Chinese characters (simplified Chinese: 汉字; traditional Chinese: 漢字; pinyin: hànzì; literally: 'Han characters') are logograms developed for the writing of Chinese. They have been adapted to write a number of other Asian languages

1. Learning Chinese

2. Difficult ?
● 23 consonants and 39 vowels
● 4 tones
● 5 types of characters structures
● Different meanings in different context

3. Oracle bone script

4. Quiz

5. Derivative Characters

6. Tones
● Flat
● Rising
● Falling rising
● Falling
ma -> mā (Mom) má (Trouble) mǎ (Horse) mà (Abuse)
l

7. Daily words
你好 (nǐ hăo) -Hello/Hey/Hi
你好吗 (nǐ hăo mā) – How are you?
我很好 (wǒ hěn hǎo) – I am fine/Good.
什么 (shěn mé) – What
谢谢 (xiè xiè) - Thank you
再见 (zài jiàn) -Bye Bye

8. Most complicated Chinese character
-Xi’an Famous Foods

9. Chinese name…
Mary
玛丽
Ryan
瑞恩
Logan
罗根 Danna
丹娜
Luolei
罗磊
Gaoli
高力
Wen
雯