Chinese reading challenge, August 2025

Read as much Chinese as you can before the end of the month! More details and suggestions for what (and how) to read can be found in the attached article.


Recent activities

120 minutes

really 3 hours but am going to put 2 hours because of how many off tangents grammar reading i did lol separable verbs 呢, 吧, 吗 use in a question all very interesting but actual reading said story mi...

Saturday, Aug 23

Funmi
43 minutes

Read during my school's convocation!

Saturday, Aug 23

Cliff Larsen
153 minutes

The Twitter saga started. The last part of the book is much more detailed, documenting mostly the years 2022 and 2023. Up to page 439

Saturday, Aug 23

Akobato
9 minutes

A few minutes' reading before bed

Friday, Aug 22

峻鸿
30 minutes

Little bit here little bit there.

Friday, Aug 22

Cliff Larsen
49 minutes

Up to page 403

Friday, Aug 22

Akobato
82 minutes

Read about Neuralink. Maybe a few decades from now, Chinese learning is done via brain implant? Will people still read books then? Page 392/590

Thursday, Aug 21

Akobato
5 minutes

Unfortunately another busy day, managed to find time to read an article on Mylingua

Thursday, Aug 21

峻鸿
35 minutes

Poem, read sleeping beauty to my mother in law. Learned 咒语 zhou4 yu3 and a few other things.

Thursday, Aug 21

Cliff Larsen
72 minutes

Up to page 367

Thursday, Aug 21

Akobato
15 minutes

excruciating 15 mins lol I read from the HSK 4 app again getting bored with the story but I think the biggest challenge today was actually not recalling what words meant so a lot of looking up but ...

Wednesday, Aug 20

Funmi
62 minutes

Getting there, page 350/590

Wednesday, Aug 20

Akobato
14 minutes

Just a few articles today

Wednesday, Aug 20

峻鸿
15 minutes

Not much since I was so busy.

Wednesday, Aug 20

Cliff Larsen
72 minutes

The second half of a book always feels like walking downhill. Page 335/590

Wednesday, Aug 20

Akobato
24 minutes

Chairman's Bao and MyLingua; back in the saddle after a long time on foot.

Wednesday, Aug 20

Kenny

Kenny joined the challenge!

Wednesday, Aug 20

Kenny
56 minutes

Read about the beginnings of Starship, page 318/590

Tuesday, Aug 19

Akobato
15 minutes

another 15 minutes this morning just reading the hsk4 app story new grammar structure learned 既....又 and only a few words unknown so making it a great balance for me right now. also able to switch ...

Tuesday, Aug 19

Funmi
40 minutes

Some reading in bed

Tuesday, Aug 19

峻鸿
20 minutes

Did the best I could but I drove 6 hours and heard a lot of Chinese but couldn't read much....

Tuesday, Aug 19

Cliff Larsen
59 minutes

Designing Cybertruck, building the Tesla factory in Shanghai. Page 303

Tuesday, Aug 19

Akobato
97 minutes

Up to page 289

Tuesday, Aug 19

Akobato

Leaderboard

RankScorePersonal goal progress
1.Akobato35.75119%
2.Cliff Larsen13.9899%
3.峻鸿8.5585%
4.Funmi5.2552%
5.Sammy2.525%
6.Angela (书歆)0.752%
7.Kenny0.413%
8.LLLS0.171%
Linkhttps://www.hackingchinese....
Days left2
Participants22
Hours reported67.35
DurationAugust 10, 2025 to
August 31, 2025 (22 days)