welcome to china a learning project for schools where is china?
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WELCOME TO CHINAA learning project for
schools
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Where is China?
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What three words would you use to describe
China?
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Which Picture is China?
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UK China
60 million people 1.3 billion people
0.24 million square km 9.6 million square km
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For most of its history, China was ruled by an emperor.
He was represented by…
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Dragons are very important in Chinese culture. They are considered kind and lucky.
When dragons chase flaming pearls in the sky it causes…
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A thunderstorm!
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Dragons are one of 12 animals in the Chinese
Zodiac.What are the others?
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The Story of the Chinese
Zodiac
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Chinese WritingChinese writing uses characters to represent words. To learn to
read Chinese, you need to remember around 5,000 different
characters!
Ancient Traditional Simple Pinyin
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The ‘Cheat Sheet’
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Tonal difference
Chinese is a tonal language. The tone of the word alters its meaning and it is crucial to get the tone right if you want to avoid confusion. Mandarin has four tones – high, rising, falling-rising and falling.
1. high - mā mother
2. rising / má numb
3. falling rising ˘ mă horse
4. falling \ mà to scold or swear
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Counting to 10
1 yī 6 liù2 èr 7 qī3 sān 8 bā4 sì 9 jiŭ5 wŭ 10 shí
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Hello nĭ hăoGoodbye zàijiànHow are you? nĭ hăo ma? I’m fine wŏ hĕn hăoThank you xièxieYou’re welcome búkèqiI’m sorry duìbùqĭ
7 Simple Chinese Phrases
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Zàijiàn!