Chinese History TV programs

Zhōngguó lìshǐ diànshì jiémù中国历史电视节目

Chūnqiū zhànguó春秋战国 The Warring State:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpUCVxWx_IQ


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK-YfGnGeY4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZUNTEUcp00&list=PL3-zkSfi07TvmkaPglcUAfsmBCm1G3QPW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iseFwHBHxws

Hàn cháo汉朝Han：
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmI2ILo7LgQ&list=PLkvG4EWPDB0lgTcrHTdAViYxPl0pnCfSk

Qín cháo秦朝Qin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w81bSU47frA

Táng cháo唐朝Tang:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0N1RWxFEEM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxh988lhLbE&list=PLJfclGboME2SEEjQlb_FVQ-xJtoD5MvMn

Yuáncháo元朝Yuan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx_ibVtrGZM

Míng cháo明朝Ming:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcsvWjFh61c&list=PLe0TwPhOCGNU9NFLKSSg6GhUSs2GPscur

Qīngcháo清朝Qing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-D7FhHiW2M&list=PLABADFF57AB299FA1

Mandarin Learning Materials for Business

http://www.cheng-tsui.com/store/products/success_Chinese

http://book.douban.com/subject/1505452/

http://www.blcup.com/en/index.asp

Mandarin Learning Material for Gerneral Study

http://www.hwjyw.com/textbooks/downloads/hanyu/

Book 1

http://www.hwjyw.com/fj/jcxz/zhongwen/1/all.pdf


Book 2
http://www.hwjyw.com/fj/jcxz/zhongwen/2/all.pdf

Book 3

http://www.hwjyw.com/fj/jcxz/zhongwen/3/all.pdf
Book 4

http://www.hwjyw.com/fj/jcxz/zhongwen/4/all.pdf
Book 5

http://www.hwjyw.com/fj/jcxz/zhongwen/5/all.pdf

All Walks of Life (Gè háng gè yè 各行各业)

No.	háng yè 行业(Field)		zhíyè职业(Profession)
1	Shì            士	Scholar	Dúshūrén读书人	Scholar
2	Nóng        农	Agriculture	Nóngfū     农夫	Farmer
3	Gōng        工	Work	Gōngrén    工人	Worker
4	Shāng       商	Business	Shāngrén   商人	Businessman

·         gè    各 (n., adj) : Each;

·         háng 行::Row;

·         Yè   业(n.): Industry.

How to Write Chinese.

Pls Click and learn it with fun!

http://www.zhongwen.com/shufa/index.html?PHPSESSID=9a8490c67de7eadb036c4d45d1ddbe42


http://www.learnchineseez.com/characters/learn-to-write-chinese/


http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/games/characters.shtml

My English Name in Chinese

Please click and find the following useful websites:

http://www.usdiner.com/Chinese/

http://chineseculture.about.com/od/thechineselanguage/a/Chinese-Name-And-English-Name.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_name

Difficult Sounds

Difficult Sounds Mandarin is the official language of China and Taiwan. When you listen to Mandarin, you'll hear that there are some sounds that seem unusual and strange to English-speakers. Just be calm and carry on.  The following information will help you to help you to get through them.
Sound	Example	Explanation
c	cí / 词 – word	Like ts in Cats.
h	hěn 很  very	Like Lock Ness
j	ji鸡/ chicken	Like “dge” in judge.
q	qī / 七 – seven	(Sounds a bit like 'ch' in 'cheek'. You have to put the tip of your tongue behind your bottom teeth and really push the sound out hard.)
r	rén /Person	Similar to the English ‘r’ but the tip of the tongue is turned up and touches the roof of the mouth.
x	xī / 西 - west	This sounds like 'sh' in 'she'.
zh	zhī / 只  - (a measure word)	Try making a sound that's a cross between 'j' in 'joke' and 'dr' in 'draw'.)
z	zĭ / 子 - child	Almost exactly the same as C but stronger, almost like a hiss.)

Pinyin Song

PinYin Song

a o e i u ü,

g k h j q x,

a o e  i u ü,

z c s zh ch sh r,

b p m f d t n l .

(the above repeats 4 times.)

a  o  e i u ü g k h j q x z c s zh ch sh r b p m f   d t n l

ai ei ui ang eng ing ie

üe er an en in un ün

ai ei ui ang eng ing ie

üe er an ang eng ing ong

a1 a2 a 3 a4

o1 o2 o3o 4

e1 e2 e3 e4

i1  i2  i3  i4

u1 u2 u3 u4

ü1 ü2 ü3 ü4

Note:

1). tone 1: level tone, tone 2: raising tone, tone 3: falling and raising tone, tone 4: falling tone

2) the similar symbols for tones:---: tone 1, /: tone 2, v: tone 3, \ tone 4.

Please click and watch it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU0CbnL1zSI