WELCOME TO CHINAA learning project for

schools

Where is China?

What three words would you use to describe

China?

Which Picture is China?

UK China

60 million people 1.3 billion people

0.24 million square km 9.6 million square km

40

=1

For most of its history, China was ruled by an emperor.

He was represented by…

Dragons are very important in Chinese culture. They are considered kind and lucky.

When dragons chase flaming pearls in the sky it causes…

A thunderstorm!

Dragons are one of 12 animals in the Chinese

Zodiac.What are the others?

The Story of the Chinese

Zodiac

Chinese WritingChinese writing uses characters to represent words. To learn to

read Chinese, you need to remember around 5,000 different

characters!

Ancient Traditional Simple Pinyin

The ‘Cheat Sheet’

Tonal difference

Chinese is a tonal language. The tone of the word alters its meaning and it is crucial to get the tone right if you want to avoid confusion. Mandarin has four tones – high, rising, falling-rising and falling.

1. high - mā mother

2. rising / má numb

3. falling rising ˘ mă horse

4. falling \ mà to scold or swear

Counting to 10

1 yī 6 liù2 èr 7 qī3 sān 8 bā4 sì 9 jiŭ5 wŭ 10 shí

Hello nĭ hăoGoodbye zàijiànHow are you? nĭ hăo ma? I’m fine wŏ hĕn hăoThank you xièxieYou’re welcome búkèqiI’m sorry duìbùqĭ

7 Simple Chinese Phrases

Zàijiàn!