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Adventure Chinese

Adventure Chinese. 中 文 探 险 中 文 探 險. 01/31/2008. Created by Wei Z. Gao. Defining Chinese Putonghua/Guoyu/Huayu/Hanyu. Chinese belongs to the Sino-Tibetan Family; Mandarin--the official modern language used by the Mainland China, Taiwan & one of the four official languages of Singapore.

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Adventure Chinese

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  1. Adventure Chinese 中 文 探 险 中 文 探 險 01/31/2008 Created by Wei Z. Gao

  2. Defining ChinesePutonghua/Guoyu/Huayu/Hanyu • Chinese belongs to the Sino-Tibetan Family; • Mandarin--the official modern language used by the Mainland China, Taiwan & one of the four official languages of Singapore. • Phonology--is based on the Beijing dialect. • Vocabulary is largely drawn from this group of dialects. • Grammar is standardized by modern literary works written in Vernacular Chinese since 1911.

  3. The Sound of Chinese--Properties of phonetics-- • Four Systems of Romanization: Wade-Giles; Yale; Taiwan Zhuyin; & Pinyin (Mainland); • Chinese characters are mostly monosyllabic made of Initials, Finals, & (arguably four) Tones--yóu tǐng for yacht; • As a tonal language, meaning is determined by tones, among other things such as word order & context. For instance: wénwen vs. wěnwen. • Classical Example: mā má mǎ mà 妈麻马骂

  4. Representation of Pitches • The first tone (Flat or High Level Tone) is represented by a macron (ˉ) • The second tone (Rising or High-Rising Tone) is denoted by an acute accent (ˊ) • The third tone (Falling-Rising or Low Tone) is symbolized by a caron/háček ( ˇ ) • The fourth tone (Falling or High-Falling Tone) is represented by a grave accent (ˋ) • The fifth or neutral tone (Neutral Tone) is represented by a normal vowel without any accent mark

  5. Making Connections bā 八 bá 拔 bǎ 把 bà 爸 pā 趴 pá 爬 pǎ pà 怕 mā 妈 má 麻 mǎ 马 mà 骂 fā(出) 发 fá 罚 fǎ 法 fà (头)发 dā 搭 dá 答 dǎ 打 dà 大 tā 他 tá tǎ 塔 tà 踏 nā ná 拿 nǎ 哪 nà 那 lā 拉 lá lǎ 喇(嘛) là 辣

  6. Chinese Characters 一点上了天, 黄河两道湾， 八字大张口，言字往进走， 你一扭我一扭,你一长我一长， 当中加个马大王心字底月 字旁， 挂个丁丁叫马杠,坐着车车逛咸阳。

  7. Strokes

  8. Chinese Radicals (Latin Radix for Root)--Semantic & Phonetic-- 木 Tree/Wood 林 grove 森 forest

  9. Categorical Connections--Semantic Hints-- Level 1— 杉 松 枫 橡 Fir Pine Maple Oak Level 2— 桃 李 梨 杏 Peach Plum Pear Apricot Level 3--- 床 桌 椅 柜 Bed Table/Desk Chair Cabinet

  10. 木 水 氵 Similar But Not Identical

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