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To Read Chinese - Chinese Pinyin Versus Chinese Characters: At WearYourChineseName we've Reached The Perfect Compromise To Read Both!

Yes, both pinyin and characters. Anyway, it doesn't mean you see them both at the same time. This is important, because in that case pinyin would distract you from reading Chinese characters.

But our online lessons can help.

A simple online technique let you see pinyin only if you need it.

This is a benefit that it's impossible to get by reading a traditional book.

Another benefit you get, and this is even better, is that we have selected the 6, 152 and 1,000 most important Chinese characters.

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):

享有幸福的家庭生活。家庭真的可以快乐吗？家庭幸福怎样才能获致？你知道有任何家庭像这份单张所描绘的一样团结幸福吗？今天各地的家庭正分崩离析。离婚、工作不稳、单亲难题、挫折感——这些事都是导致家庭破裂的因素。一位研究家庭生活的专家嗟叹说：“现在，人人都认为家庭已日薄西山了。” 何以今日家庭正受到这些严重难题所冲击？我们究竟怎样才能享有幸福的家庭生活？家庭是怎样开始的。若要回答这些问题，我们必须首先知道婚姻和家庭的起源。婚姻和家庭若有一位始创者——一位创造主——家庭的各分子就应当向他寻求指引。他无疑最清楚知道我们怎样才能充分享有幸福的家庭生活。饶有趣味的是，许多人认为家庭的安排并没有任何始创者。《美国百科全书》说：“有些学者追溯婚姻的起源，认为这件事始于低于人的动物的交配安排。”然而，耶稣基督曾谈及上帝创造男女。他引用早期的圣经记载而以之为权威，说：“上帝配合的，人不可分开。”——马太福音１９：４-６。耶稣基督说的不错。一位有智慧的上帝创造了第一对人类，并作了安排使人类能享有幸福的家庭生活。上帝使第一对男女结为夫妇，并吩咐男人要“与妻子连合，二人成为一体。”（创世记２：２２-２４）今日许多家庭均遭遇难题。原因可能是由于人所过的生活方式违反了创造主在他的话语圣经里所定的标准吗？

The text above is composed by a total of 470 characters. 439 of them (93%), 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:

Enjoy Family Life. Can families really be happy? How is it possible? Do you know any families that are as united and happy as those seen in this tract? Families everywhere are coming apart at the seams. Divorce, lack of job security, single-parent dilemmas, frustration—all of these contribute to the crisis. An expert on family life lamented: "By now, predictions of the demise of the family are familiar to everyone." Why are families today bombarded with such serious problems? How can we enjoy family life? How the Family Originated. To answer these questions, we need to know the origin of marriage and the family. For if these had an Originator—a Creator—family members should look to him for guidance, since he would surely know best how we can enjoy family life to the full. Interestingly, many believe that the family arrangement had no Originator. The Encyclopedia　Americana says: "Some scholars are inclined to trace the origin of marriage to pairing arrangements of animals below man." Yet, Jesus Christ spoke of the creation of man and woman. He quoted as authority the early Bible record and said: "What God has yoked together let no man put apart."—Matthew 19:4-6. So Jesus Christ is right. An intelligent God created the first humans and arranged for happy family life. God brought the first couple together in marriage and said that the man "must stick to his wife and they must become one flesh." (Genesis 2:22-24) Could it be, then, that today’s family problems are due to the pursuit of life-styles that violate standards set by the Creator in his Word, the Bible?

List of different Chinese characters contained in the text above:

享有幸福的家庭生活真可以快乐吗怎样才能获致你知道任何像这份单张所描绘一团结今天各地正分崩离析婚工作不稳亲难题挫折感些事都是导破裂因素位研究专嗟叹说现在人认为已日薄西山了受到严重冲击我们竟开始若要回答问必须首先姻和起源创者造主子就应当向他寻求指引无疑最清楚充饶趣味许多安排并没美国百科全书学追溯件于低动物交配然而耶稣基督曾谈及上帝男女用早期圣经记载之权威合马太音错智慧第对类使夫妇吩咐与妻连二成体世均遭遇原由过方式违反话语里定标准

Be sure you'll be soon able to read Chinese characters, helped - but not distracted - by pinyin.