This document provides an overview of learning Mandarin Chinese, including key information about: - Locations in China mentioned like Shanghai and features of the city. - Basic greetings, pronunciation rules, and numbers in Mandarin. - Tones and how they distinguish meaning. - Videos that teach pronunciations of greetings, numbers, and other basics. - Business etiquette tips for interacting with Chinese partners and quotes from Confucius about patience and learning.

1. Double
Your world
by Learning
Mandarin
Joan Major SWC
Homson Shaw CIUU

2. Geographical location of China

4. Snapshot features of Shanghai

5. 1st place of visit. The Lujazui Finance & Trade Zones, with an area of 28 square
kilometres, are on the opposite side of the Bund, in the heart of the Pudon New
Area, with an assortment of skyscraper spires. To the left, the Oriental Pearl TV
Tower, ranked as the highest in China, and third highest in the world, plus Grand
Hyatt Building and other financial buildings are located in this area. This also
illustrates Shanghai’s commercial aspirations - in an orderly, huge and
meticulously managed environment.
Lujazui Finance & Trade Zone

6. Ultra modern
Shanghai is a haven for shoppers,
with Nanjing Pedestrian Road East –
China’s number 1 shopping street,
with a distance of 1,033 metres -
world’s busiest commercial area.
632-meter, 128-Floor building,
Shanghai Centre Tower,
China’s latest fantastical super-
tail shopping, office and hotel
skyscraper .

7. Busy and Buzzy

8. Retreat & tranquility

9. Forbidden City, the largest congregation
of palaces: home for the emperors WWF icon and ambassador of China
Terracotta
soldiers: the
Army to guard
The First Emperor
After he
DIED.

10. Extremely rich and
the deplorably poor

11. History and culture
Museum: Tea House
Cricket fighting
Visit to a Museum

12. The Mighty and the Tiny
Brush pen: a
bunch of wolf
hair for writing
and painting
Paper cutting: art
and leisure
The Three Gorges Dam: world’s
largest hydraulic power plant
Taichee: soft
boxing
But highly
functional

13. A Few Numbers and China
 No. 1 in population
 No.2 in total economy:
 No. 3 in size
 4 Inventions that changed the old world
 5 trillion dollars of wealth generated each year
 120th in the world in GDP per capita
 1500 years of world leader in tech (silk)
 Shrunk in 400 years before
 Opened up 40 years ago
 ? Years of diversity?
 NO single number or statement can explain China,
but YOU will discover the ancient-modern world by

14. Things to begin with
 Hanyu Pinyin, a phonetic transcription system for
transcribing Mandarin Chinese sounds into the Roman
alphabet and for other purposes such as teaching Chinese
pronunciation and serving as an input method for typing
Chinese characters.
 The four tones: one of the two most tricky things about this
fascinating language.
 Numbers
 Greetings
Learning Mandarin!

15. 4 Tones
ā á ǎ à a
ē é ĕ è e
ī í ǐ ì i
ō ó ŏ ò o
ū ú ǔ ù u
ǖ ǘ ǚ ǜ ü
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10p2AHD9hmE&NR=1&feature=endscreen

16.  First tone, or high-level tone (陰平/阴
平 yīnpíng, literal meaning: dark level):
a steady high sound, as if it were
being sung instead of spoken.
Second tone, or rising tone (陽平/阳
平 yángpíng, literal meaning: light
level), or more specifically, high-rising:
is a sound that rises from mid-level
tone to high (e.g., What?!)
Third tone, low or dipping tone (上
shǎng,[4][5] literal meaning: "rising"):
has a mid-low to low descent; if at the
end of a sentence or before a pause, it
is then followed by a rising pitch.
Between other tones it may simply be
low.
Fourth tone, falling tone, or high-
falling (去 qù, literal meaning:
"departing"):
features a sharp fall from high to low,
and is a shorter tone, similar to curt
commands. (e.g., Stop!)
Tones

17. Tones tell tales!
 lǜ - green
• mā - mother
• mǎ - horse
• lǘ- donkey
• má - numb
• mà - to curse

18. Greetings
 Nǐ hǎo - Hello (1 person/informal)
 Nǐn hǎo - Hello ( formal)
 Nǐ men hǎo - Hello (more than 1 person)
 Dà jià hǎo - Hello everybody
 Wŏ jiào ___ - I am called ____ "我 叫 _____"
 Nǐ hǎo ma? - How are you?
 Mǎ mǎ hú hú - So …. So….
 Wŏ hĕn hǎo - I’m very good/ fine
 Xiè Xiè - Thank you
 Zài jiàn - Goodbye
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNvN3Cj0HJI&feature=related

19. Numbers Video
http://onlinelearnchinese.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64&Itemid=72

20. Numbers
1 yī
2 èr
3 sān
4 Sì
5 wǔ
6 liù
7 qī
8 bā (lucky/ related meaning to get rich)
9 jiǔ
10 shí
 11 shí yī
 12 shí èr
 13 shí sān
 14 shí sì
 15 shí wǔ
 16 shí liù
 17 shí qī
 18 shí bā
 19 shí jiǔ
 20 èr shí
 100 yìbăi

21. Nǐ men Hǎo
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubZS7i34GIY&feature=r
elated
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yDOcfXRWd4
&feature=related (Greetings)
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1LWu81kWqE
&feature=related (Greetings with Emma)
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lotxxl0alH4&fea
ture=related (Learn Basic Mandarin Chinese with
David Qing’)
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrctZU89L0E&f
eature=related (Numbers 1 – 10) (Wei Lai Podcast
with Danni)

22. Business Etiquette
 Learn Chinese. Pronounce names accurately.
 Use important connections
 Watch the handshake!
 Use business cards.
 Avoid saying no….rather than maybe.
 Negotiation. State position clearly and
respectfully. Walk away. Leave time
for reflection. Never argue. Check
understanding. Nods can be polite
reactions that don’t necessarily
indicate understanding.
 Learn from Chinese masters.
BE PATIENT.
“A little impatience can ruin great projects”
Confucius
“Know what you don’t know, that’s
superiority’” Lao Tse
“The man who moves a mountain begins
by carrying away small stones.”
Confucius.

23. Opportunities
Confucius Quotes
New qualification routes
 HSK
 YCT
 BCT
“A gentleman who is not a greed
eater, nor a lover of ease at home,
who is earnest in deed and careful of
speech, who seeks the righteous and
profits by them, may be called fond
of learning.”
 “If you make a mistake and do not
correct it, this is called a mistake.”
― Confucius
“ By three methods we may learn
wisdom: First, by reflection,
which is noblest; Second, by
imitation, which is easiest; and
third by experience, which is the
bitterest.”
― Confucius
“Choose a job you love, and you
will never have to work a day in
your life.”
― Confucius

24. Chinese music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85Fc2amPf34