Chinese

Feb 1, 2022 — xiaolongbao

To do

Collect all "CCTV Growing Up with Chinese" videos and PDF
Later: Check other CCTV lesson programs
Find out HSK, YCT, CLPS, CFR content, compare equivalency (hanzi list, vocab list)
Create grammar listing
Find useful YouTube channels (learning, grammar, test prep, news, subtitles)
Hokkien (alphabet, word list, features, books, dictionaries)
Cantonese (romanizations, word list, particles, books, dictionaries)
Mandarin (simplified/traditional, different use of words)

Chinese

Easier grammar than many other languages.
2,460 hanzi studied in school
Pinyin romanization (b, p, m, f, / d, t, n, l, / g, k, h, s).
Five tones (1 high, 2 rising 3 dip rise 4 falling 5 neutral) _M
Chinese syllable contains three parts: initial, final, and tone
Easy to count (used in Japanese, Korean)
two 4th tones, first becomes 2nd

Reference

Chinese currency
Chinese names (followed in Japan and Korea)

Grammar

吗 question particle
呢 question particle, usually reciprocal
很 very, before adjective or adverb
也 also, before adjective, adverb, verb, noun
不 negative particle
们 plural pronoun

Sentences

-你姓什么？what is your family name?
-我姓李。my surname is li

-你叫什么？ or 你叫什么名字？ what's your name?
-我叫李华，你呢？ my name is li hua, and you?

- 你叫李华 you are li hua

叫我李华 call me li hua
我名字叫李华
我叫李华 my name is li hua

我姓李，我名字叫李华。

我很高兴。我也很高兴。i'm happy, i'm also happy

很高兴认识你 nice to meet you

我认识你 i know you

我也姓李，很高心认识你 my last name is also li, i'm pleased to meet you

李华吃 + 面 / 饭 / 鱼

我喝 + 茶 / 水

他是老师／学生／医生

Chinese names

陈 Chen (Chan)
李 Li (Lee)
刘 Liu (Lau)
梁 Liang (Leung)
王 Wang (Wong)
徐 Xu (Hui)
张 Zhang (Cheung)

后来，以后，之后

后来，以后，之后

她是一名经验丰富的老师。Tā shì yī míng jīngyàn fēngfù de lǎoshī.

我住在中国已经五年了。有很多有意思的经历。Wǒ zhù zài zhōngguó yǐjīng wǔ niánle. Yǒu hěnduō yǒuyìsi de jīnglì.

后来 hòulái: emphasize the time after a certain time in the past.

1. 十年前我们是很好的朋友，后来，她搬到了国外，我们就再也没有联系过。Shí nián qián wǒmen shì hěn hǎo de péngyǒu, hòulái, tā bān dàole guówài, wǒmen jiù zài yě méiyǒu liánxìguò.
Ten years ago we were close friends. But after she moved abroad, we haven't contacted each other anymore.

听说他们结婚了，你知道他们后来怎么样了？Tīng shuō tāmen jiéhūnle, nǐ zhīdào tāmen hòulái zěnme yàngle?
I heard that they got married. Do you know how they are after their marriage?

, yǐhòu, zhīhòu

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