<p>300-500CPM. This data is from a Chinese search engine. </p>

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2020-05-10T02:48:34.823Z
As in all studies, the parameters upon which it is premised is critical. In this instance, the age, social circumstances and educational attainment, among others, of the subjects studied and the reading material concerned has to factored in. Without such strictures, any "data" proffered could at best be anecdotal. This has to be true for any language.
Wayne Cheah
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2020-05-10T03:02:34.430Z
If you can read Chinese, here is a link in Chinese shows the information you need. https://www.zhihu.com/question/20327487
asule
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asule
<p><a href="https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2166061" rel="noreferrer">This study</a> found that Chinese native speakers read aloud at an average rate of 255 characters per minute (CPM) with a standard deviation of 29 CPM. Presumably this rate is significantly slower than if the test participants read silently.</p>

<p>Are there any studies that had test participants read a text silently, and then tested their comprehension of that text to make sure they weren't just blindly skimming? </p>

<p><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19388079909558298" rel="noreferrer">This study</a> initially seemed promising, but they don't present enough data (specifically, the length of the texts used in characters) to calculate a reading rate in CPM. I have contacted the authors of this study, and will report back here if they reply.</p>

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2018-11-28T00:58:37.177Z
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it has nothing to do with studying Chinese
Tang Ho
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2018-11-28T01:18:21.163Z
If a person is studying Chinese, how can they assess their fluency without a native speaker benchmark for comparison?
Jack Elsey
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2018-11-28T01:21:00.230Z
See https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/2003/can-chinese-readers-scan-large-amounts-of-text-faster-more-accurately-than-their?rq=1
dROOOze
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2018-11-28T01:21:14.880Z
talk with native Chinese speakers, you would know how good or bad your Chinese is
Tang Ho
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2018-11-28T02:20:44.083Z
I upvoted this question. I like an openly discussion forum. My similiar questions in the ELL section always are closed.
Zhang
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2018-11-28T02:25:00.607Z
默念的话（比如看小说），可以以快速浏览模式，通常会忽略一些细节。比如网上流行的一段的“字汉的序顺实其不响影读阅”。
Zhang
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2018-11-28T12:30:23.150Z
It is hard to measure though.
zyy
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2018-11-28T16:37:15.650Z
It is a statistical question. You might as well ask what percentage of Mandarin speaker mix a certain Cantonese term in their  vocabulary,  like "How many Mandarin speaker would say "作死你啊!?" instead of "你找死啊!?"
Tang Ho
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2018-11-28T16:45:00.340Z
I meant some people read fast, some people read slow in any language, take a big enough sample (over 10000 people from different age groups would be a good size), average their rate and you will get your answer
Tang Ho
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2018-12-23T15:39:45.210Z
I can read at a decent speed, but nowhere near as fast as any of my friends
Xetrov
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2020-03-25T01:23:25.410Z
Mandarin Chinese is my heritage language; and my ancestors spoke varieties of Mandarin. As far as I know, I can read Chinese subtitles of Korean dramas; and it is quite interesting to see the differences between the Chinese subs and the English subs! For my speed, I have no idea, but I bet it's quick enough to understand the subs. The trick is to learn how to speed-read Chinese by reading by the phrase instead of character-by-character.
Double U
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2020-07-13T23:59:36.673Z
Does this answer your question? [Can Chinese readers scan large amounts of text faster/more accurately than their alphabet-using counterparts?](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/2003/can-chinese-readers-scan-large-amounts-of-text-faster-more-accurately-than-their)
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At what rate can native speakers of Mandarin Chinese read?
# At what rate can native speakers of Mandarin Chinese read?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-11-28)

[This study](https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2166061) found that Chinese native speakers read aloud at an average rate of 255 characters per minute (CPM) with a standard deviation of 29 CPM. Presumably this rate is significantly slower than if the test participants read silently.

Are there any studies that had test participants read a text silently, and then tested their comprehension of that text to make sure they weren't just blindly skimming?

[This study](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19388079909558298) initially seemed promising, but they don't present enough data (specifically, the length of the texts used in characters) to calculate a reading rate in CPM. I have contacted the authors of this study, and will report back here if they reply.

**Tags:** reading

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it has nothing to do with studying Chinese  
> **username_0**: If a person is studying Chinese, how can they assess their fluency without a native speaker benchmark for comparison?  
> **username_2**: See https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/2003/can-chinese-readers-scan-large-amounts-of-text-faster-more-accurately-than-their?rq=1  
> **username_1**: talk with native Chinese speakers, you would know how good or bad your Chinese is  
> **username_3**: I upvoted this question. I like an openly discussion forum. My similiar questions in the ELL section always are closed.  
> **username_3**: 默念的话（比如看小说），可以以快速浏览模式，通常会忽略一些细节。比如网上流行的一段的“字汉的序顺实其不响影读阅”。  
> **username_4**: It is hard to measure though.  
> **username_1**: It is a statistical question. You might as well ask what percentage of Mandarin speaker mix a certain Cantonese term in their  vocabulary,  like "How many Mandarin speaker would say "作死你啊!?" instead of "你找死啊!?"  
> **username_1**: I meant some people read fast, some people read slow in any language, take a big enough sample (over 10000 people from different age groups would be a good size), average their rate and you will get your answer  
> **username_5**: I can read at a decent speed, but nowhere near as fast as any of my friends  
> **username_6**: Mandarin Chinese is my heritage language; and my ancestors spoke varieties of Mandarin. As far as I know, I can read Chinese subtitles of Korean dramas; and it is quite interesting to see the differences between the Chinese subs and the English subs! For my speed, I have no idea, but I bet it's quick enough to understand the subs. The trick is to learn how to speed-read Chinese by reading by the phrase instead of character-by-character.  
> **username_7**: Does this answer your question? [Can Chinese readers scan large amounts of text faster/more accurately than their alphabet-using counterparts?](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/2003/can-chinese-readers-scan-large-amounts-of-text-faster-more-accurately-than-their)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_8 on 2020-05-09. Score: -1

300-500CPM. This data is from a Chinese search engine.

> **Comments:**
> **username_9**: As in all studies, the parameters upon which it is premised is critical. In this instance, the age, social circumstances and educational attainment, among others, of the subjects studied and the reading material concerned has to factored in. Without such strictures, any "data" proffered could at best be anecdotal. This has to be true for any language.  
> **username_8**: If you can read Chinese, here is a link in Chinese shows the information you need. https://www.zhihu.com/question/20327487  

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