What is your answer?
nǐ hǎo 你 好。
lǎo shī hǎo老师好!
lǎo shī
老 师
nǐmen hǎo 你们好!
nǐ jiào shēnme 你 叫 什 么 ?
Do you want to know a new friend?
wǒ jiào lǐ xiǎolóng 我 叫 李 小 龙。
Who is 李小龙 ?
He is the Kung Fu Star!
nǐ hǎo ma你 好 吗?
What does it mean?
wǒ hěn hǎo 我 很 好。
I think you have a good day!
: Nǐ hǎo!
: Nǐ hǎo!
: nǐ jiào shēnme ?
: wǒ jiào your name.
: Nǐ hǎo ma?
: Wǒ hěn hǎo!
: Nǐ ne?
: Wǒ yě hěn hǎo!
There are only 490 sounds possible in Chinese!
PinYin 拼音
duìbùqǐ méiguānxi
对不起 没关系
Chinese Characters
Mar, 4, 2010
What is 汉字?
1. They express meanings by the shape Used by Chinese, Japanese, Korea, Vietnam
The beginning ?
1. Found in Oracle bone script dated 1200 BCMost well-developed ancient writing system
How many of them ?
500 characters you can understand up to 80% daily life.
How to code-break them ?
Easy ones look like a picture (pictograms and ideograms are only 600 words or so)
sun
日 月 明moon
rì yuè
bright
míng
mountain
山 木 水tree water
shān mù shuǐ
up
上 下down
shàng xià
伞umbrella
knife
刀 刃blade
dāo rèn
力strength
lì
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5FNvW19GbA
Others combines two parts to indicate the meaning (ideogrammic compounds about 13% of the total)
How to code-break them ?
míng
明
sēn lín
森林xīu
休
The majorities are Phono-Semetic Compounds(one for meaning, one for sound)
How to code-break them ?
妈妈māma
river
河 湖 流lake stream
hē hú líu
Straw
草 莓berry
cǎo méi
Of course there are some difficult ones
We will get there…
It will be a long journey with them.
Yī一
èr
二
sān
三
sì四
wǔ
五
Liù
六
Qī
七
Bā
八
jiǔ
九
shí
十
作业
zuòyè
1. Review PPT2. Use Quizlet Flashcards for Lesson 1 3. Write number 1-10 on the sheet, and recognize
them 4. Find out the good number and bad number for
Chinese culture
At least 2 hours of home study