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Peking University

Chinese Characters for beginner (2) 汉字(2)

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Welcome to "Chinese Characters for beginner (2)"!
This is an elementary course on learning Chinese characters. Together, we will continue to learn another 240 Chinese characters in this course. And we will learn about another 1,200 basic Chinese words composed of 240 commonly used Chinese characters, which begin with “耳”(ear), including pronunciation, shape and meaning, so that to improve the learning effect.

① Each Chinese character is with pinyin;

② Each Chinese character is shown in the form of animation in the process of writing, namely strokes;

③ English translation is used on the Chinese character can be a word itself. Other Chinese characters can not be independent of words are the characters of. The English translation of this kind of characters is marked in parentheses;

④ Each Chinese word is accompanied by Pinyin, English translation and picture, which is easy to understand;

⑤ There are proper exercises at the end of each lesson.

Good luck !

Syllabus

  • 第一周
    • This week,we will learn some characters and words related to ear(耳) and nature(月、云、雨).
  • 第二周 Week 2
    • This week,we will learn some characters and words related to wind,seasons and water.
  • 第三周 Week 3
    • This week,we will learn some characters and words related to ice,fire and wood.
  • 第四周 Week 4
    • This week,we will learn some characters and words related to wood and food.
  • 第五周 Week 5
    • This week,we will learn some characters and words related to plant and soil.
  • 第六周 WEEK 6
    • This week,we will learn some characters and words related to gold and shellfish,etc.
  • 第七周 WEEK 7
    • This week,we will learn some characters and words related to power,mountain and field.
  • 第八周 Week 8
    • This week,we will learn some characters and words related to transportation.
  • 第九周 Week 9
    • This week,we will learn some characters and words related to building.
  • 第十周 Week 10
    • This week,we will learn some characters and words related to building.

Taught by

Shi Zhengyu

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  • Patti Tomaitrichitr
    Very useful and well organized course. Highly recommend for those who want to start learning how to read and write Chinese language properly. This should be a good start to every beginner.

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