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Introduction to Chinese Language Basics

The document provides an introduction to the Chinese language, highlighting its 5000-year history, standardized name (Mandarin), and its characteristics as a symbolic and tonal language. It discusses initial pronunciation, stroke order in writing, and final pronunciations. The document is authored by Muhammad Haseeb, a certified Chinese language expert.

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Introduction to Chinese Language Basics

The document provides an introduction to the Chinese language, highlighting its 5000-year history, standardized name (Mandarin), and its characteristics as a symbolic and tonal language. It discusses initial pronunciation, stroke order in writing, and final pronunciations. The document is authored by Muhammad Haseeb, a certified Chinese language expert.

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Introduction to Chinese

Language
By
Muhammad Haseeb
MPhil Linguistics
Certified Professional Chinese Language Expert
Certified HSK Level 6
Beijing Language & Culture University China
Hànyǔ
shuǐpíng
kǎoshì
Introduction
• History– 5000 Years

• Famous Language

• Standardized Name-- Mandarin

• Symbolic Language (e.g. 人，火，手，存，厂)

• Tonal Language （easily understandable）

• For instance,

你好吗。 你叫什么名字。
‫‪Initial Pronunciation‬‬

‫پوآ ‪b‬‬ ‫َدء ‪d‬‬ ‫کَع ‪g‬‬ ‫ِچی ‪j‬‬ ‫ِچر ‪zh‬‬

‫پھوآ ‪p‬‬ ‫تَھء ‪t‬‬ ‫کَھع ‪k‬‬ ‫ِچھی ‪q‬‬ ‫ِچھر ‪ch‬‬

‫موآ ‪m‬‬ ‫نَع ‪n‬‬ ‫َحع ‪h‬‬ ‫ِشی ‪x‬‬ ‫ِشر ‪sh‬‬

‫فوآ ‪F‬‬ ‫َلع ‪l‬‬ ‫ِرء ‪r‬‬

‫ََ‬
‫زَ ء ‪z‬‬ ‫ِای ‪y‬‬

‫)‪ (cats‬تَس ‪c‬‬ ‫ٗوو ‪w‬‬

‫َ‬
‫ثء ‪s‬‬
Strokes
• There are Strokes in Chinese Characters while Writing.
• Chinese Language is often written with Stroke order.
• Up to Downwards and Left to Right
Finals Pronunciation
a ‫آ‬ o ٓ‫اٌوا‬ e ‫اء‬

i ‫اِی‬ u ‫اُوو‬ ü (ue) ‫یووء‬


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