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Buying Arts and Craftsdì èr shí sān kè măi gōng yì pĭn第二十三课 买工艺品 背景资料（background）Chinese arts and crafts enjoy a high reputation all over the world. There are many diversities of high-quality arts and crafts such as jade wares, porcelains and carpets. Many foreigners like the...
Delicious Dumplings Dì sān shí sì sān kè Měi wèi de jiăo zi第三十三课 美味的饺子Background (背景资料)The Chinese have been perfecting the art of dumpling-making since the Song Dynasty (420-479). Chinese dumplings are either round or crescent-shaped. The fillings can...
吃烤鸭Background (背景资料)烤鸭是北京的一道风味菜。珍妮和麦克来到有120多年历史的北京“全聚德烤鸭店”。 The roast duck is regarded as the specially delicate food of Beijing. Jane and Mike is now in the Beijing Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant which has more than 120 years history.生词（Words）1. 烤鸭 kǎo yā:...
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你 nǐ you (sing.)好 hǎo good, well古波 Gǔ bō Gubo (a personal name)帕兰卡 Pà lán kǎ Palanka (a personal name)吗 ma (an interrogative particle)我 wǒ I, me很 hěn very呢 ne (a modal particle), (question particle)也 yě also, too忙 máng busy不 bù not哥哥 gē ge elder brother他 tā he, him弟弟 dì di younger brother他们 tā men they, them都 dōu all这 zhè this是 shì to be朋友 péng you friend爸爸 bà ba father妈妈 mā ma...
Pinyin is a Roman-letter based system that China now uses to mark the pronunciation of Chinese characters. With four tones and pinyin, any Chinese characters can be pronounced precisely. In many cases, Pinyin is quite intuitive to English speakers with only a few exceptions. However, it can be a twist to render Pinyin in four tones for people who just start....
In each cell below, the first line indicates the IPA, the second indicates pinyin. You can hear recordings of the Initials here BilabialLabio-dentalAlveolarRetroflexAlveolo-palatalPalatalVelarPlosive[p]b[pʰ]p [t]d[tʰ]t [k]g[kʰ]kNasal[m]m [n]n Lateral approximant [l]l Affricate [t...
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