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Try谢谢xie4xiehow are you我想喝一杯咖啡

nihao, nǐ hǎo, ni3hao3 and a mis-toned ni2hao4 all reach 你好.

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永yǒng

forever; always

Strokes
5
Radical
水
Traditional
永

How 永 was written

  1. Oracle bone
  2. Bronze
  3. Small seal

HSK 3.0 word lists

10,969 words in all

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Learning path · 7 lessons

Learn Chinese from Zero: Where to Start

The first things to learn, in order: the sounds of pinyin, the four tones and how they change in speech, typing pinyin, how characters are written, and what the HSK levels mean.

Start with lesson 1
  1. 1Initials and finals
  2. 2The four tones
  3. 3Tone changes (sandhi)
  4. 4Typing pinyin
  5. 5Stroke order rules
  6. 6Simplified vs traditional
  7. 7What is the HSK?

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