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How to learn to read and write Chinese characters (Part 1)

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Very Informative Thank You for taking the time to make this
Comment from : @desmondehoppie4758

Awesome! Love it Thank you
Comment from : @stephengoh5456

examples are too small I can't see enough hope it gets bigger in next videos
Comment from : @redbook9165

Thanks for the great teaching skills!! I want to learn so bad, and this has given me so much hope!! Lol keep up the great work!
Comment from : @alexanderdennis13

great explanation
Comment from : @abebayehujm

What they call the Mandarin Chinese ?
Comment from : @enbuthinaalharbi7173

I want You to do video how alto start learn Chinese from the beginning from A to Z
Comment from : @enbuthinaalharbi7173

It’s hard to see what you’ve written in the notebook Do you have a revised video about 汉字？
Comment from : @MaChlKat

很好謝謝 🙂
Comment from : @RaeLoumusic

I need to learn Traditional Chinese, do you have any recomendations of websites used to learn specifically for traditional chinese?? Thx
Comment from : @audrettachang1736

What’s the name of the book that you use in this video?
Comment from : @javirebull

Thank you for sharing your knowledge Blessings!
Comment from : @swordgz

我很開(开)心。 I am very happyIch bin sehr froh(German )Sono molto reliance(Italian )Estoy muy feliz (Spanish ) 五種國家的語言
Comment from : @張章群-m9o

I have that book! it is usuful
Comment from : @natalyshastel7093

thx a very good explanation
Comment from : @yusaksantoso9545

so helpful
Comment from : @Goodmorningroosterlive

白人去教中文？
Comment from : @慈佐倉

thank u
Comment from : @lilcossby

Chris, how frequent do you spend your time everyday in learning Chinese? Have you ever try new HSK test? I love languages too and am very inspired by your videos! I ever showed your video to my students to inspire them in learning Chinese
Comment from : @wilibrodyawiwi865

很好!!!
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Comment from : @ceciliamdza

Helow chris I Just saw your videos and it was very encouraging currently i am learning chinese in taiwan would you please recommend for me some of the books that can help my manderine to improve how can i find that small book that you had in your video with symbols which chinese used to formed the characters thank you
Comment from : @siwainaojunior

Thank you for casting, but your characters just like mine, not so beautiful, hahaha, have you ever learn Chinese calligraphy?
Comment from : @abbbba7105

Chris, in another video , I saw you typing pinyin, how do you make the tone marks on the letters, because I am using Sogou but still can't make thembrbrbrThank you
Comment from : @edresmn7869

Hi Chris! I just came across your videos, as I'm thinking about learning Mandarin Chinese as I go into my third year of high school I'm really excited, as I have a passion for languages, especially Mandarin Any tips for high school students starting this language? (since learning a new language, especially this one, is arduous and time-consuming)
Comment from : @pinkmazohyst

你好brbr
Comment from : @潘家威-z3w

Hey，你的視頻真的很有幫助喔！how long have you been learning Chinese? 你住在台灣還是中國？
Comment from : @jackokev2120

Just come across this Brilliant!
Comment from : @owenpeter3

笃 is dú not ma
Comment from : @zoewang4467

Thanks for the lessons!
Comment from : @nicko2022

英國哥哥,真高興看見你學中文,其實你是為了興趣還是為工作需求? but anyway,現在已經2014年了,你這段影片是2012年1月的,都差不多有3年,不知道你現在狀況如何???在干什麼?? I am from HK :)
Comment from : @mrmyself8542

The two ideas combined characters do not make much sense lol
Comment from : @NicoleFarkas123

Is there still a chance for me to improve my writing and reading
Comment from : @DragonCorn9625

I live in hong kong and im a student and my chinese speaking is very fluent but i cant read and write
Comment from : @DragonCorn9625

Your videos are very helpful for a lot of people :)
Comment from : @insanehoney

Hi chris :Dbrplease I was looking for the Chinese word of rebellious and I found it like thisbr悖brbut I was wondering when you spell it , do you spell it from right to left or the other way around ?? or can we write it in a vertical way ?brthank you
Comment from : @JulieAj8895

英国小哥～你的中文挺好的诶～赞一个
Comment from : @huayang3835

In Simplified Chinese, you don't use your heart to love, that's why I don't like simplified Chinese, as you can't really see the meaning in those character, but it's so truth that they are a lot easier to learn to write Thanks a lot for the video btw
Comment from : @carmenw4075

Hey i hope you read this , your explanations are perfect for me thank you very much, i just suscribed to your channel
Comment from : @maxbello704

厲害，外國人學中文的確好難
Comment from : @wongho19970617

繁體字和簡體字br
Comment from : @kljeli7026

我说中国人，但是真的不知道了一大堆感谢您的帮助！
Comment from : @thoseguysareepic7638

good effort chris
Comment from : @demonslayer1162

Thank you so much for making such helpful videos You are reminding me through the tough times and mental blocks that learning Mandarin is still fun and surprisingly easy and that's helping to spur me on One thing though, i downloaded the Dim Sum software but it doesn't work I can type and highlight the hanzi, but the dictionary seems to be empty and doesn't even understand 中国 It also won't demonstrate stroke order Did i do something wrong, or does it only work in conjunction with all the other software you provided? 谢谢你
Comment from : @DevotedtoChaos

in 2:46 what book its?
Comment from : @eduardobenavides2814

你好, I agree with Kevin Not all of the characters were simplified only the hard one
Comment from : @jaxsmith2218

actually there are 3 different characters: 你，课，吗brgood writing ,keep learning
Comment from : @xlt7713

I think only 800 characters were simplified, I read and write both and don't find it confusing In china you will find lots of traditional Chinese on old temples and buildings all of which would be meaningless to a person who only knows the simplified characters
Comment from : @kevinwestwood5140

Chris, could you please tell me the software that you use when writing pinyin It comprises dictionary
Comment from : @Formosa200

哇Chris, 你的中文好利害哦。。你读得也不错 ^^ 你可以当我的中文老师了:)
Comment from : @bettylim888

Chris!!! You are my hero thank you so much for making this simple! I will keep you posted on my journey! time to spend weeks on end utilizing your site ^___^
Comment from : @0SpaceCadet0

errr , correct: 1 the other video 2 hold your pen
Comment from : @VincentZhouPlus

For the other vedio, maybe change in the gesture you hold you pan (执笔姿势) can contribute to better control of the pen
Comment from : @VincentZhouPlus

Thanks so much for your encouragement In fact, I am planning an developing a new Mandarin course for beginners, much better than anything I've done so far, and it's going to be launched right here on youtube!
Comment from : @FluentinMandarinDotCom

汉字是世界上最博大精深的语言了，哈哈 Kanji is the world's most profound language, ha ha
Comment from : @zqfu

Some of the pronunciations aren't correct, but good video though
Comment from : @jamberryum

Thanks for the great video! To learn Chinese well you must be very regular in your practice Read Chinese magazines as it will help to improve vocabulary You can refer following this site: CHINESE STORIES Hope it is helpful for all the Chinese learner :P
Comment from : @Yo73177

Honk Kong Chinese are learning Mandarin fast
Comment from : @22grena

! white man!
Comment from : @jacobmode81

I disagree about traditional vs simplified characters Simplified characters derive from the traditional, so once you know the traditional it is a fairly easy to pick up the simplified, but more difficult to do the reverse Also, with the simplified you lose radicals which I think makes it more difficult to understand and memorize the characters For example, the character for "look" has eye in it but in simplified the character for "eye" disappears and is replaced by a couple random lines
Comment from : @timkun65

yes Traditional Chinese is mostly used in Hong Kong Macau and Taiwan But to me,I think traditional chinese looks better and you only can write calligraphy with Traditional chinese :) I came from Hong Kong but after I learn Traditional Chinese it's easy for me to learn simplified ones :D sorry for my bad english! simplified: 你的中文写的很好!加油! traditional:你的中文寫的很好!加油!
Comment from : @ipv2000

how do you read chinese? start from right or left
Comment from : @redfoxarts

Thanks :)
Comment from : @FluentinMandarinDotCom

Wow Just wow! I just started this amazing language, and you are so inspiring! I'm amazed to hear a Westerner speak such beautiful Chinese!
Comment from : @dugood70

heidi is ignorant!
Comment from : @candybaconstripz

AWSOME GENIUS! THANK YOU FOR VIDEO!
Comment from : @candybaconstripz

I am starting out,so thank you for explaining two different forms of Chinese charactersThank you so very much:)
Comment from : @moorparkgirl

This really helped me thks
Comment from : @bigfatnaps

Only for the pronunciation and writing system! Chinese grammar is extremely easy Basic SVO structure No singular/plural, no tenses, no gender, no verb conjugation, no cases, etc
Comment from : @vatnidd

To make you feel better, sometime Chinese can't remember how to write the characters either
Comment from : @vatnidd

Actually it's the way that Chinese kids learn and remember Chinese characters
Comment from : @vatnidd

可惜辨認較正體字困難
Comment from : @vatnidd

Fantastic!
Comment from : @g00glian0

外國人似乎較普遍學簡體字字簡得有點離譜 -0- 但也有優點淺顯易懂((個人見解
Comment from : @gordonfang0409

花-flower --
Comment from : @gordonfang0409

Hi, quite excited to find this I am a Chinese student in USA, I have thought about making a similar video What u teach is very useful and pinyin is really helpful to read and type Chinese words There some more complicated words has very interesting origins like the word 卡, upside means up, beneath is down It means u cannot go up nor down, so you are stuck Good luck with your Chinese studying :)
Comment from : @brianli1212

@gaoyoude1 Great videos I am currently studying reading/writing Chinese I am only a beginner I understand there are different stroke orders taught in different places, does stroke order matter in the slightest? (foreigner learning to eventually become literate in the language)
Comment from : @dyeguardian

Traditional Chinese all the way!!! All schools still only teach traditional chinese in the HK and all official documents and 99 signs are written in traditional chinese Actually many Hong Kong people are hostile towards using simplified Chinese in HK
Comment from : @jeremiepy

hey, could you please tell me the name of that book of yours? the origin of the characters is a subject that makes me drool :) also, if you know of any chinese character origin resources and stuff i want to learn the characters using the ancient meaning of the shapes thanks
Comment from : @jawbone2000

I don't think your teaching us well and boo!
Comment from : @raymond74621

Notes (find it interesting, and find you're so cute Ha!): 扌-hand/manu-：拉-pull、推-push、打-hit 讠-say/oral：说-speak、话-words、评-criticize 木-wood/tree：椅-chair、床-bed、林-forest 口-mouth/hole：吃-eat、吻-kiss 火-fire：烤-bake、炒-stir fry 女-woman/feminine：妈-mum、婚-marry 氵-water/hydro：江-river、海-sea 艹-grass/herb：草-grass、花-grass、药-medicine 心-heart/cardi-：想-think、恋-love、念-miss
Comment from : @MrSiomys

xiexie laoshi
Comment from : @apm839

I am like learning chinese by using english i have learnt all these before its coming back when i watch this video
Comment from : @kenny93wong

please upload more videos
Comment from : @TheFloogledude

This is awesome
Comment from : @roytuber

Thank you so much for posting all these super useful resources in this video and the previous speaking/listening Mandarin Thanks!
Comment from : @aikidobabe