Course: HSK Standard Course Level 1: 1.1

Chinese pronouns 我 wǒ I, me 你 nǐ You 她 tā She, her 他 tā He, him 他 叫 什么？Tā jiào shénme？What’s his name? 他 叫 Michael Jordan. Tā jiào …

7 Initials: z, c, s, zh, ch, sh, r For z c s you should let the tip of the tongue touch the back of the lower teeth. for zh …

Basic writing order 1: from top to bottom 一，二，三 Basic writing order 2: horizontal before vertical 十 Basic writing order 3: from left to right 八 Today we have learnt …

Five basic strokes: horizontal, vertical, left-falling, right-falling and dot. The first stroke, horizontal, in Chinese it is called 横 héng. When writing 横, you should write from left to right. …

The tones are very important in Chinese, because the tones make difference in meanings. But don’t get too worried about the tones, it is just a story to show the …

“对不起 Duìbuqǐ!” the way to apologize to someone, it means: sorry or excuse me. And you can respond by saying “没关系 Méi guānxi!”, which means that’s OK, it doesn’t matter. …

a o e i u ü er these seven are the simple vowels. Most of the simple vowels are also the basic vowels in many languages, such as a o …

“再” refers to again, once more. “见” refers to meet. So “再见” together means to see you again, goodbye. Some useful classroom expressions课堂用语 请 大 声 读。Qǐng dà shēng dú. …

If a Chinese people did you a favour, you can say 谢谢 xièxie. The second 谢 is a neutral tone, which is short and light. You can also put a …

Apart from the four tones, there is another tone in Chinese, which is short and light, known as “the neutral tone”. For thanks in Chinese 谢谢xièxie, the second character is …

Three new strokes: The first one is horizontal-turning, which in Chinese is called 横折 héngzhé. The next new stroke is vertical-turning, which in Chinese is called 竖折 shùzhé. The last …

Before watching the video please think about the following questions? Have you ever heard of any stories about China? What does China mean to you? Did you get your answer …

Two new strokes the first stroke of today is left-falling to dot, which in Chinese is called 撇点 piědiăn. It is a combination of left-falling and dot. The next stroke …

The retroflex final We have learnt the word 女儿 nǚ’ér, here 儿 ér is an independent syllable in this word, while 儿can also be combined with a syllable before it, …

Homework 作业 Today we have learned two new strokes of Chinese characters, which are 横折钩héngzhégōu and 卧钩 wògōu，4 interesting characters人、中、月、心、 Now Can you point out the new strokes we’ve learnt …