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Chinese writing system

Chinese writing system. Hui-Ju Chuang University of Hawaii-Manoa. Sound system review. Simple finals a o e i u ü Initials b p m f d t n l g k h j q x z c s zh ch sh r. Sound system review.

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Chinese writing system

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  1. Chinese writing system Hui-Ju Chuang University of Hawaii-Manoa

  2. Sound system review • Simple finals a o e i u ü • Initials b p m f d t n l g k h j q x z c s zh ch sh r Hui-Ju Chuang

  3. Sound system review cha xiang xu lu su qian re nan zhou Hui-Ju Chuang

  4. Sound system review zū cǒng fùmǔ zhèng shuì huì jiǔ xuě bànyè yóng Hui-Ju Chuang

  5. Tone changed rules • When a third tone syllable is followed by another third tone syllable, the first syllable change to second tone e.g.hěn hǎo --> hén hǎo (very good)hǎo jiǔ  -->háo jiǔ (good wine) Hui-Ju Chuang

  6. When two forth tone syllables occur together, the first syllable will change to second tone • But only apply to two words yì (one) and bù (not) • e.g. yì dìng --->yí dìng (definitely) bù duì--> bú duì(not correct) Hui-Ju Chuang

  7. Numbers • 10, 20, 30, 40…90 十(shí), 二十(èr shí), 三十(sān shí),… • 11~19 十一(shí yī),十二(shí èr),十三(shí sān), … Hui-Ju Chuang

  8. Chinese writing system • Six categories • 象形 (xiàngxíng)Pictographs Hui-Ju Chuang

  9. Chinese writing system 2. 指事(zhǐshì) Self-explanatorycharacters Hui-Ju Chuang

  10. Chinese writing system 3. 會意(huìyì)Associative compounds Sun moon - bright 日rì月yuè明míng 4. 形聲(xíngshēng) Pictophoneticcharacters Hui-Ju Chuang

  11. Chinese writing system 5. 轉注(zhuǎnzhù) Mutually explanatorycharacters e.g. 老 lǎo考kǎo ‘elder’ ‘to test’ 6. 假借 (jiǎjiè) Phonetic loan characters e.g. 來lái花huā ‘to come’ ‘flower/to spend’ Hui-Ju Chuang

  12. Chinese basic stroke • 點 ‘dot’ • 橫 ‘horizontal’ • 豎 ‘vertical’ • 撇 ‘downward left’ • 捺 ‘downward right’ • 提 ‘upward’ • 橫鈎 ‘horizontal hook’ • 豎鈎 ‘vertical hook’ • 斜鈎 ‘slanted hook’ • 橫折 ‘horizontal bend’ • 豎折 ‘vertical bend’ Hui-Ju Chuang

  13. Guidelines for stroke order A. From left to right B. From top to bottom C. Horizontal before vertical D. From outside to inside E. Middle before two sides F. Inside before closing Hui-Ju Chuang

  14. Useful expressions A: Nǐ hǎo! ‘How do you do?’ B: Nǐ hǎo! ‘How do you do?’ A: Dàjiā hǎo!‘How are you, everyone?’ B: Lǎoshī hǎo!‘How are you, teacher?’ Hui-Ju Chuang

  15. Shàng kè‘Let’s begin the class.’ • Xià kè‘The class is over.’ A: Míngbai ma? ‘Do you understand?’ B:Míngbai le. ‘Yes, I/we understand.’ A: Dǒng bù dǒng? ‘Do you understand?’ B: Dǒng le. ‘Yes, I/we understand.’ Hui-Ju Chuang

  16. Qǐng gēn wǒ shōu. ‘Please repeat after me.’ • Qǐng zài shōu yí biàn. • ‘Please say it again.’ • Qǐng wèn….. • ‘Excuse me…; May I ask…?’ • Xièxie! • ‘Thank you.’ Hui-Ju Chuang

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