Chinese for Kids (Beginner Level) eChineseLearning provides a huge number of kids' Chinese language resources eChineseLearning for your kids to learn Chinese. These Chinese materials for kids are edited by eChineseLearning's eChineseLear ning's professional Chinese teaching sta! and specially designed for kids to learn Chinese. "e oer a variety of interesting! kid#friendly kid#friendly topics $hich enable kids to Chinese eective $ith fun% Best of all! these Chinese materials for kids are totally &%
(xiǎo bái chuán) The Small White Ship Ln ln de ti*nk+ng y,nh- l! 蓝
蓝的
天空
银河 里，
/n the blue sky of the gala0y! 12u 3h4 0i5o bi chun. 有 只
小 白 船。
There is a small $hite ship. Chun sh6ng y2u k7 gu8hu* sh9! 船
上
有 棵 桂花 树，
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There $as a lapdog! :h6n 36i d6 m-nk2u! 站
在 大 门口，
"ho stood at the gate! 15n;ing h7i y
黑 油油，
=is eyes $ere black! >i5ng ch4 r?u g@tou. 想
吃 肉 骨头。
And he $anted to eat the bone.
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There $as a lapdog! ...
(y!ye "#i "$ % yu#b&ng) 'anpa a*e+ oon ,a*e -o e 爷爷为我打月饼(y-ye $i $2 d5 yubng) Drandpa Eakes Eoon Cake for Ee
B* yu sh, $F yu -r m,ng ya! 八 月 ! 月 " # $，
The moon is bright during Eid#Autumn &estival! 1-ye $i $2 d5 yubng ya. 爷爷 为 % & 月饼 $。
Drandpa makes moon cake for me. 1ubng yunyun tin y?u 0i*ng *! ... 月饼
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(+ān zhī xi%o zh0 e g1 +hì) A +toy about thee pig+ ,只小-的./(s*n
3h4 0iUo 3h[ de g9 sh8) A story about three pigs P. C
有 , 只 小- 23 妈妈，要 4 过 56 的
78。
Long time ago! three pigs decided to leave their moms to live independently. R. :h[ lUod6 y?ng ...
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Listen to the tongue t$ister.
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有
: 篮篮，
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有
: 篮篮，
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;
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A plate is in the basket. ]npn f6ng 3he $Un$Un! 盘盘 = ...
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&ive si0 seven eight nine ten! Vh, ...
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5C D 在
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/ $alk alone on the country road! "2 b5 g*odi5n d6i gi $6ip< chng y8 chng. 一 ... % H IJ 带 给 FK
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/m a big rooster!
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OP，
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花R。
And bright#colored clothes. :hy6o $\ $+ $+ $+ ;i6o y8sh7ng! 只S
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(5i%om% 'u>h!) A Little 7o+e ,o++e+ a 6i?e
Chinese Vtories for Children 小'过河(>iUomU Du?h-) A Little =orse Crosses a iver (]art //) >iUomU ch4;4ng de $nG Vhu hn sh7n maX 小'
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The pear saysG ]lease rain! please rain. / ...
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(Sì h! +hC) Dou an Ten
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(5i%om% 'u>h!) A Little 7o+e ,o++e+ a 6i?e (/at @) Chinese Vtories for Children 小'过河(>iUomU Du?h-) A Little =orse Crosses a iver (]art /) EUp-ng l 3h9 3he y8 p 0iUomU h- mU m*ma. '/
里 d < 一 e 小' c ' 妈妈。
^nce there lived a little horse and his mother in a stable. 1\u y8 ti*n! mU m*ma du8 0iUomU ...
(E2n 7uā3ng) Appeciate the Lanten+ :h7ngyu l g li ya! k6n ya k6n hu*d7ng! f月
里 : g $，h $ h
花i，
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j
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h 的 kl
im
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1o! yo! yo! 3，3，3，
ock#a#baby! baby!
(The =ige to 'anmaF+
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n FK2
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一只
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n
FK2
on ...
(:u; 9C :u; Lì 7# 5īn,h0n) ,elebate the /o+peou+ 4e" Sping >uhu* pi*o! 3h9f d6o! q花
9， rs n，
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i:， =
uv，
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)R，N )w，
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) x
y
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uv。
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{|。
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Iat Duit
]i pi 3u? ch4 gu2 gu2! } } ~ 吃 • •，
"e sit in a ro$ and eat fruit!
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^ne for you and one for me!
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^，
^ur little sister has fallen asleep!
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Lets save ...
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‡ †，
Ey elder brother and / $alk hand in hand!
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,hine+e -o Ei+(=eginne Le?el) eChineseLearning provides a huge number of kids' Chinese language resources for your kids to learn Chinese. These Chinese materials for kids are edited by eChineseLearning's professional Chinese teaching sta! and specially designed for kids to learn Chinese. "e oer a variety of interesting! kid#friendly topics $hich enable kids to Chinese eective $ith fun% Best of all! these Chinese materials for kids are totally &% 小白船(0i5o
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一只哈巴狗(y83h4
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Free Chinese writing lessons Many of you have a thorough knowledge of written and spoken Chinese, but there has still to be someone wishing to learn the basics of this unusual writing... the secrets of Chinese characters, their history, their romanization and the elements that compose them. The following tutorial is meant to provide beginners all they need to write Chinese characters and find them in a dictionary, but can also amuse advanced students and the curious. Though this is not a language tutorial, learning the fundamental strokes and their correct order helps memorize characters and is an indispensable basis to learn written Chinese. ach lesson provides many e!amples of single characters and compounds "no Chinese wordprocessor needed to read these pages# all characters will be downloadable images$.
Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson Lesson ! Lesson " Lesson # Lesson $ Lesson 1% Lesson 11 Lesson 12 Lesson 13 Lesson 14
Table of Contents Introduction to the Chinese writing A brief history of Chinese characters The strokes The stroke order The radicals : part 1 The radicals : part 2 The radicals : part 3 The radicals : part 4 The radicals : part The radicals : part ! The radicals : part " The radicals : part # The radicals : part $ The radicals : part 1% The radicals : part 11 The radicals : part 12 &ow to use a Chinese dictionary Inde' of characters
By Diana Lavarini & Anna Del Franco, 1999.
Learn Chinese ]inyin#Io$els ,hine+e /inyin is a oman#letter based system that China no$ uses to mark the pronunciation of Chinese characters. That is to say! Chinese ]inyin is a $ay to represent Chinese characters and e0press the sounds in Chinese language using the alphabet. There are other systems to e0press Eandarin! but,hine+e /inyin is the most accepted and $idely used. ^nce you learn Chinese ]inyin you $ill kno$ ho$ to pronounce any $ord in Eandarin using a Chinese dictionary. Chinese ]inyin is also the most common $ay to input Chinese characters into computers. "ith four tones and Chinese ]inyin! any Chinese characters can be pronounced precisely. /n many cases! Chinese ]inyin is Wuite intuitive to nglish speakers $ith only a fe$ e0ceptions. =o$ever! it can be a t$ist to render Chinese ]inyin in four tones for people $ho ;ust start. There are lots of Chinese ]inyin resources online. ,hine+e /inyin consists of initial consonants (b! p! m! f! d! t! n! l! ! k! h! ;! W! 0! 3! c! s! r! 3h! ch! sh) and `nals or compound vo$els (! o! e! i! u). ach Chinese character is one syllable constructed by a compound vo$el and one initial consonant! the latter of $hich $ill be discussed in consonant. Io$el TableG a
o
e
ai
ei
ui
ao
ou
iu
ie
ue
er
an
en
in
i
u
un
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ang eng ing ong
As you can see! most vo$els are simply a combination of the ma;or vo$els in the `rst ro$! $hich is obviously the most important part! and some special consonants. =o$ can you remember all thisX "e are putting all these into nglish $ords $ith virtually the same sound for you to learn and remember in an easier $ay. oteG letters in the follo$ing e0planation in are pronounced as in nglish! and those in q q are pronounced in ]inyin. Also! all samples are delivered in tones. a as the vo$el in star $ithout the r sound o as the vo$el in la$ e as the vo$el in stir
i as the vo$el in bit u as the vo$el in food as y in yello$ follo$ed by the qu above ai as the vo$el in bike ei as the vo$el in lake ui combination of qu and qi! the same as $ord $e in nglish ao as the vo$el in loud ou as the vo$el in Yo$ iu combination of qi and qu! the same as $ord ye$ in nglish ie combination of qi and qe! as the vo$el in sierra ue combination of qu and qe! as the vo$el in buena er combination of qe and qr! as the vo$el in early an as the vo$el in anchor en as the $ord earn $ithout the r sound in as in the $ord inn un as in the $ord oneG n as y in yello$ follo$ed by the nglish $ord one
ang as the $ord long eng as the vo$el in lung ing as the vo$el in ngland ong as qu follo$ed by the qng as above &romG 3apChinese# Chinese ]inyin#vo$els
