JYHRA SHANE T.
JINON
金正幽
jīn zhèng yōu
金 老师
Jīn lǎoshī
WEST VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Arts in Foreign
Language (Major in Chinese
Mandarin)
CONTENTS
▪ Chinese Language
▪ Hanzi
▪ Pinyin
▪ Chinese Tones
▪ Initial and Final Syllables
▪ New Vocabulary Words
▪ Introduce yourself in Chinese
Lesson 1
▪ Language of China
▪ Also known as 中文 Zhōngwén， 汉
文 Hànwén and 华文Huáwén
▪ Writing of the Han Nationality
(Han Nationality is an ethnic
group within East Asian People)
CHINESE MANDARIN
Pinyin
wǒ
Tones
Initial Sound
Final Sound
我 Hanzi
Chinese Language
01 Chinese Tones 声调
Chinese is a tonal language.
The meaning of words
changes as the tones change.
02 Pinyin 拼音
standard system of
romanized spelling for
transliterating Chinese.
03 Hanzi 汉字
Chinese characters
拼音 Pinyin
standard system of romanized spelling for
transliterating Chinese.
Initial Sounds 声母 shēng mǔ
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b p m f
d t n l
g k h
j q x
zh ch sh r
z c s y w
The placement
Placement
of the tongue
of the tongue
The “x”, “q”, and “j “sounds
To make the “x” sound
try to make a "sh" sound while the tip of your tongue is
down, below your lower front teeth. The middle of your
tongue should rise to the roof of your mouth to make the
sound. This should feel weird, because this is not something
you normally do in English.
例子 lìzi example :
xi xiao xie
xue
xun
The “x”, “q”, and “j “sounds
To make the “q” sound
the pinyin "q-" sound is not the same as the English
"ch" sound. You're basically adding a "t" sound to the front of
the "x-" to get the "q-" sound. A good syllable to practice the
"q-" sound with first is "qi".
例子 lìzi example :
qi qie qu
qian
The “x”, “q”, and “j
“sounds
To make the “j” sound
The tip of your tongue should be down behind your
lower front teeth when making this sound, just as it is for the
"x-" and "q-" sounds. If you try to make an English "j" sounds
with your tongue in this new position, you should be to make
the pinyin "j-" sound.
例子 lìzi example :
jiao jie
ji jin
The “zhi”, “chi”, “shi”, and
“ri”
The “z”, “s”, and “c” sound
Final Sounds 韵母 yùn mǔ (vowels)
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a o e i u
ü ai ei ui ao
ou iu ie üe er
an en in un ün
ang eng ing ong
the “ü” sound
To make the basic ü sound,
make a continuous "ee" sound.
As you make the sound, round
your lips into the position they
would need to be in to make an
"oo" sound. By making the "ee"
sound in your mouth with your
lips in the "oo" position, you are
pronouncing Mandarin's ü
sound.
声调 Tones
Chinese is a tonal language. The meaning
of words changes as the tones change.
4 tones in Chinese
Chinese
1. mā 妈
Tone rule: 4-
ma; mum; mummy; mother 4 it will
become 2-4
2. má 麻 fibre of hemp, flax, etc. for textiles
3-3 it will
3. mǎ
become 2-
马 3
horse; the horse piece in Chinese
chess
4. mà 㐷 to scold
练习 Exercises
1st tone 2nd tone 3rd tone 4th tone neutral tone
lā lá lǎ là la
hē hé hě hè he
汉字 Hanzi
Chinese characters
Chinese Writing System
Chinese characters are logograms
developed for the writing of Chinese.
Chinese characters are the oldest
continuously used system of writing in
the world…
Logogram, written or pictorial symbol
intended to represent a whole word.
One of the writing systems that make
use of logograms includes Chinese.
Hanzi formation and Strokes
zhōnghuárénmíngònghéguó
• 中华人民共和国 – the People’s Republic of
China, known as “China” was established on
October 1, 1949
zhōngguó
• 中国 - China
běijīng
• 北京 – is the capital of China
rénmínbì
• 人民币 – money currency of PRC it has the
máo z é dōng
face of 毛泽 东
Vocabulary Words zhù
wǒ bú shì 住 live
我 I/me 不是 not jiā
nǐ fēi lǔ bīn 家 home
你 you 非鲁宾 Philippines
j ī n nián
tā tā
zhōng guó 今 年 this year
他/她 he/she 中 国 China
shì xiàn zài
是 is/am rén 现 在 now
人 people/person
jiào lái z ì
zài
叫 call 在 in/at
来自 from
nǐ
1. 你 you
hǎo
2. 好 good
nǐ hǎo
3. 你 好 hi/hello
wǒ
4. 我 I, me
xiè xiè
5. 谢谢 thank you
bú kè qì
6. 不客气 you’re welcome
