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    Thread: Need a hanzi poster? HanziStudyPoster.com has got you covered.
Post: Need a hanzi poster? HanziStudyPoster.com has got ...

Have you considered approaching Amazon and seeing if they would sell your posters? Because then they could be shipped internationally without problems, I imagine. I order things from Amazon all the ti...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 4 4,663 2013-03-01, 8:54 pm
    Thread: RTH keywords starting to sound the same
Post: RTH keywords starting to sound the same

chrismerck Wrote:I recommend using pinyin on the front of the cards. This helps to disambiguate the character. I also have found that this technique allows for passive memorization of the pinyin also....
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 5 5,634 2013-01-27, 5:47 pm
    Thread: RTH keywords starting to sound the same
Post: RTH keywords starting to sound the same

I hear you. This problem compounds and compounds as lessons go on. I finished the first book and got about 1/5 of the way through the second, and I have keyword mixup syndrome, where I often read a ke...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 5 5,634 2012-10-14, 2:03 pm
    Thread: Stupid question about Chinese characters
Post: Stupid question about Chinese characters

turvy Wrote:Any books like DoBJG for Chinese? Any recommended books on Chinese grammar? My Chinese teacher is a grammar book nut, and told me that he had been unable to find any English-language base...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 32 4,535 2012-06-16, 9:58 am
    Thread: Is it really worth it?
Post: Is it really worth it?

Wow... I was very glad to read this, because I'm in a similar situation. I've been studying Mandarin pretty intensively for two years now, to the point that it's interfering with my PhD Math studies, ...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 5 3,126 2012-04-21, 5:20 pm
    Thread: Have you received RTH2??? If so...
Post: Have you received RTH2??? If so...

Note to all: I finally received both books! They are quite short compared to their first counterparts, but I'm eager to jump in and start studying!
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 4 1,914 2012-02-21, 1:46 pm
    Thread: Have you received RTH2??? If so...
Post: Have you received RTH2??? If so...

I figured this would be okay to ask, seeing as the entire list is actually available through this site, since you can browse by hanzi #, which gives you both keyword and character. Also, people talk a...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 4 1,914 2012-02-19, 11:53 pm
    Thread: Have you received RTH2??? If so...
Post: Have you received RTH2??? If so...

***If anyone's already received RTH2, is there any way we can convince you to post just a quick list of characters with keywords from lesson 6 and possibly 7?*** (No detail needed: just the character...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 4 1,914 2012-02-18, 8:20 pm
    Thread: Any news when the second book will be published?
Post: Any news when the second book will be published?

***If anyone's already received RTH2, is there any way we can convince you to post just a quick list of characters from lesson 6 and possibly 7?*** (No detail needed: just the characters themselves w...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 110 32,221 2012-02-18, 10:56 am
    Thread: Any news when the second book will be published?
Post: Any news when the second book will be published?

So did I, and I ordered both RTH2 and RSH2.
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 110 32,221 2012-02-09, 11:16 am
    Thread: Any news when the second book will be published?
Post: Any news when the second book will be published?

The website for the books has been updated, and while there is little new information about Book 2, there are now pictures of the covers for the RTH2 and RSH2: http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/publications...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 110 32,221 2011-10-20, 2:11 am
    Thread: Any news when the second book will be published?
Post: Any news when the second book will be published?

I keep diligently checking my e-mail for some sign that the second book is forthcoming, and nothing yet. I will absolutely update you all ASAP as soon as I get some word. I am at 1488 in RtH1 and am ...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 110 32,221 2011-09-18, 3:43 pm
    Thread: Chinese Resources (pinned thread)
Post: Chinese Resources (pinned thread)

Shinichirou Wrote:Here I will give some links that might be of use. Dictionary 1. estroke can be found here (free of charge): http://xuehanyu.wikispaces.com/estroke eStroke is an absolutely bril...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 25 31,580 2011-07-22, 10:19 am
    Thread: Need a hanzi poster? HanziStudyPoster.com has got you covered.
Post: Need a hanzi poster? HanziStudyPoster.com has got ...

It's super unfortunate that you guys aren't willing to ship to Canada or other international destinations unlike the equivalent n:(. I would love to give you business but now I have to print my own ha...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 4 4,663 2011-07-22, 10:07 am
    Thread: Any news when the second book will be published?
Post: Any news when the second book will be published?

I couldn't wait any longer for an update and e-mailed him. Here's his reply. (He's such a nice guy. We're really very lucky to have someone like him authoring these books for us, IMO.) thanks for...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 110 32,221 2011-07-16, 10:28 am
    Thread: Traditional vs Simplified: The Little Differences List
Post: Traditional vs Simplified: The Little Differences ...

Vaste: this is a topic that interests me tremendously. Is there a good way to start learning more on this in a single resource? Any books / articles you would recommend? And if you have any more tidbi...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 13 5,153 2011-04-25, 1:55 pm
    Thread: Anyone know a good dictionary for mac osx?
Post: Anyone know a good dictionary for mac osx?

I use MDBG Chinese-English Dictionary for Mac OS X, which I absolutely love. It plugs into Dictionary.app, is far superior to the Japanese dictionary, and has lovely colouring syntax, support for trad...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 16 7,211 2011-04-02, 2:05 am
    Thread: Chinese Resources (pinned thread)
Post: Chinese Resources (pinned thread)

APPLICATIONS: eStroke http://www.eon.com.hk/estroke/ * This is an invaluable application that, given a character, shows you the stroke order for the character along with all the possible variants of ...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 25 31,580 2011-03-08, 12:40 pm
    Thread: Chinese Resources (discussion)
Post: Chinese Resources (discussion)

ファブリス Wrote:TLDR: I'm not asking anybody to write a pragraph with each link. Just please break down long link lists with sections like "Audiobooks", "Ebooks", "Blogs", etc. Thanks. Would it be helpfu...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 12 2,564 2011-03-07, 9:48 am
    Thread: Chinese Resources (discussion)
Post: Chinese Resources (discussion)

I am sorry that these were removed and I missed them. If you still have them easily available, would you be willing to send them to me? I'm on gmail as vorpal22. I would love to see some resource sh...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 12 2,564 2011-03-06, 4:41 pm
    Thread: Simplification question: 夠 vs 够
Post: Simplification question: 夠 vs 够

Then why does every resource I see list 夠 explicitly as the traditional character, and 够 as the simplified one? That doesn't seem to make sense.
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 17 3,301 2011-03-06, 4:37 pm
    Thread: Simplification question: 夠 vs 够
Post: Simplification question: 夠 vs 够

Does anyone know why such a seemingly bizarre "simplification" was made? Is there some kind of logical reason?
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 17 3,301 2011-03-06, 12:52 pm
    Thread: Traditional vs Simplified: The Little Differences List
Post: Traditional vs Simplified: The Little Differences ...

Here's another that I found quite interesting: 麥 (trad), 麦 (simp) It's unclear what the bottom primitive is in the traditional character. Heisig lists it as walking legs (which it clearly is in the s...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 13 5,153 2011-03-06, 12:49 pm
    Thread: RTH (Traditonal) more popular than RSH (Simplified) ?
Post: RTH (Traditonal) more popular than RSH (Simplified...

I'm excited, period. When I was studying RTK (which I never got close to finishing), this site was invaluable. Now with RTH, I would love to have something similar in any form.
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 23 5,676 2011-02-27, 1:29 pm
    Thread: Traditional vs Simplified: The Little Differences List
Post: Traditional vs Simplified: The Little Differences ...

I'm pretty sure I can come up with some more... I'll try to get to it this week! I'm really appreciative that you're undertaking this, as I am extremely interested in hanzi and these differences are v...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 13 5,153 2011-02-27, 1:27 pm
    Thread: Traditional vs Simplified: The Little Differences List
Post: Traditional vs Simplified: The Little Differences ...

What about 別 (trad) vs 别 (simp), and 沒 (trad) vs 没 (simp)? From what I can tell, Heisig actually included the simplified versions in RTH, which has been rather confusing / annoying. I thought this wo...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 13 5,153 2011-02-25, 3:26 pm
    Thread: Studing Japanese and Chinese simultaniously?
Post: Studing Japanese and Chinese simultaniously?

I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one crazy enough to attempt this :D. I'm currently studying both simultaneously and it is going quite well. I am also able to compartmentalize them, although to ...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 25 10,678 2011-02-03, 6:36 pm
    Thread: Relative popularity of traditional vs. simplified characters?
Post: Relative popularity of traditional vs. simplified ...

I'm sorry if this has already been discussed here, but I was just curious to ascertain what most learners here are focused on between traditional and simplified characters. The classes I'm taking are...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 30 5,453 2011-01-27, 1:27 pm
    Thread: Hanzi stories request thread
Post: Hanzi stories request thread

GregSegments: Ahhh! That was your article, then. I read it and found it to be quite affirming: without thinking directly about it, I found I had naturally adopted most of the techniques you outlined w...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 39 10,266 2011-01-20, 7:44 am
    Thread: Hanzi stories request thread
Post: Hanzi stories request thread

GregSegments Wrote:In terms of 漫, I picture a mandala drawn in chalk-powder on the floor, and then I see water OVERFLOWING from nearby, and it flows over the mandala and makes a big mess of it. What a...
vorpal Chinese and Hanzi 39 10,266 2011-01-19, 6:05 pm