Intermediate to Advanced Chinese

This section is prepared for intermediate or advanced level Chinese learners. You may find advice and tips on how to go further from your current Chinese level. If you are not sure if you have reached the intermediate level, you may refer to the following criteria:

1. Grasped 500 common Chinese characters and the corresponding grammar standard.
2. Completed 100 to 400 hours of regular modern Chinese learning, including those with the equivalent learning experiences.
3. Able to understand simple sentences and express simple ideas.
4. Capable of simple communication in daily life and study.

If you still cannot determine your level, you may take the simple test below to evaluate your Chinese.

Simple Chinese Language Level Test

Before you go ahead, we recommend you fist go through some common mistakes many Chinese learners make. Those tips may help you learn RIGHT Chinese in RIGHT way.

Common Mistakes to Avoid While Learning Chinese

Having grasped some basic knowledge and principle of Chinese language, you may want to go further to learn more. As every language, Chinese study can be divided into four aspects, listening, speaking, reading and writing. Below we will guide you to improve your Chinese skills from those four categories.

Improve Your Chinese Listening Skills

Improve Your Chinese Speaking Skills

Improve Your Chinese Reading Skills

Improve Your Chinese Writing Skills

Consult Chinese Character Using Radical-Stroke Index

Radical and stroke is the traditional way to sort Chinese characters. Now it is still used as one major index in Chinese dictionary. When you face an unfamiliar Chinese word, consulting it by radical-stroke index is almost the only means to find its meaning.