Chinese Writing ni ha o My Chinese name

Chinese Writing

ni ha o! My Chinese name is 潘中石. 潘pa n common surname; sounds like Parker 中zho ng means middle, centre; refers to China (the middle country 中国) 石 shi means “rock”, “stone” www. superchinablog. com

Q: How is the order of Chinese names different? A: • The surname goes first… • names usually consist of 王宇 – or 3 characters 潘中石 – 2 characters

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What different types of Chinese are spoken aside from Mandarin?

Chinese Languages • Mandarin: 847. 8 million (70. 9%) – Jin: 45 million (3. 8%) • Wu: 77. 2 million (6. 5%) (incl. Shanghainese) – Huizhou: 4. 6 million (0. 4%) • Min: 71. 8 million (6. 0%) (incl. Taiwanese) • Yue and Pinghua: 62. 2 million (5. 2%) (incl. Cantonese) • Xiang: 36 million (3. 0%) • Hakka: 30. 1 million (2. 5%) • Gan: 20. 6 million (1. 7%)

How old are chinese characters?

Development of characters “Traditional” “Simplified”

What are the most useful phrases to learn first?

Tonal Language mā má mǎ mà ma

xie �� ! THANK YOU! www. superchinablog. com

ni ha o! 你好! HELLO! www. superchinablog. com

In Chinese culture when saying xie – �� or ni ha o – 你好! They are often repeated to shown warmhearted enthusiasm and respect. xie xie 谢谢！谢谢！ ni ha o 你好！你好！ www. superchinablog. com

wo bu ya o 我不要 I DON’T WANT THIS www. superchinablog. com

There is another of the Chinese phrases that you might find even more useful, and that is wobuyao – 我不要, which means ‘I don’t want this’. Remember that China is a business and merchant driven culture, and so when in China you will be approached by salesmen and merchants selling everything from heavily spiced things to eat to a statue of the Buddha, and you should be able to refuse a purchase. www. superchinablog. com

wo bu hui chi la 我不会吃辣 I DON’T EAT SPICY www. superchinablog. com

And speaking if heavily spiced dishes, there is another word that you should know – wobuhuichila- 我不会吃辣, ‘I don’t eat spicy (food)’. Remember that China has an extremely varied cuisine, and that while some of their dishes might be acceptable to any palate , there are others that are so spicy that you will find them absolutely unmanageable if you are not used to spicy food. www. superchinablog. com

ZHONGUO HEN HAO 中国很好 CHINA IS VERY NICE www. superchinablog. com

One last phrase – zho ngguo he nha o – 中国 很好, or ‘China is very nice’. The Chinese are an ancient people and extremely proud (as they have every right to be) of their incredible cultural heritage. It is also good manners to begin a new friendship with positive sentiments. www. superchinablog. com

Kate：你好！ Zhongshi：你好！ Kate：你叫什么名字 ？ • • • Zhongshi：我叫中石。 • 你呢？ • Kate：我叫Kate。 ni ha o! (knee how) ni ha o! ni jia o she nme mi ngzi? (knee je-ow shama ming ze) wo jia o Zho ng shi 。 ni ne ? (war je-ow jong shur. knee na) wo jia o Kate.

Speed dating 非诚勿扰 • you will have 20 seconds which each person you talk to • your goal is to have a proper conversation with each person before your time is up • the people with the highest number of complete conversations

Zhongshi ：你姓什么？ Kate：我姓Smith。你 呢？ Zhongshi ：我姓潘。 • ni xi ng she nme? (shing) • wo xi ng Smith. ni ne ? • wo xi ng pa n (parn) Kate：很高兴认识你！ Zhongshi ：我也是。 我要走了。 再见！ • he n ga oxi ng re nshi ni (hun gow shing ren shur knee) • wo ye (yee-air) shi. • wo ya o zo u le. (…ye-ow zoah la) za i jia n! zai jee-en)

Game: social climbing • You need to meet as many people as possible in 5 minutes and remember their names • You can only move on to the next person after you have shown the proper courtesy (completed the dialogue!) • When you have finished, raise your hand find someone else with their hand raised • the person who has met the most people and remembered their names at the end, gets the prize

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