Chinese vocabulary
Chinese numbers
Lunar New Year
Pinyin
Ping Pong
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This is "Hello" in mandarin

What is "nǐ hǎo"?

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This is the mandarin character for the number 1

what is 一 ?

           yī

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This is the Zodiack animal of 2023

What is the rabbit?

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These are the two segments to mandarin words

what are the initials and the finals

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This is the ammount of people who play Ping Pong in China

what is 300 million people?

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This is "thank you" in mandarin

what is  谢谢  ?

          Xièxiè

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This is how the mandarin character for five is pronounced

What is wǔ ?

             五

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This was the Chinese Zodiac in 2006 

What is the dog?

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These are the five tones for mandarin

what are 

  • one 1: ā, is a flat and usually high pitched tone and is often time thought to be robotic

  • Tone 2: á, is a rising tone that is often time associated with asking a question

  • Tone 3: ǎ, is often called the “rising falling tone” or the “dipping tone” (important to start low)

  • Tone 4: à, tone is falling and is assumed by many to be an angry tone


Tone 5: a, no tone used



 

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This phrase in mandarin means "Good ball" or "Good Game"

What is 好球 ?

          Hǎo qiú

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This is "good bye" in mandarin

what is  再见     ?


           Zàijiàn

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This is the mandarin character for eight and how it is said

What is 八 and bā ?

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This is "rabbit" in mandarin

What is "Tùzǐ" ?

              兔子

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The acent over ü cancels when it is proceded by these letter

What are j q x  or y ?

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This is the mandarin word for "play"

 what is  打  ?

             dǎ

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This is "How are you?" in mandarin

What is  Nǐ hǎo ma  ?

             你好吗 

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These are the mandarin characters one would have to say to count one through five

What is  Yī, Èr, Sān, Sì, Wǔ ?

            一, 二, 三, 四, 五



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These are all of the animals of the Chinese Zodiac in order

What are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig? 

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These are all of the Compound Vowels

What are  ai, ao, ou, ei, er, ia, iao, ie, iu(iou), ua, uo, uai, ui(uei)



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This is the mandarin word for "Table Tennis Ball"

What is 乒乓球 ?

          Pīngpāng qiú

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This is "A long ship going north" in mandarin

What is  长船向北  ?

Zhǎng chuán xiàng běi

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These are the mandarin characters to count one through ten and how to say them

What is  Yī, Èr, Sān, Sì, Wǔ, Liù, Qī, Bā, jiǔ, shí ?

                一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十

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This is how to say, "happy new year, may all your wishes be fufilled"

What is  新年快乐  万事如意  

Xīnnián kuàilè  Wàn shì rú yì. 

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These are all of the mandarin initials

What are: b p m f d t n l g k h j q x zh ch shi r z c s

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This is the mandarin word for "Table Tennis Net"

What is 乒乓球网 ?

      Pīngpāng qiú wǎng