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"ZHONGWEN"

CHINESE
MADE FUN

...AND EASY AS...

Anne Bingham

2003-2004

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In order to start speaking Chinese, you'll first need to know how to make the sounds. There are four tones in Chinese. The first is level. The second is rising. The third is dipping. The fourth is falling.

Please note: "a" makes the sound of someone getting their throat checked. "o" makes the sound of "floor" with a heavy LI accent "i" makes the "ee" sound except after zh,ch,shi and ri. "ei" makes the "ei" in eight sound "u" makes the sounds of "oo" in boo "u" makes a tight, curled "eeww" sound.

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Names of Basic Strokes: 1. heng 2. shu 3. dian 4. pie 5. na 6. ti 7. heng gou 8. shu gou 9. xie gou 10. wan gou 11. heng zhe 12. shu zhe 13. heng pie 14. shu ti

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CSL-2 Will only be tested on the stroke names up to this point but should be familiar and recognize the remaining stroke names below. Possibly an extra credit question on final?!

15. 16.
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shu wan pie zhe

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17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.

pie dian heng zhe gou shu wan gou shu zhe zhe gou heng zhe zhe pie heng pie wan gou heng zhe wan gou heng zhe zhe zhe gou

Stroke Order
First across and then down. First slant down left then right.

Start at the top and work down

First left then right

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First outside/then inside First inside then outside First middle then two sides First what's inside a "box" then close it up

Colors: =Yanse
Please learn how to say and recognize the following in Chinese:

heise baise hongse huangse lanse luse huise

Sentence Patterns:

black white red yellow blue green grey

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Ni zui xihuan shenme yanse? What's your favorite color? Wo zui xihuan lanse. My favorite color is blue. F.Y.I. may be an extra credit question.

fenhongse
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pink

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zongse zise chenghuangese

brown purple orange

Meats/Seafood
Please learn how to say and recognize the following in Chinese:

jirou niu rou

chicken beef

zhu rou
yang rou

pork lamb

yu xia longxia

shrimp lobster

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THIS PATTERN is fun and EASY TO LEARN TRY IT!

"Ni xiang chi shenme rou? Ni yao bu yao chi yu?"

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"What kind of meat would you like to eat. Do you want to have fish?"

Earth Elements

jin

gold

huo

fire

mu

wood

tu
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dirt,earth

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shui

water

Dili Geography

shan huoshan hu he senlin hai sha mo tiandi nongcun kuangye

Sentence Patterns:

mountain volcano lake river forest ocean desert farmland

countryside

fields

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Zhongguo he meiguo dou you shenlin he shamo.
Both the US and China have forests and deserts.

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Zhongguo you huoshan ma?
Does China have volcanoes?

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Directions - Fangxiang dong nan xi bei east south west north

The above can be followed with "fang" "bian" or "bu" which are all variations of place/side/section.

Sentence Pattern:

Where is China's Shandong Province?

zhongguo de shandong sheng zai nar? . It's in northeast China. zhongguo de shandong sheng shi zai zhongguo de dong bei bu.

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Front/Back/Left/Right

zuo=left

hou=back, rear

you=right

qian=front

*This represents a front view

Qian/hou is usually proceeded by zai :

. He's in the front reading.. "Ta zai qian mian kan shu ."

"Ta zhu zai xuexiao de youbian. "He lives to the right of the school."

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jijie

seasons

chuntian

Spring

xiatian

Summer

qiutian

Fall

dongtian

Winter

Sentence Pattern:

Ni zui xihuan shenme jijie?

What's your favorite season?

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Clothing:Yifu
maozi maoyi dayi yu yi neiyi chenshan kuzi duanku wazi xiezi shubao pibao qian bao hat sweater coat rain coat under clothes dress shirt trousers/pants shorts socks shoes bookbag leather purse wallet
Where'd you buy your clothes?

Sentence Pattern: Ni de yifu zai nar mai de?

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ping guo xiang jiao cheng zi pu tao xi gua cao mei tao zi mang guo boluo ying tao
Sentence Pattern: .

Shuiguo apple banana orange grapes watermelon strawberry peach mango pineapple cherry

Wo jiejie ai chi xigua. My sister loves watermelon.

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Things in the Sky taiyang yueliang xingxing diqiu yun xingxing xingxi sun moon star Earth clouds planet solar system

Sentence Pattern: Tian shang you yueliang he xing xing. Yueliang liang liang de xing xing shan shan de.

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The moon and stars are in the sky. The moon is bright and the stars twinkle.

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Vehicles

qiche zi xing che

gong gong qi che

car bike bus

huo che
feiji

train
airplane boat row boat ship ambulance fire engine

chuan
xiao hua chuan

lun chuan jiu hu che jiu huo che

Sentence pattern: Ni hui bu hui kai che? Do you know how to drive a car?

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Ni de feiji piao yijing mai le mei you?

? Did you buy your plane ticket yet?

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GanQing/Thoughts/Feelings

gaoxing bu gaoxing xiwang shiwang ji de wang le xiang pa shengqi zhaoji

happy! not happy, upset hope, wish disappointed, let down remember, recall forget, forgot miss scared, afraid angry, mad nervous, worried

Sentence Patterns . . Jintian shi ta de shengri. Ta hen gaoxing.

Today is her birthday. She is very happy.

? . Ta jiao shenme mingzi? Wo wang le.

What is his name? I forgot it.

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Don't worry...we'll find a way.

Ta bu hui you yong. Ta pa shui.

He doesn't know how to swim. He's afraid.

.... Bie zhaoji...women hui xiang banfa.

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Let's Start Talking Chinese!

! ? ? ?
ni hao! ni jiao shenme mingzi? ni duo da? ni you shenme ai hao?

? ?
ni xihuan yundong ma? Ni xihuan kan dianying ma?

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ni xihuan yinyue ma? nixihuan zuo shenme?

? ? ?
ni mang bu mang? ni e bu e? ni lei bu lei?

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ni jintian yao/xiang zuo shenme?

? ?
ni xihuan xue zhongwen ma? nan bu nan?

?
ni hui bu hui xie?

?
ni yao bu yao dao wo jia lai wan?

, ?
qing ni dao wo jia chi fan hao bu hao?

! ! ? ?
hao! xie xie! shenme shihou? jidian zhong?

? ?
ni xihuan chi shenme? ni xihuan chi zhongguo cai ma?

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Weather Rain Snow

Sunny/clear
cold hot windy storm
Sentence pattern:

tianqi xia yu xiaxue qinglang leng re da feng

kuangfengdayu

.... Jintian de tianqi hen haoi...hen

qinglang. The weather is really nice (sunny and clear) today.

.Beijing de dontian hen leng. Beijing winter's are cold. . Xiatian tianqi hen re .It's hot in the summer.

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Foods:
cha

niunai jidan mianbao miantiao chaomian shucai mifan tang baozi roubao dianxin
Sentence:

tea

(cow's) milk eggs bread noodles fried noodles vegetables rice soup steamed bun meat bun dessert

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zhege cai hen hao chi. hen xinxian. wo chi de hen bao xie,xie!
This is delicious...very fresh. I'm very full...thank you.

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Basic Grammar Patterns: shi men . Wo shi laoshi.

I am the teacher.

, , women, nimen, tamen

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You are the students.

Nimen shi xuesheng

(noun)

de bi zai

.Ta shi wo de tongxue.

He's my classmate.

. (place)

Wo bi ta da.

(verb) . . .

(noun) shi zai (place) (verb) de. . . . Common Verbs:

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chi kan ting pao zuo mai/mai xie wan la xiao tiqin tan gangqin ti zuqiu hua hua chang ge tiaowu

to eat to look at, read to hear, listen to to run to do, or make buy/sell to write to play ("hang out") play violin play the piano play soccer paint, draw sing dance

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