For each question, choose the character that has the same pronunciation (both syllable and tone) from the four given options. Learning characters in groups may help with retention.
toneandcolor
said on January 26, 2009
新年好！Characters are taken from Yong Ho's Chinese-English Frequency Dictionary, a useful reference for the beginning learner that lists the top 500 hanzi by frequency.
orbital
said on January 26, 2009
Found this to be a good test. It was a lot more difficult than I expected. I generally knew the characters and knew the sound, but was uncertain enough about the tone I kept double guessing myself. Good job.
stratman1
said on January 26, 2009
Same as orbital, it was more difficult than I expected and a cool test. I find the ones I get wrong are simple characters that you don't normally hear by themselves, and where you can get away with a short ambiguous 3rd/2nd tone.
bonita.delmonte
said on January 27, 2009
Nice. Also Depressing.
toneandcolor
said on January 28, 2009
@bonita.delmonte,
Yes, a general, low-level depression was what I was aiming for. :) 加油.
trevelyan
said on January 28, 2009
@toneandcolor - will see about it - I think this will depend on whether browsers actually support the mode more than anything else. Can't think of a way to hack it other than tables any way else.
toneandcolor
said on January 28, 2009
@trevelyan,If it's too much of a pain, it's not a big deal. I'll just upload an image maybe. I was just curious. I don't want to make your job too hard. :)
