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3. What’s the callings for Chinese or Mandarin?
Putong Hua
Han Yu
Hua Yu
Zhong Wen
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4.
Chinese is a pictorial language:
人 Rén People
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5.
It’s an abstract art
行 Xíng walk; travel:
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6.
No alphabet but have Component Part
(Radicals)
字 zì is made of by 宀 roof & 子zi
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son
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7.
There are around 204 radicals, but the most
20 common radicals account 51% of Chinese
Characters.
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8.
Chinese Characters-汉字Hànzì are made by
strokes, which will follow it order and
directions.
字 zì Chinese Character
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9.
Three Attributes – SMS
Shape Meaning Sound
Shape
Meaning
Sound
字
Words
zì
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10.
One SOUND Related many CHARACTERS
One character can have many meanings
大
da
达
打
答
搭
Dà
1 (形) big; large; great
2 (形) heavy; strong:
3 (形) loud:
4 (形) of age:
5 (形) eldest:
6 (形) main; major; general:
7 (形) of size:
8 (形) [ used to give force to a
time word or expression]:
9 (副) greatly; fully; in a big way;
on a large scale:
10 [used after 不 to indicate low
degree or frequency]
Dá
。。。
Dǎ
25
meanings!!!!
Dá
。。
Dā
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13.
Characters ( mostly two, some one, some 3 or
4) form a Phrase, which meaning is more
clear.
Phrase is similar to WORD in English.
For beginner, try to remember the Phrase.
If can, try to look at the汉字Hànzì , which still
contains information.
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14. Pinyin is made of initials (consonants) and finals (vowels):
The initials (consonants):
•b
•d
•g
•j
• zh
•z
p
t
k
q
ch
c
m
n
h
x
sh
s
f
l
r
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15.
Finals (vowels): (simple form):
a
i
ai
an
ang
o
u
ei
en
eng
e
ü
ao
in
ing
ou
ong
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23.
Chinese sentence order is subject-verb-object
like English
the adjective is put in front of a noun.
我 吃
饭。
Wǒ
I
fàn
rice (meal).
chī
eat
我 吃 白 饭。
Wǒ
I
chī
eat
bái
white
fàn
rice.
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28.
The grammar is very simple and straight
forward.
Most notably, Chinese grammar does not
have conjugation, tenses, gender, plurals or
other grammatical rules in other major
languages such as English, French or Arabic.
The tense are expressed with adverbs or
tense indicators:
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29. I
cook meal.
Wǒ
zuò
我 做 饭。
fàn.
I am cooking meal.
我 在 做 饭。
Wǒ
I
zài
zuò
cook
fàn
rice.
在zài or (正在Zhèngzài) is placed infront of a verb to indicate an
action is in progress.
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30. 我 做 了 饭。
Wǒ
I
zuò le
fàn.
cook (ed) rice. (Lit)
Literature (Lit) is direct translation. Or you call it
BET –Broken English Translation
“了le” is used after a verb or adjective to indicate
completion of work or change
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31. I cooked rice aleady.
I
already cook (ed)
我 已经
Wǒ
yǐ jīng
做 了饭
zuò
le
rice. (lit)
fàn.
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32. The plurals are also expressed by adding
characters as indicators if need.
We/us
Wǒmen
You (pl)
Nǐmen
They/them
Tāmen
我们
你们
他们
们men
is used after a personal noun or a
noun to show plural number
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33. My
Wǒ de
Your(s)
Nǐ de
His/her(s)
Tā de/tā de
Our(s)
Wǒmen de
Your(s)
Nǐmen de
Their(s)
Tāmen de
David’s
Dà wèi de
我的
你的
他的/她的
我们的
你们的
他们的
大卫的
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35. My air ticket
Wǒ de jīpiào
Your child
Nǐ de háizi
My house
Wǒ de jiā
Your car
Nǐ de jū
Your dad
Nǐ bàba
My younger brother
Wǒ dìdì
我的机票
你的孩子
我的家
你的车
你爸爸
我弟弟
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36. 11
Shí yī
12
Shí èr
20
Èr shí
21
Èr shí yī
30
Sān shí
90
Jiǔ shí
99
Jiǔ shí jiǔ
十一
十二
二十
二十一
三十
九十
九十九
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37. 100
Yī bǎi
101
Yī bǎi líng yī
110
Yī bǎi yī shí
111
Yī bǎi yī shí yī
120
Yī bǎi èr shí
199
Yī bǎi jiǔ shí jiǔ
200
Èr bǎi
300
Sān bǎi
一百
一百零一
一百一十
一百一十一
一百二十
一百九十九
二百
三百
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38. 1000
Qiān
1000
Yī qiān
9999
10,000
Jiǔ qiān jiǔ bǎi jiǔ
shí jiǔ
Wàn
10,000
Yī wàn
Million
Bǎi wàn
Ten million
Qiān wàn
A hundred of
million
One billion
Yì
亿
Shí yì
十亿
千
一千
九千九百九十九
万
一万
百万
千万
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39. [ prefix for ordinal numbers]
Dì
第
The first
Dì yī
第一
The second
Dì èr
The Third
Dì sān
...
…
第二
第三
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40. January
Yī yuè
February
Èr yuè
March
Sān yuè
April
Sì yuè
May
Wǔ yuè
June
Liù yuè
July
Qī yuè
August
Bā yuè
September
Jiǔ yuè
October
Shíyuè
November
Shí yī yuè
December
Shí èr yuè
一月
二月
三月
四月
五月
六月
七月
八月
九月
十月
十一月
十二月
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1st Month
2nd Month
3rd Month
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41. Week
Xīng qí
Monday
Xīng qí yī
Tuesday
Xīng qí èr
Wednesday
Xīng qí sān
Thursday
Xīng qí sì
Friday
Xīng qí wǔ
Saturday
Xīng qí liù
Sunday
Xīng qí rì
Sunday
Xīng qí tiān
星期
星期一
星期二
星期三
星期四
星期五
星期六
星期日
星期天
Week day one
Week day two
Week day three
Week day four
Week day five
Week day six
Week day sun
Week day (day)
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43. The year before last
Qián nián
Last year.
Qù nián
This year
Jīn nián
Next year
Míng nián
Year after
Hòu nián
前年
去年
今年
明年
后年
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44. The day before
yesterday
Qián tiān
前天
Yesterday
Zuó tiān
Today:
Jīn tiān
Tomorrow.
Míng tiān
Day after tomorrow
Hòu tiān
昨天
今天
明天
后天
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45. Morning
Zǎo chen
Early morning
Zǎo shang
Forenoon; morning
Shàng wǔ
Noon; midday
Zhōng wǔ
Afternoon
Xià wǔ
Eveving; night :
Wǎn shàng
Night
Yè wǎn
Night
Hēi yè
早晨
早上
上午
中午
下午
晚上
夜晚
黑夜
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46. Before; formerly;
previously:
Yǐ qián
以前
Now; today; at present
Xiàn zài
现在
After; afterwards; later;
Yǐ hòu
hereafter:
以后
Last time
Shàng cì
Next time
Xià cì
上次
下次
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47. Hour
Xiǎo shí
One Hour
Yī gè xiǎo shí
two hours
Liǎng gè xiǎo shí
O'Clock
Diǎn (zhōng)
One o'Clock
Yī diǎn zhōng
Two o'clock
Liǎng diǎn zhōng
小时
一个小时
两个小时
点 (钟)
一点钟
两点钟
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48. Minute
Fēn (zhōng)
One minute
Yī fēn (zhōng)
分 (钟)
一分 (钟)
5:10
Wǔ diǎn shí fēn
五点十分
10 Pass Five
Wǔ diǎn guò shí fēn
五点过十分
10 Minutes to Five
Chà shí fēn wǔ diǎn
差十分五点
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50. Who:
Shuí
Whose
Shuí de
What
Shén me
When
Shén me shí hou
谁
谁的
什么
什么时候
What time
Shén me shí jiān
什么时间
Why; Why (or how) is it
Wèi shé me
that
Zěn yàng
How
What is to be done?
Zěn me bàn
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为什么
怎样
怎么办
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51. Which; what
Nǎ
Where
Nǎ lǐ
Where
Nǎ er
Which one
Nǎ ge rén
Which day
Nǎ tiān
Which year
Nǎ nián
Which month
Nǎ ge yuè
How many; how
much:
Duō shǎo
哪
哪里
哪儿
哪个人
哪天
哪年
哪个月
多少
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52. Do you have?
Yǒu méi yǒu
有没有
Yes or no? Isn't it?
Shì bù shì
是不是
Can or can not? Can …?
Néng bù néng
能不能
Can or can not? Can …?
Kě yǐ bù kě yǐ
可以不可以
Do …? (indicator of
question)
... ... Ma?
... ...吗?
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55. Upper; upward; up
Shàng
Down; under; below:
Xià
The left; the left side
Zuǒ
The right side; the right
Yòu
上
下
左
右
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56. Front:
Qián
Behind; at the back:
Hòu
In; inside;
Lǐ
Outside :
Wài
前
后
里
外
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57. “to Be” “是shi ”, which is universal for : is, am,
are, was, were.
Eg. I’m a
doctor.
我是
wǒ
I
shì
am
医生。
yī shēng
doctor. (Lit:)
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58. But the verb “是shi” is only followed by a noun.
I’m thirsty.
我 渴 了。
(Lit:) I
wǒ
kě
thirsty.
Or
我 很 渴。
wǒ
I
le .
hěn kě
very thirsty.
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64. No, I’m not.
(Lit) No
不,
Bù,
tomorrow not leave
明天 不 走。
míng
tiān
bù
zǒu.
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65. Are you British?
你是 英国 人
Nǐ shì
You are
yīng guó rén
UK
people
吗?
ma?
(indicator of question)?
Yes, I am British.
是 我 是 英 国 人。
Shì, wǒ shì
(Lit) Yes, I
am
yīng guó
UK
rén.
people.
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66. No, I am French
不是,我 是 法国 人。
Bùshì,
(Lit) No,
wǒ
I
shì
am
fàguó
France
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rén.
people.
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67. Are you free today?
(Lit)
You
today
have free time
?
yǒu
ma?
你 今天 有 空 吗?
Nǐ
jīn tiān
kòng
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69. No, I don’t have
(Lit)
No have
I
today no have
free time
Méi yǒu,
wǒ
jīn tiān méi
kōng.
没有, 我 今天 没
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70. or
you can just say
有
Yǒu have;
or
没有
Méiyǒu
don’t have
to answer the 有 Yǒu or
type of questions.
没有 Méiyǒu
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71. A Tip:
Most oral Chinese sentences are
not full sentence according to
English grammar. Chinese
sentences are short (or concise) and
straight forward.
Chinese is the simplest language!!!
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72. Do you have any things to do today?
(Lit)
You
today
have
matter
yǒu
shì
你 今天 有 事
Nǐ
jīn tiān
(indicator of question)?
吗?
ma?
Or just say:
没
méi
no, don’t have
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73. Do you have coffee?
(Lit)
Have coffee
(indicator of question)?
有 咖啡 吗?
Yǒu
kā
fēi
ma?
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82. 9 How are you?
Lit:
You
good
?
Nǐ
hǎo
used at the end of a
declarative sentence
to transform it into a
question.
ma?
你 好 吗? 吗
呢
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used at the end of an
interrogative sentence.
I'm fine, thank you, How about you?
Lit:
I
very
good.
Wǒ
hěn
hǎo,
我 很 好,
Thanks.
You ?
谢谢,你 呢?
xiè xiè,
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nǐ
ne?
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