chinese

for BEGINNERS
初学者中文

Bradley G. Invierno
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Heavenly Father,

We thank you and praise you for this another

opportunity to gather and learn. Thank you for your
love and your promise to always be with us.
Please continue to guide us and bless us with wisdom,
good health and safety as we go through everyday
challenges.

Amen
 Nǐ ne? Zàijiàn Nǐ hǎo! Wǒ hěn hǎo! Xièxie.
!
Nǐ jīntiān zěnmeyàng? Nǐ hǎo! Wǒ hěn hǎo! Xièxie. Zàijiàn
!

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 Good Hello,
Wǎnshanghǎo!
1 2 3 Zhōngwǔhǎo
4
afternoon everyone!

Good evening
5 Xiàwǔhǎo
6 Goodnight!
7 Good8noon

Wǎn'ān
9 Dàjiā
10hǎo Good morning
11 Zǎoshanghǎo
12
THE CHINESE PINYIN SYSTEM (HANYU PINYIN 拼
音)

- is the official phonetic system for transcribing

and pronouncing Chinese characters

The Hanyu Pinyin system was developed in the

1950s. It was published by the Chinese
government in 1958 and adopted by the
International Organization for Standardization
(ISO) as an international standard in 1982.

中国 Zhōng guǒ
 THE CHINESE PINYIN SYSTEM (HANYU PINYIN 拼
音)
Keys to Remember:

a) 1 character = 1 syllable
你 = nǐ (1 syllable )

我 很 好。
Wǒ hěn hǎo.
 THE CHINESE PINYIN SYSTEM (HANYU PINYIN 拼
音)
Keys to Remember:

b) 1 syllable = initial + final + tone

tone
n+ǐ
final
initial
 THE CHINESE PINYIN SYSTEM (HANYU PINYIN 拼
音)
Keys to Remember:
c) Different tones with same syllable = different meaning
mā mǎ bēi běi

妈 马 杯 北

Zhè shì wǒde mā. This is my mom.

Zhè shì wǒde mǎ. This is my horse.
 The Pinyin Initials
( 声母 shēng mǔ)
Initials 1 Initials 2
 
  zh ch sh r
b p m f (o) z c s (uh)
d t n l (e) dz ts s

g k h (e) Y (i)
w (u)
j q x (i)
   
jeep cheese sheep
   
b p m f
d t n l

g k h
z c s
j q x
y w
zh ch sh r
 The Pinyin Finals
( 韵母 yùn mǔ)
Finals
  1 Finals 2
i u ü er
a iaua ou iou (iu)
an ian uan üan
o uo
en in uen (un) un
e ieüe ang iang uang
aiuai eng ing ueng
eiuei (ui) ong iong
ao iao  
   Initials 1
b p m f (o)
d t n l (e)
g k h (e)
j q x (i)
 
 
 

i u ü er
a ia ua Finals 1
o uo
e ie üe
ai uai
ei uei (ui)
ao iao
  
Initials 2
Zh ch sh r
Z c s
Y w
 
 

Finals 2
ou iou (iu)
an ian uan üan
en in uen (un) ün
ang iang uang
eng ing ueng
ong iong
  

i u ü er
  a ia ua
b p m f o uo
d t n l e ie üe
g k h
j q x  
ai uai
 
ei uei (ui)
ao iao
 

ou iou (iu)
an ian uan üan
 
en in uen (un)ün
zh ch sh r ang iang uang
Z c s eng ing ueng
Y w ong iong
 
 
r + è sh + ān

c + ài
g + ǒu

l + íng
x + īng

ch + ī
s + ān

y + uán sh + ǒu
 Xiǎo Xīng Xīng
yī shǎn yī shǎn liàng jīng jīng
mǎn tiān doū shì xiǎo xīng xīng
guà zài tiān shàng fàng guāng míng
hǎo xiàng xǔ duō xiǎo yǎn jīng
yī shǎn yī shǎn liàng jīng jīng
mǎn tiān doū shì xiǎo xīng xīng
 INITIALS FINALS

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s ua ü
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SPIN SPIN

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Homework 1
Heavenly Father,

We thank you for the lesson today.

It’s great to find out new things about your world.
Please continue to bless us with courage and
wisdom to remember the things we have acquired
today.

We ask this through Chris, Our Lord.

Amen