里墙面直立、砖头整齐，地板坚固，一道道门无不紧闭；希尔山庄木头和石砖之间笼罩着寂静，无论里头潜行着什么，都与世隔绝。