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Levels
The minisitry of education of China organize Chinese exams: Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK). There were six levels between 2010 and 2021.
For the new HSK, see:
Hanzis
To go from one HSK level to the next one, you will need each time to know more hanzis. Here are the requirements per HSK level valide till 2021:
- HSK 1: 174 hanzis (150 words)
- HSK 2: 347 hanzis (300 words)
- HSK 3: 617 hanzis (600 words)
- HSK 4: 1064 hanzis (1200 words)
- HSK 5: 1685 hanzis (2500 words)
- HSK 6: 3663 hanzis (5000 words)
According to Wikipedia, literate indivuals know between 3.000 and 4.000 hanzis and specialists in classic litterature or history know between 5.000 and 6.000 hanzis.
According to [Jia Jia ], the number of hanzis to understand texts is as following:
- 400 hanzis: 70%
- 600 hanzis: 80%
- 1.000 hanzis: 90%
- 2.000 hanzis: 97%
- 2.500 hanzis: 98.5%
- 4.500 hanzis: 99.5%
For the new HSK, see:
Schools
- Belchin/Confucius
- Berlitz
- Centre culturel de Chine à Bruxelles
- EPFC
- Hutong School
- Sophie Wang, 35€/hour
- Marie Haps, also private courses
Rhodes-Saint-Genèse
China:
On-line classes
Other on-line:
Phonetics
Youtube
Youssefsn's preferred channels
- Little Fox Chinese The channels is dedicated for kids. It hosts songs, cartoons and traditional stories such The journey to the West. Videos are relatively short (e.g., approximately 6 min for the Journey to the West) and are subtitled with hanzis. Some videos are uploaded in Lingq. The channel is good for intermediate students.
Other
Healthy food and healthy living
Video for begginers
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Hah5R7xxdrbqDqAm8eWTQ ChineseCorner
Youtube channels for intermediates
General:
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdN1E56HH_UK7HSV0UFxDdQ MandarinChineseSchool.com
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb_VywVZDG2TWhVh-2mwqeQ learnchinesewithemma
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtjhXzMNWJxcytxa7kkAH5Q learnchinesenow
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJhnlRY-oKpanPGSvL8Ml8Q Learn Chinese with ChineseClass101.com
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/SWv6pFGbGn7Gc Learn Chinese
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiEb0ml4hMxQuTLiGxhLrBQ chinesewithmike
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsDW61j9HSMD-F22rWy2jnA ChineseTutoring's channel
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVB514d4BUFeNBFCRJHjFLA Dani Wang
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7p25TOWL50s3_hPV6P1pSg ActiveChinese
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWj1OfPNP69PRFjbE2DKokA MinnaXiao 的频道
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc9NPKTjdpsX_Zotf8poseA Mini Bambous
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPUcnh4zOQnAL_lsVKl2blQ PeggyTeachesChinese
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSJyGe2H0C9q6QH0-hH04zw Yangyang Cheng
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFneLrshlpAI7mglLa2DwEg touchchinese
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpK3GToy6qZjRZgq7zxYiBg Cédric Beau
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTnH_9RGtmAVqDeKP64lMqw Ecom Chinese
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIGTEHLwMRMc2GZoKeKGOFQ EmmaXueTV
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDzdl3I5-Js1sREQU0FPvA yuanyuanify
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfg3PzbX9-2fgIF3DSIi95w ilovechinesecn
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXw3ChmFwveln69NbAUHVSQ LearnToSpeakMandarin
- https://www.youtube.com/@learnchinesenow/videos Learn Chinese Now
Intermediate level
Transportation
- Learn Mandarin Chinese, Take Transportation in Chinese - Transport Vocabulary & Phrase
Advances level videos:
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZZslGLyRd2rbnF07SVoouA 老外看中國、老外看台灣 | A Laowai's View of China & Taiwan | 郝毅博 Ben Hedges
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiI7LgeMAVrImm4Osp8saWA 媯古紫
References
- [Jia Jia] Jia Jia-Pentzek&Marcus Pentzek, Chinese Besser Lernen, 2019