{"id":20350,"date":"2025-05-06T20:19:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T18:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/?p=20350"},"modified":"2025-05-06T20:19:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T18:19:29","slug":"student-qa-may-2025-learning-chinese-characters-and-words-with-flashcard-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-may-2025-learning-chinese-characters-and-words-with-flashcard-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Q&#038;A: May, 2025: Learning Chinese characters and words with flashcard apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-20355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/qa-may25-vocab-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/qa-may25-vocab-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/qa-may25-vocab-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/qa-may25-vocab-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/qa-may25-vocab-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/qa-may25-vocab.png 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Should you focus on many words superficially or few words well? How do you stay motivated when flashcards get boring? And how can you tell if you really know a word?<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s podcast episode is a reader and listener Q&amp;A, where I answer three questions about learning vocabulary. This time, all questions come from Skritter users, but my answers will be relevant no matter what app you&#8217;re using. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/skritter-chinese-review-boosting-your-character-learning\/\">Learn more about Skritter in my in-depth review.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Tune in to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/podcast\/\">the Hacking Chinese Podcast<\/a> to listen to the related episode (#248):<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/4xZaAnzt59LQGJuZO6UZwi?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border-radius:12px;\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n<em>Available on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/hacking-chinese-podcast\/id1536284827\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5iCRv1jg3j3yJZGJlYVYaO\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9M6kzT57nvQ\">YouTube<\/a> and many other platforms!<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Links to things mentioned in the introduction<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/chinese-vocabulary-challenge\/\">Chinese vocabulary challenge, May 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/skritter.com\/?ref=hackingchinese&amp;activation=HCVOCABCHALLENGE\">This month\u2019s challenge is sponsored by Skritter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FYSeKfETBi\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/skritter-chinese-review-boosting-your-character-learning\/\">Skritter review: Boosting your Chinese character learning<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Skritter review: Boosting your Chinese character learning&#8221; &#8212; Hacking Chinese\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/skritter-chinese-review-boosting-your-character-learning\/embed\/#?secret=mGtEQL5J7h#?secret=FYSeKfETBi\" data-secret=\"FYSeKfETBi\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Links for question 1<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/the-importance-of-knowing-many-words\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Learning Chinese words: When quantity beats quality<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/should-you-learn-chinese-vocabulary-from-lists\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Should you learn Chinese vocabulary from lists?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/which-words-you-should-learn-in-and-where-to-find-them\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Which words you should learn and where to find them<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"knyUc4TsTZ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/the-importance-of-knowing-many-words\/\">Learning Chinese words: When quantity beats quality<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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