Mo Fenghua, the founder of i Learn Chinese Online, provides ‘A Mini Introduction to Chinese’ at the West Cornwall Breakfast Business Club meeting, Tregenna Castle St Ives Cornwall UK, on the 20th June 2012. Thanks very much to West Cornwall Business Club for inviting me to give a presentation ’A Mini Introduction to Chinese’. Here is the original event organised by West Cornwall Business Club. Thanks for the kind words commending on my presentation. Sue Whitney, the organiser of West Cornwall Business Club, posted a commend on Facebook: What a fabulous meeting this morning, much laughter, as well as a good start to our Mandarin Chinese vocabulary! Sammi, Xie xie, you are amazing! Jane Hooper, a member of West Cornwall Business Club, posted a commend on Facebook: Thanks to Fenghua Mo (Sammi) for a very informative (and fun) introduction to Chinese this morning. Sue Aston , a member of West Cornwall Business Club, posted a commend on Facebook: This is for Fenghua Mo to thank her for such an inspiring talk this morning. The music was commissioned for a chinese play called ‘The Forbidden City’ – listen to it and then practise your chinese words! http://youtu.be/OpJdkQwCyxk Sue x

1. A Mini Introduction To Chinese
学中文 说汉语
Mò Fènghuá (Sammi)
莫凤华
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2. The
Great
Wall
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3. Terra-
cotta
Warriors
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4. The
Forbidden
City
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5. Look ， this is China!
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6. China VS UK
39.4 times bigger
9.6 million square kilometers 0.2436 million square kilometers

7. What is Chinese?
Chinese is the language Chinese people speak.
1.3 billion + 0.2 billion native Chinese speakers
40 million people worldwide learning Chinese
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8. What is Mandarin?
Mandarin is the official language in
China.
As the majority of Chinese people
speak Mandarin, when you hear
people talk about Chinese, it usually
refers to Mandarin Chinese.
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9. This is Chinese!
一，二，三
你好，凤华！
天啊！
我会说汉语了。
谢谢！
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10. Chinese Characters & Pinyin
(Tones - Chinese is a tonal language)
Hàn yǔ (Pīnyīn - pronunciation system)
汉 语 （ Chinese Characters - writing
system ）
Chinese (English translation)
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11. Chinese Characters
Chinese characters have a long history spanning
over 3000 years and come from pictures.
shān shuǐ
山 水
mountain water
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12. Chinese Characters
mù lín sēn
林 森
木
grove forest
tree
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13. Tones
One sound with different tones means
totally different.
Wǒ wèn nǐ. Wǒ wěn nǐ.
我 问 你。 我 吻
你。
I ask you. I kiss you.

14. Grammar
Chinese grammar is easy and straightforward.
Wǒ ài tā. Tā ài wǒ.
我 爱 他。 他
爱 我。
I love him. He loves me.
(Chinese words don't change form.)
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15. The more you learn,
the easier it gets!
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16. Let's start learning Chinese!
The first Chinese character to learn is:
yī
一
one
(1 horizontal line)
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17. Easy peasy, try the second one!
èr
二
two
(2 horizontal strokes)
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18. You know how to write three now:-)
sān
三
three
(3 horizontal lines)
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19. Let’s count the numbers!
yī èr sān
一 二
三
one two three
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20. A few useful Chinese words
Nǐ hǎo
你
Nǐ hǎo
好！
你 Hello
好！
Hello
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21. A few useful Chinese words
Nǐ
h ǎ o ， Fènghuá
你好，凤华！
Hello ， Fenghua
Darren Stevens
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22. Try it again!
yī èr sān:Nǐ
hǎo ， Fènghuá
一 二 三: 你 好， 凤华
！
One, two, three(go) : Hello ， Fenghua!
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23. I can speak Chinese!
/tyen/ /waw/ /hway/ /shwaw/ /ü/
ò, tiān a, Wǒ huì shuō Hàn yǔ le!
哦，天啊 我 会 说 汉 语
, 了!
Oh, my God, I can speak Chinese!
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24. Well done!
Yī èr sān: Nǐ hǎo ， Fènghuá
一、 二、 三 : 你 好， 凤华！
One, two, three(go) : Hello ， Fenghua!
ò, tiān a, wǒ huì shuō Hàn yǔ le!
哦，天啊 , 我 会 说 汉 语
了!
Oh, my God, I can speak Chinese!
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25. Thank you!
Xiè xie, Fènghuá
谢谢， 凤华！
Thank you, Fenghua!
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26. Great!
Get your certificate now!
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