Confucius Institue for Business

London, LSE

Pinyin

By Li Yuan

Objectives:

Learn initials, finals and tones of

Chinese Pinyin.

Finals

a o e i u ü

ai ei ui

ao ou iu

an en in un ün

ang eng ing ong

ie üe er

y w

Initials

b p m f

d t n l

g k h

j q x

z c s

zh ch sh r

Four tones

bā bá bǎ bà --- bà ba father

mā má mǎ mà --- mā ma mother

hāo háo hǎo hào--- hǎo good

New words (1) 1 nǐ : you

2 wǒ: Ι

3 hěn hăo: very well; very good

4 A sentence + ma: To form a yes/no question

Ex. Nǐ hăo ma? How are you?

5 Noun.\pronoun+ ne: ? To form a question

Ex. Nǐ ne? What about you?

6 yě: also

7 Nǐ hăo! : Hello!

8 Xiè xie : Thanks!

9 Zài jiàn: Good bye!

Dialogue 1

A: Nǐ hăo ma? How are you?

B:Wǒ hěn hăo, nǐ ne? I am very well, and you?

A: Wǒ yě hěn hăo. Xiè xie! Zài jiàn!

Me too, thank you, bye~!

New words (2)

1 shì: am/is/are

2 bú shì: not

3 hěn: very

4 yīng guó rén: English

5 rén: people

6 xué sheng: student

7 lǎo shī: teacher

8 rèn shi: know

9 gāo xìng: glad

Dialogue 2

A: Wǒ shì yīng guó rén? Nǐ ne? I am English, and you?

B: Wǒ bú shì yīng guó rén. I am not English.

Wǒ yě shì yīng guó rén. I am also English.

A:Wǒ shì xué sheng, nǐ ne? I am a student, and you?

B:Wǒ yě shì xué sheng. Nǐ shì lăo shīma?

I am also a student. Are you a teacher?

C: Wǒ shì lǎoshī. I am a teacher.

A: Rèn shi nǐ hěn gāo xìng! Nice to meet you!

B: Wǒ yě hěn gāo xìng! Nice to meet you too!

Numbers:

1: yī 6: liù

2: èr 7: qī

3: sān 8: bā

4: sì 9: jiǔ

5 wǔ 10: shí

Tougue twister 1

4 shì 4

10 shì 10

14 shì 14

40 shì 40

44 shì 44

四是四，十是十，

十四是十四，四十是四十，

四十四是四十四。

兔(tù) 子(zi) 跑(pǎo) 了(le)，肚(dǔ)子(zi) 饱(bǎo) 了(le)。

红(hóng) 凤(fèng) 凰(huang)，黄(huáng) 凤(fèng) 凰(huang)，粉(fěn)红(hóng) 墙(qiáng)上(shàng) 画(huà) 凤(fèng) 凰(huang)。

Thank you!

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