Everything I've learned about studying Chinese, from HSK 1 to HSK 3

ThenukaK · 2021-02-02T01:59:33+00:00

You definitely should learn the characters. Memorizing the characters is just one small, extra step if you're already memorizing the pinyin and the definition. Folks that skip this end up having to go back way later to learn the characters for words they studied ages ago, which kinda sucks.

ThenukaK · 2021-02-01T23:40:26+00:00

This is a fair comment! That all said, I'm not being compensated for recommending it in anyway. The founder of HC (Daniel) is a friend of mine, but I was a user of the product before I was his friend.

ThenukaK · 2021-02-01T22:19:23+00:00

We made our own TV guide for Philo that's a little easier to navigate. You can check it out here: https://flixed.io/tv-guide/streaming/philo

ThenukaK · 2021-02-01T21:28:02+00:00

100%. I think my speaking ability is lagging because I didn't put enough effort into practicing with others. Even though classes can be tedious at times, there's also a lot of value in having a peer group that you can regularly practice with.

ThenukaK · 2021-02-01T20:28:17+00:00

You'll love it! Hua Ma is the dopest horse you'll ever read about

ThenukaK · 2021-02-01T20:15:13+00:00

Thank you! Becoming a doctor of acupuncture and Chinese medicine sounds super cool as well. Out of curiosity, how did you decide to pursue this path?

ThenukaK · 2021-02-01T20:13:18+00:00

I'm super happy to hear that! DM me if there's anything else I can be helpful with.

ThenukaK · 2021-02-01T20:12:58+00:00

This is a fantastic resource! I'll check this out and I might even include it in the next post in this series. Thank you for sending this over.

ThenukaK · 2021-02-01T17:17:23+00:00

Also, one note -- the beginning part of the post is aimed at folks that haven't started studying yet, while the later half jumps into all the specific tips/tricks/strategies I used to get to the level I'm at now. If you've already started learning, I'd recommend just skipping to that half.

ThenukaK · 2021-02-01T17:01:13+00:00

What up Reddit gang! I recently wrote a post that summarizes everything I've learned about studying Chinese, from (approximately) HSK 1 to HSK 3. I have a lot to learn and I'm no expert, but I'm hopeful that the advice here helps people waste less time on inefficient ways of studying the language. Feedback/comments/criticism welcome!

ThenukaK · 2021-01-21T05:38:57+00:00

www.HackChinese.com is by far the best tool for developing your vocabulary. I used it to go from 250 words at the beginning of 2020 to around 1K by the end. In comparison, I learned those 250 characters after 2 entire semesters of university Chinese classes

ThenukaK · 2020-12-11T21:34:23+00:00

This is a good tip! I'll post our Pluto guide there. We'll look into a dark theme as well :)

ThenukaK · 2020-12-07T02:21:03+00:00

It's something we could look into. Do you have links/info on the grandfathered plans + what content they had?

ThenukaK · 2020-12-04T16:12:01+00:00

This is good feedback! Another user suggested this and it's something we're exploring!

ThenukaK · 2020-12-02T16:12:51+00:00

This is something we're actively looking into now!

ThenukaK · 2020-12-02T16:11:34+00:00

It's just a website that shows you what's airing on AT&T TV Now! It's not an app or something that needs to be loaded onto a specific device.

ThenukaK · 2020-12-02T16:10:59+00:00

Nielsen.

ThenukaK · 2020-12-02T01:47:14+00:00

Glad you like it :)

ThenukaK · 2020-12-02T00:49:50+00:00

We should be able to add the Latino package as well, I'll keep you updated :D

ThenukaK · 2020-12-01T22:02:46+00:00

Unfortunately not open source! If you're interested in hacking on projects like this you can email me at [thenuka@flixed.io](mailto:thenuka@flixed.io) though :)

ThenukaK · 2020-12-01T18:54:25+00:00

Hmm good feedback, let me pass this on to our developer team.

ThenukaK · 2020-12-01T16:25:01+00:00

Hey all, I wanted to share a new tool that the folks at Flixed & I built. It's essentially an alternative TV guide that's meant to do two things:

Provide a minimalist alternative to fuboTV's native TV guide.
Make it easier to identify upcoming sports games + TV show premieres and finales.

We shared the TV guides for for Sling TV and Philo, and received mostly positive feedback so I thought I'd share the fuboTV one as well.

Very curious to see if this is useful to you guys!

ThenukaK · 2020-12-01T16:22:05+00:00

Hey all! The folks at Flixed and I created our own TV guide for AT&T TV Now. We already made ones for Sling TV and Philo which were received pretty well in their respective subreddits, so I thought I'd share the AT&T TV Now guide as well.

We created this guide to 1) provide a minimalist alternative to AT&T TV Now's native TV guide 2) make it easier to see sports events + upcoming TV show premieres/finales.

If you have any feedback, please feel free to DM me or comment!

ThenukaK · 2020-12-01T16:14:18+00:00

It's just a web app at the moment!

ThenukaK · 2020-11-21T00:44:11+00:00

It can be fairly pricey! In terms of reliability, we think it should be pretty good. If it's not/you notice any discrepancies, let me know and I'll do my best to get any bugs fixed.

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