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Revision Course in Mandarin

The document provides information about a beginner's Mandarin language course held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 AM to 1 PM beginning February 21st, 2013. The course will cover greetings, vocabulary, finding directions, Chinese food, tone differences, and Chinese characters (Hanzis). Specific vocabulary and phrases are provided for greetings, numbers, food names, restaurant conversations, same words in different tones, and goodbye phrases.

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Revision Course in Mandarin

The document provides information about a beginner's Mandarin language course held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 AM to 1 PM beginning February 21st, 2013. The course will cover greetings, vocabulary, finding directions, Chinese food, tone differences, and Chinese characters (Hanzis). Specific vocabulary and phrases are provided for greetings, numbers, food names, restaurant conversations, same words in different tones, and goodbye phrases.

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New batch commences 21st February 2013

Tuesdays and Thursdays 11 AM to 1 PM

Mandarin Language Course for


Beginners

Call +91 9619055453 or visit www.vzoneacademy.com for more

We will learn:
1. Greetings
2. More Vocabulary
3. Finding your way
4. Chinese Food
5. Words with different tones
6. Hanzis

GREETINGS

Greetings

VOCABULARY

Words
You
Good
Is, to be
students
Ma?
Question
I

ho

sh

xushng

ma

Ne?
question
Also
He
She
Not /no
teacher

ne

losh

More Words

Nationality/ Language

Have and have not

Numbers and Counters

Sn s

Lng Bi
(zero) (100)

w li q

ji sh

Qin Wn Y
Zho
(1000) (10000) 100 mn Trillion

Yi (one) is a first tone syllable, but when it comes

before the first, second, or third tones it is pronounced in


the fourth tone:

y xi (a few)
y zh (continue; straight ahead)
y din (a little)
When yi comes before a fourth tone, it is
pronounced in the second tone:

y dng (certain)

If you are thinking of Yjng


(already), it is not the same character

FINDING YOUR WAY

You can DIY your sentence!

Some words you need to remember

The possible answers

BASIC FOOD NAMES

Vegetarian

Rice

m fn

Noodle

min tio

Soup

tng

Vegetable

sh ci

Tea

ch

Salt

yn

Sugar

tng

Water

shu

Non vegetarian

Chicken

Pork

Zh ru

Beef

Nu ru

Mutton/Lamb

Yng ru

Fish

Beer

P ji

Red wine

Hng ji

ORDER YOUR DISH

Zh sh shn me?
What is this?

N ho

Hello

Qing din ci

Order, please

W xing yo

I want

Qng gi w

Please give me

Mi dn / ji zhng

Check / Bill

Du sho qin?

How much?

Zh sh shn me?

What is this?

Restaurant

A: N ho
B: Qng wn yo din shn
me?
A: Qng din ci.
B: Ho de.
A: Qng gi w y wn m
fn h j.
B: Ho de. Hi yo q t de
ma?
A: Mi yu le. Xi xi.
B: Ho de. B k q

Hello.
What can I get for you?
Order, please.
OK.
Please give me a bowl of
rice and chicken.
OK, anything else?

No, thank you.


OK, you are welcome.

In a food stall

A: N ho. Zh sh shn me? (Whats this?)


B: Yng ru tng. (Mutton soup)
A: W xing yo y wn. (I want one bowl.)
B: Ho de
A: Mi dn. Du sho qin? (Bill. How
much?)
B: Sh kui. (10 yuan)
A: Ho de. xi xi n.

New words:
1. ru = meat

2. ji = liquor/wine
3. qng = please
4. wn = bowl
5. gi = give
6. xing = think / want
7. qin = money
8. h = and

SAME WORDS IN
DIFFERENT TONES

ma
Pinyin

Chinese
Character

Meaning

mother

hemp

horse

scold

JIAO
Pinyin

Chinese Character

Meaning

Jio

Glue

Jio

Teach

Jio

Pay

Jio

Angle

Jio

Foot

Jio

Relatively

jio

Call

Shi

Sh
Sh
Sh
Sh
Sh
Sh
Sh
Sh
Sh
Sh

Be
Time
Thing
Make
City
Type
Stone
Ten
Division
Try

Xie
Pinyin

Chinese
Character

Meaning

Xi
Xi

Some
Shoes

Xi

Write

Xi

Thanks

Hanzis
Some of the Hanzis which you can now identify and
practice in addition to number hanzis

Shng

xi

zhng shu

shn

sh

nn

xio

du

sho

hn

ti

titi

gu

ji

tng

shu

nn

rn

Ch

Yu

Wn

Hu

Fn

din


mngtin

jntin

yu

Xu xio zi

zi

zu

zu

zu

zo

sh

shu

ho

Mi

mi

Zi

Sh

Sh

Time to say goodbye.


Thank you for coming

Xixi n li

See you next time!



Xi hu jin!

Bn

Ch

din

du

Fn

gu

ho

hn

Hu

Hu

ji

jntin

Ji

Ky

Li

le

Mi

mi

mngtin nn

nn

rn

shn

Shng

sho

sh

Sh

Sh

shu

sh

shu

shu

ti

titi

tng

Wn

xi

xio

Xioji Xu xio y

Yu

yu

zi

zi

zo

zhng

Zi

zu

zu

zu

Prepared by www.vzoneacademy.com for Chinese learning

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