MS - The Chinese Speaking World

The Chinese Speaking World

说中文的世界 shuō zhōngwén de shìjiè

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Listening 听 tīng Speaking 说 shuō Reading 读 dú Writing 写 xiě

听与说 tīng yǔ shuō

Who speaks Chinese?

Not only China uses Chinese as official language.

Across the world, 1.31 billion people are speaking Chinese as their native language, either in one variation of Chinese or another. Mandarin, as the most widely spoken variant, is spoken by 955 million people primarily living in China, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

How many languages are there in China?

民族 Ethnic Groups

方言 Regional Languages

A brief summary of Chapter 1

• There are over 300 dialects "方言fāngyán" function as communicating language in China.
• Even speaking Mandarin, there are distinctions of accents "口音 kǒuyīn" due to the impact of dialects.
• Many of the 56 ethnic groups "民族 mínzú" have their own language and culture.

• Chinese is a very broad concept. It is not one language.
• The common spoken language is called "普通话 pǔtōnghuà", Mandarin Chinese is used as official language among global population..

读与写 dú yǔ xiě

Chinese Characters 汉字 Folk Tales 神话 Idioms 成语

汉字 hànzì

What forms Chinese characters?

Strokes 笔划, Radicals 部首, Order of Strokes 笔顺 （Structures 结构）

A brief summary of Chapter 2

Pinyin is NOT the written language.

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Advanced Use

add grammers, metaphors, etc.

Vocabulary & Phrase

Chinese characters(Radicals+ Strokes)

Radicals

Composed in certain ordersand structures

Strokes

汉字是怎么出现的？

Follk Tale 神话传说 shén huà chuán shuō 仓颉造字 cāngjiézàozì

Evolution of Chinese Characters 汉字的演变

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Chinese Calligraphy 书法 shūfǎ

If we step further into the written language domain....

What could possibly go wrong?

Fun fact that is usually overlooked when learning to write 汉字

Some extra resources if you want to get started on Hanzi writing...

Basic Strokes

Radicals

Have higher standards for yourself? Neat your writing.

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Don't panic. 别害怕 bié hài pà

Thank you! 谢谢你们