Chinese Character Flashcards 888 [Cards]

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• Publisher: China Books & Periodicals (November 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0835126781
• ISBN-13: 978-0835126786
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.7 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #153,482 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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136 of 137 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful Tool for Memorizing Chinese Characters, October 30, 2004

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Laura De Giorgio "hypnotherapist" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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Since I have both "Chinese in a Flash" and "Chinese Character Flashcards 888" flashcard sets, I wanted to offer a comparison between the two.

Flashcards 888 are organized in the order of frequency of use of characters; Chinese in a Flash are arranged in the order of frequency and complexity. Someone learning Chinese language is more likely to encounter characters in the order presented in Chinese in a Flash cards.

Flashcards 888 are of a sturdier quality than Chinese in a Flash cards.

Both are approximately the same size.

Both have radicals mentioned. On Flashcards 888, radicals are provided in the upper right corner on the front of the card; on Chinese in a Flash cards, beside the radical is also noted the name of the character as well as character components.

On Flashcards 888, you'll also find a stroke order, helpful to know when you practice writing characters; Chinese in a Flash cards, do not provide a stroke order.

Both sets also mention several character combinations, together with their pronounciation in pinyin and the meaning in English.

Chinese in a Flash also provide a sample sentence where the particular character / word is used; Flashcards 888 don't.

Flashcards come in one set of 888 cards; Chinese in Flash come in two sets of 448 cards.

I am very happy with both sets and enjoy using them both.

52 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best of a limited field, August 7, 2003

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Amy Button "lil-m-moses" (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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The approach is right, the type of information is right, and the cards are sturdy and sturdily packaged. There aren't a whole lot of flashcard sets on the market for learning Chinese, which sort of surprised me, but these are still pretty good in terms of the range of products I could anticipate.

My only real complaint about this edition is that they are simplified-character primary. I'm learning traditional, and I think it's a lot easier to go from traditional to simplified than the other way around. The traditional characters are available on the front only of the flashcards only (along with the standard simplified), so it's not a complete loss, but the traditional font size is about 1/5 that of the main simplified character (which just exacerbates the problem of learning complex traditional characters), and the backs and index cards don't have the traditional characters at all. I went through the first few chapters of my textbook so I could pull the right flashcards out, but it was extra tedious because I'd have to constantly double-check the textbook's index to be see if there were a simplified version that I should be looking for on the flashcard index.

32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 888 equals 10, December 29, 2001

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These are an excellent way to learn/review characters. The 888 cards aim to include most of the commonest 1000 characters. The set also includes a handy index to the cards alphabetically (by pinyin) and by frequency. Each card shows both the simplified and the traditional form of the character, and it even includes stroke order for the simplified form.

A point of clarification: each card shows the character for only one syllable. But on the back of the card appears several two- or more-syllable words using the character. But there are no flashcards specifically for common two-syllable words.