Chinese Alphabets & Numbers

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The Chinese Alphabet Zhu Yin and Pin Yin and Numbers
The Chinese Alphabet Zhu Yin and Pin Yin
Zhu Yin Fu Hao
It is know as Bo Po Mo Fo (BPMF) is the traditional phonetic system and is not using

the Romanization system because it does not use the Roman Alphabet a,b,c etc.
Han Yu Pin Yin
It is the modern alphabet that uses the Romanisation system to learn Mandarin. It
translate and transcribe the sounds and is used as phonetics using the western
alphabet. It was design to teach and help foreign language learners to easily study
Mandarin.
Chinese Calligraphy/
The art of writing Chinese characters, is an art that was developed during
the evolution of the Chinese written language. There are four artistic features of the
Chinese calligraphy- structure, strength, rhythm, and spirit.
Its not a merely a writing skill, but becomes a means to perfect one’s moral quality.
There are numerous styles, or scripts, in which Chinese characters can be written,
deriving from the various calligraphic and historical models.
Consonants
B, D, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, P, T, W, Y
PINYIN PRONUNCIATION RULE

Z Pronounced “dz"
ZH pronounced similar to an English “J”
Q similar to an English “CH” but curling the tongue
X similar to an English “SH” but curling the tongue
C Pronounced “TS"
Chi the ending “i” is pronounced “err”
Shi the ending “i” is pronounced “err”
Zhi the ending “i” is pronounced “err”
e.g.
I want to buy a newspaper.

Wǒ yào mǎi bàozhǐ.
(Woh yow my bow-jr) 我要买报纸。
What do you want to eat?
Nǐ xiǎng chī shénme?
(Nee she-ahng chr shern-mo) 你想吃什么?
Chinese Tone Marks
Every Chinese character has its corresponding Pinyin and each pinyin has a specific
tone. The Tone marks are used to distinguish and differentiate each Chinese
character. Chinese characters with exact pronunciation of pinyin with different tone
marks gives different meaning.
Pinyin sound
Chinese syllables consist of an initial sound and a final sound. Some syllables have no
initial sound. It is present however, it is always a consonant. The final sound always
starts with the vowel. in the following table, all Chinese syllables are listed (in rows
ordered by the finals sound and in columns ordered by the initials sound)
Pinyin
tones
—1st highly and level tone marking corresponds to a flat, yet high vocal pitch
tone sound. It is spoken at the top of your vocal range
/ 2nd rising tone begins at the middle of your voice and rises quickly to the top of
tone your vocal range
v 3rd falling-then-rising tone begins at the middle of your voice, dips down to the
tone bottom of your vocal range and then rises at the end
\4th tone falling tone begins at the top of your vocal range and ends at its bottom in a
forceful or scolding manner
Chinese Numbers/ Shu zi
Cardinal Numbers/ Ji shu
Chinese numbers are similar with Western numbers. However, 11-100 English

and Chinese numbers differ from sound changes.
In Chinese, whole numbers follow the format

-Number 11-99 are a combination from number 1-10
-In numbers 11-19 omit the initial — yi or number 1 (one), because + (shi) is already
the number 10 (ten). e.g. 11 (ELEVEN) +- Shi Yi
100Hundred Bai
1000Thousand Qian
1,000,000One million Wan/bai wan
10,000,000Ten million qian wan
100,000,000Hundred million yi yi
1,000,000,000One billion shi yi
10,000,000,000Ten billion yi bai yi
Millions & Billion
e.g Bai HUNDREDS
597 110
5 9 7 1 10
Wu bai jiu shi qi yi bai Shi
Qian THOUSAND
5739 1500
5 7 3 9 1 500
Wu qian qi bai san shi jiu yi qian wu bai
21 64
2 1 (literally translate Two ten one) 6 4(literally translate six ten 4)
er shi yi liu shi si
Ordinal Numbers/Xu shu
First Di yi
Second Di er
Third Di san
First one Di yi ge
Second one Di er ge
Third one Di san ge
First time Di yi ci
Second timeDi er ci
Third time Di san ci
Measure of words: When to use ER and LIANG
1. Use 二 (èr) to Tell Numbers, Count and Do Math
Let’s see some examples!
一二三四五
yī èr sān sì wǔ
one two three four five
十二
shí èr
twelve
二十二
èr shí èr
twenty-two
八十二
bā shí èr
eighty-two
十二个人
shí èr gè rén
twelve people
二十二块钱
èr shí èr kuài qián
twenty-two RMB (Kuai: basic monetary unit of China)

八十二岁
bā shí èr suì
eighty-two years of age
二点五
èr diǎn wǔ
two point five
三分之二
sān fēn zhī èr
two-thirds
二加二等于四
èr jiā èr děng yú sì
two plus two equals four
use er instead of liang in math
If the digit 2 is part of another number, big or small, you can read it as 二 (èr).

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The Chinese Alphabet Zhu Yin and Pin Yin

Zhu Yin Fu Hao

It is know as Bo Po Mo Fo (BPMF) is the traditional phonetic system and is not using

Han Yu Pin Yin

PINYIN PRONUNCIATION RULE

I want to buy a newspaper.

(Woh yow my bow-jr) 我要买报纸。

What do you want to eat?

(Nee she-ahng chr shern-mo) 你想吃什么?

Chinese Tone Marks

Cardinal Numbers/ Ji shu

Chinese numbers are similar with Western numbers. However, 11-100 English

In Chinese, whole numbers follow the format

e.g Bai HUNDREDS

5 9 7 1 10

Wu bai jiu shi qi yi bai Shi

5 7 3 9 1 500

Wu qian qi bai san shi jiu yi qian wu bai

er shi yi liu shi si

Ordinal Numbers/Xu shu

1. Use 二 (èr) to Tell Numbers, Count and Do Math

Let’s see some examples!

one two three four five

èr shí èr kuài qián

twenty-two RMB (Kuai: basic monetary unit of China)

eighty-two years of age

two point five

sān fēn zhī èr

two plus two equals four

use er instead of liang in math

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