Title

Since it is polite to call someone with his/her title, therefore we cannot ignore this no matter which language we are learning. Like most other languages in the world, Chinese Language has its own way of calling title too. Sometimes, it is consider rude if calling someone without his/her title in Chinese culture. So, let’s study this class together.

Pronoun

It is important to study “Pronoun” in the first place if you want to learn any languages, including Chinese Language. Without knowing

Pronoun in Chinese is quite similar to English, in fact, it is a little bit easier compare to English, as its pronunciation for “He, She, It” are the same, called “ ta1”:

For pronouns like “ We, They, You(plural), It(plural), Them”, a Chinese character “ Men2” is added:

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Punctuation and Spacing

Unlike English, Chinese sentences have no spaces and punctuation marks. Basically, there is no space between subjects, objects and verbs, all are join together:

Exp :

It is wrong to write Chinese sentences with spaces in between:

Basic Sentence Structure

Like English, Chinese sentence structure is always started with Subject, follow by Verb and end with Object:

Exp:

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Consonants

There are total 23 consonants in Chinese Language. These consonants are not able to stand alone to form a Chinese character, instead they must combine with a main vowel, or a compound vowel, or a nasal vowel to build a Chinese character.

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Consonant  + Main Vowel :

b  +  a  = ba                          f  +  a  = fa

p  +  o  = po                         d  +  i  = di

m  + e  = me                        t  +  u  = tu

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Consonant  +  Nasal Vowel :

b  +  ai  = bai                         f  +  ou  = fou

p  +  ao  = pao                      d  +  iao = diao

m  + ei  = mei                        t  +  ie  = tie

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Consonant  +  Compound Vowel :

b  +  an  = ban                           f  +  ang  = fang

p  +  ian  = pian                        d  +  uan = duan

m  + eng  = meng                     t  +  ong  = tong

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Take Note:

The following consonants sound similar to other consonant:

b  & p

d  & t

g  & k

z  & zh

c  &  ch

s  &  sh

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Vowel

In Chinese language, vowels cannot be written individually. This is the Yin-Yang notion seen in the written language. Therefore, a vowel must be accompany with a consonant and vice versa. There are 6 vowels that been widely used in Chinese Pinyin, called main vowels.

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a  =   a  in  aquarium

o =    o in orange

e  =  ea in earth

i  =   i  in it

u =  oo in wood  < u >

ü = yu in yuan  < ju’ >

While compound vowels are vowels created by the combination of main vowels. Generally, there are total 13 compound vowels in Chinese Pinyin.

a  +  i  = ai    < I as I am >

a  +  o  = ao   < ou  as outage >

Other than that, Nasal Vowels also play important role in Chinese Pinyin. Nasal vowels are main vowels combine with nasal sounds, namely n, ng

a   +   n   =   an   < un  as unhealthy >

e  +   n   =   en  < earn >

i  + ong  = iong  < yong >

i  + ng  =  ing  < ying as playing >

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