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!

duìbùqǐ méiguānxi

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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 ？

1. 3000 – 4000 you will be fine.

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

knife

刀 刃blade

dāo rèn

力strength

lì

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5FNvW19GbA

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