from study causes a big buildup. Sometimes 2 days can turn into 2,000 reviews, and that takes a bit of strain to climb over. My deck has so many because I have a habit of adding literally every studied word into the deck for statistical purposes. Easy words get pushed quickly into ...
I don’t regret the two years I spent using an Anki deck to go through the 常用漢字 (jōyō kanji, ordinary use kanji), but I do wonder whether daily writing in a journal from the very beginning of my studies—23 years ago this summer—would have had a bigger benefit. Just write!
We’ll be honest. It takes a little while to get familiar with formatting cards and using Anki software. While this can sometimes deter students from using Anki, we absolutely recommend sticking with it. Here’s why: learning how to use Anki is a huge time-saver in the long run. You w...
Understanding numbers when spoken in context can also be a challenge, and not just when it comes to large numbers. To highlight the problem, I conducted a small experiment. A native speaker read 16 randomly generated phone numbers to me in Chinese, one digit at a time, and I tried to w...
Looking for resources to help you prep for theCoding Interview? Check out the sister repoInteractive Coding Challenges, which contains an additional Anki deck: Coding deck Contributing Learn from the community. Feel free to submit pull requests to help: ...
The one thing you can do to make sure you always get in at least a little bit of studying each day is to use a flashcard application, such as Anki, Quizlet, or Memrise. We strongly recommend going with an SRS system so you can make your flashcards as efficient as possible. No mat...
This is great – thanks for stopping by to share your progress. For this beginning exercise, if you’re going to choose numbers, I would suggest shorter digits, or maybe just one credit card or phone number rather than four. For numbers, you’ll also want to add on the Major System...
Looking for resources to help you prep for the Coding Interview?Check out the sister repo Interactive Coding Challenges, which contains an additional Anki deck:Coding deck ContributingLearn from the community.Feel free to submit pull requests to help:...
Anki, the best of spaced repetition software–This app is for students who like full control and to be able to tinker with their spaced repetition experience. Anki is not designed specifically for Chinese, but there is a very useful Chinese support plug-in that adds a lot of useful features...
Anki is an SRS (Spaced Repetition System) in which not every flashcard is reviewed the same way.When you review the card, you can judge how well you were able to recall the information, and choose (from a few options) the amount of time between now and the next repetition.If the card...