Reading Chinese

Reading Chinese - Without Pinyin, Reading Chinese Would Be Frustrating, But You Still Need To Learn To Read Chinese Characters! At WearYourChineseName The Perfect "Read Chinese Characters" Solution!

When you get your free lessons from the box on the right of this page you'll discover that in all dialogues pinyin and characters are not simultaneously displayed.

Anyway, if you need to see the pinyin of any character, just mouse over it and its pinyin would appear!

Moreover, and I think very important, you'll learn the most common characters first, that is the characters that appear more often in any Chinese text.

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):

你能成功教养子女。根据在美国所作的一项调查，许多父母努力帮助子女培养自制、自律和诚实，却收效甚微。为什么这样难呢？一个母亲接受访问时回答说：“真叫人沮丧，保护子女的惟一方法竟然是把他们关在房间里，不让他们跟这个世界接触。”她认为子女现在成长的环境比过去恶劣得多。在这样的情况下，成功地把子女养育成人真的可能吗？如果你想培植一株兰花，但又担心花会枯萎，你就可能会丧失信心。要是有个种植兰花的专家来给你一些宝贵建议，并且信心十足地说：“你照着做，就一定会成功。”你岂不感到如释重负吗？对人类了如指掌的至高主宰耶和华，提供了教养子女的最佳方法。他说：“要教儿女走合宜的路，这样他到老也不偏离。”（箴言22：6）只要你按照圣经的劝告教养子女，就能欣喜地看到他们长大成人，富于责任感和道德感，又懂得关心别人。他们也会为人所爱，但最重要的是，为我们的天父耶和华上帝所爱。

The text above is composed by a total of 334 characters. 307 of them (91%), 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:

You Can Succeed in Child Training. According to one survey conducted in the United States, many parents who tried to instill such qualities as self-control, self-discipline, and honesty in their children had relatively little success. Why is that so difficult? A mother who answered the survey said: ‘The sad thing is that the only way to protect our children is to lock them up in a room and never let them go out in the world.’ She had in mind that the environment children now grow up in is worse than ever before. In this situation, is it really possible to bring up children successfully? If you wanted to raise an orchid but were concerned that it might wither, you might be discouraged. If an authority on orchid cultivation came along and gave you some good ideas and confidently said, "You will succeed if you do it this way," how relieved you would be! Jehovah, the Supreme Authority on human nature, provides advice on the best method of bringing up children. He says: "Train up a boy according to the way for him; even when he grows old he will not turn aside from it." (Proverbs 22:6) When you train children according to the Bible’s counsel, you will likely have the joy of seeing your children grow up to be responsible adults, considerate of others, having a sense of morality. Then they will be loved by men but most of all by Jehovah, our heavenly Father.

List of different Chinese characters contained in the text above:

你能成功教养子女根据在美国所作的一项调查许多父母努力帮助培自制律和诚实却收效甚微为什么这样难呢个亲接受访问时回答说真叫人沮丧保护惟方法竟然是把他们关房间里不让跟世界触她认现长环境比过去恶劣得情况下地育可吗如果想植株兰花但又担心会枯萎就失信要有种专家来给些宝贵建议并且十足照着做定岂感到释重负对类了指掌至高主宰耶华提供最佳儿走合宜路老也偏离箴言只按圣经劝告欣喜看大富于责任道德懂别爱我天上帝

Now you understand why I've defined this reading Chinese method the perfect "Read Chinese Characters" solution: 1) display pinyin only if you need it; 2) learn the most common characters. Yes, reading Chinese will no more be frustrating!