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Pinyin

Today we will learn the collocation of the second tone and the other tones. Can you please practise the following pinyin which all start with the second tones: guójiā lóufáng …

Dialogue 2 and homework

Dialogue 2 A: 昨天是几月几号?Zuótiān shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào ?what was the date yesterday? B: 昨天是8月31号,星期二。Zuótiān shì bā yuè sānshíyī hào ,xīngqī èr 。It was Tuesday, August 31st. A: 明天呢?Míngtiān …

What’s the date today

let’s look at the new words first. 请qǐng (polite) please 问wèn to ask, to inquire 请问 qǐng wèn excuse me when you want to ask somebody something, you are supposed …

Chinese characters

Three new strokes 撇折 piězhé left-falling to turning 斜钩 xiégōu slanting hook 提 tí rising Can you find these three strokes in the following characters: 东,去,现, 找 Three new characters …

I can read Chinese characters

New words 写 xiě to write 汉字 hànzì Chinese character 字zì character, word 怎么 zěnme How 读 dú to read Language points the interrogative pronoun “怎么”. 这个汉字 + 怎么 + …

Chinese food is delicious

Have you tried Chinese food before? New words 菜 cài dish, cuisine 做 zuò to make/produce 做菜 zuò cài to cook 好吃 hǎochī delicious Affirmative form 好吃;Negative form 不好吃 很 …

Can you speak Chinese

Today we are going to learn how to say the things you can do and the things you can’t do in Chinese, first let’s learn the new words. New words …

Chinese characters

New characters 上 shàng up; above 下 xià down; below 本 běn the root of everything “本”originally looked like a tree with a dot sign at its bottom, therefore it …

Pinyin

A character with a neutral tone will be pronounced in a short and light way. The neutral tone doesn’t have a tone mark. If you see a syllable without a …

Can I sit here

New word 坐 zuò sit 能 néng can/ able Language points The sentence structure 能……吗?often used to indicate a request of hope for permission. Here is a situation: 你的朋友有一本汉语书,你想看。What should …

Who is the person in the front

New words 前 面 qiánmiàn front 后 面 hòumiàn behind 右 面 yòumiàn right side 左 面 zuǒmiàn left side 上 面 shàngmiàn above 下 面xiàmiàn under 王 方 Wáng …

What are there on the desk

New words 本 běn measure word for books 电脑 diànnǎo computer 桌子 zhuōzi desk/table 和 hé and 上 (面) shàng miàn above 里(面) lǐ miàn inside 外(面) wài miàn outside …

Chinese characters

New characters 子zǐ baby 在 zài to live; to exist 工 gōng worker; to work Character structures In previous lessons, we have learnt 4 types of compound structures. Such as …

Pinyin

Today we will practise the collocation of the second tone and the other tones. Can you please read the following pinyin which all start with the fourth tones: 电灯 diàndēng …