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What is the best way to learn Chinese?

學習漢語最好的方法是什么？

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Taylor Li, knows Mandarin Chinese
I am native Chinese (Mandarin) Speaker and I didn’t have a hard time acquiring the language. Speaking and listening came naturally to me when I was little of course. After that, I did spend hours daily doing homework practicing writting and reading in primary school. The teachers didn’t not have specific method teaching reading and writting. They just told you to write this and that for a page or two as homework sometimes. Also, they told you to recite a passage or two from textbook. I think if I were to teach chinese to little kids, I would approach with a better way.
There are logic behind each character. Nothing is random here. You can even come up with your own logic, this way you remember things faster. Later in life, I learnd that memory can be trained. There are people who can remember entire order of a deck of cards. They have a method of doing that. As far as recognizing Chinese characters, what you need to do is to break it down.
Start from the simplist characters first, once you get the simple ones own. You see them come up in other characters as well. Sometimes, the meaning gets carried over.

我是以漢語為母語的人，學習漢語并不困難。當然，在我很小的時候，說話和傾聽對我來說是很自然的一個過程。在那之后上小學，我確實每天花幾個小時做家庭作業：練習寫作和閱讀。教師沒有具體的讀寫教學方法。他們只是告訴大家說有時寫一兩頁的東西作為家庭作業。還有，他們讓背誦課本上的一到兩段。我想如果我教小孩子中文，我會用更好的方法。
每個字背后都有邏輯。這里沒有什么是隨機的。你甚至可以想出自己的邏輯，這樣你就能更快地記住她。在后來，我發現記憶能力是可以被訓練的。有些人能記住一副牌的全部順序。他們是有辦法做到這一點。至于識別漢字，你需要做的就是把她分解。
首先從簡單的筆畫開始，一旦你學會了簡單的筆畫。你也可以在其他字中看到她們。有時，漢子意思會因部首筆畫相同而相近。
There are about 5 thousands characters overall if I remember correctly. You don’t need to know all of them, neither do I. If your purpose is daily communication, then learn 1000–2000 characters should get you around no problem. If you learn 6 character a day, over a year you will accomplish your goal.
As far as pronunciation is concerned. You don’t have to be rigid, just remember there are 4 tones for mandarin, and there are more for cantonese. Do Listen a lot, speak a lot, interact with people a lot. You don’t have to spend time trying to get down the tone of each individual character. No one is perfect. You are not like trying to pass an exam. Just learn phrase, get a feel of how they sound like, mimic how native speaker speaks. Do keep in mind that, make sure the people you follow speaks proper Chinese. There are different accents in different location throughout China, so if you pick up those accents, it can sound pretty funny. Generally, people living in the north region of China speaks better Chinese (By better, I mean understood by majority of Chinese people). Also, the news broadcastors speak best Chinese.
Do wish you good luck in your Mandarin, just have fun with it.

如果我沒記錯的話，總共有大約5000個漢字。你不需要知道所有的人，我也不需要。如果你的目的是日常交流，那么學習1000-2000個應該不會有問題。如果你每天學習6個字，一年后你就會完成你的目標。
就發音而言。你不必太死板，只要記住普通話有4個聲調，廣東話有更多。多聽，多說，多與人交流。你不必花時間去試圖降低每個人物的語氣。沒有人是完美的。你不要想著通過考試。只需學習短語，感受她們的發音，模仿母語人士的說話方式。一定要記住，確保你跟著學習的人是講正統的中文。我國各地都有不同的口音，所以如果你學會了這些口音，聽起來會很有趣。一般來說，生活在我國北方地區的人漢語說得更好（我指的是大多數我國人都能聽懂）。而且，新聞播音員的漢語說得最好。
祝你的普通話學習之旅好運并有趣。

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Katie Kim, studied Chinese at Beijing Language and Culture University
As a way of learning, there are many methods that we could use.
I relied on flashcards as a way to memorize things. I repeated it over and over again for a few days until I really grasped it. I would say it was a very useful tool.
Besides, I use a social networking site that is specifically designed for language exchange learning. This way, I could slowly build up my skills on four main aspects (listening, reading, writing, speaking) by learning from Chinese speakers. Getting an online friend who you can talk to every day is very recommended. Considering you are living in a country where Chinese is not widely spoken, practicing with them can help improving your Chinese and develop your confidence.
Some difficulties I encountered were mostly similar as the other language learners, which was unable to understand (listening) and to speak out (speaking). I found writing to be my specialty out of the others. I could remember characters easily just by writing it over a few times. Hence, it was necessary for me to enhance more on the others that I felt lacked on. For instance, I often watch Chinese variety shows or drama to get used to different accents that Chinese speakers have on their pronunciation. It was significantly important to practice my listening.
In addition, I learn many new words that are more frequently used in daily conversation. As for speaking, I always do monologue or basically talk to myself in front of the mirror about whatever topic pop up in my mind. ChinLab app may be an ultimate choice for learners since they provide a great platform to master Chinese from the basic. Coming across new words repetitively will help you intuitively understand.
Therefore, for beginners or learners, aggregating self-motivation to learn Chinese is indeed vital. Find your goals on why you want to start learning Chinese. Even though my Chinese level has not achieved that high level, but it is better for me to look at how much I have accomplished thus far and continue to struggle.

學好中文，我們可以使用很多方法。
我依靠抽認卡來記憶東西。我一遍又一遍地重復了好幾天，直到我真正掌握了她。我想說這是一個非常有用的工具。
此外，我使用一個專門為語言交流學習設計的社交網站。這樣，通過向我國人學習，我可以慢慢地在四個主要方面（聽、讀、寫、說）培養我的技能。推薦找一個可以每天聊天的網友。考慮到你生活在一個漢語不被廣泛使用的國家，和他們一起練習可以幫助你提高漢語水平，培養你的自信。
我遇到的一些困難和其他學習語言的人一樣，不能理解(聽)和說(說)。我發現寫作是我的專長。只要多寫幾遍，我就能輕松記住漢字。因此，我有必要在我覺得做的不夠好的方面做更多的改進。例如，我經常看中文綜藝節目或話劇，以適應我國人發音上的不同口音。練習聽力非常重要。
此外，我學到了很多在日常會話中較常用的新單詞。我總是做獨白練習或基本上是對著鏡子自言自語，我想到什么就說什么。ChinLab應用程序給學習者提供了一個從基礎開始掌握漢語的良好平臺，可能是學習者的終極選擇。重復地遇到生詞會幫助你直觀地理解。
因此，對于初學者來說，集中學習漢語的自我激勵是非常重要的。找出你為什么要開始學習中文。雖然我的中文水平還沒有達到那么高的水平，但最好是看看我到目前為止取得了多少成就，然后繼續加油。