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INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE LANGUAGE
Priscilla Eng & Jinqing Li
Mandarin has the most native speakers of any language
in the world. It is the official language of
China, Taiwan, and one of the four official languages of
Singapore. Additionally, it is one of the six official
languages of the United Nations (UN).
The Chinese language has more than 1.3 billion speakers.
The English language has more than 760 million speakers.
The Spanish language has more than 420 million speakers.
The French language has more than 128 million speakers.
Mandarin - The Official Language in China
Chinese Characters
There are more than 50,000 Chinese characters
historically recorded but knowledge of approximately
3,500 characters allows the reader/writer to handle
daily Chinese literacy demands.
THREE POETS INFLUENCED BY CHINESE POETS
W. S. Merwin (Pulitzer prize for poetry 1971, 2009)
Octavio Paz (Nobel prize for literature, 1990
Rabrindranath Tagore (Nobel prize for literature
1913)
SU T’UNG PO AS A GREAT POET
“Humans have sad separations and happy
gatherings. 欢
The moon has times of haze and lucidity, waxing
and waning. 圆
Our endeavors since antiquity fail to sustain
perfect moments. 难
We can only wish for longevity, 长 ,
Though far apart, we shall share the
moon’s beauty. ” 婵 .
W. S. MERWIN A LETTER TO SU T’UNG PO
Almost a thousand years later
I am asking the same questions
you did, the ones you kept finding
yourself returning to as though
nothing had changed except the tone
of their echo growing deeper
and what you knew of the coming
of age before you had grown old
I do not know any more now
than you did then about what you
were asking, as I sit at night,
above the hushed up valley thinking
of you on your river that one
bright sheet of moonlight in the dream
of the water birds and I hear
the silence after your questions
how old are the questions tonight
http://poemof-theday.blogspot.com/2010/04/letter-to-su-tung-po-ws-merwin.html
CHUANG TZU
3000 years ago, one day Chuang Tzu
dreamed that he became a butterfly flying
happily flying around the flowers. After
Chuang Tzu woke up, he wondered if it was
the butterfly dreaming it was Chuang Tzu or
Chuang Tzu dreaming he was a butterfly.
CHUANG TZU BY OCTAVIO PAZ
A butterfly flew between the cars,
Marie Jose said: it must be Chuang Tzu,
on a tour of New York.
But the butterfly
didn't know it was a butterfly
dreaming it was Chuang Tzu
or Chuang Tzu
dreaming he was a butterfly.
The butterfly never wondered:
it flew.
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/645
FIREFLIES BY RABRINDRANATH TAGORE
I touch God in my song
as the hill touches the far-away sea
with its waterfall.
The butterfly counts not months but moments,
and has time enough.
Let my love, like sunlight, surround you
and give you illumined freedom.
Love remains a secret even when spoken,
for only a lover truly knows that he is loved.
Emancipation from the bondage of the soil
is no freedom for the tree.
In love I pay my endless debt to thee
for what thou art. http://www.poetseers.org/nobel-prize-for-literature/tagore/fireflies/
LET’S SPEAK MANDARIN!
4 TONES
 1st tone high level pitch
 2nd tone rising in pitch
 3rd tone low dipping pitch
 4th tone abrupt falling in pitch
sī sí sǐ sì
shī shí shǐ shì
Qing nǐ gěi wǒ yī wǎn shuǐ jiǎo.
Qing nǐ gěi wǒ yī wǎn shuìjiào.
请你给我一碗水饺. 请你给我一晚睡 觉
.
Oops! I wanted one bowl of
dumplings, not one night of
sleeping with you!
TONGUE TWISTER
 sìshìsì shíshìshí shísìshìshísì sìshíshìsishí
 四是四 十是十 十四是十四 四十是四十
 sì = 4
 shì= is
 shí = 10
USEFUL PHRASES
Ni hǎo? (How are you?) 你好
Wo hén hǎo (I’m fine) 我很好
Xiè Xiè nǐ (Thank you) 谢谢 你
Zài jiàn (Good bye) 再见
SPEAK IT!
Ni hǎo ? Ni hǎo?
Wo hén hǎo Xiè Xiè nǐ
Ni hǎo Ni hǎo
Wo hén hǎo Xiè Xiè nǐ
Xiè Xiè nǐ Zài jiàn Zài jiàn
Xiè Xiè nǐ Zài jiàn Zài jiàn
Wo hén hǎo Xiè Xiè nǐ
Zài jiàn Zài jiàn

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  • 1. INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE LANGUAGE Priscilla Eng & Jinqing Li
  • 2. Mandarin has the most native speakers of any language in the world. It is the official language of China, Taiwan, and one of the four official languages of Singapore. Additionally, it is one of the six official languages of the United Nations (UN). The Chinese language has more than 1.3 billion speakers. The English language has more than 760 million speakers. The Spanish language has more than 420 million speakers. The French language has more than 128 million speakers. Mandarin - The Official Language in China
  • 3. Chinese Characters There are more than 50,000 Chinese characters historically recorded but knowledge of approximately 3,500 characters allows the reader/writer to handle daily Chinese literacy demands.
  • 4. THREE POETS INFLUENCED BY CHINESE POETS W. S. Merwin (Pulitzer prize for poetry 1971, 2009) Octavio Paz (Nobel prize for literature, 1990 Rabrindranath Tagore (Nobel prize for literature 1913)
  • 5. SU T’UNG PO AS A GREAT POET “Humans have sad separations and happy gatherings. 欢 The moon has times of haze and lucidity, waxing and waning. 圆 Our endeavors since antiquity fail to sustain perfect moments. 难 We can only wish for longevity, 长 , Though far apart, we shall share the moon’s beauty. ” 婵 .
  • 6. W. S. MERWIN A LETTER TO SU T’UNG PO Almost a thousand years later I am asking the same questions you did, the ones you kept finding yourself returning to as though nothing had changed except the tone of their echo growing deeper and what you knew of the coming of age before you had grown old I do not know any more now than you did then about what you were asking, as I sit at night, above the hushed up valley thinking of you on your river that one bright sheet of moonlight in the dream of the water birds and I hear the silence after your questions how old are the questions tonight http://poemof-theday.blogspot.com/2010/04/letter-to-su-tung-po-ws-merwin.html
  • 7. CHUANG TZU 3000 years ago, one day Chuang Tzu dreamed that he became a butterfly flying happily flying around the flowers. After Chuang Tzu woke up, he wondered if it was the butterfly dreaming it was Chuang Tzu or Chuang Tzu dreaming he was a butterfly.
  • 8. CHUANG TZU BY OCTAVIO PAZ A butterfly flew between the cars, Marie Jose said: it must be Chuang Tzu, on a tour of New York. But the butterfly didn't know it was a butterfly dreaming it was Chuang Tzu or Chuang Tzu dreaming he was a butterfly. The butterfly never wondered: it flew. http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/645
  • 9. FIREFLIES BY RABRINDRANATH TAGORE I touch God in my song as the hill touches the far-away sea with its waterfall. The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. Let my love, like sunlight, surround you and give you illumined freedom. Love remains a secret even when spoken, for only a lover truly knows that he is loved. Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree. In love I pay my endless debt to thee for what thou art. http://www.poetseers.org/nobel-prize-for-literature/tagore/fireflies/
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  • 12. 4 TONES  1st tone high level pitch  2nd tone rising in pitch  3rd tone low dipping pitch  4th tone abrupt falling in pitch sī sí sǐ sì shī shí shǐ shì
  • 13. Qing nǐ gěi wǒ yī wǎn shuǐ jiǎo. Qing nǐ gěi wǒ yī wǎn shuìjiào. 请你给我一碗水饺. 请你给我一晚睡 觉 . Oops! I wanted one bowl of dumplings, not one night of sleeping with you!
  • 14. TONGUE TWISTER  sìshìsì shíshìshí shísìshìshísì sìshíshìsishí  四是四 十是十 十四是十四 四十是四十  sì = 4  shì= is  shí = 10
  • 15. USEFUL PHRASES Ni hǎo? (How are you?) 你好 Wo hén hǎo (I’m fine) 我很好 Xiè Xiè nǐ (Thank you) 谢谢 你 Zài jiàn (Good bye) 再见
  • 16. SPEAK IT! Ni hǎo ? Ni hǎo? Wo hén hǎo Xiè Xiè nǐ Ni hǎo Ni hǎo Wo hén hǎo Xiè Xiè nǐ Xiè Xiè nǐ Zài jiàn Zài jiàn Xiè Xiè nǐ Zài jiàn Zài jiàn Wo hén hǎo Xiè Xiè nǐ Zài jiàn Zài jiàn