mandarin bilingual boot camp

Mandarin Basics• Speech Sounds

Initials + Finals

• Tones

田Guess the meaning…

tián farmland

• Characters

田 +男思

力

心

Guess the meaning…

nán man

sī : to think about, to be concerned

lì power

xīn heart

Mandarin Basics

Let’s try some basic expressions with our basic knowledge!

• Thank you. – xiè xiè 谢谢。

• You are welcome.– bú kè qì 不客气。

• Sorry.– duì bù qǐ 对不起。

• Not a problem/ No worries/ That’s alright.– méi guān xi 没关系。

• Goodbye. – zài jiàn 再见。

Tongue Twisters! 绕口令四和十 sì hé shí Four and Ten

四是四 , 十是十，十四是十四，四十是四十

谁能分得清 , 请来试一试。

sì shì sì , shí shì shí , shí sì shì shí sì , sì shí shì sì shí .

shuí néng fēn dé qīng , qǐng lái shì yí shì

One Day In Shanghai

Scenario I - Greetings

- Hello, My name is XXX. Nice to Meet you. What’s your name? Nǐ hǎo, wǒ jiào XX. hěn gāo xìng rèn shí nǐ. Nǐ jiào shén me míng

zì ? - My name is XXX. I’m from Chicago. Where are you from?

Wǒ jiào XX. Wǒ lái zì měi guó. Nǐ cóng nǎ lǐ lái ? - Really? I’m from Chicago too! Do you speak Mandarin?

Zhēn de mā? Wǒ yě lái zì zhī jiā gē! nǐ huì shuō zhōng wén mā? - Yes, I speak a little bit. I’m very interested in Chinese culture.

shì de, wǒ huì shuō yì diǎn zhōng wén. wǒ duì zhōng guó wén huà hěn gǎn xìng qù

- Me too. wǒ yě shì.

Scenario I - Greetings Continued…

- Are you going to Shanghai this time? nǐ zhè cì shì qù shàng hǎi lǚ yóu mā ?

- No. I’m going there for business. But I’d like to travel around the city. bù ,wǒ shì qù chū chāi . dàn wǒ hěn xiǎng liú lǎn zhè zuò chéng

shì

- Me too. I’m free tomorrow. Shall we go around together? wǒ yě shì . míng tiān wǒ yǒu kòng .

wǒ men yì qǐ guàng guang ba

- Ok, sounds great. See you tomorrow! hǎo a! míng tiān jiàn!

Scenario II – Going Around The City

- Hello, XX. How are you today? zǎo shàng hǎo ,XX. nǐ jīn tiān hǎo mā?- I’m good, thank you. And you?

wǒ hěn hǎo . xiè xie. nǐ ne? - I’m very good as well. Where are we going first? wǒ yě hén hǎo . wǒ men xiān qù nǎ lǐ ne? - I heard the bund is the very pretty. How about going there first?

wǒ tīng shuō wài tān hěn piào liàng . wǒ men

xiān qù nà lǐ zěn me yàng?

- Ok,let’s go. hǎo de. wǒ men zǒu ba

Scenario II – Going Around The City @ the bund

外滩 the bund wài tān

Scenario II – Going Around The City @ the bund

外滩 the bund wài tān

Scenario II – Going Around The City @ the bund

外滩 the bund wài tān

- Excuse me, can you please take a picture for us? qǐng wèn ,nǐ kě yǐ gěi wǒ men pāi zhāng zhào piàn mā ? - Ok, no problem.

hǎo de, méi wèn tí.- Is that Oriental Pearl Tower across the river?

hé duì àn de nà gè jiàn zhù shì dōng fāng míng zhū mā- Yes. You can take the subway at People’s Square to get there.

shì de. nǐ kě yǐ zài rén mín guǎng chǎng chéng dì tiě qù nà lǐ .- I see. Thanks!

wǒ zhī dào le. xiè xiè .- You’re welcome.

bú kè qì

Scenario II – Going Around The City @ the bund

- I heard Yu Garden is also very famous. Shall we go there now?wǒ tīng shuō yù yuán yě hén yǒu míng . wǒ men xiàn zài qù nà lǐ ba

- Ok, I heard there’re a lot traditional Chinese food at Yu Garden. Shall we eat lunch there?hǎo de. wǒ tīng shuō nà lǐ yǒu hěn duō zhōng guó chuán tǒng xiǎo chī. wǒ men zài nà lǐ chī wǔ fàn zěn me yàng ?

- Ok, sounds good. hǎo a

Scenario II – Going Around The City @ the bund

Scenario III – Going Around The City @ Yu Garden

豫园Yu Garden yù yuán

Scenario III – Going Around The City @ Yu Garden

Scenario III – Going Around The City @ Yu Garden

小笼包 Steamed Stuffed Bun

xiǎo lóng bāo

Scenario III – Going Around The City @ Yu Garden

小吃 snacks/ “dimsum”

xiǎo chī

Scenario III – Going Around The City @ Yu Garden

- The food here is so good! I like Xiao Long Bao the most. zhè lǐ de dōng xi hěn hǎo chī. wǒ zuì xǐ huān xiǎo lóng bāo .- Me too. I love this place. It has both great views and great

food! wǒ yě shì . wǒ hěn xǐ huān zhè gè dì fāng . jì yǒu měi lì de fēng jǐng , yòu yǒu měi wèi de xiǎo chī.

- Now shall we go to Oriental Pearl Tower? wǒ men xiàn zài qù dōng fāng míng zhū ba?

- Ok,let’s go!hǎo de. wǒ men zǒu ba

Scenario IV – Going Around The City @ Pearl Tower

东方明珠 Oriental Pearl Tower

dōng fāng míng zhū

Scenario IV – Going Around The City @ Pearl Tower

东方明珠 Oriental Pearl Tower

dōng fāng míng zhū

Scenario IV – Going Around The City @ Pearl Tower

- There are so many tall buildings here! Is that Jin Mao Mansion?

zhè lǐ de gāo lóu dà shà zhēn duō a! nà shì jīn mào dà shà ba?

- Yes,it has 88 floors. shì de.tā yí gòng yǒu bā shí bā céng lóu.

- I heard that there’s a nice bar on Jin Mao Mansion. Shall we go there tonight? We’ll then be able to see the nightview of the city.

- wǒ tīng shuō zài jīn mào dà shà shàng yǒu yī gè hěn hǎo de jiǔ bā. wǒ men wǎn shàng qù nà lǐ ba.zhè yàng wǒ men jiù néng kàn dào shàng hǎi de yè jǐng le.- Ok, sounds good!

hǎo a

Scenario V – Going Around The City @ Cloud 9 Bar

九重天酒廊 Cloud 9jiǔ chóng tiān jiǔ láng

- Sir, please give us a bottle of wine. xiān shēng ,qǐng gěi wǒ men yì píng pú táo jiǔ.- Ok, please wait for a moment.

hǎo de.qǐng shāo děng .- Shanghai looks really pretty at night! I like the city a lot.

shàng hǎi de yè jǐng zhēn piào liàng. wǒ hěn xǐ huān zhè zuò chéng shì

- Me too. I’m leaving tomorrow, but I hope I will come back some time in the future. wǒ yě shì . wǒ xī wàng jiāng lái hái néng zài lái zhè lǐ .

Scenario V – Going Around The City @ Cloud 9 Bar

- It was very fun traveling with you today. I wish we could have more time traveling around.

jīn tiān hé nǐ yì qǐ yóu wán wǒ gǎn dào fēi cháng kāi xīn. rú guǒ néng yǒu gèng duō de shí jiān jiù hǎo le

- Yes, I had a great day too! Hope you’ll have a great trip in China.shì de. wǒ yě wán de hěn kāi xīn . xī wàng nǐ zài zhōng guó lǚ tú yú kuài

- Thank you. It was really nice meeting you. Let’s keep in touch! xiè xiè nǐ . hěn gāo xìng néng rèn shí nǐ. . ràng wǒ men bǎo chí lián xì ba

- Yea,definitely! Here’s my contact info…hǎo de,dāng rán . wǒ de lián xì fāng shì shì ...

- Bye. Take care.zài jiàn .duō bǎo zhòng

Scenario VI – Saying Goodbye

Hope You Enjoyed the mini “Tour” of Shanghai!

Writing Chinese Characters

Pick 5 Words that You’d love to write today.

Then…let’s learn how to write/draw them

Writing Chinese Characters• Stroke Order

– Two basic rules are followed: • Top bottom • Left right

– Additional rules then these 2 rules conflicts: • Horizontal strokes intersecting vertical strokes 十• Left vertical stroke (usually) before top horizontal stroke 四• Left-falling strokes right-falling strokes 九• Bottom horizontal stroke at last 四• Center stroke wings 小

– A final rule can contradict the others: • Minor strokes (often) last 我

Writing Chinese Characters• Component Order

– Most Chinese characters are combinations of simpler, component characters. 思， 男， 你， 好

• Top bottom or left right. – When one component is at the bottom-left, and the other

at the top-right, the top-right component is sometimes written first. 运

http://www.chinese-tools.com/learn/characters