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intro compound finals and counting numbers

Page 1: Introduction

  • Greeting:

    • Hello, Everyone! 大 家 好! Dà jiā hǎo!

    • Let’s begin the class. 上 课 Shàng kè

Page 2: New Words About Family Members

  • Terms:

    1. 爸爸 (bàba) - Dad

    2. 妈妈 (māma) - Mom

    3. 哥哥 (gēge) - Old brother

    4. 姐姐 (jiějie) - Old sister

    5. 弟弟 (dìdi) - Younger brother

    6. 妹妹 (mèimei) - Younger sister

Page 3: Overview of Chinese Characters

  • Distinctiveness:

    1. Chinese writing differs from many western languages structurally; it is not alphabetic.

    2. It is logographic, meaning characters represent meanings rather than sounds.

Page 4: Chinese Character Types

  • Categories:Six categories of Chinese characters devised by ancient scholars:

    1. Pictographs (象形)

    2. Pictophonetic characters (形声): e.g., 妈 (mā), 吗 (ma)

    3. Associated compounds (会意): e.g., 明 (míng), 从 (cóng), 林 (lín)

    4. Self-explanatory characters (指事): e.g., 刃 (rèn)

    5. Mutually explanatory characters (转注)

    6. Phonetic loan character (假借): e.g., 莱 (lái)

    • Focus: The first four categories concern the formation of characters.

Page 5: The Quantity of Characters

  • Character Count:

    1. Nearly 85,000 - 100,000 Chinese characters exist.

    2. Only thousands are used daily.

    3. Learning Goals:

      • 1,000 commonly used words cover about 92% of written information.

      • 2,000 words cover over 98%.

      • 3,000 characters cover 99% of writing material.

Page 6: Introduction to Writing

  • Character Forms:

    1. Two forms of Chinese characters: Simplified and Traditional.

      • Simplified is standard in mainland China.

      • Traditional is mainly used in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

    2. Character Shape: Square, well-balanced, and upright.

    3. Writing Direction: Modern simplified writing is written from left to right.

Page 7: Introduction of Characters

  • Character Space:

    • Each Chinese character occupies the same space.

    • Basic Unit: The stroke is the minimum unit.

    • There are 12 basic simple strokes, with over 30 strokes in total.

Page 8: 12 Basic Strokes

  • Strokes Overview:

    Stroke

    Pinyin

    Direction

    Name

    Example

    点

    diăn

    "Dot"

    不

    撇

    piě

    "Throw away"

    不

    捺

    nà

    "Press down"

    大

    提

    tí

    "Rise"

    打

    横钩

    héng gōu

    "Horizontal Hook"

    家

    竖钩

    shù gōu

    "Vertical Hook"

    好

    弯钩

    wān gōu

    "Bend Hook"

    我

    斜钩

    xié gōu

    "Slant Hook"

    见

    横折

    héng zhé

    "Horizontal Break"

    每

    竖折

    shù zhé

    "Vertical Break"

Page 9: Writing Rules of Stroke Order

  • Stroke Order Principles:

    1. Left to right: 川, 人

    2. Top to bottom: 三

    3. Horizontal before vertical: 十

    4. Outside to inside: 月

    5. Inside before closing: 日

    6. Middle before two sides: 小

Page 10: Practice Writing of Numbers 1-10

  • Chinese Numbers:

    • 1 一 2 二 3 三 4 四 5 五 6 六 7 七 8 八 9 九 10 十

    • Inquiry: Count the stroke numbers of each number and practice how to write them.

Page 11: What You Need to Know & Do

  • Assignments:

    1. Read and write eleven strokes 10 times each on page 17 of the textbook (TB).

    2. Speak Chinese numbers from 1 – 10 on page 20 of the TB.

    3. Write Chinese numbers 1-10 six times and six pinyin for each on pages 13-15 of the character book or Tianzige.

    4. Study new words from page 1 of these slides.

Page 12: Conclusion

  • End of Class:

    1. The class is over. 下 课. Xià kè

    2. Good-bye! 再 见! Zài jiàn!