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Posts tagged Vocabulary from the Hanzi Write Practice team.

Chinese ink painting with calligraphy 字里乾坤 and a scholar by red plum blossom at sunset, illustrating practising xianxia and wuxia vocabulary by hand
Essays

Practising Xianxia and Wuxia Vocabulary by Hand

Xianxia and wuxia novels are full of evocative, character-rich vocabulary. Here is how to turn the words you love into a writing-practice set you can actually produce.

Lawrence Arya··5 min
Chinese ink painting with calligraphy 字里乾坤 and a scholar by red plum blossom at sunset, illustrating writing practice for beautiful C-drama words
Essays

Writing Practice for Beautiful C-Drama Words

The poetic lines and lovely vocabulary of C-dramas make a motivating writing set. Here is how to turn the words you screenshot into characters you can actually write.

Lawrence Arya··5 min
Misty ink-wash river valley with calligraphy 尋雲記 (seeking the clouds) and a lone boat, illustrating memorizing Shaolin wushu terms with visual memory apps
Playbooks

Memorizing Shaolin Wushu Terms With Memory Apps

Visual memory apps help you recognize wushu terms, but writing them by hand is what makes them stick. Here is how to learn martial-arts vocabulary properly.

Lawrence Arya··5 min
Chinese ink painting with calligraphy 字里乾坤 and a scholar by red plum blossom at sunset, illustrating turning road signs into offline writing drills
Playbooks

Turn Chinese Road Signs Into Offline Writing Drills

One app rarely both translates a road sign and drills your writing. The reliable workflow: capture the characters with a dictionary, then practice them offline from memory.

Lawrence Arya··5 min
Misty ink-wash river valley with calligraphy 尋雲記 (seeking the clouds) and a lone boat, illustrating a wuxia fantasy weapon-names writing quiz for foreigners
Essays

A Wuxia Weapon-Names Writing Quiz

Wuxia weapon names like 劍 and 刀 are real, recurring characters. Here is why writing them by hand is great practice for fans, and how to quiz yourself.

Lawrence Arya··5 min