Ni hao
RF
Hello
x DE Bo
Text
ml. Ni hao! English Version
A: 185! A: Hello!
Mea B: Hello!
te
B: 4847! New Words
1.4% ni pron.
(singular) you
2.4F bdo adj
00d, fine
=
Nin ho! English Version
A: AS HF! 4 § A: Hello!
Nimen ho! X ¢ eeHalgh
rs .
B: ¢R41 4F! \ New Words
J °3. 4 nin pron.
A (polite) you
os 4. #47] nimen pron.
he (plural) you
Duibuat! English Version
A: SEAR!
Méi guénxi!
BR RA!
duibugi_v.
tobe sony
- méi guanxi
= that’s OK,
itdo
matterInitials and Finals of Chinese Pinyin (1) SB or4
He
Pinyin
-_— 8 Initials (1) #98 Finals (1)
foo ue |
d ton t eae a
[ok oF tug |
fg ee ie |
| oi ual '
ei usi(ui) :
| 00 igo
iB ( QF ) Tones (Four Tones)
DUR MEA ADI, APRA (55). HS
(214) AROS (51). DUA SCAR
ese, respectively called the Ist tone (55), the 2nd
tone (35), the 3rd tone (214) and the 4th tone (51). They make difference in meaning,
# (35), BoA
‘There are four basic tones in Cl
——— ; ;
4 i = ;
ES ES ee
ma ma ma ma
% A 4 %
mote foros ope none woscold
DE PAY, PAA SB ons
Read the syllables aloud and pay attention to the tones,
O46 Oesel
(Gay
Bees 6 ate)
fies ie
Te ete eeEMME SXGSA9 45 Chinese Syllables
DA ts — fete a WY, HSMM. BOR. —
Hi, MMA,
lable is usually made up of an initial, a final and a tone. Generally
pnt
A Chinese syl
speaking, one Chinese character corresponds to one syllable. A Chinese syllable can have
no initial, but mast have a final and a tone.
WENAP Syllable AE initial «HGF Final IB Tone
mao (#8, cat m ao a
yo (&, fish a a
Ji (BA elder sister ) j ie y
er two) er :
at, away, GRA RE, UAE a, aS Aw.
ii acts as a syllable by itself, is added before it, withthe two dots on the top of
ved; when w acts as a syllable by itself, w is added before it
BAH, HR PATE SB ove
Look at the pictures and read the monosyllabic words aloud.
~~
yo a j
XN
9
~ 5
qBAT, SEPARA BS ovr
‘Look at the pictures and read the disyllabie words aloud,
ARSE TEM, BR HBIM, 343243. He
du “ni CAR)” + “hto CHF) ” 2897 “ni ho” o (LARTER, Sen.
When two third-tone syllables are read in sequence, the first syllable tums into the second
tone, ic. the 343 sequence becomes a 243 one. For example, “ni (fA) ” + “ho (EF) " is
read “ni ho”. However, when put in the written form, the original tone is kept.
Vv + Vv — £ + Vv
nit (Ait) héo (47) ni héo
ké (7) yi WA) ke yi
fu (4) dio (#) fu dio
WE PA, EERSTE BB oe
Read the following words aloud and pay attention to the change in the tone of the
3"tone syllables.
ni hao keyi Fido xiBojis
kouyi yf Fay to héio
liGojié —-yduhéo-—-yiistin-——shubitoREA
Classroom
Expressions
eR! ‘Shang ké! Class begins!
FR! id ket Class is over!
RAKE! Xianzdi xidxit Take a break now!
A 4%! — Kan heiban! Look at the blackboard!
RAB! Gén wo di! Read after me!
IF MBPXSHSH (1): -—. Joy
Characters Strokes of Chinese Characters (I): =, 1 Js ¥+
; HR héng
horizontal a = br two
| & sho + shi ten
vertical