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How do Chinese learn chinese language? The answer is obvious: just like you and me, Chinese learn Chinese language starting from the basic words and characters.

Here at www.WearYourChineseName.com we help you to imitate them starting from the most frequently used Chinese words and characters we have accurately selected. For detailed information and the list, please click here.

And the great good news is that out of 50,000 different Chinese characters, only a few of them, 1,000 characters, make up 89% of ALL spoken and written Chinese language usage!

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):

细心观察飞鸟的生活还能够领悟更多道理呢！上帝赋予飞鸟奇妙的本能，使它们晓得筑巢，有哺育雏鸟的栖身之所。请看看两种不同的鸟巢。左图是非洲岩燕的巢。巢依着岩石或墙垣建造，上方是一块突出的岩石或屋簷（图示）。雌雄岩燕辛勤地搜集泥粒，再把泥粒一点一点地黏成杯状的巢。筑一个这样的巢可要花一个多月呢！巢筑好了，它们就在里面铺上草和羽毛，然后轮流哺育雏鸟。下图是一只雄性的黑额织布鸟的巢。这种勤劳的非洲鸟儿用草和其他植物的叶片筑巢。它只用一天就能把巢筑好，一个季节里可能会筑三十多个巢呢！

The text above is composed by a total of 218 characters. 158 of them (72%), 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:

There is much more that we can learn by carefully observing bird life. God has created birds with marvelous instincts to make nests in which they can raise their offspring. Notice two different kinds of nests. Pictured on the left is the nest of an African rock martin. It is built on the face of a rock or on the wall of a house. The roof of such nests is an overhanging rock or, as shown in this picture, the eaves of a building. The floor of the nest is made of tiny mud pellets stuck together in the shape of a cup. Both male and female work hard to collect mud pellets and may take over a month to complete their nest. Then they line it with grass and feathers. Both share in feeding their young. What appears below is the nest of a male masked weaver. This industrious African bird builds its nest using blades of grass or strips of other vegetation. It can complete a nest in one day and may weave more than 30 in one season!

List of different Chinese characters contained in the text above:

细心观察飞鸟的生活还能够领悟更多道理呢上帝赋予奇妙本使它们晓得筑巢有哺育雏栖身之所请看两种不同左图是非洲岩燕依着石或墙垣建造方一块突出屋簷示雌雄辛勤地搜集泥粒再把点黏成杯状个这样可要花月好了就在里面铺草和羽毛然后轮流下只性黑额织布劳儿用其他植物叶片天季节会三十

So don't waste your time with words and/or characters you would never use again. Learning Chinese, learn smart - and fast - focusing on the most frequently used words!