Introduction:

Chinese is generally considered a difficult language. But once you get your head around the basics the language is quite simple, and part of this process is acquiring the most important common vocabulary.

In this blog let us see how you can master the Chinese vocabulary.

• Learn conversational vocabulary

When learning Chinese you should be able to speak the language and have fluent conversations with native speakers. Collect the Chinese textbook that will help you to work through the lessons and dialogs. 

You can also have a tutor which will be so useful, where the tutor would point out Chinese words that were very formal or very rarely used in conversation. This will save your time from learning Chinese words which will probably never be used and would rarely encounter in normal conversation.

• Learn vocabulary through Flashcards 

Flashcards are a powerful tool to review Chinese words or any small piece of information you need to remember. Make physical flashcards, which will also have a number of issues with this approach such as it takes a lot of time and effort to make it and you will easily misplace or accidentally damage it. But making use of a digital flashcard tool, such as Anki will really be helpful to you.

• Using gold lists

The gold list for learning Chinese vocabulary is opposite to the flashcard. Using the gold list method, you do not try to remember words at all. It sounds strange and simple to use as it requires no technology to implement.

The similarity between this gold lists method and the flashcard method is that they both use spaced repetition. For this, you will need a notebook, a pen/pencil, and a list of words you need to remember. Once you assemble these tools you have to create your first ‘gold list’. 

Add any useful information about the word next to it, such as pronunciation, translation, etc, and do not rush the process of writing each word, as the physical process anchor the words in your memory. Once you are done reading through the list to yourself and you can repeat this process as many times with new words of course and make sure to number each list and write the date above.

• Chinese vocabulary through speaking practice

For lots of people, speaking Chinese is rather daunting and if you do not live in China then it is easy to keep it putting off. But if you live in china, you need to use much Chinese in your day-to-day life. It is due to the living and working circumstances surrounded by a lot of Chinese-speaking people a lot of the time. If you get a chance for a Chinese job you will speak Chinese every single day, and after only a few months your Chinese vocabulary will be improved dramatically.

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