Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Radical Lesson 2: "Body Radicals"--人(亻), 女, 心 (忄), 口, 言 (讠), 肉(月), 手(扌), 足


Course: Chinese 1            Unit: Radicals          Date: Wednesday, 10/29/2014 
Lesson 2:  "Body Radicals" 
                        -- 人(亻), ,   (),  , 言 (讠), (),  手(扌,

Link to PowerPoint
HW1: Finish characters practice sheet 

HW2: Make 8 radical cards with radicals, Pinyin, meaning and character examples in them.
Please make a correction on your HANDOUT on Pinyin of “言” its "yán" , not "huo"




HW3: Make flashcard for those Words
*How to ask and answer question about name?
A你 叫 什 么 名 字                                           B: 我 叫
                jiào  shén me míng                                      jiào… 
            You called what         name                                                     I’m   called…

*The Wu Xing, ( wŭ xíng) also known as the Five ElementsFive Phases, the Five Agents, the Five MovementsFive Processes, and the Five Steps/Stages, is a fivefold conceptual scheme that many traditional Chinese fields used to explain a wide array of phenomena.



Friday, October 24, 2014

Review Sheet for Monday’s Test

*MW= measure word      QW= question word

Review Guide
1.    You must be able to recall English meaning upon seeing ALL those characters.
2.    You must be able to show the characters and stroke order of highlighted characters given the English meaning
(,石, 米, 雨,衣, 玉, 哭,只,两 ).Copy and Paste characters to this link to check stroke orders
3.    You should be able to “spell” ALL of these Pinyin when it is read to you (with correct tone marks).

4.    Review all singles syllables refer to the syllable tablesread them each at least twice.

Monday, October 20, 2014

zh, ch, sh, r, z, c, s Syllables

Course: Chinese 1     Unit: Pinyin Syllable 1     
Date: Monday, 10/20/2014 
Lesson: Single-final syllables with zh,ch,sh,r,z,c,s

Link to PowerPoint

HW1: Go to shilaoshichinese.blogspot.com, record the following syllables (from zha to su in 1st tones) AND Line 1 and Line 2 (you can sent me 2 recordings if you feel recording them in one is too long)

zh
ch
sh
r
z
c
s

a
zha
cha
sha

za
ca
sa

o








e
zhe
che
she
re
ze
ce
se

i
zhi
chi
shi
ri
zi
ci
si

u
zhu
chu
shu
ru
zu
cu
su

ü








Line 1

zǐ yuē: zhī zhī wéi zhī zhī,  bù zhī wéi bù zhī ,  shì zhī yě.
子曰: 知   ,        ,     .

Line 2

  shí   zhī  shí  shī  zi.
四 十             子。
*underlined syllables are also how their initials (consonants) are pronounced: zh (zhi), ch (chi),
sh (shi), r (ri), z (zi), c(ci), s (si).


HW2: Make flashcards for these characters.
哭 kū: cry              chē: car    
chī: eat                      shé:snake
shí:  stone; rock        狮子shī zi :  lion        
zhū : pig                    gǒu : dog                    

māo : cat                  意思yì si : meaning

*"知 ,  也."(Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, that is learning) is a line in Analects or Lunyu (論語,simp论语,  meaning collection of sayings), one single most important text in Chinese civilization.
Link to Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony
                              A page from the Analects

       It is the collection of sayings and ideas attributed to the Chinese philosopher Confucius and his contemporaries, traditionally believed to have been written by Confucius' followers. It is believed to have been written during the Warring States period (475 BC–221 BC), and it achieved its final form during the mid-Han dynasty (206 BC–220 AD).