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I'm studying but I've got less than 6 months of experience. Mandarin, hanzi and pinyin.
Not good... not just because of time, but I need a better study program. The apps and TPRS are just not doing it.
Somewhere between intermediate to background here after around 10 years of learning (is that what heritage language counts as?)
TIL. That applies to me. I can pass on as fluent in basic conversation but I am far from being able to sound eloquent.
How about yourself?
I've been studying for the past 5 or 6 months, the first four using the Heisig method and learning only hanzi, now I'm taking classes in a virtual course and being exposed to hanzi, pinyin, grammar and phonetics all together. I have to say using the Heisig method seems more effective but well, I'm transitioning to this new stage, hope it works.
I would be up for a call, but I can't construct more than basic predefined sentences like greetings and such.
The biggest problem with Heisig is that most chinese characters have the sound built in, which makes it way less compatible with Heisig's no sound at all method than say, Japanese.
I've also looked at it before, and it works fine for stuff like 上、下、旧、丸(though that last one is way too american for me to relate to, but it means pill or small ball), but for, say, 订 ding4, remembering that via Heisig is gonna be probably harder than just "言 communication + 丁 ding sound -> 订 schedule, order, set"
