Sunday, November 10, 2013

How to Remember Chinese Words - HSK 5 (4) 唉 ai = Alas

- Original Art, Howard T. Chiam, 2013 -

ABOUT THIS POSTThe Chinese word today is:  唉 (ai) "Alas".  It's #4 on the new HSK 5 list.  The HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi) is a standardised test for the Chinese language.  In this case, by "HSK 5 list", I am referring to the list of words in the vocabulary for level 5 of the HSK test.  You can read more about the HSK on Wikipedia.  And if you want all the various words/vocab lists, or all the words in one huge list, you can go here.

SOME NEWSThe past few previous posts for the last few weeks have been part of a sneak-peak preview of my first self-published book (links below).  The plan for now is to continue with what I announced earlier, to periodically work on HSK 5.  I'll be doing this to demonstrate other aspects/techniques of mnemonics, for your learning and edutainment, as well as for my own learning.  See if you can follow this free-style-imagination story for HSK 5, and maybe you can catch on to the hidden connections (and hidden mistakes) in the story along the way!