Basic Mandarin Chinese Expressions to Learn in

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

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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