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INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE

INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE. Tai Lam CHIN101-14SP. CHINESE LANGUAGE. Tai Lam CHIN101-14SP. CHINESE LANGUAGE. 中文 : Literatures or characters of China 中国话 : Chinese speech / words 中国普通话 : popular /official/standard lg 汉语 : Han Dynasty 唐话： Tang Dynasty. CHINESE LANGUAGE. Spoken by:

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INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE

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  1. INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE Tai Lam CHIN101-14SP

  2. CHINESE LANGUAGE Tai Lam CHIN101-14SP

  3. CHINESE LANGUAGE 中文: Literatures or characters of China 中国话: Chinese speech / words 中国普通话 : popular /official/standard lg 汉语 : Han Dynasty 唐话：Tang Dynasty

  4. CHINESE LANGUAGE • Spoken by: • 94% of population in China (Han people) • 30% of remaining • Official Lgin: Taiwan, Hongkong, Macau, Singapore (one of) • One of official lgs of the United Nations

  5. SINIC WORLD East Asian cultural sphere Sinic World sharing Confucian ethical philosophy,  Buddhism Political and legal structures Common writing system The core regions: China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Vietnam,   Mongolia and parts of Central Asia included.

  6. Chinese (Sino) Characters

  7. Chinese Character Writing

  8. Principles of formation Pictograms 象形字 xiàngxíngzì 木 日 月 2. Simple ideograms 指事字 zhǐshìzì 上 下 本 3. Compound ideograms会意字 huìyìzì 明 休 好 4.Rebus假借字 jiǎjièzì 莫　　其 5.Phono-semantic (pictophonetic） 形声字 xíngshēngzì 　河　　想 6. Transformed cognates转注字 zhuǎnzhùzì 　 考　　老

  9. Chinese Character Strokes

  10. Initials + Finals + Tones

  11. Initials + Finals + Tones b a

  12. 谢谢 • xièxie

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