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Basic Chinese
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History of Chinese language Old Chinese was the language used
during the early and middle Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC256 BC) and its
texts include the inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells. The
earliest form of written Chinese was carved on bones
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Character vs. pictures Chinese is written in characters rather
than letters. Many of the characters were originally pictures of
many things. But over the centuries, characters have changed a lot
and they no longer look like the things they represent. Can you
guess the meaning of the character used today from their original
picture above them? fishsnake
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Number of Characters Here is a written sentence in Chinese
meaning I would like to visit Beijing Olympic Stadium. Can you
count how many characters this sentence has? 14 characters!
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Characters vs. Words In Chinese, one word can be one character:
I two characters: to visit three characters: stadium four
characters: Olympic (I would like to visit Beijing Olympic
Stadium)
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Pinyin To write down the sound of the Chinese characters in
Roman letter, we use Pinyin, spelling of a word. Pinyin helps
learner to remember the sound of the character. Most letters in
Pinyin sound the same as in English but many are different. Chinese
characterPinyin with tonesEnglish n hohello zhng guChina Click and
listen
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Tones The same spelling of pinyin can sound different (and mean
different things) according to the tones used. There are four main
tones. The tones are marked on top of the vowels. Here is an
example with ma. Pinyin with tones tonescharactersEnglish mm1 st
tone, high and flat mum mm2 nd tone, going up numb m3 rd tone, down
and up horse m4 th tone, going down to scold Now click and listen
to sound ma in four different tones
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A Taste of Mandarin Chinese You will learn words, phrases and
sentences. You will be seeing the characters and hearing the sound
of them. There will be 5 topics: 1.Words/phrases used on a daily
basis 2.Numbers 3.Self introduction 4.Chinese currency 5.Useful
adjectives
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words/phrases used on a daily basis n ho hello n men ho hello
(to more than one person) - xi xie thank you - b k q you are
welcome - du bu q sorry/excuse me - mi gun xi its ok zi jin
good-bye Now click and listen to the words and phrases
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Test on words used on daily basis How to say the following in
Chinese? 1) Hello [to more than one person] 2) Thank you 3)
Good-bye Click to listen to the answers.
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Numbers 1 y 2 r 3 sn 4 s 5 w 6 li 7 q 8 b 9 ji 10 sh 11 sh y 12
sh r 20 sh r 21 sh r y 30 sn sh 35 sn sh w 100 y bi Chinese numbers
are very logical. Can you now work out all the numbers before 99?
Now click and listen to numbers from 1 to 10.
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Test on on numbers 1. Click to Listen and say the numbers in
English (1-4) Answers: 1)2 2)5 3)10 4)13 2. How to say the
following numbers in Chinese? 1) 3 2) 6 3) 8 4) 15 Click and listen
to the answers
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Chinese currency The units for the Chinese money (RMB)are yun
or kui jio or mo fn (not very often used nowadays) (1 yun/kui = 10
jio/ mo = 100 fn) now click and listen to the units of Chinese
money
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Test on Chinese currency 1. Guess the prices in Chinese
currency of the following items in China. 3.00 (3 yuan/kuai ) 70.00
(70 yuan/kuai) 18.00 (18 yuan/kuai) 2. If the exchange rate is 1:10
British pounds to Chinese RMB, how much do the items above cost in
pound?
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Self and family (1) w jio My name is w sh r su I am 12 years
old. w sh yng gu rn I am British Now click and Listen
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Self and family (2) w ji yu s ku rn My family have four people.
/ / / / / b ba/ m ma/ g ge/ ji jie/ d di/ mi mei dad/mum/older
brother/older sister/younger brother/younger sister Now click and
Listen
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Self and family (3) w x huan I like. / / / / / / yn dng /z qi
/yn yu/ wn din no/ kn din sh/ kn sh sports/football/music/play with
computer/watching TV/reading/ Now click and listen.
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Test on Chinese currency Listen to a child introducing himself.
Can you find out his: name age nationality family (how many people
in his family) hobbies Answers Name: d wi Age: 8 Nationality:
British Family (how many people in his family): 3 Hobbies: watching
TV, playing on the computer and reading
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Useful adjectives (1) / / ho/ hn ho/ ti ho le good/very good/
great ho ch delicious / / w hn hungry/ I am very hungry / k/ w hn k
thirsty/ I am very thirsty Now click and listen
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Useful adjectives (2) / / r/ hnr/ ti r le hot/ very hot/ too
hot pio liang beautiful/pretty li/ w hn li tired/ I am tired / gu/
ti gu le expensive/ too expensive Now click and listen
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Test on adjectives 1.Click to listen and say what they mean in
English Answers 1) I am hungry 2) Great! 3) very good 2. Can you
say the following phrases in Chinese? 1) Great! 2) delicious 3) too
expensive Click and listen to the answers.
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BBC Chinese learning site www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese Real
Chinese: an introductory course for beginners with video clip,
cultural note etc. Pinyin and tone guide plus games Character guide
plus games Tongue twisters Chinese jokes And many more!