STUDENT’S BOOK

Chinese Learning Series

 Contents

Nǐ wǔ ge , wǒ wǔ ge
Unit 1 你五个，我五个 10

Liù, qī, bā, jiǔ, shí

Unit 2
六、七、八、九、十 20
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老师 早! 28
Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?
Unit 4 你 叫 什么 名字？ 36

Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén?

Unit 5 你家有几口人？ 44

Xièxie!
Unit 6 谢谢！ 52

Wǒ bàba shì yīshēng

Unit 7 我爸爸 是 医生 60
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 Foreword

你好！Nǐ hǎo！
The learning in Meihua Chinese Series is dedicated to preparing students for the
Welcome to the Meihua Chinese Learning series for Primary Schools, a series standardised International Chinese test, i.e. Youth Chinese Test (YCT), a Chinese
that was developed with the needs of primary school students, teachers and proficiency examination for students at Primary and Middle school established
parents in mind. Our goal is to present a Chinese language-learning programme by Hanban (a public institution affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of Education).
that is easy to comprehend and fun to learn. By completing all six levels of this learning series, students are expected to
possess the skills needed to pass Level III out of four YCT test levels.
In both written and spoken forms, Chinese is significantly different from other
languages around the world. As a result, there are certain challenges in Our main authoritative references in the development of Meihua Chinese
introducing and guiding students to master Chinese. To meet such challenges, Learning Series are as follows:
this series focuses on delivering the lessons in phases; starting with vocabulary 1. 国家汉办（Hanban/孔子学院总部. 新中小学生汉语考试/YCT 大纲.Youth
that reflects the student’s daily routine needs, and the basic elements of the Chinese Test (YCT) 1–4 Outline, http://www.chinesetest.cn/godownload.do.
Chinese phonological system. Students will gradually progress into more
2. 国 家 汉 办 (Hanban)/ 孔 子 学 院 总 部 . 国 际 汉 语 教 学 通 用 课 程 大 纲 /
complex and challenging language. Such delivery is reflected in the selection
International Curriculum for Chinese Language Education. Beijing Language
of phonics, pinyin, tones, characters, vocabulary and topics in each unit of the
and Culture University Press.
series.
3. 中华人民共和国国家标准.汉语拼音正词法基本规则/Basic Rules of the
Meihua Chinese Learning Series emphasises the development of a solid Chinese Phonetic Alphabet Orthography.中华人民共和国国家质量监督检
language foundation, with systematic and interesting features in each of its units 验检疫总局、中国国家标准化管理委员会发布.
throughout six levels. Each level consists of ten units designed to be completed
4. 中华人民共和国教育部、国家语言文字工作委员会发布.语言文字规范
by a student within a school year with 2-3 hours of lessons per week (70-105
《汉字部首表》/The Table of Indexing Chinese Character Component.
minutes per week). Once a student has completed Level 6 of the series, they will
have studied over 500 Chinese words, and acquired the skills to write more than
5. 国家语言文字工作委员会标准化工作委员会《现代汉语通用字笔顺规范》/
100 Chinese characters independently. They will also be able to comprehend
XIANDAI HANYU TONGYONGZI BISHUN GUIFAN, 语文出版社.
simple reading texts without pinyin and communicate in simple daily Chinese
conversation.
This book consists of: g. Chinese Character Writing
1. Student Book and Audio CD The introduction of the stroke-by-stroke guide to writing Chinese characters
Each unit is divided into eight sections: will teach students to understand the stroke orders of both basic and
a. Text or dialogue complex characters. The methods in this series will enable learners to
This section is composed of a combination of pictures, texts and/or apply their acquired skills in creating thousands of Chinese characters
interesting and easy-to-comprehend dialogues. freely and independently.
b. Vocabulary h. Reading
Vocabulary is a crucial part in comprehending the Chinese language. The In this learning series, not only are students encouraged to understand
new vocabulary in this section is introduced through text and/ or dialogues. individual Chinese characters but also to recognise their meaning within
c. Activities a reading text. This provides context and a deeper understanding of
The activities are designed to put the main lesson points into practice. The character usage.
learning process is conducted in a fun and engaging way by encouraging
student involvement and interaction with others. The student’s book comes with an Audio CD, which contains recordings of parts
d. Pinyin (book 1 & book 2), notes and grammar (books 3-6) of text or dialogue, new vocabulary, pinyin and listening practice.
This section puts more emphasis on the phonemes that are foreign to
students. Pinyin and tones can be learned in Level 1 and 2. The series 2. Exercise Book
focuses on the consonants and vowels that are different from those in other The Meihua Exercise Book is designed to develop reading and writing skills.
languages, as well as unfamiliar tonal aspects of Chinese. The exercise books can be used as an integral workbook during class or as
e. Listening activity extra practice for homework.
The recordings on the audio CD have been developed to help familiarise
students with the sounds, accents and structures of spoken Chinese. 3. Teacher’s Guide
f. Radical (books 1-4) The Teacher’s Guide is a practical manual with applicable teaching ideas, as
Radicals are the foundation of Chinese writing; they represent the semantic well as important additional information to consider when planning lessons.
part of Chinese characters. With more than 90% of commonly used Chinese
characters containing a combination of semantic and phonetic components,
it is crucial that students have a solid understanding of radicals. Each unit
introduces one or two radicals, which have been selected for their frequency
of use and utility.
 Syllabus
Targeted Writing
Number of Sentence Pinyin
Unit Theme Title Communication Skills Vocabulary Grammar Focus
Vocabulary Structure Strokes/radicals Characters

Students will be able to 一、二、三、 Numbers 一-五 a,e,i,o,u 一、二、三、

你 五 个, pronounce and remember
1 Numbers 1-5 the shape of the Chinese 四、五、你、 8 and tone 、、 、 四、五
我五个 1,2,3,4
characters of 1-5 我、个 Pronouns 我、你
Students will be able to
六、七、八、 六、七、八、
2 Numbers 6-10 六、七、八、 pronounce and remember
Numbers 六 - 十 m, f, n 、、 、
the shape of the Chinese
九、十
5 九、十
九、十 characters of 6-10

Students will learn know 好、你好、老师、

3 Greetings 老师早！ how to greet others in 6 Pronouns 您 您好！ l, h, ü 日 日、早、好
Mandarin 您、早、再见
Question 什么 你叫什么名字？
Student will learn how to 叫、什么、名字、 words
s, sh, -i 口、叫、什么
4 My name 你叫什么 introduce themselves and
inquire after somebody
他、她、不、 7 Pronouns 他、她 他叫… ロ
名字？ else’s name 知道 Negating
word 不 我不知道。
Question
家、有、没有、几、 word 几 你家有几口人？

你家有几
Students will learn how 口、人、爸爸、 Measure
b, p 有、几、个
5 My family
口人？
to introduce other people
(family members) 妈妈、哥哥、姐姐、 14 word 个、口 你有几个哥哥？ 宀
弟弟、妹妹、两、和 Possession 有/没有 我有两个姐姐。
Students will learn how
Thank you 谢谢、不客气、 Negating
6 谢谢！ to say thank you and to 4 不 不客气！ d, t 亻、人 人、你、不
and I’m sorry
apologise 对不起、没关系 Review

Students will learn how 是、的、朋友、 Particle 吗 她是你妈妈吗？

我爸爸是 g, k 女、他、她、
7 Professions
医生
to ask and answer simple
questions about other
学生、不是、 7
Special
words
是/不是 他不是老师。 女 的
people 医生、吗
Particle 的 他是我的朋友。
Students will learn how to 去、哪儿、学校、 马、吗、妈、
Where are Question j, q, x
8 you going? 你去哪儿？ ask and answer the question
“where are you going?”
医院、商店、回、 7
word 哪儿 你去哪儿？ 木 去
回家
Students will be able to 这、书包、那、铅笔、
这是什么？name school stationery in 这、是、书、
9 Stationery
Mandarin
铅笔盒、橡皮、尺子、 9
Demonstrative
pronouns 这、那 这是书。 z, c 辶 本子
书、本子
1. Students will be able to say Measure word 岁
祝、生日、快乐、 她九岁了。
Happy 祝你生日 how old they are in Mandarin Particle 了 山、了、岁、今
10 很、高兴、谁、 9 zh, ch, r 山
birthday! 快乐！ 2. Students will be able to say Question word 谁 她是谁？ 天、生日
‘Happy birthday’ in Mandarin
今天、岁、了 Adverb 很 她很高兴。
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 Dì-yī kè Unit 1
Nǐ wǔ ge, wǒ wǔ ge
1
第一课
你五个，我五个

A. 对话 Duìhuà | Dialogue track 1

C. 课堂活动 Kètáng huódòng | Activity time
Yī, èr, sān, sì, wǔ. Nǐ wǔ ge.

一、二、三、
四、五。 你 五 个。 C.1 一说一,二说二 Yī shuō yī, èr shuō èr

Say one when it’s one, say two when it’s two

• Let’s count. Take turns with your classmates.

一、二、三、四、五。Colour the T-shirts that have

your number as you count:

Wǒ wǔ ge.

我 五 个。 yī èr

一 1
二 2

sān sì wǔ
B. 生词 Shēngcí | New vocabulary track 2
三 四 五
1.
一 yī one 5. 五 wǔ five 3 4 5
2. 二 èr two 6. 你 nǐ you

sān wǒ
3. 三 three 7. 我 I, me
• Your teacher will say a number at random. When they say
sì 8. 个 *gè
4. 四 four measure word your number, lift up your book and say your number.
* 个 gè when spoken, ge is usually said with a neutral tone.

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C.2 你一个,我一个 Nǐ yí ge, wǒ yí ge D. 拼音 Pīnyīn | Let’s learn pinyin
1
pinyin
One for you, one for me

• Circle one of the pictures below. D.1 韵母与声调 Yùnmǔ yǔ shēngdiào

Vowels and tones track 3

• Four main tones in Mandarin:

1st tone( ), 2nd tone( ), 3rd tone( ), 4th tone( )
• 1 neutral tone: toneless, spoken lightly and quickly

Every Chinese character has a specific sound and tone.

There are four main tones in Mandarin.

1st tone 2nd tone 3rd tone 4th tone

a a a a
• Compare with the picture circled by your classmate.
e e e e
• Show the picture you circle, and say to your classmate:

Wǒ...............ge.

我……个。
• Point to the picture your classmate circles, and say to your classmate: o o o o
Nǐ.................ge.

你……个。 u u u u
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 轻声 Qīngshēng | Neutral tone E. 听力 Tīnglì | Listen to the audio and choose
1
In Mandarin, there are characters that do not have any of the four main tones
the correct answer track 6
above, and these are called neutral tones. These characters are spoken
lightly and quickly. In pinyin, they are written without any marking above the
syllable. 1. a b c

ma le ne

D.2 拼音朗读 Pīnyīn lǎngdú | Let’s read pinyin track 4

Read these together.

2. a b c

1. ā 6. è

2. ì 7. ǐ

3. ó 8. ù
3. a b c
4. ū 9. é

5. ǎ 10. ò

D.3 拼音听力 Pīnyīn tīnglì | Let’s listen to pinyin track 5

4. a c
b
Listen to pinyin from the audio, and circle the sound that you hear.

1. á à 6. ū ù

2. ě è 7. ò ó

3. ī ì 8. à ā 5. a b c

4. ǎ à 9. ì ǐ
5. é ē 10. ǔ ū

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 1
F. 笔画 Bǐhuà | Let’s practise these strokes
sān

三三 三三
横 héng 竖 shù 撇 piě 捺 nà
three strokes

sì

G. 写汉字
四四四四
Xiě hànzì | Let’s write Chinese characters

yī
four strokes

wǔ
one stroke

èr
五五五五
二二二二 five strokes

two strokes

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 H. 阅读 Yuèdú | Let’s read
1
H.2 Colouring parts
Colour the parts that contain the Chinese characters
H.1 Match the pictures
一, 二, 三.What character do you see?
Match the pictures below with the correct number to the right.
Then read the numbers.

1
二 三 五
2
四 四
二
3
三 二 四
三 五 二 五 三
4
二 三
四
5
The character formed is:

五
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 Dì-èr kè Unit 2
Liù, qī, bā, jiǔ, shí
2
第二课
六、七、八、九、十

A. 对话 Duìhuà | Dialogue track 7

C. 课堂活动 Kètáng huódòng | Activity time
Yī, èr, sān, sì, wǔ, liù, qī, bā.

一、二、三、四、五、六、七、八。 C.1 数字手势 Shùzì shǒushì | Hand gesture

Observe and learn the signs for numbers 1-10 that are
commonly used in China.

yī liù
一 六
èr qī

二 七
B. 生词 Shēngcí | New vocabulary track 8

sān bā
jiǔ 九 9 10 十 shí 三
1.
六 liù six
qī 七 7 8 八 bā
八
2. 七 qī seven
wǔ 五
3.
5 6 六 liù sì jiǔ
八 bā
四
eight

4.
sān 三 3 4 四 sì 九
九 jiǔ nine
yī 一 1 2 二 èr
shí wǔ shí
5. 十 ten B GF
五 十
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 D. 拼音
2
Pīnyīn | Let’s learn pinyin E. 听力 Tīnglì | Listen to the audio, then write the order
pinyin
(in 1-10) in which you hear the Mandarin numbers track 12

D.1 声母 Shēngmǔ

一二 三 四五
Consonants track 9

m f n

D.2 拼音朗读 Pīnyīn lǎngdú

六 七八 九十
Let’s read pinyin track 10

Read these together.

1. mā 3. fó 5. mǎ 7. mǐ 9. ní

2. nì 4. fū 6. fā 8. fù 10. mò

D.3 拼音听力 Pīnyīn tīnglì F. 笔画 Bǐhuà | Let’s practise these strokes

Let’s listen to pinyin track 11

Listen to pinyin from the audio and circle the sound that you hear.

1. mā má 6. nù nǔ

2. mì mǐ 7. mǐ mī 点 diǎn 提 tí 折 zhé 钩 gōu

(横折 héngzhé) (竖钩 shùgōu)
3. fā fà 8. fā fǎ

4. fù fǔ 9. nà nā

5. ná nà 10. mù mǔ

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 G. 写汉字
2
Xiě hànzì | Let’s write Chinese characters
jiǔ

liù
九九九九
六六六六 nine strokes

six strokes

shí

qī
十十十十
七七七七 ten strokes

seven strokes

bā

八八八八
eight strokes

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