Chinese vocabulary challenge, May 2025

This is a vocabulary challenge meant to help you boost your learning of characters and words! Set your own goal, report progress and participate along with other students. Please read the attached article for information and inspiration!


Recent activities

90 minutes

Got tons read, written, heard, spoken....oh yeah.

Wednesday, May 14

Cliff Larsen
35 minutes

Reviewing 口 (kǒu) radical and eleven words (including the radical 'kou') below made from the radical, along with the many words made from majority of the eleven words. I always choose the first 10 ...

Wednesday, May 14

特莎
40 minutes

Wednesday, May 14

Helmer Aslaksen
23 minutes

Still revising backlog of Du Chinese flashcards. 40 resolved. Revised Skritter deck including 1 addition and did 1 Duolingo lesson (second run through the course).

Wednesday, May 14

Inge Schoorl
12 minutes

Reviewed Skritter Queue, 時代華語1 & Air Travel, now down to 1284

Wednesday, May 14

Ben B
10 minutes

Worked on my Skritter Queue, down to 1370 left 😅

Tuesday, May 13

Ben B
23 minutes

Today, I review the same deck as yesterday right after I wake up (I didn't even get up) and it was faster than a month ago when I think I felt that I forgot lots of them

Tuesday, May 13

Vivi
25 minutes

Yesterday, I review a deck of 225 words with 10 news, and also a personalized one with leech cards.

Tuesday, May 13

Vivi
30 minutes

Reviewing 力 (lì) radical and eleven words (including the radical 'li' )below made from the radical, along with the many words made from majority of the ten words. 力 (lì) – strength / power 劝 (...

Tuesday, May 13

特莎
15 minutes

Quick skitter review

Tuesday, May 13

ROSALIA D
15 minutes

Quick skitter review

Tuesday, May 13

ROSALIA D
25 minutes

Skitter new word 3 new words

Tuesday, May 13

ROSALIA D
25 minutes

Skitter review 3 new words

Tuesday, May 13

ROSALIA D
83 minutes

Tons of work in 2 sessions

Tuesday, May 13

Cliff Larsen

alexxela12345 joined the challenge!

Monday, May 12

alexxela12345
33 minutes

Still going through my Skritter and Du Chinese flashcard decks (HSK 2 and random words from the elementary stories on Du Chinese. Am quite behind on the Du flashcards - still have 57 words to study...

Monday, May 12

Inge Schoorl
14 minutes

Added some new cards to Anki

Monday, May 12

峻鸿
29 minutes

Cleared my list.

Monday, May 12

Helmer Aslaksen
31 minutes

I just realized that Skritter keeps track of my time, so I can actually register accurately. I also do some stuff in Du Chinese, but I will just report the Skritter work.

Monday, May 12

Helmer Aslaksen

Marketa joined the challenge!

Monday, May 12

Marketa
120 minutes

Using reading to review vocabulary-focusing on special vocabulary I want to learn-trying to use multi-sensory reviews for at least 3 words each session to help me remember them

Monday, May 12

Cassandra Hafen
28 minutes

Tough to find time today

Monday, May 12

Cliff Larsen
30 minutes

Reviewing 刀 /刂  (dāo) radical and the ten words below made from the radical, along with the many words made from majority of the ten words. 刀 knife - dāo刂 刁 diāo - wicked, tricky 刃 rèn- blade...

Monday, May 12

特莎
35 minutes

I clear my Skritter cards every day, and add 5 from the HSK 4 deck. I also mark as "hard" every word where I have to swipe to look at the hint. So it takes quite a bit of time.

Monday, May 12

Helmer Aslaksen
31 minutes

13minutes on Skritter (114 cards) 18minutes DuChinese flashcards (80 cards) Daily Duolingo (no idea how mnay words exactly)

Sunday, May 11

Inge Schoorl

Leaderboard

RankScorePersonal goal progress
1.Cliff Larsen4.0220%
2.特莎2.5325%
3.Vivi2.4622%
4.Helmer Aslaksen2.2522%
5.Cassandra Hafen2.010%
6.Inge Schoorl1.4514%
7.ROSALIA D1.3413%
8.峻鸿0.9418%
9.Ben B0.375%
Linkhttps://www.hackingchinese....
Days left17
Participants19
Hours reported17.36
DurationMay 10, 2025 to
May 31, 2025 (22 days)