Chinese (Mandarin)

This book teaches Standard Mandarin Chinese. For other uses, see Chinese (disambiguation).

The Forbidden City in Beijing 北京故宫

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Lessons / 课程

Introduction / 介绍 About Chinese 关于中文 How to use this textbook 如何使用这本教科书 How to study Chinese 如何学习中文 Writing in Chinese 如何用中文写作 Pronunciation / 发音 Pinyin Pronunciation Basics Pronunciation of Initials Pronunciation of Finals Using Tones

Lesson Texts / 课文 Lesson 1: Hello! 第一课：你好！ Lesson 2: Are you busy today? 第二课：今天你忙不忙? Lesson 3: An introduction to particles 第三课：助词 Lesson 4: Word order and Verbs 第四课：词序和动词 Lesson 5: Measure words 第五课：量词 Lesson 6: More on interrogatives 第六课：疑问助词 Lesson 7: What's this? 第七课：这是什么? Lesson 8: My name is Wang Ming 第八课：我叫王明。

Appendices / 附录

Common Phrases Chinese-English Dictionary 汉英字典 English-Chinese Dictionary 英汉字典 Grammar Index 文法索引 Key to the Exercises Chinese Greetings 中文问候语 Possible Initial-Final Combinations

Numbers 数目（数字） Nations of the World 世界各国 Radicals 部首 Slang 俚语 Web Resources 中文网络资源

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Contributors

• Contributor's Guide
• Textbook Planning
  课文安排
• Development History
• Contributors
  投稿者