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Hánzi |
chinese character |
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Pīnyīn |
romanization of chinese characters |
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three parts of the pīnyīn |
initials, final, tone |
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what are the different initials? |
Labial, Alveolar, Velar, Palatal, Dental Sibilant, Retroflex |
LAVPDR |
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b, p, m, f |
Labial |
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d, t, n, l |
Alveolar |
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g, k, h |
Velar |
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j, q, x |
Palatal |
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z, c, s |
Dental Sibiliant |
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zh, ch, sh, r |
Retroflex |
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what are the finals? |
Simple, Compound, Front Nasals, Back Nasals |
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Simple |
a, e, i, o, u, ü |
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ai, ao, ei, ia, iao, ie, ou, iu, ua, uai, üe, uei, uo |
Compound |
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an, en, ian, in, uan, üan, uen, un, ün |
Front Nasals |
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ang, eng (yung) , iang, ing, uang, ong, ueng (wung) , iong |
Back Nasals |
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What are the four tones in mandarin ? |
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Hello! |
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"you" "good/okay" |
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Polite 'hello' in chinese |
Ni²n ha³o |
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used for pluralization |
"men" ex. Ni men hao |
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Them/ they ( 他们 / 她们 ) |
Tā men |
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she/ he |
Tā |
他 / 她 |
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Wo (3rd tone) ài ni (3rd) le |
I loved you ('le' indicates something that's past) |
我爱你 |
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dà jiā hão |
Hello Everybody! |
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how are you? |
ni hao ma |
"ma" is toneless |
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I'm good, how about you? |
wo hen hao, ni ne? 我挺好的，你呢？ |
if tatlong third tones, last tone will remain. 2nd tone will differ. |
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I'm not okay, how about you?. |
wo bù hao, ni ne? 我感觉很不好， 你呢? |
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zao shàng hao! |
Good morning! |
zao shàng = morning |
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xià wu hao! |
Good afternoon! |
xià wu = afternoon |
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wan shàng hao! |
Good evening! |
wan shàng = evening |
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hen gāoxing rènshi ni |
I'm glad to know you. |
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xiè xie |
Thank you! |
traditional to reply lagi sa thank you ng chinese |
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bù kè qì |
you're welcome |
roughly translates to "don't mention it" in english |
