Name : Al Hussain Tanwir

Roll no : BDSM-F21-007
Section :7A
Teacher: Mr Abdul Waheed
Course: Foreign Language (Chinese)
Assignment 2
 The Three C’s
 Chance
 Choice
 Change

The Triple S
 Keep Silence
 Take the class serious
 Success

Chinese Words

Words Meaning Pronounciation

You good
Hello

Ni Hao Ma ? -------------------->>>>>>>>How Are You? ----------------------------->>>>

Ni Hao. ------------------------------->>>>>>>>Hello

Mim Paye La ------------------->>>>>>>>>>>I understand

Kaoou --------------------->>>>>>>>>>>>>>Dog

Maoo ----------------------->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Cat

Family /caste Given

Name

Zhuang cai you ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.>>>>>>Chuand cai yo

 Pachisthan------------------------------>>>>>Pakistan
Chonchua----------------------------->>>>>>China
Maicua------------------------------->>>>>>America
Thingly ---------------------------->>>>>>Listening
Onceuey------------------------->>>>>>Zindabad
Baba--------------------------->>>>>PAPA
Mama------------------------->>>>MAMA
Shuveshung ---------------------->>>>>Student
Khouevi ------------------------->>>>>Speaking

Zhong wen ---------------------->>>>> Chinese Language

No Z sound zh becomes ch.wen means language.

Ni Baba how ma ? ----------------------->>>>>>how is your father ?

Ni Jiao Shinme / mingzi ? ----------->>>>What are you called / by what name are you called ?-->>> Ni chao
shama minz

Wo jiao Maliang ------------->>>>>> My name is Waheed

Shay Shay -------------------->>>>>>Thank you

Zaijian ------------------------>>>>>>> Khuda Hafiz------------------------->>>>>>>>>Zaichian

Say Again

Zai Show ------------------->>>>>>>> Speak Again ------------------------>>>>>>>>>Zai Chua

Shoungdi / Shoungti --------------->>>>>> Bhai

How shoa shi Chong wen --------------->>>>>>Learn Good Chinese

Ni ---------->>>>>You
Puhow --------->>>>>Not good, Thumb down
How ---------->>>>>>Good
Ni how -------->>>>>> Hello

Signs/Tones in Chinese
Straight
Rising
Falling Rising

Falling

Ma ------------>>>>>> Mother

Ma ------------>>>>> Horse

QINQ ---------->>>>>> Easy,light,cheap

Qi ----------->>>>>> Ride

A ‫آ‬ L ‫ل‬ W ‫ و‬,wow

B ‫پ‬ M ‫م‬ X ‫ش‬
C ‫ث‬ N ‫ن‬ Y ‫ای‬، Aee
D ‫ت‬ O ‫عو‬ Z ‫چے‬
E ‫عع‬ P ‫پھ‬
F ‫ف‬ Q ‫چھے‬
G ‫ک‬ R ‫ر‬
H ‫خ‬ S ‫س‬
I E T ‫تھ‬
J ‫چ‬ U Wo,‫و‬
K ‫کھا‬ V ‫یوئ‬
 o Each word of Chinese has got two parts. Initial ( which is also known as
prefix) and Final ( which is also known as postfix or sufex).
o
Before any vowel letters are initial like sh/ang.
o
If there is a vowel ,there is a sound having some word (meaning).
o
No vowel means having no sound and no meaning.
o
Semi vowels, y/I ,w/u.

o Words cannot be made without vowels.

o Consonants are dependent on vowels while vowels are independent.

o Consonents and semi vowels are initials in Chinese.

o B is called initial  as Chinese starst from B.

XIEXIE (Thanks) -------->>>>> we reply in return Bukeqi (Welcome)-sound(POOKACHI).

Duibuqi (Sorry)----->>>>>> we reply in return Meiguanxi (its okay)—(Mayquinchi).

Zài jiàn------->>>>>>>(Goodbye).
Countries Names:

o Pakistan----->>>>>>Bājīsītǎn
o Palestine--->>>>>Bālèsītǎn
o India----->>>>>Yìndù
o China-->>>Zhōngguó

Phonetic Letters with vowels:

Bo he
Po ji
Mo qi
Fo xi
De zi xi
Te ci wu
Ne si
Le
Ge (PV SOUND)
Ke

Sound of i changes in these cases.

Zhi (chur) sound , Ji (chi) sound .

Retroflex final creating R sound at final.

98% i = e
2% = 1% RF,1%PV
For elder “you” we use :
Nin (You)
Nin hao ma ?(How are you?)
Wo hen hao(I am very good. )-------->>>Wo khun khao.

Woain(I love you) ------>>>>>>Woaini

Wo ai mama (Mama loves me.)
Baba ai wo ma ? ( Does father loves me ?)

Wo ------------- Me ------------First Person

Ni ------------- You ------------Second Person
Ta ------------- he, she, they, it ,them ------------ Third Person

Baba bu ai wo ma ? (Does father not love me ?)

Wo Bu Hao . (I am not good.)
Ta Hen Hao. (He/She is good.)
Ni Baba Hen Hao. (His father is good.)
Ni Shuveshan Hao. (My students are good.)

Word “Men” makes nouns, pronouns plural.

Wo men ------all, Tum sab,
Ni men -------- you all , wo sab
Ta men -------- They all

Wo men baba ( Hum sabke baba).

Ni men mama (ap sab ki mama.)
Ta men laoshi (Un sabke teacher.)

Different Sounds makes different words, signs and meaning.

Wo ai mama ma ?
Now (abb) ‫آب‬
Now (ab) ‫اب‬

Xiong mao ---->>>> Panda

Xiong mao -->>>> Chest Hair

Tongue Twister:

Mama ----- >>>> mama

Qi Ma ---->>>> chi maya

Ma Man --->>>> ma aah mah

Mama ma ma ---->>>> mama maa ma ah

Rules for tones:

 One word one tone
 Tone on vowel letter.
 More than one vowel in word then put tone on vowel sequence.
 When tone in on I then no dot on it i.
 Identitcal pair letter words .
Ma ma
Xie xie
Ba ba First part will have tone on it.
  Two exceptions .

Liu ------->>>>Leo--->>>> Tone will be put on dominant sound word.

Xiong ------->>>>> Shiong---->>>>> so tone on “O”.

 Don’t follow vowel order in iu,io.

In words like Biao we put tone on vowel which is in Chinese vowel order. Like here
we put tone on a as a comes before a in vowel order so we put tone on it.

Tone:
 One word one tone.
 Tone on vowel letter
 More than one vowel in word then put tone on vowel sequence.

Tonal Graph:
Definition of Tone:
 Phonetic sign in Chinese is tone.

Types of Tones: GV Characteristics

 Straight Tone -------- 55 1st tone, ma (Mom) straight
 Rising Tone ----------- 35 2nd tone, ma (Fiber) slow rise
 Falling and rising tone ---- 214 3rd tone, ma (Horse) Fall & rise
 Falling tone ------------ 51 4th tone, ma(Curse)Sudden Fall
 Neautral ------------ 0 5th tone,ma? Question Mark

Pin yin

Spell sound

 Initials/Consonents -----> 21
 Semi Vowels ----->2
 Vowels/Finals ----->36
 Tones -----> 4
 Simple Finals -----> 6

Shi ----->10
 Chinese Phonetic Table

No of elements to remember in each column is 64433432.

Calculating their values accordingly we get :

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

6 + 4o +4e+ 3e + 3i + 4i + 3i + 2iu = 29

Number of letters
Person Table
 Counting (Shuzi)

11 = Shi Yi (10+1)
12 = shi er (10+2)
20 = Er shi (2x10)
21 = Er shi yi(2x10 +1)
90 = Jiu Shi (9x10)
99 = Jiu Shi Jiu (9x10+9)
 Hints in how to apply tones on the counting :
 1,3,7,8 = “-“
 0,10 = “/”
 5,9 = “ “
 2,4,6 = “\”

Months

 Countings comes first in months and then comes yue ..Yue means months.
 Week days

 Counting comes after Xingqi.

Years

 2023 = èr líng èr sān nián

 2024 = èr líng èr sì nián
 Nián means year in Chinese.

Dates

 10th = shí hào

 11th = shí yī hào
 12th = shí èr hào
 Hào means date.
 Greetings/ Pleasantaries/Basic useful expressions.

 Early Morning = zǎo shàng hǎo

 Good Morning = shàng wǔ hǎo

 Good Noon = zhōng wǔ hǎo

 Good Afternoon = xià wǔ hǎo

 Good Evening = wǎn shàng hǎo

 Good Night = wǎn ān

Time part 1
Time part 2
 Names of Animals

 Dog: gǒu
 Cat: māo
 Horse: mǎ
 Bird: niǎo
 Fish: yú