Paul Noble Mandarin Chinese For Kids
Paul Noble Mandarin Chinese For Kids
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Contents
How to use this booklet 2
Find out how this booklet can help you as you work
your way through the course.
At a glance 40
Here you’ll find an explanation of the tones in Mandarin
Chinese plus a snapshop of numbers to help round off
your knowledge of the language.
The Tones in Mandarin Chinese 40
Numbers 42
Track listing 48
Core course review
The best way to use this part of your booklet is to start by
reading through a page, looking at both the English and the
Mandarin Chinese. Then go back to the beginning of that
same page and, while covering the Chinese side of the text,
translate the English into Chinese – just as you did when you
listened to the audio part of the course.
Once you can get 90% of a page’s content correct, move on to
the next page and follow the process again. By doing this, you
will quickly recall and reinforce what you learnt with the audio.
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The bottom version is a translation of the English that has
been written in the Romanised version of Chinese, known
as “Pinyin”. It is used by non-Chinese speakers to read the
language. It includes tone marks to let you know which tone to
use for each syllable.
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The present
Talking about what you want, would like to
and can do.
Want
I want ᡁ㾱
ᡁ㾱
Wǒ yào
pizza ᣛ㯙
ᣛ㩘
pīsà
coke ਟ′
ਟҀ
kělè
and ઼
઼
hé
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not н
н
bù
You want 㾱
㾱
Nǐ yào
Yes. 㾱DŽ
㾱DŽ
Yào.
No. н㾱DŽ
н㾱DŽ
Bù yào.
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Chinese is easy because… to answer “yes” or “no”
to a question in Chinese, you simply repeat part of what
you’ve been asked. If you’re asked “do you want pizza?”
you’ll simply say “want” in order to answer “yes”. And, if
you want to answer “no”, you’ll simply say “not want”.
It’s really fairly simple and logical – once you get used to it.
a hamburger / hamburgers╒๑व
≹๑व
hànbǎobāo
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Whenever you see “WNW” next to a question, this means you should build this
sentence using a “want-not-want” type of construction instead of using the spoken
question mark “˛”/ “ੇ˛”/ “ma?”.
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Do you want a hamburger 㾱н㾱╒๑व઼ਟ′˛
and a coke? (WNW) 㾱н㾱≹๑व઼ਟҀ˛
Nǐ yào bù yào hànbǎobāo
hé kělè?
Yes. 㾱DŽ
㾱DŽ
Yào.
No. н㾱DŽ
н㾱DŽ
Bù yào.
He wants Ԇ㾱
Ԇ㾱
Tā yào
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to go / to go to
৫
৫
qù2
Beijing ेӜ
ेӜ
Běijīng
Shanghai к⎧
к⎧
Shànghǎi
McDonald’s® 哕⮦ऎ
哖ᖃࣣ
màidāngláo
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“To go” – “qù” – is pronounced is an interesting way. To say it correctly, you simply
round your lips as though you are going to whistle and then, while keeping your lips
still clearly rounded, say the “chee” from cheese. Do that and you’ll pronounce
“qù” perfectly!
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She doesn’t want to go ྩн㾱৫哕⮦ऎDŽ
to McDonald’s®. ྩн㾱৫哖ᖃࣣDŽ
Tā bù yào qù màidāngláo.
Would like
I would like ᡁᜣ㾱
ᡁᜣ㾱
Wǒ xiǎng yào
tea 㥦
㥦
chá
we ᡁف
ᡁԜ
wǒmen
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We would like tea. ᡁفᜣ㾱㥦DŽ
ᡁԜᜣ㾱㥦DŽ
Wǒmen xiǎng yào chá.
China ѝ഻
ѝഭ
Zhōngguó
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Whenever you see “MTOP”, this lets you know that you need to use the Chinese
word for “you” that you use when you’re talking to More Than One Person. So, if
you see “MTOP” use “nǐmen”.
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You would like to go فᜣ৫ѝ഻DŽ
to China. (MTOP) Ԝᜣ৫ѝഭDŽ
Nǐmen xiǎng qù Zhōngguó.
Chinatown ѝ഻
ѝഭ
Zhōngguóchéng
to eat ਲ਼
ਲ਼
chī
dishes 㨌
㨌
cài
they Ԇف
ԆԜ
tāmen
dad ⡨⡨
⡨⡨
bàba
my dad ᡁ⡨⡨
ᡁ⡨⡨
wǒ bàba
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to buy 䋧
Ҡ
mǎi
mum / mom4 ჭჭ
ྸྸ
māma
chocolate ᐗ࣋ݻ
ᐗ࣋ݻ
qiǎokèlì
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A fun British / American language difference here. If you’re American and reading
this booklet, please be aware that British people spell “mom” as “mum” and this is
what I do throughout this booklet. So, if you’re from the U.S. please just read all
instances of “mum” you find here as “mom”!
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My mum / mom would ᡁჭჭᜣ䋧а唎ᐗ࣋ݻDŽ
like to buy a little ᡁྸྸᜣҠа⛩ᐗ࣋ݻDŽ
chocolate. Wǒ māma xiǎng mǎi yīdiǎn
qiǎokèlì.
very ᖸ
ᖸ
hěn
Hello. ྭDŽ
ྭDŽ
Nǐ hǎo.
thank you 䅍䅍
䉒䉒
xièxie
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I would like to buy ᡁᜣ䋧ᐗ࣋ݻDŽྭнྭ˛
chocolate. Would that ᡁᜣҠᐗ࣋ݻDŽྭнྭ˛
be alright? Wǒ xiǎng mǎi qiǎokèlì.
Hǎo bù hǎo?
to drink ்
்
hē
Yes. ਟԕDŽ
ਟԕDŽ
Kěyǐ.
No. нਟԕDŽ
нਟԕDŽ
Bù kěyǐ.
to order 唎
⛩
diǎn
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I can’t order fried noodles. ᡁнਟԕ唎⛂哥DŽ
ᡁнਟԕ⛩⛂䶒DŽ
Wǒ bù kěyǐ diǎn chǎo miàn.
fried rice ⛂伟
⛂依
chǎo fàn
to say / to speak 䃚
䈤
shuō
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Note! So “kěyǐ” / “ਟԕ” is used to mean “can” in Chinese
to talk about what you are allowed to do, what it is alright or
acceptable for you to do. So, it will be used to say things like
– “No, you can’t go to a nightclub, you’re only twelve!”
Clearly, if you’re only twelve, your parents are unlikely to let
you do such a thing. But it’s also used for saying things like
“Can we go to a restaurant this evening?” meaning “Would it
be alright if we went to a restaurant this evening? Would it be
okay for us to do that?” Essentially, therefore, “kěyǐ” / “ਟԕ”
is there for talking about what we’re allowed to do and to ask
whether it’s alright to do something. So, “Can I sit here?”,
“Can I hold your hand?”, “Can I order something spicy?” – all
of these are “kěyǐ” / “ਟԕ”. You’ll find that the more often
you use it, the more you’ll develop a feel for how it works.
to do / to make ڊ
ڊ
zuò
English 㤡᮷
㤡᮷
Yīngwén
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Can you speak English? فᴳ䃚㤡᮷˛
(MTOP) ԜՊ䈤㤡᮷ੇ˛
Nǐmen huì shuō Yīngwén ma?
He drinks Ԇ்
Ԇ்
Tā hē
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He doesn’t drink coffee. Ԇн்DŽ
Ԇн்DŽ
Tā bù hē kāfēi.
to sell 䌓
আ
mài
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The past
Talking about the past with ‘le’
I go ᡁ৫
ᡁ৫
Wǒ qù
I went ᡁ৫Ҷ
ᡁ৫Ҷ
Wǒ qù le
He went Ԇ৫Ҷ
Ԇ৫Ҷ
Tā qù le
I eat ᡁਲ਼
ᡁਲ਼
Wǒ chī
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We eat ᡁفਲ਼
ᡁԜਲ਼
Wǒmen chī
We ate ᡁفਲ਼Ҷ
ᡁԜਲ਼Ҷ
Wǒmen chī le
coke ਟ′
ਟҀ
kělè
my coke ᡁⲴਟ′
ᡁⲴਟҀ
wǒ de kělè
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I order ᡁ唎
ᡁ⛩
Wǒ diǎn
I ordered ᡁ唎Ҷ
ᡁ⛩Ҷ
Wǒ diǎn le
yesterday ᱘ཙ
᱘ཙ
zuótiān
We eat ᡁفਲ਼
ᡁԜਲ਼
Wǒmen chī
We ate ᡁفਲ਼Ҷ
ᡁԜਲ਼Ҷ
Wǒmen chī le
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Yesterday, we ate a little ᱘ཙᡁفਲ਼Ҷа唎ѝ഻㨌DŽ
Chinese food. ᱘ཙᡁԜਲ਼Ҷа⛩ѝഭ㨌DŽ
Zuótiān wǒmen chī le yīdiǎn
zhōngguó cài.
homework ࣏䃢
࣏䈮
gōngkè
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I buy ᡁ䋧
ᡁҠ
Wǒ mǎi
I bought ᡁ䋧Ҷ
ᡁҠҶ
Wǒ mǎi le
I went ᡁ৫Ҷ
ᡁ৫Ҷ
Wǒ qù le
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Talking about the past with ‘guò’
I go ᡁ৫
ᡁ৫
Wǒ qù
I went ᡁ৫Ҷ
ᡁ৫Ҷ
Wǒ qù le
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I have ordered fried ᡁ唎䙾⛂伟DŽ
rice (before). ᡁ⛩䗷⛂依DŽ
Wǒ diǎn guo chǎo fàn.
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Have they bought Ԇف䋧䙾ѝ഻㥦˛
Chinese tea (before)? ԆԜҠ䗷ѝഭ㥦ੇ˛
Tāmen mǎi guo zhōngguó
chá ma?
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The future
tomorrow ᰾ཙ
᰾ཙ
míngtiān
I go ᡁ৫
ᡁ৫
Wǒ qù
I go to China. ᡁ৫ѝ഻DŽ
ᡁ৫ѝഭDŽ
Wǒ qù Zhōngguó.
I will ᡁᴳ
ᡁՊ
Wǒ huì
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I’ll do my homework ᡁ᰾ཙᴳڊᡁⲴ࣏䃢DŽ
tomorrow. ᡁ᰾ཙՊڊᡁⲴ࣏䈮DŽ
Wǒ míngtiān huì zuò wǒ
de gōngkè.
I won’t ᡁнᴳ
ᡁнՊ
Wǒ bù huì
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Did you know...?
The Great Wall of China is the largest man-made
structure in the world – it took around 1 million people
to build it, and is about 2700 years old. It stretches for
about 5500 miles, but sadly cannot be seen from space.
The cement used to hold the stones of the Great Wall
together was made with sticky rice!
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At a glance
The Tones In Mandarin Chinese
1st Tone The Dentist’s Tone
When you’re at the dentist’s and the dentist wants to look
in your mouth, they’ll tell you to: “just say ‘aaaah’”. This is
the first tone in Chinese, high and flat, just like that “aaaah”
sound.
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4th Tone The Dog Owner’s Tone
People with dogs tend to either be telling them off or giving
them instructions all the time. They say things like “no!” and
“sit!”. This is the fourth tone in Chinese, a downward, falling
tone – the dog owner’s tone that they use when telling their
dog what to do. Try it now. Say “sit!”
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Numbers
You can listen to all of these numbers on track 75 for correct
pronunciation.
0 䴦 líng
1 а yī
2 Ҽ èr
3 й sān
4 ഋ sì
5 ӄ wǔ
6 ޝ liù
7 г qī
8 ޛ bā
9 ҍ jiǔ
10 ॱ shí
11 ॱа shí yī
12 ॱҼ shí èr
13 ॱй shí sān
14 ॱഋ shí sì
15 ॱӄ shí wǔ
16 ॱޝ shí liù
17 ॱг shí qī
18 ॱޛ shí bā
19 ॱҍ shí jiǔ
20 Ҽॱ èr shí
21 Ҽॱа èr shí yī
22 ҼॱҼ èr shí èr
23 Ҽॱй èr shí sān
24 Ҽॱഋ èr shí sì
25 Ҽॱӄ èr shí wǔ
26 Ҽॱޝ èr shí liù
27 Ҽॱг èr shí qī
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28 Ҽॱޛ èr shí bā
29 Ҽॱҍ èr shí jiǔ
30 йॱ sān shí
31 йॱа sān shí yī
32 йॱҼ sān shí èr
33 йॱй sān shí sān
34 йॱഋ sān shí sì
35 йॱӄ sān shí wǔ
36 йॱޝ sān shí liù
37 йॱг sān shí qī
38 йॱޛ sān shí bā
39 йॱҍ sān shí jiǔ
40 ഋॱ sì shí
41 ഋॱа sì shí yī
42 ഋॱҼ sì shí èr
43 ഋॱй sì shí sān
44 ഋॱഋ sì shí sì
45 ഋॱӄ sì shí wǔ
46 ഋॱޝ sì shí liù
47 ഋॱг sì shí qī
48 ഋॱޛ sì shí bā
49 ഋॱҍ sì shí jiǔ
50 ӄॱ wǔ shí
51 ӄॱа wǔ shí yī
52 ӄॱҼ wǔ shí èr
53 ӄॱй wǔ shí sān
54 ӄॱഋ wǔ shí sì
55 ӄॱӄ wǔ shí wǔ
56 ӄॱޝ wǔ shí liù
57 ӄॱг wǔ shí qī
58 ӄॱޛ wǔ shí bā
59 ӄॱҍ wǔ shí jiǔ
60 ॱޝ liù shí
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61 ॱޝа liù shí yī
62 ॱޝҼ liù shí èr
63 ॱޝй liù shí sān
64 ॱޝഋ liù shí sì
65 ॱޝӄ liù shí wǔ
66 ޝॱޝ liù shí liù
67 ॱޝг liù shí qī
68 ޛॱޝ liù shí bā
69 ॱޝҍ liù shí jiǔ
70 гॱ qī shí
71 гॱа qī shí yī
72 гॱҼ qī shí èr
73 гॱй qī shí sān
74 гॱഋ qī shí sì
75 гॱӄ qī shí wǔ
76 гॱޝ qī shí liù
77 гॱг qī shí qī
78 гॱޛ qī shí bā
79 гॱҍ qī shí jiǔ
80 ॱޛ bā shí
81 ॱޛа bā shí yī
82 ॱޛҼ bā shí èr
83 ॱޛй bā shí sān
84 ॱޛഋ bā shí sì
85 ॱޛӄ bā shí wǔ
86 ޝॱޛ bā shí liù
87 ॱޛг bā shí qī
88 ޛॱޛ bā shí bā
89 ॱޛҍ bā shí jiǔ
90 ҍॱ jiǔ shí
91 ҍॱа jiǔ shí yī
92 ҍॱҼ jiǔ shí èr
93 ҍॱй jiǔ shí sān
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94 ҍॱഋ jiǔ shí sì
95 ҍॱӄ jiǔ shí wǔ
96 ҍॱޝ jiǔ shí liù
97 ҍॱг jiǔ shí qī
98 ҍॱޛ jiǔ shí bā
99 ҍॱҍ jiǔ shí jiǔ
100 аⲮ yī bǎi
101 аⲮ䴦а yī bǎi líng yī
102 аⲮ䴦Ҽ yī bǎi líng èr
103 аⲮ䴦й yī bǎi líng sān
104 аⲮ䴦ഋ yī bǎi líng sì
105 аⲮ䴦ӄ yī bǎi líng wǔ
106 аⲮ䴦ޝ yī bǎi líng liù
107 аⲮ䴦г yī bǎi líng qī
108 аⲮ䴦ޛ yī bǎi líng bā
109 аⲮ䴦ҍ yī bǎi líng jiǔ
110 аⲮаॱ yī bǎi yī shí
111 аⲮаॱа yī bǎi yī shí yī
112 аⲮаॱҼ yī bǎi yī shí èr
113 аⲮаॱй yī bǎi yī shí sān
114 аⲮаॱഋ yī bǎi yī shí sì
115 аⲮаॱӄ yī bǎi yī shí wǔ
116 аⲮаॱޝ yī bǎi yī shí liù
117 аⲮаॱг yī bǎi yī shí qī
118 аⲮаॱޛ yī bǎi yī shí bā
119 аⲮаॱҍ yī bǎi yī shí jiǔ
120 аⲮҼॱ yī bǎi èr shí
121 аⲮҼॱа yī bǎi èr shí yī
122 аⲮҼॱҼ yī bǎi èr shí èr
200 ޙє Ⲯ liǎng bǎi
201 ޙє Ⲯ䴦а liǎng bǎi líng yī
202 ޙє Ⲯ䴦Ҽ liǎng bǎi líng èr
203 ޙє Ⲯ䴦й liǎng bǎi líng sān
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204 ޙє Ⲯ䴦ഋ liǎng bǎi líng sì
300 йⲮ sān bǎi
400 ഋⲮ sì bǎi
500 ӄⲮ wǔ bǎi
600 Ⲯޝ liù bǎi
700 гⲮ qī bǎi
800 Ⲯޛ bā bǎi
900 ҍⲮ jiǔ bǎi
1000 аॳ yī qiān
2000 ޙє ॳ liǎng qiān
3000 йॳ sān qiān
4000 ഋॳ sì qiān
5000 ӄॳ wǔ qiān
6000 ॳޝ liù qiān
7000 гॳ qī qiān
8000 ॳޛ bā qiān
9000 ҍॳ jiǔ qiān
10,000 а㩜 з yī wàn
20,000 ޙє 㩜 з liǎng wàn
30,000 й㩜 з sān wàn
40,000 ഋ㩜 з sì wàn
50,000 ӄ㩜 з wǔ wàn
60,000 ޝ㩜 з liù wàn
70,000 г㩜 з qī wàn
80,000 ޛ㩜 з bā wàn
90,000 ҍ㩜 з jiǔ wàn
100,000 ॱ㩜 з shí wàn
1,000,000 аⲮ㩜 з yī bǎi wàn
2,000,000 ޙє Ⲯ㩜 з liǎng bǎi wàn
3,000,000 йⲮ㩜 з sān bǎi wàn
10,000,000 аॳ㩜 з yī qiān wàn
20,000,000 ޙє ॳ㩜 з liǎng qiān wàn
100,000,000 аܴ ӯ yī yì
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Track listing
1 Introduction
2 I want pizza / cola
3 You want, don’t you want?
4 Hamburger, yes / no
5 Do you want a hamburger?
6 Want, not want
7 To go to Beijing / Shanghai
8 She / He wants to go to China
9 Practice 1
10 Practice 2
11 I think, I would like to go
12 You would like / Would you like?
13 To eat
14 A shortened version of ‘would like’
15 Practice 3
16 Chinese dishes
17 McDonald’s®
18 Practice 4
19 Practice 5
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20 To drink coffee
21 First and second tone
22 Went, ate, drank
23 I / we, they, you (plural)
24 Shortening ‘we / they would like to drink’
25 To buy
26 Practice 6
27 Third and fourth tone
28 Practice 7
29 Chinatown, dad
30 Mum, Chinese tea, a little
31 Practice 8
32 Practice 9
33 I can, he can, cannot, one point
34 To order, fried noodles
35 Practice 10
36 Responding to ‘Can you…?’
37 I have gone to / I have eaten
38 I have…before
39 To do, to make
40 Great Wall, long
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41 Practice 11
42 I would like to
43 Practice 12
44 Practice 13
45 Have not, has not
46 Day, yesterday, I didn’t
47 Practice 14
48 Practice 15
49 Negative past
50 Hello, how are you? Thank you
51 Is that OK?
52 Practice 16
53 Speak, language
54 I can, I know how to
55 I can vs I’m allowed
56 English
57 Tomorrow, the future
58 I will
59 Homework
60 Practice 17
61 Practice 18
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62 Practice 19
63 Practice 20
64 Review Introduction
65 Review 1
66 Review 2
67 Review 3
68 Review 4
69 Review 5
70 Review 6
71 Review 7
72 Review 8
73 Review 9
74 Review 10
75 Numbers
76 Goodbye
77 Credits
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