Mandarin Companion

Appendix A: Character Comparison Reference

This appendix is designed to help Chinese teachers and learners use the Mandarin Companion graded readers as a companion to the most popular university textbooks and the HSK word lists.

The tables below compare the characters and vocabulary used in other study materials with those found in this Mandarin Companion graded reader. The tables below will display the exact characters and vocabulary used in this book and not covered by these sources. A learner who has studied these textbooks will likely find it easier to read this graded reader by focusing on these characters and words.

Integrated Chinese Level 1, Part 1 (3rd Ed.)

Words and characters in this story not covered by these textbooks:

Character	Pinyin	Word(s)	Pinyin
心	xīn	心開心小心心裡	xīn kāixīn xiǎoxīn xīnli
馬	mǎ	馬馬上	Mǎ mǎshàng
山	shān	山上	shānshàng
怕	pà	不怕怕	bù pà pà
又	yòu	又	yòu
完	wán	完說完	wán shuōwán
拿	ná	拿拿到	ná nádào
本	běn	本子	běnzi
火	huǒ	火星火	Huǒxīng huǒ
次	cì	每次第一次幾次次	měi cì dì-yī cì jǐ cì cì
門	mén	門邊開門門	mén-biān kāimén mén
左	zuǒ	左手	zuǒshǒu
右	yòu	右手	yòushǒu
頭	tóu	回頭點點頭頭	huítóu diǎndian tóu tóu

New Practical Chinese Reader, Book 1 (1st Ed.)

Words and characters in this story not covered by these textbooks:

Character	Pinyin	Word(s)	Pinyin
已	yǐ	已經	yǐjīng
山	shān	山上	shānshàng
笑	xiào	笑好笑笑笑	xiào hǎoxiào xiàoxiao
又	yòu	又	yòu
地	de	地方地	dìfang de
完	wán	完說完	wán shuōwán
後	Hòu	以後後面後來	yǐhòu hòumiàn hòulái
就	jiù	就	jiù
邊	biān	一邊門邊	yībiān simplified wordstring does not exist
火	huǒ	火星火	Huǒxīng huǒ
走	zǒu	走	zǒu
門	mén	門邊開門門	mén-biān kāimén mén
左	zuǒ	左手	zuǒshǒu
手	shǒu	左手右手手裡	zuǒshǒu yòushǒu shǒulǐ
右	yòu	右手	yòushǒu
路	lù	路路上	lù lùshang

Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) Levels 1-2

Words and characters in this story not covered by these levels:

Character	Pinyin	Word(s)	Pinyin
心	xīn	心開心小心心裡	xīn kāixīn xiǎoxīn xīnli
馬	mǎ	馬馬上	mǎ mǎshàng
山	shān	山上	shānshàng
怕	pà	不怕怕	bù pà pà
文	Wén	中文	Zhōngwén
跟	gēn	跟	gēn
又	yòu	又	yòu
地	de	地方地	dìfang de
方	fāng	地方方	dìfang fāng
拿	ná	拿拿到	ná nádào
用	yòng	用不用	yòng bùyòng
頭	tóu	回頭點點頭頭	huítóu diǎndian tóu tóu