1. greeting and names 你好！Nĭ hǎo Hello 您好！Nín hǎo
How do you do? (honorific form)

2. words revision from lesson 1
您 nín
我 wǒ
好 hǎo
很 hěn
不 bú ，bù
谢 xiè
客气 kè qi
再见 zài jiàn
吗 ma

3. 不客气 bù kè qì (bu: 4th  2nd; qi)
不用谢 bù yòng xiè (bu: 4th  2nd ;用:need)
再见 zài jiàn
再会 zài huì (traditional; formal occasions)

4. revision-phrases nǐ hǎo 你好! Hello! nín hǎo 您好！ How do you do!
nǐmen hǎo 你们好! Hello to all
nǐ hǎo ma? 你好吗？ How are you?
wǒ hěn hǎo 我很好。 I am very well.
xiè xie 谢谢! Thank you!
bú xiè 不谢。 You are welcome/Not at all.
zài jiàn 再见! Goodbye!

5. revision-Names wǒ jiào*** . My name is ***. 我 叫*** 。
nǐ jiào shén me ? What’s your name? 你 叫 什 么 ？
wǒ jiào*** My name is ***.
我 叫*** 。

6. revision-greetings 不客气。 Not at all. Bú kè qi
回头见 see you later huí tóu jiàn
晚上见 see you in the evening wăn shang jiàn
明天见 see you tomorrow míng tiān jiàn
老师 teacher lăo shī
忙 busy máng
不忙 not busy bù máng
忙不忙 are you busy? máng bù máng

7. An interesting greeting expression
吃了吗？chī le ma
吃：verb, “to eat”
了：particle expressing perfect tense
吗：interrogative particle, as in 你好吗
Food culture, eg saying:
民以食为天 mín yǐ shí wéi tiān
people regard food be heaven/God
“food is the first necessity of people”

8. 晚安！ Good night! More greetings! 早上好！good morning! 中午好！good noon
zǎo shang
早上好！good morning!
zhōng wǔ
中午好！good noon
xià wǔ
下午好！ good afternoon!
wǎn shang
晚上好！ goodevening!
wǎn ān
晚安！ Good night!

9. new words 生 词 他 tā 她 tā 姓 xìng 叫 jiào 对 duì 小 xiǎo 名字 míngzi 也 yě
什么 shénme
呢 ne

10. Ask each other’s name A: Nĭ jiào shénme míngzi? 你叫什么名字？ B: Wǒ jiào__.
Question word 什么 shénme what
A: Nĭ jiào shénme míngzi? 你叫什么名字？
B: Wǒ jiào__.
我叫__.
Nĭ ne 你呢?
what about you?

11. Ask each other’s name Tā xìng shénme? Tā xìng ___.
Tā he/she him/her
A: Tā jiào shénme? 他/她叫什么？
What’s his/her name?
B: Tā jiào 他/她叫__.
He/she’s called__. his/her name is __.
Tā xìng shénme?
Tā xìng ___.

12. Cultural-Chinese names
中国人（zhōng guó rén）的名字：
姓family name+名given name
成 龙 (Chéng lóng) Jackie Chan
李 小龙 (Lǐ Xiǎolóng) Bruce Lee
张 艺谋 (Zhāng Yìmóu)
巩 俐 (Gǒng Lì)
章 子怡 (Zhāng Zǐyí)
姚 明 (Yáo Míng)

14. Tā-his or her names
Tā jiào Kǎitè ma?
Duì, Tā jiào Kǎitè.

15. Tā-his or her names
Tā jiào Bèikèhànmŭ ma?

16. Tā ne? Hālĭ bōtè

17. 谢谢！再见！

18. session 2 of 3
Introduction of Chinese Pinyin and tones

19. Chinese as a language-Mandarin
Spoken in
People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia
Region
Most of northern and southwestern China, Taiwan and Singapore (and other overseas Chinese communities)
Total speakers
885 million (first language speakers) [1] Total Speakers: 1,365,053,177[1]
Ranking
1 (native speakers)

20. Chinese Language —Mandarin/ Putonghua —Dialects
the official Chinese language
—Dialects
Cantonese, Beijing speech, Shanghai speech, etc.
many different dialects

21. Chinese writing and pronunciation
“Pinyin”
nǐ hǎo↗
你 好↘
“Chinese characters”

22. Pīnyīn拼音
1.a romanised alphabetical system to indicate the pronunciation of Chinese characters.
2.used to spell Chinese names in foreign publications.
3.used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into computers.
ie. 你好(hello)—nǐhǎo

24. Chinese and Pinyin Pinyin
The phonetic system used to indicate the pronunciations and tones of Chinese characters
A Chinese character has one Pinyin consisting of 3 parts:
an initial
a final
a tone

25. Six simple finals ɑ o e i u
ü as in German ü

26. b, p, m: formed through obstruction of air by upper and lower lips
Initials
b, p, m: formed through obstruction of air by upper and lower lips
f: obstruction of air by upper teeth and lower lip

27. d, t, n, l: tip of tongue touching the gum of the upper teeth

28. g, k, h: back of tongue raised slightly and touching soft palate

29. Distinguish between j, q
j is similar to j as in jeep
q is similar to ch as in cheese
your tongue should be below your bottom front teeth when pronouncing them.
For example jī (chicken), qī (seven), jiějie (elder sister)
Remember to smile when you pronounce j and q!

30. z、c、s: tip of tongue touching the back of the upper teeth
c: similar to ts as in cats, but it is strongly aspirated. (Have a bigger smile than z!)
z: similar to ds as in birds

31. Tones音调 qī 七 - seven qí 骑 - ride qǐ 起 - rise qì 气 - air Four tones qi
1st －  high flat level
2nd ／ rise, from medium to high
3rd ∨ low medium→fall to the bottom→rise to high
4th ﹨ high to bottom,fall sharply
neutral tone (don’t have tone mark)
low flat with no stress

32. Four tones and Neutral tone

33. Four Tones
mā má mǎ mà
yī yí yǐ yì

34. Tongue twister 十四是十四，四十是四十， 十四不是四十,四十不是十四。 四是四，十是十，
sì shì sì shí shì shí
四是四，十是十，
shí sì shì shí sì sì shí shì sì shí
十四是十四，四十是四十，
shí sì bú shì sì shí sì shí bú shì shí sì
十四不是四十,四十不是十四。
sì vs shì ; shí vs shì ; sì vs shí
Glossary:
是(shì): to be am/is/are (copula)

35. Pinyin practice – Countries
Matching Task
Yuēkè Scotland
Yīnggélán England
Sūgélán Italy
Jiānádà York
Yìdàlì Canada
Fǎguó France

36. Neutral Tones
Māma
Xièxie
Jiějie
Xiānsheng

37. Tone marks on which letter?
on the main vowel
if more than one vowel:
a→o→e: guāi, cuò, qiě
if none of the above, then on ‘i’ in ‘ui’, and on ‘u’ in ‘iu’, whichever comes last

38. Initials j, q, x with ǖ No initials before ǖ
Spelling rule – ǖ
Initials j, q, x with ǖ
drop the umlaut: ju, qu, xu
No initials before ǖ
add a y and drop the umlaut (the two dots): yu, yuan, yue, yun

39. Tones practice 1. ba 2. Wang 3. tou 4. gui 5. xiang 6. shi
Tone mark on which letter?
1. ba
2. Wang
3. tou
4. gui
5. xiang
6. shi

40. Pīn yīn 拼音 Chinese phonetics
Initials
b p m f
d t n l
g k h
j q x
z c s
zh ch sh r
Single finals
a ā á ǎ à
o ō ó ǒ ò
e ē é ě è
i ī í ǐ ì
u ū ú ǔ ù
ü ǖ ǘ ǚ ǜ

41. Pīn yīn -Compound finalsü a ia ua o uo e ie üe ai
uai ei
uei(ui) ao
iao ou
iou(iu) i u ü an
ian
uan
üan en in
uen(un) ün
ang
iang
uang
eng
ing
ueng
ong
iong er

42. culture-Chinese Greetings
作揖 zuō yī：make a bow with hands folded in front
Traditional way to greet, show respect or express gratitude
Outdated

44. Chinese Greetings
鞠躬 jū gōng，Bowing /ˈbaʊ/, to lower the head or upper body as a social gesture
In modern China, bowing is normally reserved for occasions such as wedding ceremonies and also as a gesture of respect for the deceased, although it is still sometimes used for more formal greetings, both when meeting and departing.

46. Chinese Greetings
Kowtow, which is borrowed from 叩头kòu tóu in Mandarin Chinese, is the act of deep respect shown by kneeling and bowing so low as to have one's head touching the ground.
An alternative Chinese term is 磕头kē tóu, however the meaning is somewhat altered: kòu has the general meaning of 'knock', whereas kē has the general meaning of "touch upon (a surface)", tóu means head.
The kowtow was traditionally the highest sign of reverence in Chinese culture, but its use has been extremely rare since the collapse of Imperial China.

48. Typical Thai greeting, which consists of a slight bow, with the palms pressed together in a prayer-like fashion.
In China, not greeting, only when pray to buddha

49. Useful Links
BBC Languages- Chinese: