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The document provides an introduction to the Chinese language, discussing its origins and dialects. It describes the two main writing scripts, simplified and traditional Chinese, and how they differ. It also outlines some important aspects to focus on when learning Chinese, including tones, pinyin romanization, characters, and grammar.

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The document provides an introduction to the Chinese language, discussing its origins and dialects. It describes the two main writing scripts, simplified and traditional Chinese, and how they differ. It also outlines some important aspects to focus on when learning Chinese, including tones, pinyin romanization, characters, and grammar.

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CHINESE LANGUAGE -1

SESSION 1
BY
MS MIDHATARIF CHINA
INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE
LANGUAGE :
• “CHINESE” – a language which is originated from China is now ruling
over the world .
• Mandarin Chinese is the core language of China.
• Chinese is a "super language" with many dialects. Cantonese, Hakka,
Min , Xiang etc.
• Official language was created based on Beijing dialect.
• It is called Mandarin Chinese 普通话 (pǔtōng huà) , This means "the
common dialect.”
SCRIPT WRITING

• There are only two scripts used to write the Chinese language. These are:

• Simplified Chinese – was widely promoted in the early 1950s as part of a system of Communist
reforms in mainland China designed to improve literacy amongst the country’s huge
population.
• Traditional Chinese – the pre-reform system of Chinese writing.

• The Simplified Chinese writing system have ：


• Reduced strokes – the number of “strokes” (i.e. lines) required to write a character was
reduced.
• Reduced number of characters – the overall number of characters was lowered.
• Character selection – where several characters could previously be used to represent the same
idea, one – usually the most popular – was now chosen as being the “correct” one.
Reference: Management, Eleventh edition, by Stephen P. Robbins and Mary Coul-
SCRIPT WRITING
DIFFERENCE

Reference: Management, Eleventh edition, by Stephen P. Robbins and Mary Coul-


STRUCTURE OF CHINESE CHARACTER
:IMPORTANT PARTS TO FOCUS IN LEARNING
CHINESE LANGUAGE:

01 02
汉语的声调（四声） 汉语拼音
Chinese Language Tones (Four Phonetic writing(Chinese
Tones) Romanization )

汉字
03 语法
04
Chinese Character Grammar
WHAT IS TONES ?
•Mandarin Chinese is a tonal language, which means that the way a
sound is pronounced directly affects the meaning of what is said.
Mandarin’s tones give the language a very distinctive quality.
•There are four main tones and one neutral tone in mandarin Chinese.
TONES PRACTICE
INITIALS & FINALS OF LESSON :01
LESSON :01 HELLO

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