Characters, pinyin & classroom Chinese
Tones, radicals, classifiers, stroke order and the metalanguage for studying hanzi.
8 subtopics · ~696 words
Characters and pronunciation is meta-vocabulary: tones, radicals, classifiers, classroom language, simplified/traditional. It does not replace greetings or food; it explains how those words are built. If 买/卖 or 了 is the problem, come here after you have used the situation leaves. Measure-word leaves link to food and numbers: do not study them in isolation. Chinese Trainer shows toned pinyin on every row; this category teaches the system. Practice strokes by hand; SRS will not write for you.
Pinyin & tones
Initials, finals, first to fourth tone, neutral tone and why 买 and 卖 are not the same mistake.
24 words →
Radicals & character parts
部首, phonetic series and guessing meaning without memorising ink blots.
166 words →
Classifiers (measure words)
个本张条杯件辆口: the list HSK 1 leaves half-done.
180 words →
Classroom language
老师, 再说一遍, 怎么写, 对不对: surviving class without switching to English.
83 words →
Stroke order & handwriting
笔画, 笔顺 and why print does not look like what comes out of the pen.
107 words →
Simplified vs traditional
简体 and 繁体: what changes, where you meet it, and not mixing them in one text.
24 words →
Homophones & tone pairs
买/卖, 四/十 and the pairs a Spanish ear mixes up through HSK 4.
45 words →
Dictionary & lookup skills
By pinyin, by radical and the habit of not guessing the character on the menu.
67 words →