Chinese 1 Characters

1.

zhōng guó
STARTER
1. On the front of your exercise book, copy the following:
Top line - Your name & form, e.g. James Smith, 7C
中文 zhōng wén (Chinese)
Next line – Williams 老师lǎoshī (Teacher Williams)
Next line –
2. Write your name and form inside your textbook
3. Write your name and form on the front cover of your
yellow vocabulary booklet
4. Stick your tracker into the front blue page of your exercise
book (inside cover)
中国

2.

zhōng guó
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvEVEIzmYBc
Lesson Objectives:
1. Greet your teacher in Chinese
2. Understand key facts about China
3. Understand how Chinese characters have evolved
中国

3.

Hànzì 汉字
There are over 40,000 Chinese characters. China has the
oldest continuous writing system, with more than 5,000
years.
Oracle bone inscriptions (Shang: 1600-1066 BC)
Bronze vessels (Zhou: 1066-256 BC)
Small seal (Qin: 221-206 BC)
Standard style (since Eastern Han: 25-220 AD)

4.

Hànzì 汉字

5.

Q1: Which of these Chinese
characters do you think means ‘internet’?
Clue: which one looks like a net?
A.
B.
C.
狗红 网
Dog
Red
Internet

6.

Q2: Which of these Chinese
characters do you think means ‘flying’?
Clue: which one looks like
something flying?
A.
B.
C.
飞船 马
Flying
Boat
Horse

7.

Q3: Which of these Chinese
characters do you think means ‘people’?
Clue: which one looks like legs?
A.
B.
C.
白书 人
White
Book
People