Friday, 16 September 2016

Lesson 1. Introduction

Section 1. Welcome! 欢迎大家!





Self introduction: 
Question 1. Introduce yourself briefly in Chinese. 我叫 My name is 我是 I'm a

Question 2. Why do you want to study Chinese?


English News:







Section 2. HSK exams on www.chinesetest.cn

1. The new HSK test was launched by Hanban in an effort to better serve Chinese language learners. The test is the result of coordinated efforts by the experts from different disciplines including Chinese language teaching, linguistics, psychology and educational measurement. The new exam combines the advantages of the original HSK while taking into consideration the recent trends in Chinese language training by conducting surveys and making use of the latest findings in international language testing.

2. Hanban provides the exams of HSK level 1-6, Speaking Test (HSKK), Youth Chinese Test (YCT), Business Chinese Test (BCT), etc.  
3. HSK level 1.
Test takers who are able to pass the HSK (Level 1) can understand and use very simple Chinese phrases, meet basic needs for communication and possess the ability to further their Chinese language studies.


Our target
The HSK level 1 exam is intended for students who have mastered 150 commonly used words and basic grammar patterns.

2 books needed: 




Section 3. New lesson
4 skills training on new words below:  
Numbers: 1-10 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十
 bàba          māma         rén     

Section 4.  The Mid-Autumn Festival
The story video link:   https://youtu.be/i8Isks66XIA
New words: 中秋节 月饼

Section 5. Summary
Revision
Homework:
1. Be able to recognise all the new words for today.
2. Be able to write the simple radicals by heart.  Father 父 and Female 女




Reference:

All of the HSK level 1 150 words


ài
to love; affection; to be fond of; to like

eight; 8

bàba
father (informal); CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

bēizi
cup; glass; CL:个[ge4] ,支[zhi1]

Běijīng
Beijing; capital of People's Republic of China; Peking; PRC government

běn
origin; source; roots or stems of plants; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; originally

búkèqi
you're welcome; it's my pleasure (answer to someone who thanks)

not (negative prefix); no

cài
dish (type of food); vegetables; vegetable; cuisine; CL:盘[pan2] ,道[dao4]

chá
tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1] ,壶[hu2]

chī
to eat; to have one's meal; to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer; to exhaust

chūzūchē
taxi

dǎdiànhuà
to make a phone call

big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest

de
of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive

diǎn
a little; a bit; drop (of liquid); stain; spot; speck; jot; dot stroke (in Chinese characters); decimal point; point; mark (of degree or level); a place (with certain characteristics); iron bell; o’clock; some; (point) unit of measurement for type; to touch on briefly; to make clear; to light; to ignite; to kindle; period of time at night (24 minutes) (old); a drip; to dibble; classifier for small indeterminate quantities

diànnǎo
computer; CL:台[tai2]

diànshì
television; TV; CL:台[tai2] ,个[ge4]

diànyǐng
movie; film; CL:部[bu4] ,幕[mu4] ,场[chang3]
西
dōngxi
thing; stuff; person; CL:个[ge4] ,件[jian4]

dōu
all, both; entirely (due to) each; even; already

to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]

duìbuqǐ
I'm sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat); unworthy; to let down;

duō
many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-

duōshǎo
how much; how many

érzi
son

èr
two; 2; stupid (Beijing dialect)

fàndiàn
restaurant; hotel; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4];

fēijī
airplane; CL: 架[jia4]

fēnzhōng
minute

gāoxìng
happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood

classifier for people or objects in general; individual; this; that; size

gōngzuò
job; work; construction; task; CL:个[ge4] ,份[fen4] ,项[xiang4]

gǒu
dog; CL:只[zhi1] ,条[tiao2]

hànyǔ
Chinese language

hǎo
good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness)

hào
day of a month; (suffix used after) name of a ship; (ordinal) number

to drink; to shout (a command)

and; together with; with; sum; union; peace; harmony; surname He

hěn
very; (adverb of degree); quite; awfully

hòumiàn
rear; back; behind; later; afterwards

huí
to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to circle; to revolve; Hui ethnic group; time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book)

huì
can; be possible; be able to; will; be likely to; be sure to; to assemble; to meet; to gather; to see; union; group; association; a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is hui3)

how much; how many; several; a few

jiā
home; family; classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary, corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; surname Jia; CL:个[ge4]

jiào
to call; to shout; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)

jīntiān
today; at the present

jiǔ
nine; 9

kāi
to open; to start; to turn on; to operate (vehicle)

kàn
to look at

kànjiàn
to see; to catch sight of

kuài
unit of currency; lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc), usually as 块钱

lái
to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next

lǎoshī
teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

le
(completed action marker); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

lěng
cold

inside; lining; interior; internal

liù
six; 6

ma
(question tag)

māma
mum; mama; mommy; mother; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

mǎi
to buy; to purchase

māo
cat; CL:只[zhi1]

méiguānxi
it doesn't matter

méiyǒu
haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be;

mǐfàn
(cooked) rice

míngzi
name (of a person or thing); CL:个[ge4]

míngtiān
tomorrow

which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier);

nǎr
where?; wherever; anywhere

that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing;

ne
(question particle for subjects already mentioned)

néng
to be able to; to be capable of; ability; capability; able; capable; can possibly; (usually used in the negative) to have the possibility of

you (informal)

nián
year; CL:个[ge4]

nǚér
daughter

péngyou
friend; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

piàoliang
pretty; beautiful

píngguǒ
apple; CL:个[ge4] ,颗[ke1]

seven; 7

qiánmiàn
ahead; in front; preceding; above

qián
coin; money; CL:笔[bi3]

qǐng
to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request

to go; to go to (a place); to cause to go or send (sb); to remove; to get rid of; (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; to be apart from in space or time; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation); (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed

heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up

rén
man; person; people; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

rènshi
to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; acquainted with sth; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition

sān
three; 3

shāngdiàn
store; shop; CL:家[jia1] ,个[ge4]

shàng
on

shàngwǔ
morning; CL:个[ge4]

shǎo
few; little; lack

shéi
who; also pronounced shui2

shénme
what?; who?; something; anything

shí
ten; 10

shíhou
time; length of time; moment; period

shì
to be; yes

shū
book; letter; CL:本[ben3] ,册[ce4] ,部[bu4]; see also Book of History

shuǐ
water; river; liquid; beverage

shuǐguǒ
fruit

shuìjiào
to go to bed; to go to sleep

shuō
to speak; to say; to explain; to scold; to tell off; a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory);

four; 4

suì
classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)

he or him; (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); other; another

she

tài
too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest

tiānqì
weather

tīng
to listen; to hear; to obey; a can (loanword from English 'tin'); classifier for canned beverages

tóngxué
(fellow) classmate; CL:位[wei4] ,个[ge4]

wéi
hello (interj., esp. on telephone); hey

I; me; my

wǒmen
we; us; ourselves; our

five; 5

xǐhuan
to like; to be fond of

xià
down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down

xiàwǔ
afternoon; p.m.; CL:个[ge4]

xiàyǔ
to rain; rainy

xiānsheng
Mister (Mr.); husband; doctor (topolect); teacher; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

xiànzài
now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays

xiǎng
to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss

xiǎo
small; tiny; young

xiǎojie
young lady; miss; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4]

xiē
some; few; several; (a measure word)

xiě
to write

xièxie
to thank; thanks

xīngqī
week; CL:个[ge4]

xuésheng
student; school child

xuéxí
to learn; to study

xuéxiào
school; CL:所[suo3]

one; 1; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; 'one' radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)

yīdiǎn er
a little (bit)

yīshēng
doctor; CL:个[ge4] ,位[wei4] ,名[ming2]

yīyuàn
hospital; CL:所[suo3] ,家[jia1] ,座[zuo4]

yīfu
clothes; CL:件[jian4] ,套[tao4]

yǐzi
chair; CL:把[ba3] ,套[tao4]

yǒu
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be

yuè
month; moon; CL:个[ge4] ,轮[lun2]

zàijiàn
goodbye; see you again later

zài
(located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress)

zěnme
how?; what?; why?

zěnmeyàng
how are things? how?; how about?; how was it?

zhè
this; these; (commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing);

Zhōngguó
China; Middle Kingdom

zhōngwǔ
noon; midday; CL:个[ge4]

zhù
to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop

zhuōzi
table; desk; CL:张[zhang1] ,套[tao4]

letter; character; word; symbol; CL:个[ge4]

zuótiān
yesterday

zuò
to do; to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to act as; to engage in; to hold (a party); to be; to become; to function (in some capacity); to serve as; to be used for; to form (a bond or relationship); to pretend; to feign; to act a part; to put on appearance

zuò
to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit