Learners can learn to recognize the same character in different words comprised of two or more characters. Structure this learning by creating word lists with common simple characters. In formal written Chinese, each character will on average appear in at least 5 different 2-character words.
Here are some examples:
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Word list with character 果 |
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芒果 Mandarin: máng guǒ Cantonese: mong4 guo2 |
果樹 Mandarin: guǒ shù Cantonese: guo2 syu6 |
蘋果 Mandarin: píng guǒ Cantonese: ping4 gwo2 |
水果 Mandarin: shuǐ guǒ Cantonese: seoi2 gwo2 |
果實 Mandarin: guǒ shí Cantonese: gwo2 sat6 |
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Word list with character 人 |
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大人 Mandarin: dà rén Cantonese: daai6 jan4 |
外國人 Mandarin: wài guó rén Cantonese: ngoi6 gwok3 jan4 |
男人 Mandarin: nán rén Cantonese: naam4 jan4 |
女人 Mandarin: nü rén Cantonese: neoi5 jan4 |
行人 Mandarin: xíng rén Cantonese: hang4 jan4 |
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Word list with character 學 |
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學生 Mandarin: xué shēng Cantonese: hok6 saang1 |
學校 Mandarin: xué xiào Cantonese: hok6 haau6 |
上學 Mandarin: shàng xué Cantonese: soeng5 hok6 |
學習 Mandarin: xué xí Cantonese: hok6 zap6 |
好學 Mandarin: hào xué Cantonese: hou3 hok6 |
