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 1-2 (3rd Ed.)

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

Character	Pinyin	Word(s)	Pinyin
結	jié	結婚	jiéhūn
婚	hūn	結婚	jiéhūn
設	shè	設計	shèjì
相	xiāng	相信	xiāngxìn
聲	shēng	小聲 哭聲 水聲	xiǎoshēng kūshēng shuǐshēng
板	bǎn	老闆	lǎobǎn
奇	qí	奇怪	qíguài
怪	guài	奇怪	qíguài
親	qīn	親	qīn
門	mén	門口 開門	ménkǒu kāimén
姑	gū	姑姑	gūgu
總	zǒng	總是	zǒngshì

New Practical Chinese Reader, Books 1-2 (1st Ed.)

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

Character	Pinyin	Word(s)	Pinyin
末	mò	週末	zhōumò
直	zhí	一直	yīzhí
周	zhōu	週末	zhōumò
近	jìn	最近	zuìjìn
更	gèng	更	gèng
板	bǎn	老闆	lǎobǎn
奇	qí	奇怪	qíguài
怪	guài	奇怪	qíguài
網	wǎng	網上	wǎng shàng

Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) Levels 1-3

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

Character	Pinyin	Word(s)	Pinyin
計	jì	設計	shèjì
設	shè	設計	shèjì
拍	pāi	自拍	zìpāi
親	qīn	親	qīn
姑	gū	姑姑	gūgu
美	měi	美國菜 美女	Měiguó cài měinǚ
活	huó	生活	shēnghuó