CHINESE CHARACTER

WORKBOOK

BEGINNER LEVEL 1
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Lesson 0

Basic Strokes
Chinese characters ( ) are built up from basic strokes, and learning the proper strokes and stroke order in
writing Chinese characters is useful for looking up characters in the dictionary. It will also allow you to write
Chinese characters more efficiently and make your writing look better.

The following are the eight basic strokes in Chinese, which are often used to teach beginners in writing Chinese
characters. All characters are built up from these basic strokes.

Basic
Strokes

Stroke
name in diǎn héng shù piě nà tí hénggōu shùgōu
Chinese
Direction
of stroke


Example



There are more strokes, which are all written with one stroke of the pen (or brush). You will also learn some
more strokes along the way. You can view the complete list or strokes used to write Chinese characters here
on the Arch Chinese website: http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_character_strokes.htm

In this workbook, stroke order guides are placed under each character so that you will learn how to write them
in the correct order and also to learn the make-up of each Chinese character.


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Balance and Symmetry
The key to writing beautiful Chinese characters is balance and symmetry. You have to keep in mind the balance
and proportion of the elements that make up each Chinese character.

Stroke Order Rules
Writing characters in the correct stroke order can also facilitate learning, memorization, and efficient writing of
Chinese characters. Here are some basic stroke order rules:
Writing of Chinese characters usually starts:
1. From top to bottom

Ex.

2. From left to right

Ex.

3. Horizontal before vertical

Ex.

4. Right-to-left diagonals before left-to-right diagonals

Ex.

5. Outside before inside (applies to characters whose enclosing structure is on the upper left
(e.g. ), upper right (e.g. ), or above e.g.

Ex.


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6. Inside before outside applies to characters whose enclosing structure is below (e.g. ), 4
or at the lower left structure of the character (e.g. )

Ex.

7. Inside before bottom enclosing

Ex.

8. Central stroke first before those at the wings

Ex.

9. Strokes that cut through a character go last

Ex.

10. Inside or upper-right dots last

Ex.

Character components
Some Chinese characters are made up of two or more Chinese characters, which are meaningful by themselves
and could also stand on their own. For example, the character for ‘good’ – hǎo is made up of two
components: - nǚ ‘female’ and zì ‘child’. By breaking down complex characters into their components,
students will find it easier to understand these Chinese characters, and speed up their learning and word
recognition skills, while building up their repertoire of Chinese characters.


= +
hǎo nǚ zì
good’ female’ child’

= + +
xiǎng mù mù xīn
‘think’ ‘wood’ ‘eye’ ‘heart’

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Lesson 1

Write the following characters five times each, and fill in the missing information.
pinyin meaning

STROKE ORDER:

pinyin meaning

STROKE ORDER:

pinyin meaning

STROKE ORDER:

pinyin meaning

STROKE ORDER:

pinyin meaning

STROKE ORDER:

pinyin meaning

STROKE ORDER:

pinyin meaning

STROKE ORDER:


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pinyin meaning

STROKE ORDER:

pinyin meaning

STROKE ORDER:

pinyin meaning

STROKE ORDER:

Fill in the missing Chinese characters by using the English translation as your clue.

thirteen sixteen

eleven eighteen

twenty forty

4
thirty-two

eighty-one

Based on the examples above, can you guess how to write the following in Chinese characters?

eleven fifty-five

nineteen twenty-seven


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Chinese Sudoku
Complete this Sudoku puzzle using Chinese characters.

Simple Characters and Chinese Radicals (I)
Radicals are used to systematically categorize Chinese characters. The radical component of a Chinese
character can tell us the semantic category of the Chinese character. For example, the characters chī ‘to eat’
and hē ‘to drink’ have the radical k u which, on its own means ‘mouth’, thus indicating the use of the
mouth in performing the two activities. The character t ‘soil, earth’ is used as a radical in more complex
characters like d ‘ground’, m i ‘bury’, and ch ng ‘field, open space’. We can also see how these
characters are related to the soil or earth.
There are 214 radicals all in all that are used in modern dictionaries. Most of the radicals are characters
that may stand on their own. Learning these radicals and their meaning can help in the recognition and
memorization of Chinese characters, as well as in helping students understand their fundamental meanings.


gōng Compounds
1. work, labor

gōngzuò work
gōngchǎng factory


rén Compounds
2. human, person

kèrén visitor, guest
rénshēng human life

kǒu Compounds
3. mouth, entrance

chūkǒu exit
rùkǒu entrance




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rì Compounds
4. sun

shēngrì birthday
rìqī date

dà Compounds
5. big


dàjiā everyone
dàshǐguǎn embassy

tiān Compounds
6. day, sky

jīntiān today
tiānqì weather

xiǎo Compounds
7. small


xiǎoxīn to be careful
xiǎoshí hour

shān Compounds
8. mountain


páshān to climb a mountain
huǒshān volcano

Practice writing the following characters five times each, and fill in the missing information.
pinyin

pinyin

pinyin

pinyin

pinyin

pinyin


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pinyin

pinyin

Identify the radical components in these characters.
meaning: to eat meaning: early; morning
radical: radical:
chī zǎo

meaning: left meaning: uncle
radical: radical:
zuǒ bó

meaning: mountain ridge meaning: few, less
radical: radical:
lǐng shǎo

Guess the meaning of the following compound words first, then check dictionary if you got it right. Write down
the Pinyin and English translation in the blank provided.


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Lesson 2

REVIEW Write the numbers 1 – 10 in Chinese characters in the boxes below.

REVIEW Fill in the blanks.

1. mouth
2. rì sun
3. big
4. shān
5. xiǎo
6.
7. tiān
8. work


Simple Characters and Chinese Radicals (II)

yuè Compounds
1. moon


yuèbīng mooncake
yuèliàng moonlight


xīn Compounds
2. heart

guānxīn to care or worry
shāngxīn to be heartbroken


zhōng Compounds
3. center, middle


zhōngwǔ noon, midday
zhōngxīn central, heart


nǚ Compounds
4. female


nǚhái girl
nǚshēng woman


zǐ; zi Compounds
5. child; small thing érzi son
bēizi cup



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Practice writing the following characters five times each, and fill in the missing information.
pinyin

pinyin

pinyin

pinyin

pinyin

Some characters change their forms when used as a radical component of another Chinese character.
The character for example becomes when it is on the left side of a character

xiǎng think yì remember, memory

gǎn feel pà to fear

yì idea, thought dǒng understand

Identify the radical components in these characters
meaning: older sister meaning: grandchild
radical: radical
jiě sūn

meaning: forget meaning: period of time

radical: radical
wàng qī

meaning: busy meaning: anger, rage

radical: radical
máng nù


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Pronouns
Fill in the missing information. Then practice writing each character. Don’t forget to look at the correct
order of strokes.

pinyin meaning

pinyin meaning

pinyin meaning

pinyin meaning

pinyin meaning

Traditional form:


Other Words
Fill in the missing information. Then practice writing each character. Don’t forget to follow the correct
order of strokes.

pinyin meaning

pinyin meaning


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pinyin meaning

pinyin meaning

question
particle
Traditional form:


pinyin meaning

Ex. yěxǔ perhaps, probably

pinyin meaning

Ex. yěxǔ perhaps, probably

pinyin meaning

pinyin meaning

Traditional form

pinyin meaning

Traditional form


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pinyin meaning

pinyin meaning

Traditional form

Add a radical to each of the following Chinese characters to change them into other characters:

yě
à tā mǎ à mā
also he/she horse mother

zì à hǎo nǐ à nín
child good you you (polite)

mǎ à ma
horse question particle


Combine the characters that you’ve learned and practiced writing above to form the following common
expressions in Chinese. An example is given below:

1. Hello : 4. You’re welcome: _______________

2. Goodbye _________________ 5. How are you? _________________

3. Thank you: _________________

Do you recognize these characters from your textbook lesson # 1? What do they mean? Learning to recognize
characters, even without learning yet how to write them, is also an important skill to develop.

Chinese Pinyin English


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Lesson 3

REVIEW Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Write your answers in both Chinese
characters and Pinyin.

1. Hello (polite form).

2. How are you?

3. I am fine.

4. Goodbye!

5. Thank you!

REVIEW Identify the radical component in the following groups of Chinese characters. Write what each
radical means and represent how they are pronounced by using Pinyin
1. Ex.
meaning:
fire fán dēng kǎo
radical pinyin: huǒ annoy light roast; bake
2.
1. meaning:
nǎi jiě hūn
radical pinyin: milk older sister marriage
3.
2. meaning:
péng láng wàng
radical pinyin: friend clear, bright to gaze
4.
3. meaning:
sī gǎn hèn
radical pinyin: to think to feel hate
5.
4. meaning:
hái sūn xiào
radical pinyin: child grandchild filial piety
6.
5. meaning:
huǒ yōng rén
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Simple Characters and Chinese Radicals (III)

huǒ Compounds
1. fire


huǒchē train
huǒchái match


shuǐ Compounds
2. water

shuǐpíng level; standard
shuǐguǒ fruit


mù Compounds
3. wood


shùmù tree
mùbān wooden board


tián Compounds
4. field

tiándì farmland
yóutián oil field


lì Compounds
5. power

nǔlì strive, to try hard
nénglì capability, able

Practice writing the following simple characters five times and fill in the missing information.
pinyin Guess the meaning of the

following words, then
check a dictionary if your
guess was correct. Write in
Pinyin and English
pinyin

translation in the blanks.


pinyin

pinyin

pinyin



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Variant forms of radicals.

dēng light rè hot

pào cannon, pēng cook

firecracker
jiǒng brilliance zhào to illumine, shine on

yǒng forever hǎi ocean

gǒng mercury hàn sweat

jiàng thick fluid, bō wave

sauce

Identify the radical components of the characters below.
meaning: tree meaning: stir-fry, sauté
radical: radical:
shù chāo

meaning: boundary; meaning: river
world; society
jiè radical: jiāng radical:

meaning: to cook meaning: branch
radical: radical:
zhǔ gēn

NEW WORDS. Practice writing the following characters.

pinyin meaning

pinyin meaning

Ex. jiàoxǐng to wake somebody up


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pinyin meaning

what

pinyin meaning

question
particle
Traditional form:


pinyin meaning

Ex. míngzì name

pinyin meaning

Ex. Hànzì Chinese character

pinyin meaning

Ex. xìngmíng full name

pinyin meaning

pinyin meaning

Ex. guójiā country trad:


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Supply the missing characters to form words.




1. 2.
what name

4.
3.
full
China
name

Write the following sentences in Chinese characters then translate the sentences into English.

1. Nǐ hǎo ma? ________________________________________________________

2. Wǒ hěn hǎo. ________________________________________________________

3. Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi? ________________________________________________________

4. Tā shì nǎ guó rén? ________________________________________________________

5. Wǒ bú shì Zhōngguórén.________________________________________________________

Find out how to write

PHILIPPINES
in Chinese characters

WRITING EXERCISE
Write a short paragraph introducing yourself using what was learned in class. Make use of the that you
have learned so far.


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Lesson 4

REVIEW Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Write your answers in both Chinese
characters and Pinyin.
1. What is your name?

2. My name is Xiao Yue (Little Moon).

3. He is Chinese.

4. My surname is Zhongtian (Middle field).

5. What is your nationality?

REVIEW Identify the radical component in the following groups of Chinese characters. Write what each
radical means and represent how they are pronounced by using Pinyin.

meaning:
Ex. female
nǎi jiě hūn
radical pinyin: nǚ milk older sister marriage

1. meaning:
sh o jiě zhǔ
radical pinyin: to steam older sister to cook

2. meaning:
hǎi zhī xǐ
radical pinyin: sea juice to wash

3. meaning:

zhuō lín lí
radical pinyin: table forest plum

4. meaning:

zhù dòng jiā
radical pinyin: help move add, plus


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Simple Characters and Chinese Radicals (IV)

jīn Compounds
1. gold

xiànjīn cash
jiǎngjīn cash award


tú Compounds
2. soil, earth, ground


túdì land, territory
túdòu potato



Traditional Compounds
mén
3. door


kāi mén open the door
guān mén close the door


shǒu Compounds
4. hand


shǒujī cellphone
fēnshǒu to split up/ break up

Practice writing the following simple characters five times and fill in the missing information
pinyin


pinyin


pinyin


pinyin


Some of the characters above sometimes change their form when used as a radical component in more
complex Chinese characters. Identify what forms they take based on the characters that have them as their
radical component.


1.
variant form
qián
money
zhēn
needle
yín
silver



2.
variant form
dǎ
hit
zhuā
catch, grab
diào
fall, drop, lose


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NEW WORDS
Practice writing the following words in the box provided below. Follow the stroke order indicated below.

pinyin meaning

pinyin meaning

traditional:

pinyin meaning

Ex. xuéxí study trad:

pinyin meaning

Ex. shēngmìng life

pinyin meaning

Ex. tóngyì agree

pinyin meaning

Ex. péngyǒu friend

pinyin meaning

Ex. yǒuhǎo friendly, amicable


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pinyin meaning

Ex. Hànzì Chinese character trad

pinyin meaning

Ex. Yīngyǔ English language

trad:

pinyin meaning

Traditional form:


pinyin meaning

Write the following words by combining characters that we have already learned.

1. classmate _______________ 5. human life _______________

2. birthday _______________ 6. same day _______________

3. student _______________ 7. Chinese character _____________

4. China _______________ 8. national language _____________

Write the following in Chinese characters then translate into English or Filipino.

1. Tāmen shì wǒ de tóngxué.

2. Zhè shì wǒ de hǎo péngyǒu.

3. Nǐmen shì bú shì xuéshēng?

4. Nǐ de tóngxué shì nǎ guó rén?

5. Tā shì shéi?

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Lesson 5

REVIEW Translate the following into Chinese. Write your answers in
1. What is your name?

2. Who is he?

3. What is this?

4. That is not mine.

5. My friend’s Chinese is very good.

Simple Characters and Chinese Radicals (V)

mù Compounds
1. eye

jiémù program
mùdì aim, purpose


ěr Compounds
2. ear

ěrduo ear
ěrhuán earrings


yán Compounds
3. speech yǔyán language
liúyán leave a message


zǒu Compounds
4. walk zǒulù walk
zǒukāi get out of the way


ér Compounds
5. child

érzì son
nǚér daughter



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Practice writing the following simple characters five times and fill in the missing information
pinyin


pinyin


pinyin


pinyin


pinyin


Some of the characters sometimes change their form when used as a radical component in more complex
Chinese characters. Identify what forms they take based on the characters that have them as their radical
component. Then give your own example in the last box.



1. ji j zh ng
variant form speak record, memorize certificate


Identify the radical components of the characters below.
meaning: speak, say meaning: chat
radical: radical:
shuō liáo

meaning: rise, get up meaning: sleep
radical: radical:
qǐ shuì

meaning: older brother meaning: look, see
radical: radical:
xiōng kàn


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NEW WORDS.
Practice writing the following words in the box provided below. Follow the stroke order indicated below.

pinyin meaning

Ex. yǒumíng famous

pinyin meaning

pinyin meaning

Ex. suìshu age; years trad

pinyin meaning

trad

pinyin meaning

pinyin meaning

pinyin meaning

Ex. jiātíng household


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pinyin meaning

Ex. xiàozháng principal

pinyin meaning

trad _

pinyin meaning

trad

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. shūjià bookshelf

pinyin meaning

Ex. běndìrén native/local person

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. qiānbǐ pencil

pinyin meaning

Ex. zhīchí to support


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pinyin meaning

Ex. gǒupì literally: dog’s butt

slang: bullshit

pinyin meaning

Ex. zhǐdé must; to be obliged to

pinyin meaning

Ex. héhǎo to become reconciled

Write the following sentences into then translate each one into English or Filipino.
1. Tā de nǚ’ér sì suì le.

2. Wǒ yǒu liǎng běn shū.

3. Tā yǒu méiyǒu nǚ’ér?

4. Nǐ méiyǒu bǐ ma?

5. Nǐ érzì duō dà le?

6. Nǐ de péngyǒu jǐ suì?

7. Nǐ yǒu jǐ ge tóngxué?

8. Wǒmen jiā yǒu sān zhī gǒu hé yì zhī māo.


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Lesson 6

REVIEW. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Write your answers in .

1. How many people are there in your family?

2. Do you have a pen?

3. I do not have a daughter.

4. My mother is fifty-nine years old.

5. How many cats do you have?

REVIEW. Fill in the proper radical component to come up with the correct that matches the meaning
given. You may choose from the box below, but keep in mind that their forms may vary when used as a radical
component. You may use a dictionary to help you answer the exercises below. Write the Pinyin below each
character.

1. 2.

word, speech,
stumble à lyrics
à

3. 4.

blind à bite nip à

5. 6.

fry à river à




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NEW WORDS. Practice writing the following Chinese characters. Follow the indicated stroke order.

pinyin meaning

TRAD.

pinyin meaning

pinyin meaning

TRAD. Ex. xǐhuān like

pinyin meaning

Ex. zuòmèng to dream

pinyin meaning

TRAD.

pinyin meaning

Ex. hǎokàn good-looking

pinyin meaning

TRAD. Ex. tīngjiàn like

pinyin meaning

TRAD. Ex. xiězuò to write compositions


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pinyin meaning

TRAD. Ex. dúzhě reader

pinyin meaning

Ex. chīfàn eat

pinyin meaning

Ex. hēzuì to get drunk

pinyin meaning

TRAD. Ex. mǐfàn rice

pinyin meaning

Ex. càidān menu

pinyin meaning

Ex. lǜchá green tea

pinyin meaning

Ex. zěnme how


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pinyin meaning

TRAD. Ex. kùnnan difficult

pinyin meaning

Ex. 1 yìxiē some

Fill in the blanks to form words equivalent to the given translations.
1. 2.
to like to cook

3. 4.


to eat to read / study

5. 6.
to write drink tea

7. 8.
how

see

Write the Pinyin representation of the following words and write their meaning in English.

Write the following sentences in Chinese characters then translate into English or Filipino.
1. Nǐ xǐhuān zuò shénme?

2. Wǒ huì shuō Hànyǔ.

3. Zhè ge Zhōngguó cài hěn hǎo chī.

4. Nà ge Hànzì zěnme dǔ?

5. Tā bù xǐhuān hē chá

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Lesson 7

REVIEW. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Write your answers in .

1. Can you speak in Mandarin?

2. How do you write this Chinese character?

3. My mother and father like drinking tea.

4. Does your boyfriend like reading books?

5. These dishes are very delicious!

NEW WORDS.
Practice writing the following words in the box provided below. Follow the stroke order indicated below.

pinyin meaning

Ex. rújīn nowadays

pinyin meaning

Ex. cōngmíng smart

pinyin meaning

Ex. zuówǎn last night


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pinyin meaning

Ex. xīnnián new year

pinyin meaning

Ex. míngxīng celebrity

pinyin meaning

Ex. xuéqī school term, semester

pinyin meaning

TRAD. Ex. hàomǎ number

pinyin meaning

Ex. zǎochén (early) morning

pinyin meaning

Ex. wǔxiū noon / lunch break

pinyin meaning

Ex. wǎnhuì evening party


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pinyin meaning

Ex. 5 shàngkè to go/hold class

pinyin meaning

Ex. 6 xiàkè to finish/get off class

pinyin meaning

TRAD. Ex. qǐngkè treat

(manlibre)

pinyin meaning

TRAD. Ex. wèntí question

pinyin meaning

pinyin meaning

TRAD.

pinyin meaning


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pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. kèběn

textbook


pinyin meaning

PRACTICE
Fill in the table with the days of the week. Write your answers in . The first one has been done for you.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

1

Fill in the blanks to form words equivalent to the given translations.
1. 2.


5 morning 6 afternoon

3. 4.



evening this year

5. 6.
next year

last year




7.

go back home 8.
September

Write the following in Chinese characters then translate each into English or Filipino.
1. Nǐ de shēngrì jǐ yuè jǐ hào?

2. Qǐng wèn jīntiān xīngqi jǐ?

3. Wǒ hé māma sì yuè qù Zhōngguó.


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5. Nǐ xīngqi rì xiàwǔ zuò shénme?

6. Lǎoshi qù nǎr?

7. Nǐmen míngtiān wǎnshàng lái wǒ de jiā chīfàn.

WRITING PRACTICE Write about the things that you do in a regular week. Write in . Minimum of five (5)
sentences. Below your account, write the English/Filipino translation (so that I can check if what you wrote in
Chinese matches what you were thinking in your own language). Limit your writing to the sentence patterns
that we have learned so far.


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Lesson 8

REVIEW. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Write your answers in .

1. What are you doing on Saturday night?

2. I am going to school tomorrow morning to read book.

3. Where did your older sister go this afternoon?

4. Mother’s birthday is on August 17, 1953.

5. We have Chinese class on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

NEW WORDS.
Practice writing the following words in the box provided below. Follow the stroke order indicated below.

pinyin meaning

Ex. xiǎngniàn miss, long for

pinyin meaning

Ex. yāoqiú request

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. mǎidān bill

pinyin meaning

Ex. hěn duō a lot


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pinyin meaning

Ex. jiǎnshǎo reduce, lessen

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. qiánbāo wallet

pinyin meaning

Ex. 1 yíkuài one piece, one (money)

pinyin meaning

Ex. Yuándàn New Year’s Day

pinyin meaning

Ex. máobǐ writing brush

pinyin meaning

Ex. 4 sānjiǎoxíng triangle

pinyin meaning

Ex. bǎifēn zhī bǎi 100%

pinyin meaning

Ex. 3 qiānwàn ten million; be sure to


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pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. 3 wànnéng all-powerful; all-purpose

pinyin meaning

Ex. gòngchǎn communist

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. 8 dōngnányā Southeast Asia

pinyin meaning

Ex. 8 dōngxi thing, object

pinyin meaning

Ex. mǐjiǔ rice wine

pinyin meaning

Ex. shāobāo steamed bun

pinyin meaning

Ex. gānbēi drink a toast, Cheers!

pinyin meaning

Ex. jiǔdiàn wine shop, hotel


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pinyin meaning

Ex. shāngpín commodity, goods

PRACTICE
Fill in the blanks to form words equivalent to the given translations.
1. 2.
how many object, thing

3. 4.



store wallet

5. 6.
rice cup




7.

siopao 8.
1 total

Write the following numbers in Chinese characters and Pinyin.

a. 745

b. 801

c. 3260

d. 29 912

e.

Write the following in then write what they mean in English.

1. Tā zuǒtiān mǎi hěn duō dōngxi.

2. Nǐ yǒu méiyǒu yì bái kuài?

3. Zhè ge duōshǎo qián?


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4. Nà ge shāngdiàn de bāozi hěn hǎochī.

5. Wǒ xiǎng mǎi liǎng ge bēizi.

6. Xuéshēngmen dōu yào huí jiā le.

7. Nǐ xiǎng hē shénme?

8. Wǒ míngtiān zǎoshàng yào qù péngyǒu de jiā.

Fill in the blanks to complete the sentences. Write the Pinyin below each character.
1. How much is a cup of coffee?
1 0
yì kā fēi duō

2. What would you like to buy?
0
nǐ mǎi

3. How much is this book

0
zhè shū duō shǎo

4. Two buns are 24 bucks in total

1
ge zi yí gòng

5. Do you like Chinese food or Japanese food?
0
Zhōng guó shì cài











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Lesson 9 - 10

REVIEW. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Write your answers in .

1. How much is that cup?

2. She would like to eat a bun and drink a cup of tea.

3. These three books cost 754.25 bucks in total.

4. I will go to the store to buy some stuff tomorrow.

5. We don’t have a million bucks.

NEW WORDS. Practice writing the following words in the box provided below. Follow the stroke order
indicated below

pinyin meaning

pinyin meaning

Ex. 6 zuòxià sit down

pinyin meaning

Ex. nénggòu to be capable of


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pinyin meaning

Ex. gōngzuò work

pinyin meaning

Ex. gōngyuán park

pinyin meaning

Ex. sījī driver

pinyin meaning

trad. Ex. yīsheng doctor

pinyin meaning

Ex. yǐngyuàn movie theater

pinyin meaning

Ex. 5 shàngkè to go/hold class

pinyin meaning

Ex. 6 xiàkè to finish/get off class

pinyin meaning

Ex. lǐmiàn inside

trad.


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pinyin meaning

Ex. wàiguó abroad, foreign

pinyin meaning

Ex. qiánmiàn front

pinyin meaning

Trad.
Ex. hòumiàn behind

pinyin meaning

Ex. miàntiáo noodles

pinyin meaning

Ex. zuǒshǒu left hand

pinyin meaning

Ex. yòuzhuǎn turn right

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. lùbiān roadside


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pinyin meaning

Ex. zhuōzi table

pinyin meaning

Ex. yǐzi chair

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. diànyǐng movie

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. nǎodài head, brains

Fill in the blanks (write in ). Use the English translation as your clue. Then write the sentences in Pinyin.

(The pen is on top of the desk.)
Pinyin:



(The dog is inside the house.)

Pinyin:








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(Mr. Zhang went abroad.)

Pinyin:




(She works in a store.)

Pinyin:

(Little brother went to the hospital to see the doctor.)

Pinyin:


Write the following in then translate into English or Filipino.
1. Wǒ néng zuò zài hòumian ma?

2. Tā de érzì zài yīyuān gōngzuò.

3. Wǒ huí jiā le.

4. Nǐ zài nǎr xuéxí?

5. Nǐ qù nǎr?

6. Tā méiyǒu gōngzuò.

7. Wǒmen gōngsī qiánmiàn yǒu yí ge shāngdiàn.

8. Lǐmiàn yǒu méiyǒu rén?


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Lesson 11

REVIEW. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Write your answers in .

1. Can I sit here?

2. Is there a person outside?

3. Where is the hospital?

4. The person in front is our teacher.

5. There are a lot of books on top of the table.

6. He works in the store behind the bookstore.

NEW WORDS. Practice writing the following words in the box provided below. Follow the stroke order
indicated below.

pinyin meaning

Trad Ex. xiànzài now

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. diǎnxīn snack

pinyin meaning

Ex. fēnshǒu split / break up


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pinyin meaning

Ex. lìkè immediately, at once

pinyin meaning

Ex. 1 yíbàn one half

pinyin meaning

Trad Ex. shíjiān time

pinyin meaning

Ex. shíhòu time

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. hòumiàn before, in the past

pinyin meaning

Ex. shòudào receive, get, obtain

pinyin meaning

Ex. zhùyuàn to be hospitalized

pinyin meaning

Ex. qǐfēi take off (aircraft)


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pinyin meaning

Ex. shuìhuílóngjiào
to go back to sleep (instead of rising
up in the morning); sleep in

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. wǔjiào afternoon nap

pinyin meaning

Ex. qǐchuáng get up from bed

pinyin meaning

Ex. diànyǐng movie

Write the time in

_______________________ _______________________ _______________________




4:20 PM 7:35 AM 11:50 PM

_______________________ _______________________ _______________________



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Write the Pinyin and meaning of the following words.

_______________________ _______________________

_______________________ _______________________

_______________________ 5 _______________________

1 _______________________ 6 _______________________

_______________________ 1 __________________________

_______________________ _______________________

Write the following in then translate into English or Filipino.
1. Qǐng wèn, xiànzài jǐ diǎn?


2. Nǐ jǐ diǎn shuìjiào?


3. Nǐ zhōngwǔ jǐdiǎn chīfàn?


4. Tāmen yào zài Běijīng zhù wǔ tiān.


5. Wǒ néng bù néng xiàwǔ wǔ diǎn qián huíjiā?


6. Nǐmen shénme shíhòu qù kàn diànyǐng?


7. Wǒmen wǎnshàng liù diǎn yí kè yìqǐ chīfàn.


8. Wǒmen cóng shíyī diǎn bàn dào yī diǎn shàng Hànyǔ kè.







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Lesson 12

REVIEW. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Write your answers in .

1. What time is it now?

2. The movie is from 7:50 until 9:30.

3. We met yesterday at 5:00 in the afternoon.

4. When did you go to China together with your friends?

5. It’s already 11:45PM, I want to go to sleep.

6. I woke up at 6:00 in the morning. I went to school to attend class at 8:30AM.

NEW WORDS. Practice writing the following words in the box provided below. Follow the stroke order
indicated below.

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. tiānqi weather

pinyin meaning

Ex. zěnme how

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. 1 yíyàng same, alike


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pinyin meaning

Ex. tàitai wife; Mrs.

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. rènào lively

pinyin meaning

Ex. lěngyǐn cold beverage

pinyin meaning

Ex. yǔyī raincoat

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. àiqíng love (romantic)

pinyin meaning

Ex. shēncái stature, figure

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. zhěngtǐ whole


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pinyin meaning

Ex. 1 yìxiē some

pinyin meaning

Ex. guǒzhī fruit juice

Fill in the blanks to form words.

1. weather 2. to rain 3. cold water

4. fruit 5. heavy rain 6. body

7. cute 6. lover, spouse 7. fall in love

Write the following sentences in then translate into English or Filipino.
1. Míngtiān de tiānqi zěnmeyàng?

2. Jīntiān tài rè le! Wǒ bù xiǎng qù wàimiàn.

3. Qǐng gěi wǒ yì bēi rè shuǐ.

4. Tā shuō tā zhè ge xīngqiwǔ bú huì lái shàngkè.

5. Nǐ māma de shēntǐ zěnmèyàng??

6. Yīshēng shuō nǐ yào duō chī xiē shuǐguǒ, yě yào duō hē shuǐ.

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Lesson 13 – 14

REVIEW. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Write your answers in .

1. Will it rain tomorrow?

2. How was the movie?

3. Your dog is too cute!

4. I am not fond of (don’t love) drinking tea.

5. Read more books.

NEW WORDS.
Practice writing the following words in the box provided below. Follow the stroke order indicated below.

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. sònggěi to give as

present

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. shuōhuà talk, speak

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. shìpín video

pinyin meaning

Ex. dǎqiú play ball


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pinyin meaning

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. kāi mén open the/a door

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. tíngchǎng parking lot

pinyin meaning

Ex. piāoliú drift, float

pinyin meaning

Ex. tiānliàng daybreak

pinyin meaning

Ex. nèiyī underwear

pinyin meaning

Ex. fúwù service, to serve

pinyin meaning

Ex. tiáojiàn condition, term, requirement


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pinyin meaning

Ex. dàdōu mostly,

on the whole


pinyin meaning

Ex. gēnzhe follow

Fill in the blanks to form words
1. television 2. telephone 3. talk

4. work part time 5. open the door 6. raincoat

7. clothes 8. outer clothing 9. drive a car



Write the Pinyin of the following sentences and then translate each into English or Filipino.
1. 0

2.

3. . 7

4.

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Write the following in Chinese characters, then translate into English or Filipino.
1. Zhè jiàn yīfu tài piàoliang le!

2. Nǐ jīntiān wǎnshàng zuò le shénme cài?

3. Wǒmen zài xué Hànyǔ.

4. Nǐ huíjiā hòu néng gěi wǒ dǎ diànhuà ma?

5. Tā shénme shíhòu mǎi le zhètái shǒujī?

6. Nǐ jīntiān hē le bùshǎo kāfēi, bú yào hē le ba!

Fill in the blanks based on the English translation given.

1. All of these clothes are very beautiful. I don’t know which ones to buy!

______ _______ ______

2. He will come back after 30 minutes.

4 ______ ______

3. I saw Ms. Zhang at the bookstore.

______ ______

4. The children all like eating apples.

______ ______ ______

5. They are playing ball outside the house

______ ______ ______

6. I am not surfing the Net, I am doing my homework.

______ ______ . ______ ______

7. Would you like to drink a bit of tea?

______ _________ 0


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Lesson 15

REVIEW. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Write your answers in .

1. Your mom called you (on the phone) this afternoon.

2. That dress is so pretty!

3. I want to learn how to drive a car.

4. Mr. Zhang will come back after twenty minutes.

5. Mom went to the store to buy a bit of/some fruits.

NEW WORDS. Practice writing the following words in the box provided below. Follow the stroke order
indicated below.

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. earnest

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. to know;

recognize

pinyin meaning

Ex. exit

pinyin meaning

Ex. rent (for house;

condo; apartment


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pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. to take off (for aircraft)

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. cellphone

pinyin meaning

Ex. senior high

pinyin meaning

Trad. Ex. interest

Fill in the blanks to form words equivalent to the given translations.
1. 2.


to know
(someone)
airplane

3. 4.


to rent out happy

5. 6.
to drive (a car) cellphone

7.

taxi

Fill in the blanks with the correct words based on the English translations given for each number.

1. ___________ . ___________
We met in 2008; she was my college classmate.

2. ___________ ___________ 0
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I also want to go back to the hotel; let’s ride a taxi together.

4. ___________ ___________
I am very pleased to meet you.

5. ___________ ___________ 5_________________

(I) heard (that) Mr. Zhang rode an airplane (to come) here last night.

Identify the following places or objects in the pictures.

1a