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One SOUND Related many CHARACTERS
One character can have many meanings
大
da
达
打
答
搭
Dà
1 (形) big; large; great
2 (形) heavy; strong:
3 (形) loud:
4 (形) of age:
5 (形) eldest:
6 (形) main; major; general:
7 (形) of size:
8 (形) [ used to give force to a
time word or expression]:
9 (副) greatly; fully; in a big way;
on a large scale:
10 [used after 不 to indicate low
degree or frequency]
Dá
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Dǎ
25
meanings!!!!
Dá
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Dā
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Dì
第
The first
Dì yī
第一
The second
Dì èr
The Third
Dì sān
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第二
第三
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P1 How to speak chinese in 10 hours -S01-S76 basic abc
The document provides an introduction to basic Chinese, emphasizing that it is a pictorial language without an alphabet, utilizing radicals and characters to form words and phrases. It outlines the structure of Chinese grammar, including sentence order, verb tenses, and the absence of conjugation, gender, or plurals, which contrasts with many other languages. Additionally, it explains the tone distinctions in pronunciation that can change meanings of words, along with various vocabulary related to time and numbers.
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- 9. Three Attributes –SMS Shape Meaning Sound Shape Meaning Sound 字 Words zì Presented by LegooMandarin.com 9
- 10. One SOUND Relatedmany CHARACTERS One character can have many meanings 大 da 达 打 答 搭 Dà 1 (形) big; large; great 2 (形) heavy; strong: 3 (形) loud: 4 (形) of age: 5 (形) eldest: 6 (形) main; major; general: 7 (形) of size: 8 (形) [ used to give force to a time word or expression]: 9 (副) greatly; fully; in a big way; on a large scale: 10 [used after 不 to indicate low degree or frequency] Dá 。。。 Dǎ 25 meanings!!!! Dá 。。 Dā Presented by LegooMandarin.com 。。。 10
- 11. A single Charactermay have many meanings. Presented by LegooMandarin.com 11
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- 13. Characters ( mostlytwo, some one, some 3 or 4) form a Phrase, which meaning is more clear. Phrase is similar to WORD in English. For beginner, try to remember the Phrase. If can, try to look at the汉字Hànzì , which still contains information. Presented by LegooMandarin.com 13
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- 15. Finals (vowels): (simpleform): a i ai an ang o u ei en eng e ü ao in ing ou ong Presented by LegooMandarin.com 15
- 16. Combined 21 Initialsand 39 Finals, & Four Tones Presented by LegooMandarin.com 16
- 17. Different Tone mayhave different meaning: 妈 麻 马 骂 Mā Mom Má Flax Mǎ Horse Mà Scold Presented by LegooMandarin.com 17
- 18. Different Tone mayhave different meaning: 温 闻 吻 问 Wēn Warm Wén Smell Wěn Kiss Wèn Ask Presented by LegooMandarin.com 18
- 19. Different Tone mayhave different meaning: 方 房 访 放 Fāng Square Fáng House Fǎng Visit Fàng Put Presented by LegooMandarin.com 19
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- 23. Chinese sentence orderis subject-verb-object like English the adjective is put in front of a noun. 我 吃 饭。 Wǒ I fàn rice (meal). chī eat 我 吃 白 饭。 Wǒ I chī eat bái white fàn rice. Presented by LegooMandarin.com 23
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- 25. WHO Subject I 我 WHENWHERE DO WHAT. Time Location Verb Object today at home drinktea. 今天 在 家 喝 茶。 wǒ jīn tiān zài I drink tea at home today jiā hē Presented by LegooMandarin.com chá 25
- 26. SOMEWHERE car above HAS has SOMETHING. people. 车上 有 人 chē shang yǒu rén Thereis people on the car. Presented by LegooMandarin.com 26
- 27. Or HAVE SOMETHING Has People AT at 有 在 车上。 yǒu 人 rén zài SOMEWHERE carabove chē shang . There is people on the car. Presented by LegooMandarin.com 27
- 28. The grammar isvery simple and straight forward. Most notably, Chinese grammar does not have conjugation, tenses, gender, plurals or other grammatical rules in other major languages such as English, French or Arabic. The tense are expressed with adverbs or tense indicators: Presented by LegooMandarin.com 28
- 29. I cook meal. Wǒ zuò 我 做饭。 fàn. I am cooking meal. 我 在 做 饭。 Wǒ I zài zuò cook fàn rice. 在zài or (正在Zhèngzài) is placed infront of a verb to indicate an action is in progress. Presented by LegooMandarin.com 29
- 30. 我 做 了饭。 Wǒ I zuò le fàn. cook (ed) rice. (Lit) Literature (Lit) is direct translation. Or you call it BET –Broken English Translation “了le” is used after a verb or adjective to indicate completion of work or change Presented by LegooMandarin.com 30
- 31. I cooked ricealeady. I already cook (ed) 我 已经 Wǒ yǐ jīng 做 了饭 zuò le rice. (lit) fàn. Presented by LegooMandarin.com 31
- 32. The plurals arealso expressed by adding characters as indicators if need. We/us Wǒmen You (pl) Nǐmen They/them Tāmen 我们 你们 他们 们men is used after a personal noun or a noun to show plural number Presented by LegooMandarin.com 32
- 33. My Wǒ de Your(s) Nǐ de His/her(s) Tāde/tā de Our(s) Wǒmen de Your(s) Nǐmen de Their(s) Tāmen de David’s Dà wèi de 我的 你的 他的/她的 我们的 你们的 他们的 大卫的 Presented by LegooMandarin.com 33
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- 35. My air ticket Wǒde jīpiào Your child Nǐ de háizi My house Wǒ de jiā Your car Nǐ de jū Your dad Nǐ bàba My younger brother Wǒ dìdì 我的机票 你的孩子 我的家 你的车 你爸爸 我弟弟 Presented by LegooMandarin.com 35
- 36. 11 Shí yī 12 Shí èr 20 Èrshí 21 Èr shí yī 30 Sān shí 90 Jiǔ shí 99 Jiǔ shí jiǔ 十一 十二 二十 二十一 三十 九十 九十九 Presented by LegooMandarin.com 36
- 37. 100 Yī bǎi 101 Yī bǎilíng yī 110 Yī bǎi yī shí 111 Yī bǎi yī shí yī 120 Yī bǎi èr shí 199 Yī bǎi jiǔ shí jiǔ 200 Èr bǎi 300 Sān bǎi 一百 一百零一 一百一十 一百一十一 一百二十 一百九十九 二百 三百 Presented by LegooMandarin.com 37
- 38. 1000 Qiān 1000 Yī qiān 9999 10,000 Jiǔ qiānjiǔ bǎi jiǔ shí jiǔ Wàn 10,000 Yī wàn Million Bǎi wàn Ten million Qiān wàn A hundred of million One billion Yì 亿 Shí yì 十亿 千 一千 九千九百九十九 万 一万 百万 千万 Presented by LegooMandarin.com 38
- 39. [ prefix forordinal numbers] Dì 第 The first Dì yī 第一 The second Dì èr The Third Dì sān ... … 第二 第三 Presented by LegooMandarin.com … 39
- 40. January Yī yuè February Èr yuè March Sānyuè April Sì yuè May Wǔ yuè June Liù yuè July Qī yuè August Bā yuè September Jiǔ yuè October Shíyuè November Shí yī yuè December Shí èr yuè 一月 二月 三月 四月 五月 六月 七月 八月 九月 十月 十一月 十二月 Presented by LegooMandarin.com 1st Month 2nd Month 3rd Month …… 40
- 41. Week Xīng qí Monday Xīng qíyī Tuesday Xīng qí èr Wednesday Xīng qí sān Thursday Xīng qí sì Friday Xīng qí wǔ Saturday Xīng qí liù Sunday Xīng qí rì Sunday Xīng qí tiān 星期 星期一 星期二 星期三 星期四 星期五 星期六 星期日 星期天 Week day one Week day two Week day three Week day four Week day five Week day six Week day sun Week day (day) Presented by LegooMandarin.com 41
- 42. Year: Month; Yuè Date Rì Date Hào Day 年 月 日 号 天 Nián Tiān 2013 年 7月 23 日 2013 Nián 7 yuè From BIG to SMALL! 23 rì Presented by LegooMandarin.com 42
- 43. The year beforelast Qián nián Last year. Qù nián This year Jīn nián Next year Míng nián Year after Hòu nián 前年 去年 今年 明年 后年 Presented by LegooMandarin.com 43
- 44. The day before yesterday Qiántiān 前天 Yesterday Zuó tiān Today: Jīn tiān Tomorrow. Míng tiān Day after tomorrow Hòu tiān 昨天 今天 明天 后天 Presented by LegooMandarin.com 44
- 45. Morning Zǎo chen Early morning Zǎoshang Forenoon; morning Shàng wǔ Noon; midday Zhōng wǔ Afternoon Xià wǔ Eveving; night : Wǎn shàng Night Yè wǎn Night Hēi yè 早晨 早上 上午 中午 下午 晚上 夜晚 黑夜 Presented by LegooMandarin.com 45
- 46. Before; formerly; previously: Yǐ qián 以前 Now;today; at present Xiàn zài 现在 After; afterwards; later; Yǐ hòu hereafter: 以后 Last time Shàng cì Next time Xià cì 上次 下次 Presented by LegooMandarin.com 46
- 47. Hour Xiǎo shí One Hour Yīgè xiǎo shí two hours Liǎng gè xiǎo shí O'Clock Diǎn (zhōng) One o'Clock Yī diǎn zhōng Two o'clock Liǎng diǎn zhōng 小时 一个小时 两个小时 点 （钟） 一点钟 两点钟 Presented by LegooMandarin.com 47
- 48. Minute Fēn (zhōng) One minute Yīfēn (zhōng) 分 （钟） 一分 （钟） 5:10 Wǔ diǎn shí fēn 五点十分 10 Pass Five Wǔ diǎn guò shí fēn 五点过十分 10 Minutes to Five Chà shí fēn wǔ diǎn 差十分五点 Presented by LegooMandarin.com 48
- 49. This Zhè That Nà This one Zhège That one Nàgè These Zhèxiē Those Nàxiē Presentedby LegooMandarin.com 这 那 这个 那个 这些 那些 49
- 50. Who: Shuí Whose Shuí de What Shén me When Shénme shí hou 谁 谁的 什么 什么时候 What time Shén me shí jiān 什么时间 Why; Why (or how) is it Wèi shé me that Zěn yàng How What is to be done? Zěn me bàn Presented by LegooMandarin.com 为什么 怎样 怎么办 50
- 51. Which; what Nǎ Where Nǎ lǐ Where Nǎer Which one Nǎ ge rén Which day Nǎ tiān Which year Nǎ nián Which month Nǎ ge yuè How many; how much: Duō shǎo 哪 哪里 哪儿 哪个人 哪天 哪年 哪个月 多少 Presented by LegooMandarin.com 51
- 52. Do you have? Yǒuméi yǒu 有没有 Yes or no? Isn't it? Shì bù shì 是不是 Can or can not? Can …? Néng bù néng 能不能 Can or can not? Can …? Kě yǐ bù kě yǐ 可以不可以 Do …? (indicator of question) ... ... Ma? ... ...吗？ Presented by LegooMandarin.com 52
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- 54. Southeast Dōng nán Northeast Dōng běi Southwest Xīnán Northwest Xī běi 东南 东北 西南 西北 Presented by LegooMandarin.com 54
- 55. Upper; upward; up Shàng Down;under; below: Xià The left; the left side Zuǒ The right side; the right Yòu 上 下 左 右 Presented by LegooMandarin.com 55
- 56. Front: Qián Behind; at theback: Hòu In; inside; Lǐ Outside : Wài 前 后 里 外 Presented by LegooMandarin.com 56
- 57. “to Be” “是shi”, which is universal for : is, am, are, was, were. Eg. I’m a doctor. 我是 wǒ I shì am 医生。 yī shēng doctor. (Lit:) Presented by LegooMandarin.com 57
- 58. But the verb“是shi” is only followed by a noun. I’m thirsty. 我 渴 了。 (Lit:) I wǒ kě thirsty. Or 我 很 渴。 wǒ I le . hěn kě very thirsty. Presented by LegooMandarin.com 58
- 59. (Lit:) I very happy 我 很高兴。 wǒ hěn gāo xìng Presented by LegooMandarin.com 59
- 60. Are you hungry? (Lit):You hungry 你饿 Nǐ è (indicator of question) 吗？ ma? (Lit) hungry Yes. 饿 è Presented by LegooMandarin.com 60
- 61. (Lit) No. Not hungry 不饿 Bú è Presented byLegooMandarin.com 61
- 62. Are you leavingtomorrow? (Lit) You tomorrow walk; leave (indicator of question) 你明 天 走 Nǐ míng tiān zǒu 吗？ ma? Presented by LegooMandarin.com 62
- 63. Yes, I am. (Lit)Correct, tomorrow walk; leave Duì, míngtiān zǒu. 对， Or (Lit) Yes, 是， Shì, 明天 走。 tomorrow walk; leave míngtiān zǒu. 明天 走。 Presented by LegooMandarin.com 63
- 64. No, I’m not. (Lit)No 不, Bù, tomorrow not leave 明天 不 走。 míng tiān bù zǒu. Presented by LegooMandarin.com 64
- 65. Are you British? 你是英国 人 Nǐ shì You are yīng guó rén UK people 吗？ ma? (indicator of question)? Yes, I am British. 是 我 是 英 国 人。 Shì, wǒ shì (Lit) Yes, I am yīng guó UK rén. people. Presented by LegooMandarin.com 65
- 66. No, I amFrench 不是，我 是 法国 人。 Bùshì, (Lit) No, wǒ I shì am fàguó France Presented by LegooMandarin.com rén. people. 66
- 67. Are you freetoday? (Lit) You today have free time ? yǒu ma? 你 今天 有 空 吗？ Nǐ jīn tiān kòng Presented by LegooMandarin.com 67
- 68. Yes, I have. (Lit) Have, I today havefree time jīn tiān yǒu 有 我 今天 Yǒu, wǒ 有 空。 Presented by LegooMandarin.com kòng 68
- 69. No, I don’thave (Lit) No have I today no have free time Méi yǒu, wǒ jīn tiān méi kōng. 没有， 我 今天 没 Presented by LegooMandarin.com 空。 69
- 70. or you can justsay 有 Yǒu have; or 没有 Méiyǒu don’t have to answer the 有 Yǒu or type of questions. 没有 Méiyǒu Presented by LegooMandarin.com 70
- 71. A Tip: Most oralChinese sentences are not full sentence according to English grammar. Chinese sentences are short (or concise) and straight forward. Chinese is the simplest language!!! Presented by LegooMandarin.com 71
- 72. Do you haveany things to do today? (Lit) You today have matter yǒu shì 你 今天 有 事 Nǐ jīn tiān (indicator of question)? 吗？ ma? Or just say: 没 méi no, don’t have Presented by LegooMandarin.com 72
- 73. Do you havecoffee? (Lit) Have coffee (indicator of question)? 有 咖啡 吗？ Yǒu kā fēi ma? Presented by LegooMandarin.com 73
- 74. Yes, I have. 有 (Lit) Yǒu have No,I don’t have. 没 有 (Lit) méi no yǒu have. Presented by LegooMandarin.com 74
- 75. Do you wantsome tea? (Lit) Want tea (indicator of question)? Yào ma? 要 茶 吗？ chá Presented by LegooMandarin.com 75
- 76. Yes 要 (Lit) Yào Want No, I don’t want (Lit) No want Bú yào. 不 要 Presentedby LegooMandarin.com 76
- 77. Let’s begin totally how many sentences can you speak: 1. Hello Lit: You good Nǐ hǎo 你 好! Presented by LegooMandarin.com 77
- 78. 2 Thank you 谢 谢 Xiè xie 3You're welcome Lit No polite Bú kè qì 不 客气 Presented by LegooMandarin.com 78
- 79. 客 Kè visitor; guest 客气Kè qì polite; courteous: 客人 Kè rén visitor; guest 不客气 Bú kè qì (in reply to one's thanks) you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all Presented by LegooMandarin.com 79
- 80. 4 I am sorry 对不起 Duìbù qǐ 5 Never mind 没 关系 Méi guān xì Presented by LegooMandarin.com 80
- 81. 6 Goodbye Lit Again see 再 见 Zài 7 jiàn 见 Seeyou tomorrow Tomorrow see 明天 见 Míng tiān 1 see; catch sight of: 2 meet with; be exposed to: jiàn Presented by LegooMandarin.com 81
- 82. 9 How areyou? Lit: You good ? Nǐ hǎo used at the end of a declarative sentence to transform it into a question. ma? 你 好 吗？ 吗 呢 9 used at the end of an interrogative sentence. I'm fine, thank you, How about you? Lit: I very good. Wǒ hěn hǎo, 我 很 好， Thanks. You ? 谢谢，你 呢？ xiè xiè, Presented by LegooMandarin.com nǐ ne? 82
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