Free Chinese Flashcards Genius File for Mac OS X for Reviewing Basic 930 Characters and Pinyin
Are you gung ho* about studying Chinese? Do you use William McNaughton’s Reading and Writing Chinese (Revised Edition) to learn and review Chinese characters? Do you love your Mac? Do you like free stuff? If you answered yes to all these questions then you absolutely need to download this file, Chinese-Pinyin.genius.zip.
Chinese-Pinyin.genius is a compilation of the Chinese character and corresponding pinyin of 930 of the first 1062 Basic Characters in McNaughton’s book. There are a few omissions, and when a character has more than one pinyin pronunciation there is often only one pinyin answer in the file (you can put in the work to complete the list or fix mistakes and email it back to me, hint hint). Instead of fiddling around with tone marks in the pinyin I’ve just put a number for the tone, 1, 2, 3 or 4, at the end of the pinyin.
Check back here for a list of the Remaining Characters, coming soon.
Also, I’d really like to make a list of the English definitions of these characters, and a list of the character combinations. Unfortunately, I think sharing that kind of list with anyone who does not own a copy of McNaughton’s book would probably violate copyright. Anyway, if you own a copy of the book and want to work together with me in compiling such a list - for our use only - send me an email, kevin.in.china@gmail.com.
Finally, you’ll need the freeware app, Genius, for Mac OS X to use the file.
*From the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Main Entry: gung ho
Pronunciation: ‘g&[ng]-’hO
Function: adjective
Etymology: Gung ho!, motto (interpreted as meaning “work together”) adopted by certain U.S. marines, from Chinese (Beijing) gongho, short for zhongguo gongye hezuo she Chinese Industrial Cooperative Society
: extremely or overly zealous or enthusiastic
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