UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL PUNJAB

Tooba Fatima

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Chinese Language -1

Assignment 01

Section: “C”

Submitted to :

Muhammad Javed Toor

About Chinese language:

 Language of 1.3 billion people.

 No alphabets
 It has about 204 radicals.
 05 official languages of UNO.
 One of the oldest languages.

Speech Organs:

 Nose
 Lower & Upper teeth
 Upper lip & lower lip
 Uvula
 pharynx
 larynx
 Glottis
 Soft palate & hard palate

PINYIN:

 Romanization of Chinese Characters

 Uses the ABC to spell

Fundamentals:

 Every Chinese character has a specific syllable with a specific meaning.

o HELLO = Ni Hao!
 Composed of 3 parts:
o Ni (n) Initial
o Hao (h) finals
 Syllable = Initial + Final + Tone

Initials:

 B for po
 P for pho
 M for mor
 F for fou

These 4 words sounds are called Labial Sound (Lips Pronounce)

  D for ta
 T for tha
 N for na
 L for la

These 4 words sounds are called Alvilor Sound

 G for ka
 K for kha
 H for ha

These 3 words sounds are called Vilar Sound

 J for chi
 Q for chii
 X for she

These 3 words sounds are called Paletors Sound

Combination of two words:

 Zh for chir
 Ch for chhir
 Sh for shhshh
 R for rrrrr

These 4 words are called Retroflex Sound

 Z for zzzz
 C for ccc
 S for ss
 Y for ye
 W for woo

These 5 words are called Dental Sivilant

Finals:

 A for aoooooo (Long vowel)

 O for aaoooooo
 E for Aa
 I for eeeeee
  U for Auooooooo
 Ü for (E sound + Aoooo sound ) Eooo

Combination of 2 words:

 Ai for ai
 Ei for ei
 Ui for ui
 Ao for aoo
 Ou for ouuu
 Iu for iu