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Mandarin Chinese 5Reading Booklet

Mandarin Chinese 5Travelers should always check with theirnation’s State Department for currentadvisories on local conditions beforetraveling abroad.Booklet Design: Maia Kennedy and ‰ Recorded Program 2016 Simon & Schuster, Inc. Reading Booklet 2016 Simon & Schuster, Inc.Pimsleur is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio,a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Mfg. in USA.All rights reserved.ii

Mandarin Chinese 5ACKNOWLEDGMENTSVoicesEnglish-Speaking Instructor . . . . . . . . . Ray BrownMandarin-Speaking Instructor . . . . . . Zhaoyuan LiFemale Mandarin Speaker . . . . . . . . Xinxing YangMale Mandarin Speaker . . . . . . . . . . Jay-Jian JiangCourse WritersYaohua Shi Shannon RossiReviewerZhijie JiaEditorsChristopher J. Gainty Beverly D. HeinleProducer & DirectorSarah H. McInnisRecording EngineerPeter S. TurpinSimon & Schuster Studios, Concord, MAiiiiii

Mandarin Chinese 5Table of ContentsIntroduction.1Lesson One. 5Translations. 6Lesson Two . 7Translations. 9Lesson Three. 10Translations . 12Lesson Four. 13Translations . 15Lesson Five. 16Translations. 18Lesson Six. 19Translations . 21Lesson Seven. 22Translations . 24Lesson Eight. 25Translations .27Lesson Nine. 28Translations. 30Lesson Ten. 31Translations. 33Lesson Eleven . 34Translations. 36iviv

Mandarin Chinese 5Table of ContentsLesson Twelve . 37Translations . 39Lesson Thirteen. 40Translations . 42Lesson Fourteen. 44Translations . 46Lesson Fifteen. 48Translations . 50Lesson Sixteen . 51Translations. 53Lesson Seventeen . 54Translations . 56Lesson Eighteen . 57Translations . 59Lesson Nineteen . 60Translations . 62Lesson Twenty . 63Translations. 65v

Mandarin Chinese 5To learn a language is to have one more windowfrom which to look at the world.Chinese proverbvi

Mandarin Chinese 5IntroductionThe Chinese writing system is made up oflogograms: characters which represent a word ora phrase. In Mandarin these are called 字 (zì) or 汉字 (hànzì). They have been adopted historically byChina’s neighbors, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. Theterm 汉字文化圈 (hànzì wénhuàquān), literally,“Chinese characters culture sphere” describes theimpact of written Chinese on East Asian cultures.The oldest Chinese characters were inscribed onanimal bones that have been dated to the late Shangdynasty (c. 1200-1050 BCE). The writings are recordsof communications with the ancestral spirits of theShang kings and deal with military campaigns, ritualsacrifices, weather forecasting, and so on. The mostcommon form of characters, called 楷书 (kǎishū), or“regular script,” took shape during the Eastern Handynasty (25-220 ACE).Chinese is a monosyllabic language. However,in modern Chinese most words consist of twocharacters.The most authoritative dictionary ofChinese characters, 汉语大字典 (Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn),includes 60,370 characters. Most of them are obsoletevariants.In 2006, the Chinese State LanguageCommission published a report showing that knowing

Mandarin Chinese 5934 characters will enable one to read 90% of allpublications. Knowing 2,315 characters will increasethat percentage to 99%. This is still a formidablenumber of characters for anyone to learn. The goodnews is, the more characters one knows, the easier itbecomes to acquire new ones.To increase literacy, the Chinese governmentsimplified the characters in the 1950s. According toChinese government statistics, as of 2010, the literacyrate in China was over 95%. However, some Chinesecommunities — Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan —continue to use traditional characters, while othercountries with large ethnic Chinese populations,such as Singapore and Malaysia, have adopted thesimplified characters of mainland China.A common misconception is that all Chinesecharacters are pictograms. Although the hanzi whichare pictograms are among the oldest characters, theirnumber is actually quite small. Examples include: 山(shān) “mountain,” 日 (rì) “sun,” 月(yuè) “moon,” 木(mù) “tree” or “wood,” and 人(rén) “person.” A largerpercentage of characters are simple and compoundideograms: graphic symbols that represent ideasor concepts. Examples of simple ideograms are2

Mandarin Chinese 5上 (shàng) “above,” and 下 (xià) “below.” 明 (míng),“bright” and 仙 (xiān) “hermit or immortal” areexamples of compound ideograms since they arecombinations of two different characters.The vast majority of hanzi characters are semanticphonetic compounds. They consist of two distinctcomponents – a semantic clue, which gives meaning,and a phonetic clue, which gives sound information.For instance, the left-hand part of the character for“meal” 饭 (fàn) comes from the character 食 (shí)“food.” The right-hand part, 反 (fǎn) “opposite,”provides the approximate pronunciation. A very smallnumber of characters are phonetic loans. They areused for their sounds, and their original meaningshave been forgotten for the most part.Hanzi are often listed in dictionaries accordingto their common components, called “radicals.”Depending on the dictionary, they number from 189 toabout 214. For example, characters denoting bodies ofwater share a common radical meaning water: 河 (hé)“river,” 湖 (hú) “lake,” 海 (hǎi) “sea,” 溪 (xī) “brook.” Inthese words, 水 (shuǐ) “water” becomes 氵.3

Mandarin Chinese 5The radical meaning “female,” 女 (nǚ), comes fromthe character for “woman,” (女). You will see it in suchhanzi as: 她 (tā) “she,” 妈 (mā) “mom,” 姨 (yí) “aunt,”姐 (jiě) “older sister,” and 妹 (mèi) “younger sister.”Being able to identify the radical is necessary inorder to look up a character in most dictionaries. Italso makes learning new characters much easier. Inthe following Reading Lessons, we will introduce somecommon radicals as a way to recognize characters.There are twenty Reading Lessons. In theseLessons, you will be introduced to brief narratives anddialogues adapted from the course, written in bothhanzi and pinyin. If you have done the lessons, youwill be familiar with all of the vocabulary. You will alsofind additional information about written and spokenChinese in these lessons. In the lessons, as in thecourse, when the Narrator gives you a cue in English,you are to respond in Mandarin, while looking at thehanzi which symbolizes the cued vocabulary. Pinyintransliterations will also be provided.4

Mandarin Chinese 5Lesson .20.你nǐ你去nǐ qù你去过nǐ qù guò你去过香港。nǐ qù guò xiāng gǎng.你去过香港吗？nǐ qù guò xiāng gǎng ma?一yī一个yí gè很hěn很 / 很有hěn / hén yǒu的de去qù过guò香港xiāng gǎng吗ma是shì个gè有意思yǒu yì si很有意思hén yǒu yì si城市chéng shì香港是一个很有意思的城市。xiāng gǎng shì yí gè hén yǒu yì si de chéng shì.5

Mandarin Chinese 5Lesson One Translations1.you2.to go3.you go4.have done5.you have gone / you have been6.Hong Kong7.You have been to Hong Kong.8.particle used to ask a yes or no question9.Have you been to Hong Kong?10.to be (am / are / is / was / were)11.the number one, or “a”12.the most common measure word in Chinese13.a “measure”14.interesting15.very16.very interesting17.very / very18.city19.particle which indicates a possessive ordescriptive relationship20.Hong Kong is a very interesting city.6

Mandarin Chinese 5Lesson Two1.我wǒ2.我去过香港。wǒ qù guò xiāng gǎng.3.大dà4.香港很大。xiāng gǎng hěn dà.5.香港很大、很有意思。xiāng gǎng hěn dà, hén yǒu yì 。xiāng gǎng shì yí gè hěn dà, hén yǒu yì si dechéng shì.7.儿子ér zi8.我的儿子wǒ de ér zi9.我的儿子 / 我儿子wǒ de ér zi / wǒ ér zi10.在zài7

Mandarin Chinese 511.在香港zài xiāng gǎng12.我儿子在香港。wǒ ér zi zài xiāng gǎng.13.学xué14.金融jīn róng15.学金融xué jīn róng16.我儿子在香港学金融。wǒ ér zi zài xiāng gǎng xué jīn róng.17.金融有意思吗？jīn róng yǒu yì si ma?18.学金融有意思吗？xué jīn róng yǒu yì si ma?19.在香港学金融有意思吗？zài xiāng gǎng xué jīn róng yǒu yì si ma?20.在香港学金融很有意思.zài xiāng gǎng xué jīn róng hén yǒu yì si.8

Mandarin Chinese 5Lesson Two Translations1.I2.I have been to Hong Kong.3.big4.Hong Kong is very big.5.Hong Kong is very big, very interesting.6.Hong Kong is a very big, very interesting city.7.son8.my son9.my son / my son10.location word (in/at /on)11.in Hong Kong12.My son is in Hong Kong.13.“to study” or “to learn”14.finance15.“to study finance” or “studying finance”16.My son is in Hong Kong studying finance.17.Is finance interesting?18.Is studying finance interesting?19.Is studying finance in Hong Kong interesting?20.Studying finance in Hong Kong isvery interesting.9

Mandarin Chinese 5Lesson Three1.觉得jué de2.我的儿子 / 我儿子觉得wǒ de ér zi / wǒ ér zi jué de3.我儿子觉得学金融wǒ ér zi jué de xué jīn róng4.我儿子觉得学金融很有意思。wǒ ér zi jué de xué jīn róng hén yǒu yì si.5.没有意思méi yǒu yì si6.我觉得学金融没有意思。wǒ jué de xué jīn róng méi yǒu yì si.7.我没有儿子。wǒ méi yǒu ér zi.8.女儿nǚ ér9.儿子 / 女儿ér zi /nǚ ér10.你有一个儿子。ní yǒu yí gè ér zi.10

Mandarin Chinese 511.我有一个女儿。wó yǒu yí gè nǚ ér.12.上海shàng hǎi13.我女儿在上海。wó nǚ ér zài shàng hǎi.14.实习shí xí15.我女儿在上海实习。wó nǚ ér zài shàng hǎi shí ��思的城市。shàng hǎi yě shì yí gè hěn dà, hén yǒu yì si dechéng shì.18.我没有去过上海。wó méi yǒu qù guò shàng hǎi.19.澳门ào mén20.我去过澳门。wǒ qù guò ào mén.11

Mandarin Chinese 5Lesson Three Translations1.“feels” or “thinks”2.my son / my son feels3.My son feels studying finance4.My son feels studying finance isvery interesting.5.does not have interest or meaning6.I feel studying finance is uninteresting.7.I don’t have sons.8.daughter9.son / daughter10.You have a son.11.I have a daughter.12.Shanghai13.My daughter is in Shanghai.14.“to intern” or “interning”15.My daughter is in Shanghai interning.16.also17.Shanghai is also a very big, very interesting city.18.I haven’t been to Shanghai.19.Macau20.I have been to Macau.12

Mandarin Chinese 5Lesson Four1.不bù2.大 / 不大dà / bú dà3.澳门不大。ào mén bú dà.4.喜欢xǐ huan5.我喜欢澳门。wó xǐ huan ào mén.6.你不喜欢澳门。nǐ bù xǐ huan ào mén.7.为什么?wèi shén me?8.你为什么不喜欢澳门?nǐ wèi shén me bù xǐ huan ào mén?9.夜生活yè shēng huó10.因为yīn wèi13

Mandarin Chinese 511.澳门的夜生活ào mén de yè shēng huó12.因为我不喜欢澳门的夜生活。yīn wèi wǒ bù xǐ huan ào mén de yè shēng huó.13.我喜欢上海的夜生活。wó xǐ huan shàng hǎi de yè shēng wǒ jué de shàng hǎi de yè shēng huó hényǒu yì si.15.我也喜欢香港的夜生活。wǒ yé xǐ huan xiāng gǎng de yè shēng huó.16.夜景yè jǐng17.夜生活 / 夜景yè shēng huó / yè jǐng18.我喜欢香港的夜景。wó xǐ huan xiāng gǎng de yè jǐng.19.美měi20.香港的夜景很美。xiāng gǎng de yè jǐng hén měi.14

Mandarin Chinese 5Lesson Four Translations1.not2.big / not big3.Macau is not big.4.to like5.I like Macau.6.You don’t like Macau.7.Why? (literally, “for what”)8.Why don’t you like Macau?9.nightlife10.because11.Macau’s nightlife12.Because I don’t like Macau’s nightlife.13.I like Shanghai’s nightlife.14.I feel Shanghai’s nightlife is very interesting.15.I also like Hong Kong’s nightlife.16.nightscape17.nightlife / nightscape18.I like Hong Kong’s nightscape.19.beautiful20.Hong Kong’s nightscape is very beautiful.15