n

Lesson 1

ho

Hi

Text

n ho

AMarry
Marry,How do you do?
n ho

B Tommy
Hi,Tommy.


wng

lo sh

nn ho

A
Hello,Miss Wang!
n men ho

B
Hi,you guys!


n ho m

A
How are you?
w hn ho

n ne

B
I'm fine,and you?
w y

hn ho

A
I'm fine too.

New Words
n

youPr
ho

goodfinewellOKA

lo sh

teacherN
nn

youpolite form
n men

youplural form
m

used for a question expecting a yes-no answer

ImePr
hn

veryAdv
ne

a modal particle used for elliptical

questionsQPt
y

tooalsoAdv

Learn Chinese Phonetics

11Initials(1)
b

f
l

21 Finals(1)

o
i

e
ei

n
u

uo
un

i
o

en
ui

ou
in
ueiui

uenun

3 The four tones

the first tone

the second tone

the third tone

the fourth tone

41
Combination of initials,finals and tones(1)

Initial+Final+Tone
Syllable
b+b

n+nnn

t+t

h+oho

n+n

k+unkun

l+l

g+ugu

+y

+w

+y

+uw

At the beginning of a syllable,"i" is written as"y"(e.g.iy).

"i" is written as"yi" when it forms a syllable all by
itself(e.g.y).
At the beginning of a syllable,"u" is written as"w"(e.g.uw)
"u" is written as"wu"when it forms a syllable all by
itself(e.g.w)
When "" is the beginning of a syllable or forms a syllable by
itself, a "y" is added to it and the two dots over it are
omitted(e.g.y)

Notes on Chinese Phonetics

1 Tone mark labeling
1When there is only one vowel in a syllable,the
tone mark is placed on the vowel.For example:
m++1m
f+u+2f

n+i+3n
k+n+4kn

2When the final of a syllable is composed of 2 or

more vowels,the tone mark must be placed on the
main vowel.For example:
h+u+1hu

b+ei+3bi

21 The neutral tone(1)

Some syllables in Mandarin Chinese are
pronounced both shortly and lightly.This is
called the"neutral tone".There is no tone
mark for this kind of syllables.For example:

n men

31 The sandhi in the third

tone(1)

When two adjacent syllables both carry third

tones,the first syllable must be pronounced
as the second tone,i.e.
3+32+3

For example:n+ho must be read as n ho

and ky must be pronounced as ky

Exercises
Pronunciation Drills
1 Pinyin
b

bn

bng

pn

png

lo

ho

m
li

m
lu

hu

no

ni

2 The four tones

ho
l

ho
l

n
ho

ho

ln

ln

ln

ln

n ho

png
w
hn
y

png
w

hn
y

w hn ho

hn
y

y hn ho

3 Sound discrimination
bp

bngbn

nn

pibi

wh

huw

4 Tone discrimination
mm

yy

mm

ll

yy

mnmn

5 Third-tone sandhi
n ho

hn ho

y ho

y hn ho

 Conversation Practice
KEY SENTENCES
1N ho.
3W hn hon ne
2N ho m
4Y hn ho
Saying hello
1 Complete the following dialogue

Ln NLbn ho
Lb______________

2 Make dialogues based on the pictures

 Greetings
Complete the following dialogue

MlN ho m
Ly_______________________
MlW y hn ho

 Summary
111Initials
219Finals
3The four tones
4iu

5
6

 Homework
ReviewCheck

Review Lesson 1

You run into a Chinese friend whom you
hanen't seen for a long time.What will you say to
him/her?
P1

zoshng ho!

Lesson 2

d ji ho

d ji

zoshng ho

Good morning!

Text

zoshng ho

Good morning!
zoshng ho

Good morning!

n shnt

znmeyng

A
How are you?
hnho, xixie

B
Fine. Thanks!


zhng losh,

zhsh uwn

A
Mr.Zhang,this is Oven
nnho wjio uwn, sh Fgu rn

B
Hello! I'm Oven,from France.

n ho hunyng n

C
Hello!Welcome!
xixi

B
Thank you!

teacherN
zh

thisPr

sh
to

beV

jio

to be calledV
Fgu

FrancePN
rn

people,personN
hunyng

welcomeV

New Words
zoshng

morningN

shnt

health,bodyN

znmeyng

how isQPr

hn

veryAdv
xixi

thanksV

Learn Chinese Phonetics

12Initials(2)
z

zh
j

ch
q

sh

22 Finals(2)

-i [ ]

-i [ ]
er

ng
i

ie

eng
io

in

ong
iou(iu)

ing

ing

ung

iong
ueng

e
n

3 The four tones

2

42
Combination of initials,finals and tones(2)
Initial+Final+Tone
Syllable

z+ozo

c+ngcng

s+nsn

zh+ngzhng

ch+ngchng

sh+nshn

r+r
j+iji
q+qu
x+ixi

Notes on Chinese Phonetics

1ei On the pronunciation of ,e and i

1 The pronunciation of
There are four different pronunciations for in the Chinese
pinyin system:

2e The pronunciation of e

There are four different pronunciations for e in the

Chinese pinyin system:

3i The pronunciation of i
There are four different pronunciations for i in the
Chinese pinyin system:

2 Instruction on pinyin writing

1i

When i is the only final and appears at the beginning of a

syllable like i,in and ing,y must be added in front of i:
iyi

inyin

ingying

When i is located at the beginning of a syllable which has

more than one final like i,ie,io,iou,in,ing and iong,the
final i must be replaced with y:
iy

ieye

ioyo

in

ing

iong

2u
When u alone forms a syllable,w must be added in front
of u:
uwu
When u is located at the beginning of a syllable that
carries more than one vowel,it must be replaced with w:
uowo
un

uiwi
uen

ueiwei
ung

ueng

3
When is located at the beginning of a syllable,y must be
added in front of and the two dots on must be
removed:

yu

eyue

When follows j,q,or x,the two dots on must also be

removed:
j
ju,jue,jun,jun
q
x

+ ,e,n,n

qu,que,qun,qun
xu,xue,xun,xun

Exercises
Pronunciation Drills
1 Pinyin

zh

ch

zh

ch

zh

ch

zhi

chi

sh
sh
sh

shi

r
rng

rng

zhu

chu

shu

zhu

chu

shu

zhui

chui

zhng

chng

shui

2 The four tones

ch
r

ch
r

ch

ch

zh

zh

zh

zh

sh

sh

sh

sh

zhsh

lo

lo

lo

lo

losh

chn

chn

chn

chn

Chn losh

wi
y
y

wi

wi

wiy

shng

shng

shng

zhng

zhng

zhng

gu

gu

rn

rn

gu
rn

gu

shng

yshng

Zhnggu

Zhnggu rn

3 Sound discrimination
zhngchng
rr

shngshng

bp

dngtng

ruru

4 Tone discrimination
shsh

zhzh

rnrn

pipi

chngchng

zhuizhui

5 Practice on disyllabic words

gngren (worker)

Ynggu (England,UK)

shngrn (merchant)
lsh (lawyer)
nngmn (farmer)

Dgu (Germany)

Migu (USA)
Rbn (Japan)

 Conversation Practice
KEY SENTENCES
1zoshng ho

2shnt znmeyng

Azoshng ho
B_____________
A_____________?
Bhnho,______________?
Awyhnho

 KEY SENTENCES
3zhsh

4wjio

5hunyng

Introduce Someone
AMm,zhsh Mary.Mary___________
By nnho_______________

B
Ahnho,xixi._____________

Summary
110Initials
219Finals
3
4ei

5iu

 Homework
ReviewCheck

Review Lesson 2

P13

n h shnme

Lesson 3 What would you

like to drink?

zh sh shnme

n jio shnme

zhsh

wjio

Word order in ChineseS+V+O

 1New Words1
shnme

1whatQPr
l

ch

2(green)teaN

k fi

3coffeeN

h ch

4to drinkV
Word order in ChineseS+V+O

V+O

shu

nini

k l

p ji

guzh

S+V+O

gi n

V+O
gi

5to giveV
AHere you are.
BThank you.
b k qi

AYou're welcome

xixi

AThank you.
b k qi

BYou're welcome
VS
dubuq

ASorry
mi gunxi

B It doesn't matter

 1Text1
n h shnme

A What would you like to drink?

wh lch

B I prefer green tea.

gi n

AHere you are.

xixi

BThank you.
bkqi

AYou're welcome.

 1Exercise1to fill the blanks

nhshnme guzh

B___________
n ne

A?___________?
wbh wh

C_______

A_______
xixi

BC

shugu

6 fruitN

ch

7to eatV
mfn

mi

8to buyV

V+O

pnggu

xingjio

mnggu

pto

 2Text2
nnmishnmeshugu

A
wmipnggu

9to wantV

nnyodusho

A
s jn

111/2kilo

10hwo many;how muchQPr

 1fill and complete the dialog1

AThere are many many

nnyodushok l

B_________________

 2fill and complete the dialog2

A________________
B

A___________?
B

B___________________?
how much

 Summary

1bpmf
2zcs
3eu
4S+V+O
5

 Homework
ReviewCheck

we learned many new words,next class we will

dictation them.you need to write pinyin and English
translation.

Review Lesson 3

dictation & write down pinyin

110

2
3

Lesson 4 I'd like to

change some money into RMB
1Key Words1
1haveV

4moneyV

ynndn

rnmnb

miyun
2

1Review the numbers

0~10
11~19
20~29

100101110115120156200222867
1000
10000

2the read of renminbi

rnmnb

ybiku
i

wshkui

rshkui

ykui

wkui

lingkui

shkui

wmo

yimo

ten

lingmo

lingbikui

rshkui

change

5changeV
rnmnb

ynndn

V+O

1Text1
nhowyumiyunyohunrnmb

A
Hello!I have U.S. dollars.I'd like to change some money into
RMB.
hundusho

B
How much do you want to change?
lingbimiyun

A
I want to change 200 U.S. dollars.

ginnqin

BHere you are.

xixiezijin

AThank you.Bye
6good-bye

V+O

V+Osb+Osth

 Look at pictures&recite text1

A

Additional knowledge

12

10

2Key Words2
7weusPr

youPr
theyPr

 A
B

A
B

A
B

 A
B

8ringtyseA

A
B

A
B

XXX
XXX

9whowhomQPr

 xxx9/9/2014
10to goV

11tooalsoAdv

12bothallAdv

+SP