Chinese Flash Cards Kit Ebook Volume 2: HSK Intermediate Level: Characters 350-622 (Downloadable Audio Included) Kindle Edition

I really do like it but have a few critiques.1. The sound quality of the audio is bad.2. The speaker sounds like a non-native speaker. If he is native and I'm just crazy, the tones sound very exaggerated and unnatural. Also, each audio track says "Card number <number>, <character>" before saying the sentence. So if you wanted to put them into anki it would require a lot of work to clip off the first half of each track.3. The example sentences use the character in phrases or words that are not defined on the card. One of the first cards even contains an idiom "后来居上". Idioms and chengyu will not help a learner remember the meaning of the individual character in my opinion as they are often too abstract.4. The stroke order seems unnecessary for the most part. If you're HSK 4 and still don't know the stroke order of most characters there is reason to be concerned lol. I'd rather see maybe the character in various fonts than this.

These cards are in the same improved format as in Volume 1. They have the rounded corners and plasticity that makes them more hard wearing than the previous (version 1) Tuttle set. These (2013 version 2) cards are tough enough to remain usable after a drink is spilled over them (although that makes them a bit less shiny).I prefer these physical flash cards to the virtual cards on a mobile phone because:* these don't drain battery power,* they can be shared with other learners,* and most importantly, I can manage recycling the cards in the order I want, rather than having software pop up cards I'm tired of. That works especially well with these cards because they can be shuffled like playing cards and re-arranged without damaging the rounded edges.The included MP3 CD contains, for each card, a simple reading of its character, phrase, and the four compounds of that character as printed on each. The vocalization is very clear, and I suppose you could listen to it in order for two hours, but I got bored after ten characters and went back to reviewing the flashcards (I don't get bored of that for hours because it feels like a game).

The reason I did not give 5 stars is because of the material used for the cards. It is about as sturdy as an index card. I have previously been writing my own flash cards on Staples brand index cards that I would cut in half. Because the cards I made are smaller they were a bit more sturdy. Unfortunately these Tuttle cards are not as durable feeling and I would be wary to carry them around on the provided ring. I was expecting them to be printed on plastic or similar so they didn't crease or tear.After saying that I'm glad there is no pinyin or english on the front of the card, and I'm very glad that there are radical and component characters on the back because I try to study those anyway.

These flash cards are incredibly useful for anyone interested in learning Mandarin Chinese; however, I'd particularly recommend this product to individuals looking for supplementary material for a course that they are taking or additional language support. These cards are most effective for learning to recognize and identify characters and tones used in Chinese. If you're interested in learning how to write the characters, I'd recommend instead purchasing a book published by the same company that makes these flash cards (Tuttle) called "Learning Chinese Characters."There are 5 predominate reasons that I particularly love this product:1. The cards are the size of playing cards. This makes them portable and easy to take with you wherever you go.2. There is a hole punch in every card that allows you to slide a small ring (included) around the cards. Super easy to flip through all of the cards without loosing any between couch cushions.3. Each card is laminated. You don't have to worry about bends or tears as you would with homemade paper notecards.4. The cards teach individual characters, but also include other words the same character in a different meaning. This will help you understand how Chinese is essentially a set of building blocks to develop new words.5. Cards are numbered and ordered methodically so that you will learn how to develop new words and sentences as you gradually progress without needing to backtrack.My only complaint about this product is that the English and the Pinyin translations are right next to each other on the back. When first learning Chinese, most beginners will go through the process of learning how to understand and observe English to Pinyin (plus tones), Pinyin to characters, Characters to English. In a perfect world I would have preferred that the Pinyin and English were separated on the back of the card in different corners or something so that I could quiz myself on that information.Overall I am incredibly pleased with my purchase and consider it a bargain that I could benefit so much from a language product that didn't cost me $300+.

Excellent flash cards!Each card contains the character, its pinyin, translation, character component, radical, one example sentence and four example variations with other characters (incl. their pinyin and English versions) on one side and the character, the way it is written step by step and the variations in characters on the other.The only thing Im missing is the traditional version of the character.The box contains 350 cards and a brochure.Material is soft, but firm enough to carry cards around.Delivery in the UK within a few days, perfect quality.

Really good cards!

These cards have been brilliant as I tacked mock HSK papers. Highly recommend them.

Very good. Fast delivery.

Good product could do with spare ring when remaking sets