莫 晓灵 (Mo Xiaoling) 萩原 正人 (Hagiwara Masato) 商务汉语 Meetup

 Kick-off meeting ◦ Overview of Chinese character, phonetics, grammar  Regular meeting ◦ Hold Bi-weekly regular meetings ◦ One lesson per meeting, using a textbook ◦ Entire course lasts for about half a year, 13 classes ◦ We’ll take attendance! (and prepare some rewards) ◦ Decide day-of-week & time by voting

 Watch a video : Ideographic Chinese characters evolved from pictogram

简体字 （ Simplified ） 繁体字 （ Traditional ） English 国國 country 马馬 horse 晓曉 morning, know 人人 people 好好 good Mainland China, Singapore Hong Kong, Taiwan

Unaspirate d AspiratedNasal Voiceless fricative Voiced fricative Labialbpmf Alveolardtn l Velargk h Palataljq x Dental sibilant zc s Retroflexzhch shr 6 simple finals:a, e, i, o, u, ü 13 compound finals: ai, ao, ei, ia, iao, ie, iou, ou, ua, uai, üe, uei, uo 16 nasal finals: 8 front nasals:8 front nasals: an, en, ian, in, uan, üan, uen, ün 8 back nasals: ang, eng, iang, ing, iong, ong, uang, ueng8 back nasals:

 Pinyin Simplified Character English meaning Tone mā 妈 Mother1st tone má 麻 To bother2nd tone mǎ 马 Horse3rd tone mà 骂 To blame4th tone ma 吗 Grammatical marker used in a question. Neutral

EnglishI am a student.We are students. Chinese 我 是 学生。我们 是 学生。 1. no singular and plural in Chinese, no subject-verb agreement

English I am learning Chinese. I learn Chinese. Chinese 我 学 中文。 2. Chinese verbs DO NOT express time. Chinese has no verb tenses. Adverbs and particles are frequently used to express aspects: 我 正在 学 中文。 我学过中文。 我吃了饭。

Simple Daily Conversation

 你好 - 你好 nǐ hǎo nǐ hǎo Hello Hello  谢谢 - 不用谢 xiè xiè bú yòng xiè Thank you You’re welcome  对不起 - 没关系 duì bu qǐ méi guān xi I’m sorry No problem  再见 - 再见 zài jiàn zài jiàn Goodbye Goodbye

 你好 nǐ hǎo Hello  我 叫 … wǒ jiào My name is …  我 来自 美国 wǒ lái zì měiguó I’m from America.  认识你 很高兴 or 很高兴 认识你 rèn shi nǐ hěn gāo xìng hěn gāo xìng rèn shi nǐ Nice to meet you.

A: 您好 ! 您贵姓 nín hǎo nín guì xìng? HelloWhat is your (family) name? B: 您好 ! 小姓 莫。 nín hǎo xiǎo xìng mò HelloMy family name is Mo. 这 是 我的名片。 zhè shì wǒ de míng piàn This is my name card. 请 多 关照。 qǐng duō guān zhào I’ll appreciate your kind consideration. A: 请 多 关照。 qǐng duō guān zhào Polite word: 你 (nǐ)- 您 (nín) 请 (qǐng) please