Appendix A: Character Comparison Reference

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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
山	shān	中山大學	Zhōngshān Dàxué
帶	dài	帶	dài
心	xīn	周子心 開心 關心 心 小心	Zhōu Zǐxīn kāixīn guānxīn xīn xiǎoxīn
從	cóng	從小到大 從	cóng xiǎo dào dà cóng
關	guān	關心	guānxīn
馬	mǎ	馬上	mǎshàng
次	cì	上次 下次 第一次	shàngcì xiàcì dì-yī cì
又	yòu	又	yòu
完	wán	說完 吃不完	shuō wán chī bu wán

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

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

Character	Pinyin	Word(s)	Pinyin
山	shān	中山大學	Zhōngshān Dàxué
帶	dài	帶	dài
從	cóng	從小到大 從	cóng xiǎo dào dà cóng
地	de	地	de
笑	xiào	笑	xiào
周	zhōu	周子心	Zhōu Zǐxīn
又	yòu	又	yòu
走	zǒu	走	zǒu
完	wán	說完 吃不完	shuō wán chī bu wán
長	cháng	多長時間 長	duōcháng shíjiān cháng
菜	cài	菜 點菜	cài diǎncài
自	zì	自己	zìjǐ
己	jǐ	自己	zìjǐ

Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) Levels 1-2

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

Character	Pinyin	Word(s)	Pinyin
文	Wén	謝文東	Xiè Wéndōng
山	shān	中山大學	Zhōngshān Dàxué
帶	dài	帶	dài
心	xīn	周子心 開心 關心 心 小心	Zhōu Zǐxīn kāixīn guānxīn xīn xiǎoxīn
跟	gēn	跟	gēn
地	de	地	de
馬	mǎ	馬上	mǎshàng
周	zhōu	周子心	Zhōu Zǐxīn
又	yòu	又	yòu
行	xíng	不行 行	bù xíng xíng
自	zì	自己	zìjǐ
己	jǐ	自己	zìjǐ