Watch a native speaker attempt to read Chinese with only 500 characters. The results may shock you...

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✍️ This video attempts to prove if you can read Chinese with only 500 characters. We will use 4 different source materials: 1) An online article 2) HSK 6 story 3) 3rd grade textbook and 4) WeChat conversation. All source materials will be run through a software filter that "X" out any character that is not among the most common 500 characters.

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▶️ How many characters you need to read Chinese (my opinion):    • How many Chinese characters do you ne...  

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2000 Most Common Characters (in order of frequency): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y...

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Dr. Jun Da's study: https://lingua.mtsu.edu/chinese-compu...
Online Article: https://www.toutiao.com/article/68088...
HSK 6 Story: https://duchinese.net/lessons/932-a-b...
3rd Grade Textbook: https://appxxkb.szxuexiao.com/html/38...
WeChat Conversation: https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/538025648

⚠️ NOTES:
This is not a conclusive experiment and involves many variables that are difficult to control. It can only show what is potentially possible. (typo at 19:12- 慢慢地)

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