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Empty cups, bowls and plates of different sizes laid out on a grey table

Statistics 5 min

Chinese measure words ranked by how often they are actually used

How often 个 really fills the measure-word slot in Chinese text, which two dozen classifiers (量词) cover nine tenths of...

Nadia Rahim

Pub. 30 Sep

A hand tracing Chinese characters on a printed practice sheet with a brush pen

Statistics 5 min

HSK 3.0 word counts by level, and how far old HSK words carry over

The syllabus the new HSK is tested on lists 11,000 words: 300 for level 1 up to 5,400 by level 6, with levels 7 to 9 sha...

Nadia Rahim

Pub. 30 Sep

A person reading a printed Chinese book in low light

Statistics 5 min

How many Chinese characters cover 90% of what you read

About a thousand characters make up 90% of written Chinese, but in film subtitles it is 717, and half of what is said on...

Nadia Rahim

Pub. 22 Sep

Game tiles printed with Chinese characters

Statistics 5 min

The idioms that end a game of 成语接龙

In 成语接龙, the idiom chain game, some idioms leave the next player nothing to say. Here are the dead ends and two-move...

Nadia Rahim

Pub. 21 Sep