{"id":1153,"date":"2023-10-13T09:51:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T09:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2023-10-13T09:51:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T09:51:58","slug":"chinese-30x30-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/cl-150-bulletin\/2023\/10\/13\/chinese-30x30-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese 30&#215;30 Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You want to learn Chinese, but\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u23f3 \u00a0you don\u2019t have time<br \/>\n?\u200d\u2640\ufe0f you think it\u2019s too hard<br \/>\n? you\u2019ve learned before but now you\u2019re too rusty<\/p>\n<p>All of those problems: not a problem!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Join the Chinese 30&#215;30 Challenge<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The goal of the challenge: make Mandarin manageable.<\/p>\n<p>In just 30 minutes per day for 30 days, you&#8217;ll be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify 40 common\u00a0<strong>radicals\u00a0<\/strong>so you can read Chinese characters<\/li>\n<li>Recognize all 400+\u00a0<strong>pinyin\u00a0<\/strong>syllables so you can refine your pronunciation &amp; type and text in Chinese characters<\/li>\n<li>Decipher the 5 Chinese\u00a0<strong>tones\u00a0<\/strong>so you&#8217;ll never mistake\u00a0m\u0101 (mother) for\u00a0m\u01ce (horse)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What even are radicals, tones, and pinyin? So glad you asked.<\/p>\n<p>Our Chinese course designer Lei Zeng gave a 30-minute crash course. Be sure to watch to get her top tips from more than a decade of teaching Chinese to adult professionals. ?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chinese 30x30 Challenge: Master Pinyin, Tones, and Radicals in 30 Days, 30 Minutes per Day\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8EV9rdBf6Bc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to take on the challenge<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The 30&#215;30 Challenge is self-guided, so you can start any time. All learning materials are in the CL-150 Platform, so you only need two things to join the challenge:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>An active CL-150 account<\/strong>: The three beginner courses assigned in the guide can be found in the &#8220;Browse&#8221; tab of the CL-150 learning portal.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A copy of the 30&#215;30 Guide<\/strong>: Request a copy of the 30&#215;30 Guide using the form below. It lays out the learning plan for each day. 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