How many Chinese characters would I need to be able to speak and understand Mandarin Chinese fluently?

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Lolliese · Answer

Okay, so in terms of talking and speaking, you need about 4000-6000 words which is the basic amount of words you learn in primary, depending on where you go. Knowing this much vocab will make you 'fluent' enough to communicate normally, however you need 10000+ words for lets say, a chinese teacher or professor :) if youre trying to talk like a normal native, then i'd say 6000+ words.

just keep memorising your word banks and find a buddy to practice with. talk with that buddy in chinese greetings, say hello, goodbye, good morning, good night, the more you talk the faster you learn! don't be discouraged if you forget or if it is hard, if you don't give up you will be able to speak chinese fluently!

good luck :-)

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None. No characters at all.

You only need to know characters to read and write Chinese, not speak and understand it.

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speak and understand Mandarin Chinese fluently?

For scholar about 370.000 words ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%A4%A7%E8%AF%8D%E5%85%B8 汉语大词典 (Hanyu Da Cidian. Lit: Comprehensive Chinese Word Dictionary)

"English Grammar rule  "... That are use in Chinese ...
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Adjective
Adverb
Conjunction
Number
Preposition
Pronoun
Verb

That is about 600+ words...  that are needed to form sentences to communicate and express your self

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There rest of the words that your need to communicate  fluently would require you to have a knowledge of  "vocabulary "  ( which is have  divided into topics )

Abstract

Anatomy

Animal

Art

Business

City

Clothes

Color

Communication

Container

Conversation

Country

Device

Drink

Education

Family

Feeling

Food

Fruit

Furniture

Geography

House

Material

Mathematics

Medicine

Nature

Object

Physics

Profession

Relations

Science

Society

Sports

Time

Tool

Transport

Vegetable

Weather

The More vocabulary you know the better you can communicate...  especialy Common Conversational Words and Phrases in Chinese..

7 to 12  year old are taught 6000 basic words in their primary school .

Averagely you need to know about 22000 words...speak and understand Mandarin Chinese fluently.

PS: Your only need to know around 2000  words to read a Chinese news paper ...
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The Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den (simplified Chinese: 施氏食狮史; pinyin: Shī Shì shí shī shǐ;

literally mean  "The Story of Shi Eating Lions")

«  施氏食狮史»

« Shī Shì shí shī shǐ »

石室詩士施氏，嗜獅，誓食十獅。
 Shíshì shīshì Shī Shì, shì shī, shì shí shí shī.

氏時時適市視獅。
Shì shíshí shì shì shì shī.

十時，適十獅適市。
Shí shí, shì shí shī shì shì.

是時，適施氏適市。
Shì shí, shì Shī Shì shì shì.

氏視是十獅，恃矢勢，使是十獅逝世。
Shì shì shì shí shī, shì shǐ shì, shǐ shì shí shī shìshì.

氏拾是十獅屍，適石室。
Shì shí shì shí shī shī, shì shíshì.

石室濕，氏使侍拭石室。
Shíshì shī, Shì shǐ shì shì shíshì.

石室拭，氏始試食是十獅。
Shíshì shì, Shì shǐ shì shí shì shí shī.

食時，始識是十獅屍，實十石獅屍。
Shí shí, shǐ shí shì shí shī shī, shí shí shí shī shī.

試釋是事。
Shì shì shì shì. 
    
Translation:

« Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den »

In a stone den was a poet called Shi, who was a lion addict, and had resolved to eat ten lions.
    He often went to the market to look for lions.
    At ten o'clock, ten lions had just arrived at the market.
    At that time, Shi had just arrived at the market.
    He saw those ten lions, and using his trusty arrows, caused the ten lions to die.
    He brought the corpses of the ten lions to the stone den.
    The stone den was damp. He asked his servants to wipe it.
    After the stone den was wiped, he tried to eat those ten lions.
    When he ate, he realized that these ten lions were in fact ten stone lion corpses.
    Try to explain this matter.

or

« Shī Shì shí shī shǐ »

Shíshì shīshì Shī Shì, shì shī, shì shí shí shī.
    Shì shíshí shì shì shì shī.
    Shí shí, shì shí shī shì shì.
    Shì shí, shì Shī Shì shì shì.
    Shì shì shì shí shī, shì shǐ shì, shǐ shì shí shī shìshì.
    Shì shí shì shí shī shī, shì shíshì.
    Shíshì shī, Shì shǐ shì shì shíshì.
    Shíshì shì, Shì shǐ shì shí shì shí shī.
    Shí shí, shǐ shí shì shí shī shī, shí shí shí shī shī.
    Shì shì shì shì.

The above poem is a 92-character modern poem written in Classical Chinese by Yuen Ren Chao (1892–1982), in which every syllable has the sound shi (in different tones) when read in modern Mandarin Chinese. It is a famous example of constrained writing.

How many Chinese characters would I need to be able to speak and understand Mandarin Chinese fluently?

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