My humble suggestion for your Chinese study. From the first beginning, pay attention to each one syllable in Mandarin Chinese. They are the fundamental oF Chinese study and help in very difficult Mandarin Chinese study. especially when you go into the stage of SUPER advanced mandarin Chinese, you will and you should carefully think about IT. REMEMBER: One syllable, one word, one whole picture. From the first beginning as a learner, please pay attention to each one syllable and the connection of it's Word, as well as meaning. I think for Japanese and Korean native speakers, who know 玉篇, may easily understand what I refer to. They have it 玉篇 in school? 学中文的一个很重要的建议：从一开始就很重视每一个音节，要把每一个音节的音都发对，（当然作为初学者语调可以不准，但是音一定要对）。到了高级阶段，也就是到了相当于汉语母语者小学五六年级阶段使用的中文，就会发现，原来每一个音节配上不同的语调，再对应不同的汉字，后面竟然能够表达出这么简洁高效准确的意思。 所以到了母语者水平的汉语学习阶段，我们对单个音节及其背后的汉字的运用能力，就成为考量一个汉语使用者水平高低的重要因素。所以，请高度重视汉语的单音节属性。高效利用这个特点学习会容易点。