The various aspects involved in the Chinese

Language

The various aspects involved in the Chinese

Language

nǐ hǎo ! 你好 ! Hello! wǒ jiào chāng lǎo shī. 我 叫 张 老 师。 I am teacher Chang.

Try a Conversation !Try a Conversation !

nǐ ne ？你呢？How about you?

I am …..I am …..

Chinese name: http://www.chinese-tools.com/names/search.html

Chang’s Wiki, WL Chinese, Chinese name,

wǒ jiào 我 叫 …I am

Chinese is Easy, Fun, and Interesting!

Chinese is Useful!

Chinese is Important for your Career!

• Why Study Chinese? • Why Study Chinese?

Chinese is most Spoken Language in the World’s!

China is currently the world’s fastest-growing large economy.

Chinese is mentally stimulating, interesting, and fun

The world Chinese culture is one of the oldest in the world

Chinese words are artistically formed 

• Chinese is Easy, Fun, and Interesting! • Chinese is Easy, Fun, and Interesting!

If you know 1000 commonly used characters, you will recognize 90% of the characters in  Chinese newspapers Chinese has a relatively uncomplicated

grammar (no verb conjugation, no noun declension )

Chinese language skills are a resume-builder—knowing Chinese may give you an edge when competing for employment

China is and will be an important business and economic partner of the U.S. and the world

International businesses prefer to hire people who speak more than one language

• Chinese is Important for your Career! • Chinese is Important for your Career!

China is a wonderful country to teach English in

China will play a major role in world affairs in the future

It is a great experience to talk to others in their own language and it can be helpful when you travel in China

Taking Chinese helps you to understand Chinese culture, literature and history

Taking Chinese can actually improve your mental power by learning how to arrange your thoughts into an alternative pattern or organization

• Chinese is Useful ! • Chinese is Useful !

There are more people speaking Chinese than English.  It’s the number one spoken language in the world

One out of five people is Chinese.  If I can speak Chinese, I can communicate with more people different from myself, and learn things about different cultures. 

• Chinese is most Spoken Language in the World ! • Chinese is most Spoken Language in the World !

China is one of the world’s oldest and richest continuous cultures, over 5000 years old.

One fifth of the planet speaks Chinese. Mandarin Chinese is the mother tongue of over 873 million people, making it the most widely spoken first language in the world.

China is the most populous nation in the world, with 1.28 billion people.

• What you might already know? • What you might already know?

China is the second largest economy in the world. China is one of largest trading partners of the United

States.

Also spoken in the important and influential Chinese communities of Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, the Philippines, and Mongolia.

Many US companies do business in China and have long-term investments there.

nǐ hǎo ma ？你好吗？

wǒ hěn hǎo ！ nǐ ne ？我很好！ 你呢？

Try a Conversation!Try a Conversation!

• Scan 2-- Reserved. • Scan 2-- Reserved.

• Scan 3 On a table, Chinese serve food on your plate • Scan 3 On a table, Chinese serve food on your plate

• Scan 4 ----Modest-• Scan 4 ----Modest-

• Scan 5 ----Sitting mannerism• Scan 5 ----Sitting mannerism

• Scan 6 ---walking your guest• Scan 6 ---walking your guest

Standard spoken Chinese

Chinese characters Chinese sounds

PǔtōnghuàIn People’s republic of China

In the Republic of China (Taiwan) Guóyǔ

In the United States Mandarin

Official Romantization of phonetic system of China

Pinyin

PinyinInitials

2135

400 SyllablesIn China

In the United States

FinalFinalss

8000 Syllables

Chinese relies on Tones and Chinese relies on Tones and contextscontexts

• The Making of Chinese Characters • The Making of Chinese Characters

象形 Pictographic Characters

指事 Self-Explanatory Characters

会意 Associative Compounds

Pictographic Characters Pictographic Characters

馬马

山 日

火 月

山 人

山 火

口 日

羊 马

好Associative Compounds Associative Compounds

mmùù

木

• Logical Aggregates• Logical Aggregates

WoodWoodss

línlín

林sēn

森 ForestForest

TreeTree

Self-Explanatory CharactersSelf-Explanatory Characters

StuckStuckkkǎ

卡xixià

下 BottoBottomm

TopTopshshànngg

上

• The 4 tones in Chinese• The 4 tones in Chinese

mā 妈

má 麻

mǎ 马 mà 骂 Māma mà mǎ! Māma mà mǎ!

Why are tones so important in Chinese?

你 最 聪 明 !

你 很 可爱 !

那里那里

nǐ zuì cōnɡ mínɡ!

nǐ hěn kě ài

nǎ lǐ nǎ lǐ

nǐ hěn huì shuō zhōng wén

你很 会 说 中 文。

xiè xie

谢 谢！