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SAXE Middle School

Mandarin - Sixth Grade 2014 - 2015

Unit: Introduction to Mandarin

Teacher: Ms. Wu

Student Name: ____________________________

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Notes:

Ms. Wu's website: http://mandarinatsaxe.weebly.com/ Go to "Homework Assignments" - dropdown menu - 6th Grade mandarin to find

homework assignments

Bring Mandarin binder (handouts) and pencils to class every day.

Do homework everyday.

Classroom Rules:

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Mandarin Intro_1 Student Name: ___________________

A. Radicals (Roots) To see animation of these words go to:

http://www.dragonwise.hku.hk/dragon2/schools/archives/morph.php

Modern Ancient Meaning In characters (circle the radical)

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日

明 星 曉 2

月

朋 期 3

山

嶽 嶺 岑 4

水

(氵)淼江河

Write the radicals (Copy each character according to the stroke order you learned in class. Copy the entire character

carefully. Write in pencils)

日

月

山

水

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B. Pinyin (Pronunciation)

To hear and practice these sounds go to: http://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-pinyin-chart.php

(listen and repeat to each sound and the tones at least 3 times)

(1) dā, dá, dǎ, dà

(2) mō, mó, mǒ, mò

(3) gē, gé, gě, gè

(4) pī, pí, pǐ, pì

(5) fū, fú, fǔ, fù

Check here: _____ I have listened and said out loud the above sounds at least 3 times.

C. Useful Phrases/Conversation English meaning

1. Nǐ hǎo ! ___________________________

2. Duì bù qǐ ! __________________________

3. Xiè Xie ! ______________________

4. Zài jiàn! __________________________

Check here: _____ I have said out loud the above sounds at least 5 times and memorized

them.

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Mandarin Intro_2 Student Name: ___________________

A. Radicals (Roots)

To see animation of these words go to:

http://www.dragonwise.hku.hk/dragon2/schools/archives/morph.php

Modern Ancient Meaning In characters

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口

吃 喝 唱 (circle the part that is the radical of the word

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木

楓 樹 柏

3

艸

（艹）草葉花

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人

他 你 伯

Write the radicals (Copy each character according to the stroke order you learned in class. Copy the entire character

carefully. Write in pencils)

口

木

艹

人

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B. Pinyin (Pronunciation)

To hear and practice these sounds go to: http://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-pinyin-chart.php

(listen and repeat to each sound and the tones at least 3 times)

(1) pō , pó ,pǒ, pò

(2) lū ,lú ,lǔ ,lù

(3) jī ,jí ,jǐ ,jì

(4) qī ,qí, qǐ ,qì

(5) xī, xí ,xǐ ,xì

Check here: _____ I have listened and said out loud the above sounds at least 3 times.

C. Useful Phrases/Conversation

1. Míng tiān jiàn ! ___________________________

2. wǒ bù dǒng ! __________________________

3. Hěn hǎo ! ______________________

4. Tài hǎo le ! __________________________

Check here: _____ I have said out loud the above sounds at least 5 times and memorized

them.

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Mandarin Intro_3 Student Name: ___________________

A. Radicals (Roots)

To see some of the animation of these words go to:

http://www.dragonwise.hku.hk/dragon2/schools/archives/morph.php

Modern Ancient Meaning In characters (circle the radicals)

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刀

分 切 剪 2

力

加 助 男 3

又

友 取 4

囗

回 因

Write the radicals (copy each character according to the stroke order you learned in class. Copy the entire character

carefully. Write in pencils)

刀

力

又

囗

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B. Pinyin (Pronunciation)

To hear and practice these sounds go to: http://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-pinyin-chart.php

(listen and repeat to each sound and the tones at least 3 times)

(1) bā ,bí , bǔ , bò

(2) pā , pí, pǔ , pò

(3) mā , mí , mǔ, mò

(4) fā , fú , fǒ

(5) dā , dí, dǔ , dé

(6) tā ,tí , tǔ , tè

(7) nā ,ní ,nǔ , nè , nǚ

(8) lā ,lí ,lǔ , lè , lǚ

(9) lú , lǘ , nǔ ,nǚ

(10) lǔ , nǚ ,lǚ , nǚ

Check here: _____ I have listened and said out loud the above sounds at least 3 times.

C. Useful Phrases/Conversation

1. Lǎo shī hǎo ! ___________________________

2. Duì bù qǐ . Méi guān xi . __________________________

3. Duì bú duì? Duì ！ Bú duì ! ______________________

4. Dǒng bù dǒng ? Dǒng ! Bù dǒng ! __________________________

Check here: _____ I have said out loud the above sounds at least 5 times and memorized

them.

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Mandarin Intro_4 Student Name: ___________________

A. Radicals (Roots)

To animation of these words go to:

http://www.dragonwise.hku.hk/dragon2/schools/archives/morph.php

Modern Ancient Meaning In characters (circle the radicals)

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土

在 坐 2

夕

外 多 3

大

天 太 4

女

婆 好 媽

Write the radicals (Copy each character according to the stroke order you learned in class. Copy the entire character

carefully. Write in pencils)

土

夕

大

女

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B. Pinyin (Pronunciation)

To hear and practice these sounds go to: http://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-pinyin-chart.php

(listen and repeat to each sound and the tones at least 3 times)

(1) gū , gé , gǎ

(2) kū , kě , kǎ

(3) hú , hè , hā

(4) gǔ , hǔ , gé , hé

(5) gǔ , kǔ , hǔ

(6) hé , ké , gé

(7) jī , qī , xī

(8) jǔ , qǔ , xǔ

(9) qí , xí , qú , xú

(10) jī , xí , jū , xū

Check here: _____ I have listened and said out loud the above sounds at least 3 times.

C. Useful Phrases/Conversation

1. Shàng kè ! ___________________________

2. Xià kè ! __________________________

3. Kàn zhè lǐ ！ ______________________

4. Qǐng ān jìng ! __________________________

Check here: _____ I have said out loud the above sounds at least 5 times and memorized

them.

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Mandarin Intro_5 Student Name: ___________________

A. Radicals (Roots)

To animation of some of these words go to:

http://www.dragonwise.hku.hk/dragon2/schools/archives/morph.php

Modern Ancient Meaning In characters (circle the radicals)

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子

字 孩 學 2

寸

寺 封 3

小

少 尖 4

工

左 差

Write the radicals (copy each character according to the stroke order you learned in class. Copy the entire character

carefully. Write in pencils)

子

寸

小

工

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B. Pinyin (Pronunciation)

To hear and practice these sounds go to: http://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-pinyin-chart.php

(listen and repeat to each sound and the tones at least 3 times)

(1) zā, zū , zé , zǐ

(2) cā , cū , cè , cì

(3) sǎ , sū , sè , sǐ

(4) zá , cā , zǐ , cǐ

(5) zé , cè , zǔ , cù

(6) sā , zā , cā

(7) sū , zū , cū

(8) sè , zè , cè

(9) sī , zī , cī

(10) zà , cù , sè

Check here: _____ I have listened and said out loud the above sounds at least 3 times.

C. Useful Phrases/Conversation

1. Zhù yì tīng ! ___________________________

2. Qǐng gēn wǒ shuō ! __________________________

3. Zài shuō yí biàn ！ ______________________

4. Zhàn qǐ lái ! Zuò xià ! __________________________

5. Xiè xie ! Bú kè qi !.

Check here: _____ I have said out loud the above sounds at least 5 times and memorized

them.

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Mandarin Intro_6 Student Name: ___________________

A. Radicals (Roots)

To animation of some of these words go to:

http://www.dragonwise.hku.hk/dragon2/schools/archives/morph.php

Modern Ancient Meaning In characters (circle the radicals)

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幺

幼 幻

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弓

引 弟 張

3

心

(忄）愛忙想恨

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戈

我 或

Write the radicals (copy each character according to the stroke order you learned in class. Copy the entire character

carefully. Write in pencils)

幺

弓

心

戈

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B. Pinyin (Pronunciation)

To hear and practice these sounds go to: http://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-pinyin-chart.php

(listen and repeat to each sound and the tones at least 3 times)

(1) zhā , zhū , zhè , zhǐ

(2) chá , chú , chě , chí

(3) shā, shū , shé, shī

(4) rú, rè, rì

(5) zhā , chā, zhū , chū

(6) shí, zhī, chī

(7) shé, zhé, chě, shě

(8) lù, rù, lì, rì

(9) zhè, rè,

(10) chū, shū, shā,

(11) shú, rú, shí, rì

(12) shè, rè, lè, rè

Check here: _____ I have listened and said out loud the above sounds at least 3 times.

C. Useful Phrases/Conversation

1. yī ___________________________

2. èr __________________________

3. sān ______________________

4. sì __________________________

5. wǔ _____________________________

Check here: _____ I have said out loud the above sounds at least 5 times and memorized

them.

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Mandarin Intro_7 Student Name: ___________________

A. Radicals (Roots)

To animation of some of these words go to:

http://www.dragonwise.hku.hk/dragon2/schools/archives/morph.php

Modern Ancient Meaning In characters (circle the radicals)

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手

(扌)打拿捧

2

火

炎熱燒 3

田

男留 4

目

眼 睡 看

Write the radicals (copy each character according to the stroke order you learned in class. Copy the entire character

carefully. Write in pencils)

手

火

田

目

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B. Pinyin (Pronunciation) compound finals

To hear and practice these sounds go to: http://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-pinyin-chart.php

(listen and repeat to each sound and the tones at least 3 times)

(1) pái , léi , dāo, gǒu

(2) cāi , méi , sǎo , shòu

(3) tan̄, tang , chān , chāng

(4) zān , zhāng , gān , gang

(5) sēn , sēng , shēn , sheng

(6) zhēn , zhēng , fēn, fēng

(7) chēng , chōng , děng , dǒng

(8) zhèng , zhòng , kēng , kōng

Check here: _____ I have listened and said out loud the above sounds at least 3 times.

C. Useful Phrases/Conversation

1. lìu ___________________________

2. qī __________________________

3. bā ______________________

4. jǐu __________________________

5. shí _____________________________

Check here: _____ I have said out loud the above sounds at least 5 times and memorized

them.

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Mandarin Intro_8 Student Name: ___________________

A. Radicals (Roots)

To see animation of some of these words go to:

http://www.dragonwise.hku.hk/dragon2/schools/archives/morph.php

Modern Ancient Meaning In characters (circle the radicals)

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示

（礻）票社視

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糸

素 紅 綠 3

耳

聾 聊 聽 4

衣

（衤）袋衫 補 5

言

(讠)說話讓 Write the radicals

(copy each character according to the stroke order you learned in class. Copy the entire character

carefully. Write in pencils)

礻

糸

耳

衤

言

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B. Pinyin (Pronunciation): compound finals

To hear and practice these sounds go to: http://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-pinyin-chart.php

(listen and repeat to each sound and the tones at least 3 times)

(1) jiā , jiē , qiā , qiē

(2) xiá, xié, yǎ, yě

(3) bīn , bīng , pīn , pīng

(4) jīn , jīng , yīn , yīng

(5) zhāo , jiāo , shǎo, xiǎo

(6) cháo , qiáo , áo , yáo

(7) zhāng , jiāng , shāng, xiāng

(8) cháng , qiáng , áng , yang

(9) xiān, xiāng , qiān, qiāng

(10) jiān , jiāng , yān, yang

(11) xīu , xīong , yǒu , yǒng

(12) chán, qián , shǎn , xiǎn

(13) zhàn , jiàn , ān , yān

C. Useful Phrases/Conversation

1. shí yī ___________________________

2. shí èr __________________________

3. shí jǐu ___________________________

4. èr shí ______________________

5. er ̀shí yī __________________________

6. èr shí jǐu _____________________________

check here: _____ I have said out loud the above sounds at least 5 times and memorized

them.

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Mandarin Intro_9 Student Name: ___________________

A. Radicals (Roots)

To see animation of some of these words go to:

http://www.dragonwise.hku.hk/dragon2/schools/archives/morph.php

Modern Ancient Meaning In characters (circle the radicals)

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貝

(贝)貴 財 買

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走

趣 起

3

足

跳 跑 踢

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金

錢 銀 銅 鐵

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門

間 開 關

Write the radicals (copy each character according to the stroke order you learned in class. Copy the entire character

carefully. Write in pencils)

貝

走

足

金

門

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B. Pinyin (Pronunciation): compound finals

To hear and practice these sounds go to: http://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-pinyin-chart.php

(listen and repeat to each sound and the tones at least 3 times)

(1) shuā , shuāi , wā , wāi

(2) dūn , duān , kūn , kuān

(3) zhūn , chuān , wēn , wān

(4) tuī , tūn, zhuī , zhūn

(5) duī , dūn , wēi, wēn

(6) shuān , shuāng, chuān, chuāng

(7) zhuān , zhuāng , wān, wāng

(8) duō, dōu , zhuō , zhōu

(9) suō , sōu , wō, ōu

C. Useful Phrases/Conversation

1. sān shí ___________________________

2. sān shí yī __________________________

3. sì shí __________________________

4. sì shī yī ______________________

5. wǔ shí __________________________

6. lìu shí _____________________________

7. qī shí __________________________________

check here: _____ I have said out loud the above sounds at least 5 times and memorized

them.

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Mandarin Intro_10 Student Name: ___________________

A. Radicals (Roots)

To see animation of some of these words go to:

http://www.dragonwise.hku.hk/dragon2/schools/archives/morph.php

Modern Ancient Meaning In characters (circle the radical part)

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隹

雖 集 2

雨

雪雲電 霜 3

食

(饣)餐飯飲

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馬

騎 驚 馴

Write the radicals (copy each character according to the stroke order you learned in class. Copy the entire character

carefully. Write in pencils)

隹

雨

食

馬

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B. Pinyin (Pronunciation): compound finals

To hear and practice these sounds go to: http://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-pinyin-chart.php

(listen and repeat to each sound and the tones at least 3 times)

(1) jūn , zhūn , yūn , wēn

(2) yuè, què, juè

(3) xūan , shuān , juān , zhuān

(4) quán , chuán , yuán , wán

Check here: _____ I have listened and said out loud the above sounds at least 3 times.

C. Useful Phrases/Conversation

1. bā shí ___________________________

2. bā shí yī __________________________

3. jǐu shí ______________________

4. jǐu shí yi __________________________

5. jǐu shí jǐu _____________________________

6. yì bǎi _____________________________

Check here: _____ I have said out loud the above sounds at least 5 times and memorized

them.

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Mandarin Intro_11 Numbers 1_99 Student Name: ___________________

Copy each character (include pinyin and tone), follow stroke orders.

一 一 一 一 一

yī

二 二 二 二 二

èr

三 三 三 三 三

sān

四 四 四 四 四

sì

五 五 五 五 五

wǔ

六 六 六 六 六

liù

七 七 七 七 七

qī

八 八 八 八 八

bā

九 九 九 九 九

jiǔ

十 十 十 十 十

shí

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Apply the numbers in real life situations:

1 Number of students in the classroom 2 Your age 3 Number of States in the USA 4 Number of friends you have 5 Number of days in this month 6 Number of subjects you are taking this year 7 Number of minutes it takes you to get to school

十 二十 三十 四十 五十 六十 七十 八十 九十

一

二

三

四

五

六

七

八

九

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Mandarin Intro 12: Dates Date:________ Name: _________

A. Vocabulary

1.年 (nián ) year

2.月 (yuè) moon; month

3.日 (rì) sun; day

4.星期 (xīng qī) week

一 (yī) one

二 (èr)

三 (sān)

四 (sì)

五

六

七

八

九

十

(wǔ)

(lìu)

(qī)

(bā)

(Jǐu)

(shí)

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B. How to tell and speak about dates in Chinese?

Year：一九四五年nián

，二零líng

一三年

Month: 一月yuè

，二月，三月，四月，五月，六月，七月，八月

九月 ，十月，十一月，十二月

Day: 一日rì

，二日，三日，四日，五日，…..三十一日

Day of week: 星xīng

期qī

一，星期二，星期三，星期四，星期五，

星期六，星期日

Order of words: ___ 年 _____月 ____日 星期____

Practice: say and write the following dates in Chinese

1. Halloween

2. Thanksgiving Day

3. Valentine’s Day

4. Your birthday

5. Independence Day

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C. Take a look at the following calendar and answer the questions.

1. What month is it?

2. What day of the week is the 27th on this calendar?

3. Does this calendar look the same as the western calendar?

4. What do the symbols below each Arabic numbers represent?

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D. Copy and memorize

年

nián

月

yuè

日

rì

星 xīng

29

期 qī