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Mastering Chinese Greetings and Characters: A Comprehensive Self-Study Guide

Dive into the fascinating world of Chinese language with this self-study introduction covering the first two weeks of lessons. Explore essential greetings, the importance of Pin-yin, and the unique characteristics of Chinese characters, including pictographs, simple and compound indicative forms, and semantic-phonetic compounds. Learn how to properly ask about surnames and address others respectfully while understanding essential tone changes for effective communication. Perfect for beginners looking to establish a solid foundation in Chinese.

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Mastering Chinese Greetings and Characters: A Comprehensive Self-Study Guide

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  1. Anybody switched section?Attendance

  2. Topic for first two weeksIntroduction section (self-study)Lesson 1

  3. Greetings!

  4. Pin-yin- is more regular than English spellingExceptions: same letters, different sounds i: li, ni vs. shi vs. zi e: ne, sheng vs. ye (ê), xue(ê) u: bu vs. xue (ü)

  5. Some shorthand spellingsuiueiiu  iouian  ienu (in ju qu xu)ü ue üê

  6. Chang/ lao_shi-

  7. Wang/ Peng/

  8. Bai/ying-ai\

  9. Gao- wen/zhong-

  10. Gao- xiao_yin-

  11. Chinese charactersWhat are they?‘The pictographic myth’

  12. Type 1: Pictographs

  13. Type 2: Simple Indicative • 一 二 三 • 上 中 下 • 凸 凹 • 王

  14. Type 3 Compound Indicative • 木 + 木 = 林 • 林 + 木 = 森 • 木 + 一 = 本 • 木 + 一 = 末 • 女 + 子 = 好 • 人 + 言 = 信

  15. Type 4: semantic-phonetic compounds • 姓 =女+生 (female + sheng) • 嗎 =口+馬 (mouth + ma) • 呢 =口+尼 (mouth + ni) • 問 =口+門 (mouth + men) • 請 =言+青 (word + qing) • Pay attention to character composition!

  16. What are the actual tones?Nǐ hǎo =Ni_hao_!你 好！

  17. Most important tone change low + low  rising + lowni_ hao_  ni/ hao_

  18. Li_You_

  19. Asking each other about last nameA﹕ Qing_wen\, ni_ gui\xing\? May I ask, you respectful surname (is)請問，你貴姓？B﹕ Wo_ xing\_____. Ni_ ne? I surname (is) ___ . You how about?我姓___，你呢？A﹕ 我姓___。

  20. Address each other!___xian-sheng 先生/ (Mr.)！ ___ xiao/jie小姐 (Miss)！

  21. ‘ghost’ tonexiao_jie_ ‘miss’  xiao/jie_xiao/jie

  22. Read with the right tone changesLi_ xiao_jie_ , ni_ hao_! How are you, Miss Li?

  23. Check your tones with Wavesurfer!Ni_ hao_!Lao_shi- hao_!Bei_jing-Qing-dao_Gui\lin/Chong/qing\

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