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第〇课
Lesson 0
Basic Strokes
Chinese characters (汉字) are built up from basic strokes, and learning the proper strokes and stroke order in
writing Chinese characters is useful for looking up characters in the dictionary. It will also allow you to write
Chinese characters more efficiently and make your writing look better.
The following are the eight basic strokes in Chinese, which are often used to teach beginners in writing Chinese
characters. All characters are built up from these basic strokes.
Basic
Strokes
Stroke 点 横 竖 撇 捺 提 横钩 竖钩
name in diǎn héng shù piě nà tí hénggōu shùgōu
Chinese
Direction
of stroke
Example
There are more strokes, which are all written with one stroke of the pen (or brush). You will also learn some
more strokes along the way. You can view the complete list or strokes used to write Chinese characters here
on the Arch Chinese website: http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_character_strokes.htm
In this workbook, stroke order guides are placed under each character so that you will learn how to write them
in the correct order and also to learn the make-up of each Chinese character.
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Balance and Symmetry
The key to writing beautiful Chinese characters is balance and symmetry. You have to keep in mind the balance
and proportion of the elements that make up each Chinese character.
Stroke Order Rules
Writing characters in the correct stroke order can also facilitate learning, memorization, and efficient writing of
Chinese characters. Here are some basic stroke order rules:
Writing of Chinese characters usually starts:
1. From top to bottom
Ex.
2. From left to right
Ex.
3. Horizontal before vertical
Ex.
4. Right-to-left diagonals before left-to-right diagonals
Ex.
5. Outside before inside (applies to characters whose enclosing structure is on the upper left
(e.g. 有,反), upper right (e.g. 可,包), or above (e.g. 周, 闻)
Ex.
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6. Inside before outside (applies to characters whose enclosing structure is below (e.g. 凶 ,画), 4
or at the lower left structure of the character (e.g. 进,建)
Ex.
7. Inside before bottom enclosing
Ex.
8. Central stroke first before those at the wings
Ex.
9. Strokes that cut through a character go last
Ex.
10. Inside or upper-right dots last
Ex.
Character components
Some Chinese characters are made up of two or more Chinese characters, which are meaningful by themselves
and could also stand on their own. For example, the character for ‘good’ – 好 hǎo is made up of two
components: ⼥ nǚ ‘female’ and ⼦ zì ‘child’. By breaking down complex characters into their components,
students will find it easier to understand these Chinese characters, and speed up their learning and word
recognition skills, while building up their repertoire of Chinese characters.
好 = ⼥
+ ⼦
hǎo nǚ zì
‘good’ ‘female’ ‘child’
想 = ⽊ + 目 + ⼼
xiǎng mù mù xīn
‘think’ ‘wood’ ‘eye’ ‘heart’
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第⼀课
Lesson 1
Write the following characters five times each, and fill in the missing information.
pinyin meaning
STROKE ORDER:
pinyin meaning
STROKE ORDER:
pinyin meaning
STROKE ORDER:
pinyin meaning
STROKE ORDER:
pinyin meaning
STROKE ORDER:
pinyin meaning
STROKE ORDER:
pinyin meaning
STROKE ORDER:
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pinyin meaning
STROKE ORDER:
pinyin meaning
STROKE ORDER:
pinyin meaning
STROKE ORDER:
Fill in the missing Chinese characters by using the English translation as your clue.
十 thirteen 十 sixteen
十 eleven 十 eighteen
二 twenty 四 forty
三 十
thirty-two
八 十
eighty-one
Based on the examples above, can you guess how to write the following in Chinese characters?
eleven fifty-five
nineteen twenty-seven
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Chinese Sudoku
Complete this Sudoku puzzle using Chinese characters.
七 四
一 六 四
三 六
一 八 六
三 八 九 五 七
五 四 一 七 二 六
二 八 五
三 二 四 九 七
Simple Characters and Chinese Radicals (I)
Radicals are used to systematically categorize Chinese characters. The radical component of a Chinese
character can tell us the semantic category of the Chinese character. For example, the characters 吃 chī ‘to eat’
and 喝 hē ‘to drink’ have the radical 口 kǒu which, on its own means ‘mouth’, thus indicating the use of the
mouth in performing the two activities. The character 土 tǔ ‘soil, earth’ is used as a radical in more complex
characters like 地 dì ‘ground’, 埋 mái ‘bury’, and 场 chǎng ‘field, open space’. We can also see how these
characters are related to the soil or earth.
There are 214 radicals all in all that are used in modern dictionaries. Most of the radicals are characters
that may stand on their own. Learning these radicals and their meaning can help in the recognition and
memorization of Chinese characters, as well as in helping students understand their fundamental meanings.
gōng Compounds
1. 工 work, labor 工作 gōngzuò work
工厂 gōngchǎng factory
rén Compounds
2. 人 human, person 客人 kèrén visitor, guest
人生 rénshēng human life
kǒu Compounds
3. 口 mouth, entrance 出口 chūkǒu exit
入口 rùkǒu entrance
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rì Compounds
4. 日 sun 生日 shēngrì birthday
日期 rìqī date
dà Compounds
5. 大 big
大家 dàjiā everyone
大使馆 dàshǐguǎn embassy
tiān Compounds
6. 天 day, sky 今天 jīntiān today
天气 tiānqì weather
xiǎo Compounds
7. 小 small
小心 xiǎoxīn to be careful
小时 xiǎoshí hour
shān Compounds
8. 山 mountain 爬山 páshān to climb a mountain
火山 huǒshān volcano
Practice writing the following characters five times each, and fill in the missing information.
pinyin
pinyin
pinyin
pinyin
pinyin
pinyin
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pinyin
pinyin
Identify the radical components in these characters.
meaning: to eat meaning: early; morning
吃 radical: 早 radical:
chī zǎo
meaning: left meaning: uncle
左 radical: 伯 radical:
zuǒ bó
meaning: mountain ridge meaning: few, less
岭 radical: 少 radical:
lǐng shǎo
Guess the meaning of the following compound words first, then check dictionary if you got it right. Write down
the Pinyin and English translation in the blank provided.
1. 工人 _________________
2. 天天 _________________
3. 大人 _________________
4. 人口 _________________
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第⼆课
Lesson 2
REVIEW: Write the numbers 1 – 10 in Chinese characters 汉字 in the boxes below.
REVIEW: Fill in the blanks.
汉字 拼音 英文
1. mouth
口
2. rì sun
3. big
4. shān
山
5. xiǎo
6.
人
7. tiān
天
8. work
Simple Characters and Chinese Radicals (II)
yuè Compounds
1. 月 moon
月饼 yuèbīng mooncake
月亮 yuèliàng moonlight
xīn Compounds
2. 心 heart 关心 guānxīn to care or worry
伤心 shāngxīn to be heartbroken
zhōng Compounds
3. 中 center, middle
中午 zhōngwǔ noon, midday
中心 zhōngxīn central, heart
nǚ Compounds
4. 女 female
女孩 nǚhái girl
女生 nǚshēng woman
zǐ; zi Compounds
5. 子 child; small thing 儿子 érzi son
杯子 bēizi cup
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Practice writing the following characters five times each, and fill in the missing information.
pinyin
月
pinyin
心
pinyin
中
pinyin
女
pinyin
子
Some characters change their forms when used as a radical component of another Chinese character.
The character 心 for example becomes 忄 when it is on the left side of a character
心
心 忄
想 xiǎng think 忆 yì remember, memory
Identify the radical components in these characters
meaning: older sister meaning: grandchild
姐 radical: 孙 radical
jiě sūn
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
们
Traditional form:
們
Other Words
Fill in the missing information. Then practice writing each character. Don’t forget to follow the correct
order of strokes.
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
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pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
吗 question
particle
Traditional form:
嗎
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
Traditional form:見
pinyin meaning
Traditional form:謝
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pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
Traditional form:氣
Add a radical to each of the following Chinese characters to change them into other characters:
也 马
yě
à tā mǎ à mā
also he/she horse mother
子
你
zì à hǎo nǐ à nín
child good you you (polite)
马
mǎ à ma
horse question particle
Combine the characters that you’ve learned and practiced writing above to form the following common
expressions in Chinese. An example is given below:
Do you recognize these characters from your textbook lesson # 1? What do they mean? Learning to recognize
characters, even without learning yet how to write them, is also an important skill to develop.
对不起
没关系
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第三课
Lesson 3
REVIEW。Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Write your answers in both 汉字 Chinese
characters and 拼音 Pinyin.
3. I am fine.
4. Goodbye!
5. Thank you!
REVIEW。 Identify the radical component in the following groups of Chinese characters. Write what each
radical means and represent how they are pronounced by using Pinyin
1. Ex.
meaning:
火 烦 灯 烤
fire fán dēng kǎo
radical pinyin: huǒ annoy light roast; bake
2.
1. meaning:
奶 姐 婚
nǎi jiě hūn
radical pinyin: milk older sister marriage
3.
2. meaning:
朋 朗 望
péng láng wàng
radical pinyin: friend clear, bright to gaze
4.
3. meaning:
思 感 恨
sī gǎn hèn
radical pinyin: to think to feel hate
5.
4. meaning:
孩 孙 孝
hái sūn xiào
radical pinyin: child grandchild filial piety
6.
5. meaning:
伙 佣 仁
huǒ yōng rén
radical pinyin: companion servant humane
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Simple Characters and Chinese Radicals (III)
huǒ Compounds
1. 火 fire
火车 huǒchē train
火柴 huǒchái match
shuǐ Compounds
2. 水 water 水平 shuǐpíng level; standard
水果 shuǐguǒ fruit
mù Compounds
3. 木 wood
树木 shùmù tree
木板 mùbān wooden board
tián Compounds
4. 田 field 田地 tiándì farmland
油田 yóutián oil field
lì Compounds
5. 力 power 努力 nǔlì strive, to try hard
能力 nénglì capability, able
Practice writing the following simple characters five times and fill in the missing information.
pinyin Guess the meaning of the
火
following words, then
check a dictionary if your
guess was correct. Write in
Pinyin and English
pinyin
translation in the blanks.
水
1.火山
pinyin ___________
木
2.口水
pinyin ___________
田
3.男人
pinyin ___________
力
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Variant forms of radicals.
火
火 灬
灯 dēng light 热 rè hot
水
水 氵
永 yǒng forever 海 hǎi ocean
meaning: to cook meaning: branch
煮 radical: 根 radical:
zhǔ gēn
NEW WORDS. Practice writing the following characters.
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
什 what
pinyin meaning
么 question
particle
Traditional form:
麼
pinyin meaning
Ex. 姓名 xìngmíng full name
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
5. Wǒ bú shì Zhōngguórén.________________________________________________________
WRITING EXERCISE
Write a short paragraph introducing yourself using what was learned in class. Make use of the 汉子 that you
have learned so far.
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第四课
Lesson 4
REVIEW。Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Write your answers in both 汉字 Chinese
characters and 拼音 Pinyin.
1. What is your name?
3. He is Chinese.
meaning:
奶 姐 婚
女
Ex. female
nǎi jiě hūn
radical pinyin: nǚ milk older sister marriage
1. meaning:
烧 热 煮
shāo jiě zhǔ
radical pinyin: to steam older sister to cook
2. meaning:
海 汁 洗
hǎi zhī xǐ
radical pinyin: sea juice to wash
3. meaning:
桌 林 李
zhuō lín lí
radical pinyin: table forest plum
4. meaning:
助 动 加
zhù dòng jiā
radical pinyin: help move add, plus
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Simple Characters and Chinese Radicals (IV)
jīn Compounds
1. 金 gold 现金 xiànjīn cash
奖金 jiǎngjīn cash award
tú Compounds
2. 土 soil, earth, ground
土地 túdì land, territory
土豆 túdòu potato
Traditional Compounds
mén
3. 门 door
門 开门 kāi mén open the door
关门 guān mén close the door
shǒu Compounds
4. 手 hand
手机 shǒujī cellphone
分手 fēnshǒu to split up/ break up
Practice writing the following simple characters five times and fill in the missing information
pinyin
金
pinyin
土
pinyin
门
pinyin
手
Some of the characters above sometimes change their form when used as a radical component in more
complex Chinese characters. Identify what forms they take based on the characters that have them as their
radical component.
钱 针 银
1. 金 variant form
qián
money
zhēn
needle
yín
silver
打 抓 掉
2. 手 variant form
dǎ
hit
zhuā
catch, grab
diào
fall, drop, lose
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NEW WORDS
Practice writing the following words in the box provided below. Follow the stroke order indicated below.
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
traditional: 誰
pinyin meaning
这
Traditional form:
這
pinyin meaning
Write the following words by combining characters that we have already learned.
Write the following in Chinese characters then translate into English or Filipino.
5. Tā shì shéi?
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第五课
Lesson 5
REVIEW。Translate the following into Chinese. Write your answers in 汉字。
1. What is your name?
2. Who is he?
3. What is this?
meaning: rise, get up meaning: sleep
起 radical: 睡 radical:
qǐ shuì
meaning: older brother meaning: look, see
兄 radical: 看 radical:
xiōng kàn
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NEW WORDS.
Practice writing the following words in the box provided below. Follow the stroke order indicated below.
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
trad:幾
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
trad:個
pinyin meaning
trad:兩
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
4. Nǐ méiyǒu bǐ ma?
6. Nǐ de péngyǒu jǐ suì?
7. Nǐ yǒu jǐ ge tóngxué?
第六课
Lesson 6
REVIEW. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Write your answers in 汉字.
REVIEW. Fill in the proper radical component to come up with the correct 汉字 that matches the meaning
given. You may choose from the box below, but keep in mind that their forms may vary when used as a radical
component. You may use a dictionary to help you answer the exercises below. Write the Pinyin below each
character.
言 水 目 口 走 火
1. 2.
word, speech,
stumble 列 à lyrics
司 à
3. 4.
blind 害 à bite,nip 交 à
5. 6.
fry 前 à river 可 à
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NEW WORDS. Practice writing the following Chinese characters. Follow the indicated stroke order.
pinyin meaning
TRAD. 會
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
TRAD. 說
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
3. 4.
吃 to eat 书 to read / study
5. 6.
字 to write 茶 drink tea
7. 8.
怎 how
见 see
Write the Pinyin representation of the following words and write their meaning in English.
1. 好看 _______________ 5. 这些 _______________
2. 好吃 _______________ 6. 那些 _______________
3. 难看 _______________ 7. 哪些 _______________
4. 难喝 _______________ 8. 中国菜 _______________
Write the following sentences in Chinese characters then translation into English or Filipino.
1. Nǐ xǐhuān zuò shénme?
5. Tā bù xǐhuān hē chá
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第七课
Lesson 7
REVIEW. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Write your answers in 汉字.
NEW WORDS.
Practice writing the following words in the box provided below. Follow the stroke order indicated below.
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
Ex. 学期 xuéqī school term, semester
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
Ex. 晚会 wǎnhuì evening party
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pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
TRAD. 來
pinyin meaning
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pinyin meaning
PRACTICE
Fill in the table with the days of the week. Write your answers in 汉字. The first one has been done for you.
5. 6.
明 next year
年 last year
7.
家 go back home 8.
九
November
Write the following in Chinese characters then translate each into English or Filipino.
1. Nǐ de shēngrì jǐ yuè jǐ hào?
6. Lǎoshi qù nǎr?
WRITING PRACTICE。Write about the things that you do in a regular week. Write in 汉字. Minimum of five (5)
sentences. Below your account, write the English/Filipino translation (so that I can check if what you wrote in
Chinese matches what you were thinking in your own language). Limit your writing to the sentence patterns
that we have learned so far.
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第⼋课
Lesson 8
REVIEW. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Write your answers in 汉字.
NEW WORDS.
Practice writing the following words in the box provided below. Follow the stroke order indicated below.
pinyin meaning
5. 6.
饭 rice 子 cup
7.
子 siopao 8.
一 total
Write the following numbers in Chinese characters and Pinyin.
a. 745 ______________________________________
b. 801 ______________________________________
c. 3260 ______________________________________
d. 29 912 ______________________________________
7. Nǐ xiǎng hē shénme?
Fill in the blanks to complete the sentences. Write the Pinyin below each character.
1. How much is a cup of coffee?
一 咖 啡 多 ?
yì kā fēi duō
2. What would you like to buy?
你 买 ?
nǐ mǎi
3. How much is this book?
这 书 多 少 ?
zhè shū duō shǎo
4. Two buns are 24 bucks in total。
个 子 一 共 。
ge zi yí gòng
5. Do you like Chinese food or Japanese food?
中 国 是 菜 ?
Zhōng guó shì cài
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第九-⼗课
Lesson 9 - 10
REVIEW. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Write your answers in 汉字.
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
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pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
笔在桌子____________. (The pen is on top of the desk.)
Pinyin:
狗在_________________. (The dog is inside the house.)
Pinyin:
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张先生_______________. (Mr. Zhang went abroad.)
Pinyin:
她____________________. (She works in a store.)
Pinyin:
弟弟_______________看医生.
(Little brother went to the hospital to see the doctor.)
Pinyin:
Write the following in 汉字 then translate into English or Filipino.
1. Wǒ néng zuò zài hòumian ma?
5. Nǐ qù nǎr?
6. Tā méiyǒu gōngzuò.
第⼗⼀课
Lesson 11
REVIEW. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Write your answers in 汉字.
NEW WORDS. Practice writing the following words in the box provided below. Follow the stroke order
indicated below.
pinyin meaning
_______________________ _______________________ _______________________
4:20 PM 7:35 AM 11:50 PM
_______________________ _______________________ _______________________
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Write the Pinyin and meaning of the following words.
1. 现在 _______________________ 7. 睡觉 _______________________
2. 半天 _______________________ 8. 起床 _______________________
3. 半年 _______________________ 9. 上课 _______________________
Write the following in 汉字 then translate into English or Filipino.
1. Qǐng wèn, xiànzài jǐ diǎn?
2. Nǐ jǐ diǎn shuìjiào?
3. Nǐ zhōngwǔ jǐdiǎn chīfàn?
4. Tāmen yào zài Běijīng zhù wǔ tiān.
5. Wǒ néng bù néng xiàwǔ wǔ diǎn qián huíjiā?
6. Nǐmen shénme shíhòu qù kàn diànyǐng?
7. Wǒmen wǎnshàng liù diǎn yí kè yìqǐ chīfàn.
8. Wǒmen cóng shíyī diǎn bàn dào yī diǎn shàng Hànyǔ kè.
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第⼗⼆课
Lesson 12
REVIEW. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Write your answers in 汉字.
NEW WORDS. Practice writing the following words in the box provided below. Follow the stroke order
indicated below.
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
6. Yīshēng shuō nǐ yào duō chī xiē shuǐguǒ, yě yào duō hē shuǐ.
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第⼗三- ⼗四课
Lesson 13 – 14
REVIEW. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Write your answers in 汉字.
NEW WORDS.
Practice writing the following words in the box provided below. Follow the stroke order indicated below.
pinyin meaning
pinyin meaning
Fill in the blanks to form words
1. television 2. telephone 3. talk
电 话 说
4. work part time 5. open the door 6. raincoat
打 门 衣
7. clothes 8. outer clothing 9. drive a car
服 衣 开
Write the Pinyin of the following sentences and then translate each into English or Filipino.
1. 你在做什么?
2. 他十点半吃了午饭。
3. 妈妈现在在睡觉,她身体不太好。
4. 王先生给你打电话。
5. 下课后,我要去商店买东西。
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Write the following in Chinese characters, then translate into English or Filipino.
1. Zhè jiàn yīfu tài piàoliang le!
第⼗五课
Lesson 15
REVIEW. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Write your answers in 汉字.