Words:
xing qi yi --- monday
xing qi er --- tuesday
xing qi san --- wednesday
xing qi si --- thursday
xing qi wu --- friday
xing qi liu --- saturday
xing qi tian --- sunday
xing qi --- week
nian --- year
yue --- month
hao --- day
zao shang --- early morning (before 9)
shang wu --- morning
zhong wu --- noon
xia wu --- afternoon
ban wan --- evening
wan shang --- night
Initials:
x, q, y, s, w, l, t, n, h, z, sh, b
Finals:
ing, i, er, an, w, iu, ian, ue, ou, ao, ang, ia
Explanation:
1/ From monday to saturday, we put numbers after xing qi from one to six. But sunday it is xing qi tian instead of xing qi qi.
2/ When we say date, we start from year, and then month, then day. And number in front. Opposite to English. 2013 nian 5 yue 18 hao.
3/ For the month, we don't have special words like May, March. We just put the numbers in front of Yue. 3 yue=march. 5yue=may.
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Friday, May 17, 2013
Chinese Lesson Two
Words:
ling --- zero
yi --- one
er --- two
san --- three
si --- four
wu --- five
liu --- six
qi --- seven
ba --- eight
jiu --- nine
shi --- ten
bai --- hundred
qian --- thousand
wan --- ten thousand
yi --- hundred million
kuai --- unit of RMB
mao --- 10 cents
fen --- cent
duo shao qian --- how much (to ask price)
duo shao --- how many, how much
qian --- money
liang --- two (to describe how many/how much)
gui --- expensive
pian yi --- cheap
hen --- very
dian --- o'clock
fen --- minute
miao --- second
ban --- half
zao --- early
wan --- late
Initials:
l, y, s, w, q, b, j, sh, k, m, f, d, g, p
Finals:
ing, i, er, an, u, iu, a, ai, ian, iang, uai, ao, en, uo, ui, iao
Explanation:
1/ After the one digital numbers from zero to nine, we have Shi 10, Bai 100, Qian 1000, Wan 10000, Yi 100000000. Nothing like eleven, twenty. The other numbers are combined by them.
2/ We have Mao as an unit for 10 cents.
3/ When to discribe how many/how much, we use Liang instead of Er.
ling --- zero
yi --- one
er --- two
san --- three
si --- four
wu --- five
liu --- six
qi --- seven
ba --- eight
jiu --- nine
shi --- ten
bai --- hundred
qian --- thousand
wan --- ten thousand
yi --- hundred million
kuai --- unit of RMB
mao --- 10 cents
fen --- cent
duo shao qian --- how much (to ask price)
duo shao --- how many, how much
qian --- money
liang --- two (to describe how many/how much)
gui --- expensive
pian yi --- cheap
hen --- very
dian --- o'clock
fen --- minute
miao --- second
ban --- half
zao --- early
wan --- late
Initials:
l, y, s, w, q, b, j, sh, k, m, f, d, g, p
Finals:
ing, i, er, an, u, iu, a, ai, ian, iang, uai, ao, en, uo, ui, iao
Explanation:
1/ After the one digital numbers from zero to nine, we have Shi 10, Bai 100, Qian 1000, Wan 10000, Yi 100000000. Nothing like eleven, twenty. The other numbers are combined by them.
2/ We have Mao as an unit for 10 cents.
3/ When to discribe how many/how much, we use Liang instead of Er.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Chinese Lesson One
WORDS:
ni hao -- hello
ni men hao -- hello everybody
zao shang hao -- good morning
wan shang hao -- good evening
wan an -- good night
zai jian -- byebye
ming tian jian -- see you tomorrow
xie xie-- thank you
bu yong xie -- you are welcome
dui bu qi -- sorry
mei guan xi -- no problem
qing -- please
qing zuo -- sit down please
qing jin -- come in please
TONES: — / V \
INITIALS: n, h, m, z, sh, w, j, t, x, b, y, d, q, g (14 out of 23)
FINALS: i, ao, en, ang, an, ai, ing, ie, u, ong, ui, ei, in (13 out of 24)
Culture or habit:
1/ Normally we ask "how are you" only when we haven't met each other for a while, or we know the other one might have some problems.
2/ We don't say "good afternoon".
3/ We put "please" always in very front.
General knowledge:
1/ Morpheme consists one Initial (consonant), one or two Finals (vowel), plus one tone. We can write it down as PinYin, the phonetic symbol.
2/ Word is made by one, or two (most of the case), or three or four morphemes. Each morpheme is meaningful, and it has more than one meanings. So to avoid confusion, it is not suggested to learn the meanings of every morpheme. Better to only understand the Word, instead of Morpheme.
Difficulties I found from the lesson: z, sh, x, q, ian, ie, ui, uo.
ni hao -- hello
ni men hao -- hello everybody
zao shang hao -- good morning
wan shang hao -- good evening
wan an -- good night
zai jian -- byebye
ming tian jian -- see you tomorrow
xie xie-- thank you
bu yong xie -- you are welcome
dui bu qi -- sorry
mei guan xi -- no problem
qing -- please
qing zuo -- sit down please
qing jin -- come in please
TONES: — / V \
INITIALS: n, h, m, z, sh, w, j, t, x, b, y, d, q, g (14 out of 23)
FINALS: i, ao, en, ang, an, ai, ing, ie, u, ong, ui, ei, in (13 out of 24)
Culture or habit:
1/ Normally we ask "how are you" only when we haven't met each other for a while, or we know the other one might have some problems.
2/ We don't say "good afternoon".
3/ We put "please" always in very front.
General knowledge:
1/ Morpheme consists one Initial (consonant), one or two Finals (vowel), plus one tone. We can write it down as PinYin, the phonetic symbol.
2/ Word is made by one, or two (most of the case), or three or four morphemes. Each morpheme is meaningful, and it has more than one meanings. So to avoid confusion, it is not suggested to learn the meanings of every morpheme. Better to only understand the Word, instead of Morpheme.
Difficulties I found from the lesson: z, sh, x, q, ian, ie, ui, uo.
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