General Study Advice and Discussion

2284 topics in this forum

1. Learning Chinese – advice for the new and independent student 1 2 3

   By roddy, May 4, 2009 at 06:17 AM
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   • MTH123
   • April 28, 2022 at 08:37 PM

2. Links to all 問我anything topics, and suggestions

   By oceancalligraphy, November 9, 2014 at 12:25 AM
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   • suMMit
   • February 20, 2021 at 03:07 AM

3. Some advice for beginners 1 2 3 4

   By wushijiao, June 23, 2005 at 01:43 AM
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   • chongshipei
   • November 29, 2025 at 06:28 AM

4. Support Chinese-forums.com! 1 2

   By roddy, May 3, 2009 at 03:32 PM
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   • feisima
   • June 10, 2022 at 09:48 AM

5. The 2025 aims and objectives 1 2

   By Jan Finster, December 21, 2024 at 01:03 PM
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   • pcl
   • November 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM

6. Why Chinese? 1 2 3 4 12

   By roddy, March 4, 2014 at 03:26 PM
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   • chongshipei
   • January 24, 2026 at 10:50 AM

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   By skillphiliac, June 7, 2011 at 03:49 PM
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   • Tiana
   • June 8, 2011 at 10:21 PM

8. -Review- A series of books that might be of interest...

   By magores, July 30, 2007 at 01:31 PM
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   • magores
   • July 31, 2007 at 12:03 PM

9. ? Where to find English articles on Mandarin learning/teaching?

   By Jenny311, July 29, 2007 at 09:49 PM
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   • Jenny311
   • August 2, 2007 at 04:20 PM

10. ..

    By asdfpaj, June 3, 2007 at 10:09 AM
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    • asdfpaj
    • June 3, 2007 at 10:09 AM

11. 'Dr Eye' Style Program For Simplified Chinese

    By 柯賜海, July 14, 2004 at 11:46 AM
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    • 柯賜海
    • November 29, 2004 at 04:51 AM

12. 'Elementary chinese readers' (Sinolingua)

    By onebir, August 1, 2006 at 08:51 AM
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    • pattifranklin
    • August 10, 2006 at 11:16 PM

13. "12 Golden Rules of Mastering Chinese"?

    By Nibble, September 4, 2006 at 12:28 AM
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    • Shadowdh
    • February 28, 2007 at 07:41 AM

14. "china panoramor" & "communicate in chinese"

    By onebir, May 1, 2006 at 05:16 AM
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    • onebir
    • May 1, 2006 at 05:16 AM

15. "Contemporary Chinese" (当代中文）

    By onebir, May 1, 2006 at 05:19 AM
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    • roddy
    • May 2, 2006 at 01:08 AM

16. "Copy the dictionary" 1 2

    By Kelby, February 24, 2014 at 08:49 AM
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    • Demonic_Duck
    • February 25, 2014 at 01:22 PM

17. "Deskies" share your desk/study area 1 2 3 4

    By Shelley, September 13, 2014 at 03:27 PM
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    • 朱真明
    • February 7, 2016 at 01:05 AM

18. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything else by that..."

    By Gharial, March 28, 2011 at 08:23 PM
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    • Gharial
    • April 1, 2011 at 08:24 PM

19. "Learning Chinese Phonetic System" software problems

    By character, January 18, 2007 at 10:16 PM
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    • character
    • January 18, 2007 at 10:16 PM

20. "Lesson plan" for myself (feedback requested)

    By shibole, October 10, 2007 at 09:45 PM
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    • shibole
    • October 12, 2007 at 07:40 PM

21. "levels" of Chinese 1 2

    By suMMit, October 27, 2019 at 05:53 AM
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    • NewEnglander
    • October 31, 2019 at 04:13 PM

22. "Mementoslangues" huge database for beginner

    By Long Pan, August 6, 2007 at 12:42 PM
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    • Luobot
    • August 7, 2007 at 08:15 PM

23. "Promotion" = Extreme Overwhelm & Frustration - Please Help

    By Chief123, July 27, 2011 at 12:27 AM
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    • edelweis
    • March 6, 2012 at 05:56 PM

24. "Special Chinese" is online now

    By frankrss, August 17, 2007 at 06:57 PM
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    • frankrss
    • August 19, 2007 at 06:38 AM

25. "Tone sandhi" versus e.g. simply changing word order

    By Gharial, January 7, 2010 at 08:24 PM
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    • Gharial
    • January 25, 2010 at 06:26 PM