Day 53 - Green again

Trying to keep it consistent even if I am busy. More characters every single day. 

 

 

first, previously, to precede 先

to wash 洗

to bathe 洗澡

small 小

capital 京

lame 尢

especially 尤

only then 就

green 绿

father 父

seal (radical) 卩

grandpa 爷

(paternal) grandfather 爷爷

unexpectedly 竟

lens, mirror 镜

stubborn 艮

eye 眼

spectacles 眼镜

extremely 太

early 早

upon 上

early morning 早上

to walk 走

already 已

oneself 己

 

 

FUN! This character is difficult 绿. The second character I have learnt for green.

Day 52 - Practice Sentences.

Let's try some super simple reading practice.


您好
Hello

你好吗？
How are you?

很好. 谢谢
Very good. Thank you

我是中国人
I am Chinese

我去店里
I am going to the shop


That was fun wasn't it. Just a short post to mix it up a little.    

Day 51 - Product

Yay weekend. Let's smash some Chinese to celebrate!


knowledge 识

to know 认识

calendar 历

history 历史

male 男

man 男人

can 可

mound or city (radical) 阝

ah! 啊

many 多

two 二

husband 夫

to fail 失

gold 金

gold (squished to the side) 钅

iron 铁

subway 地铁

to divide 分

lesson 课

moon, month 月

lid (radical) 亠

light 亮

moon 月亮

product 品

bath 澡


I like 品. Easy to remember and very simple looking.

Day 50 - History

 LETS DOOOO THISSSS!!!!!

 

 

Chinese character 字

character dictionary 字典

to increase 加

streaks (radical) 彡

to join 参

to participate 参加

well; mineshaft 井

to speak 讲

don't 勿

to change 易

valley 谷

to permit 容

easy 容易

man (squished to the side) 亻

history 史

to cause 使

to open 开

pattern 文

bowl 凵

to depart 离

to leave 离开

dove 隹

who 谁

to recognize 认

only 只

 

 

I like the character  史 for history. It's a good character to know.

Day 49 - Tired....

Trying to be stricter with my Chinese. Self improvement and all that.

 

 

fish hook 乙

to beg 乞

to eat 吃

knock (radical) 攵

to put (also: to release) 放

heart 心

to set one's mind at rest 放心

using 以

behind 后

after 以后

front 前

and yet, beard (radical) 而

face 面

ahead 前面

fetus 巳

to wrap 包

bread 面包

crown (radical) 冖

roof (radical) 宀

dollar 元

end 完

rock 石

bowl 碗

from 由

dictionary 典

 

 

Yay! Finished! Aren't you proud? I know I am. Well more tired than proud...

Day 48 - Plum Tree

More Chinese!!!! 

 

 

inspection 检查

ladle 匕

to compare 比

archer's thimble 夬

lump 块

plum tree 李

eye 目

case 箱

step 彳

nail 丁

okay 行

profession 行

suitcase 行李箱

not yet 未

woman 女

younger sister 妹

younger sister 妹妹

year 年

cocoon (radical) 厶

to go 去

last year 去年

small table 几

machine 机

hand 手

mobile phone 手机

 

 

Delving deeper into HSK Level 3. Some pretty good words there. Fun fun fun.

Day 47 - Snowing on a pigs head

YES I FORGOT AGAIN! I'm just super busy right now and so sometimes I get to the end of the day and realise I haven't done any Chinese. Give me a break :P

 

 

single 单

sun 日

gate 门

space 间

bamboo 竹

simplified 简

simple 简单

cloth 巾

rain 雨

pig's head (radical) 彐

snow 雪

surround 囗

king 王

jade 玉

kingdom 国

middle 中

China 中国

dawn 旦

wood, tree (radical) 木

to examine 查

chinese inch; thumb (radical) 寸

against, correct 对

tree 树

small claws 爫

to check 检

 

 

Easy peasy. I like  雪. Snow = rain + pigs head. Weird.

Day 46 - To try

 Lets just agree to pretend that the last two days where I forgot to do any Chinese at all was some sort of weird illusion and lets carry on like normal.

 

 

swimming 游泳

clasp; hands joined 廾

path (radical) 辶

to enter 进

friend 友

to have 有

dusk 夕

name 名

famous 有名

small knife (radical) 刂

strength 力

separately 另

to separate 别

other people 别人

to be tested 考

work 工

dart; dagger 弋

word (squished to the side) 讠

to try 试

exam 考试

business 事

glass jar (radical) 冂

the same 同

colleague 同事

ten 十

 

 

Some good new characters in there. The key is persistance. Lets just focus on 25 every day. For the next....45 days....

Day 45 - To repeat

Sooooooo you might recognise these characters.  For some weird reason a lot of characters have been repeated in this level :/

 

 

to introduce 介

to introduce 介绍

to repeat 重

stick (radical) 丨

factory; slope (radical) 厂

half a kilo, axe (radical) 斤

to stand 立

relatives; parent 亲

new 新

again 再

scholar 士

fortune 吉

eight 八

to enjoy 喜

to yawn 欠

to be pleased 欢

to like 喜欢

field 田

fruit 果

water 水

fruit 水果

three dots water (radical) 氵

to swim 泳

child 子

to travel 游

Day 44 - HSK 3 BEGINS!

Welcome to the land of HSK Level 3. This will be my home for the next 48 days as I navigate the 1,200 characters that make up its terrain. 

to stop, toe (radical) 止

mouth 口

foot 足

to follow 夂

road 路

square 方

earth 土

the earth 地

place 地方

one 一

bolt (of fabric) 疋

bug 虫

egg 蛋

drop (radical) 丶

wrap (radical) 勹

spoon 勺

bird 鸟

again, right hand (radical) 又

chicken 鸡

chicken egg 鸡蛋

knife 刀

silk (squished to the side) 纟

to introduce 绍

son 儿

man, person 人

So I already know those characters....weird.....

Day 43 - HSK 2 FINISHED!!!!

 I just joined a gym, so I spent my morning having my induction. Didn't realise how many gym machines there were. The gym is not my natural environment. 

 

clothes 衣服

early morning 早上

how 怎么

to stretch 张

China 中国

action (in progress) 着

how 怎

appearance 样

how about 怎么样

 

 

So it turns out that the final level of HSK 2 is only 9 characters. So that was super easy. OMG HSK 3 starts tomorrow! HSK 3 consists of 1,200 super difficult characters. Can't wait!

Day 42 - Almost HSK 3

 This is the second to last day of HSK 2.

to dance 舞

omen 兆

to leap 跳

to dance 跳舞

direction 向

also 也

to compare 比

tea 茶

to make a telephone call 打电话

film 电影

all 都

past tense 过

to drink 喝

to welcome 欢迎

today 今天

to enter 进

to feel 觉得

six 六

tomorrow 明天

ahead 前面

to know 认识

to rain 下雨

now 现在

a few 些

surname 姓


It's becoming very difficult to keep up with my characters. I wake up every day to about 150 characters needing refreshing. Getting quite time consuming. But I will persist. 

Day 41 - Funky First

FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY!!!! WHOOP WHOOP!!!!

 

 

bicycle自行车

ear 耳

to grab 取

most, superlative 最

yesterday 昨

yesterday 昨天

left 左

left side 左边

to sit 坐

to do 做

separately 另

to separate 别

following, from 从

ordinal number 第

first 第一

to tell 告

to scold 斥

to inform 诉

to tell 告诉

still 还

female elder, mother 母

every 每

right side 右边

clear (weather) 晴

dish 皿

 

 

This weekend will go quickly just like every single other weekend, so savour it. The most useful character in this set is probably 第一. It also looks pretty funky.

Day 40 - ONE THOUSANDS CHARACTERS!!!!

 When I finish these 25 characters I will have learnt 1,000 in the last 40 days.

 

 

goodbye 再见

ten feet 丈

husband 夫

husband 丈夫

to look for 找

this 这

here 这儿

straight 直

real 真

straight 正

in the process of 正在

chief 首

the way 道

to know 知

to know 知道

noon 中午

lord 主

to live 住

to prepare 备

to allow 准

to prepare 准备

table 桌

table 桌子

okay 行

profession 行

 

 

Well not really, because a few were duplicates. But who really cares? Only 3 more days of HSK 2 and then I get to explore the absurd neverland that is HSK 3. Not that I'm building it up or anything...

Day 39 - Swimming

A sad/happy day today.  I have decided to stop learning spoken Mandarin. It is just too freaking difficult, and it is literally keeping me awake at night with how difficult it is. I am however still going to stick with learning to read Chinese. 

They are connected in the sense of grammar, but I think a testemant (not sure how to spell that word) to how unconnected they are is how well I am doing in one compared to the other.

 

 

hospital 医院

scripture 经

already 已经

weird 奇

chair 椅

chair 椅子

together 一起

to think 思

tone 音

opinion (also: idea) 意

interest 意思

yin 阴

located 在

because of 因

because 因为

to swim 泳

swimming 游泳

to have 有

fish 鱼

to be far away 远

to move 动

to transport 运

sport 运动

to repeat 重

again 再

 

 

I found that pretty difficult. I kept mixing up 运 and 远. Also, 游泳 looks pretty awesome.

Day 38 - Medicine

 Another long day. Leave the house at 8am and just got in at 9:30pm. Chinese will perk me up!

 

 

student 学生

to practice 习

to learn 学习

to exchange 交

to check 校

school 校

school 学校

pig's head (radical) 彐

snow 雪

color 色

streaks (radical) 彡

colour 颜

color 颜色

eyeball 睛

eye 眼

eyes 眼睛

sheep 羊

meat 肉

mutton 羊肉

medicine 药

to want 要

basket (radical) 匸

doctor 医

doctor 医生

courtyard 院

 

 

That was fun wasn't it? I liked  药 for medicine. It is grass, silk and spoob. The three types of medicine. Herbal, spoonfuls of medicine, and silk bandages. 

Anyway I am nervous because I am changing my gym tomorrow. AHHHH!!!!