Middle School Chinese zhong中文wen

中 国

我的家

北京 the Capital

Names of Chinese Langugage 汉语 Hanyu 中 文 Zhongwen

Name of Phonetics: Pinyin 拼音

Name of Written symbols 汉字 Hanzi Chinese Characters

Middle Kingdom Central Country Meaning of name of China “中国” means in Chinese: Middle Kingdom Central Country

Phonetic symbols 25 English letters used All combined to make 47 symbols for Chinese phonetics

一 Pronounced [Yi] with 1st tone A high flat tone

二 Pronounced [er] With 4th tone, A heavy falling tone Meaning: two

三 Meaning Three Pronounced [san] With a first tone A high flat tone

四four Pronounced [si] With 4th tone A heavy falling tone

五 five Pronuounced [wu] With a 3rd tone A fall then rise tone

六 six Pronounced [liu] With a 4th tone A heavy falling tone

七 seven Pronounced [qi] with a 1st tone a high flat tone

八 eight pronounced [ba] with 1st tone A high flat tone

九 nine Pronounced [jiu] With 3rd tone A fall then rise tone

十ten Pronounced [shi] With a 2nd tone A rising tone