Mandarin Language

In All Languages, Mandarin Included, It's A Proven Fact That A Relatively Few Words Are Used Far More Frequently. So, Simply Said, You Need To Learn Them First, Because There's No Better Way To Save Time!

I know it might sound difficult to believe, but when I say "a relatively few words", I really mean few.

Yes, while Mandarin language is made up of more than 50,000 symbols, only 152 of them make up 50% of all language usage.

Happy news, we have selected those symbols for you to learn first!

For example, consider the following Chinese text (the characters belonging to the list of 1,000 most commonly used Chinese characters are highlighted in yellow -
for the list of the most frequently used Chinese characters click here):

与公众卫生有关的即时措施，包括证人在法庭上作证时，不再需要轻吻圣经；学校和火车站不再设有公用水杯；甚至在宗教仪式中，公用圣餐杯也取消了，改用私人圣餐杯。早期倡导卫生的人，致力改变人们对卫生的看法，看来成就不小。人们变得很重视卫生，一个作家有见及此，更说“人爱上了清洁”。

The text above is composed by a total of 120 characters. 109 of them (90%), highlighted in yellow, belong to the list of 1,000 most commonly used Chinese characters -
for the list of the most frequently used Chinese characters click here.

English translation:

Some of the immediate measures taken included not requiring a witness in court to kiss the Bible and abolishing the common drinking cup at schools and railway stations. Efforts were even made to replace the common chalice at religious services with individual cups. Yes, those early pioneers did seem to have considerable success in changing people’s attitudes toward cleanliness. So much so that one writer called the result "a love affair with cleanliness."

List of different Chinese characters contained in the text above:

与公众卫生有关的即时措施包括证人在法庭上作不再需要轻吻圣经学校和火车站设用水杯甚至宗教仪式中餐也取消了改私早期倡导致力变们对看来成就小得很重视一个家见及此更说爱清洁

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