Contents - Mandarin Chinese I

1 Pinyin foundations
1. 1.1About Pinyin
2. 1.2The structure of Chinese syllables
3. 1.3Simple finals: a , o , e , i , u , ü
4. 1.4Initials
5. 1.5Compound finals
6. 1.6Nasal finals
7. 1.7Spelling rules
8. 1.8Tones
9. 1.9Change of tone
10. 1.10Words with er sounds
11. 1.11Combination exercise
2 Chinese writing
1. 2.1Formation of Chinese characters
2. 2.2Basic Chinese radicals
3. 2.3Basic strokes
4. 2.4Stroke order
3 Greetings and family
1. 3.1Lesson 1: Greetings
2. 3.2Lesson 2: Family
4 School life
5 Where do you live?
6 Out and about

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