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I've been doing the duolingo course for a while but I don't really have anywhere to use the language.
I learned English mostly by reading, but translating Chinese words is so hard. The only way to figure out the meaning of a word is to copy paste it. I can't type it somewhere else at the side to check the meaning.
你好。这是什么我可以说。 At least for now. I hope that's at leat a little intelligible. :D
How to build vocabulary from reading Chinese? What kind of material should I be trying to read? Where can I find it?
Thank you all in advance!
I learned most of my characters at the beginning using either Tofu https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tofulearn.tofulearn or HelloChinese https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellochinese
I will say I'm happy with duolingo, that's not my issue. I think my main issue is if I want to go to a news website and check news. I can understand the structure, a bit. But none of the actual subject of the matter.
I think the dictionary apps will probably help, though!
Thanks for your suggestions!
Have you tried the ZhongWen pop up dictionary plugin? It pulls content from MDBG so it's pretty decent.