bo ba
ban bang ben
beng bi
bin
bing
bu
po pa
pan pang
pen peng pi
pin
ping
pu
mo ma
man mang men
meng mi min
ming
mu
fo fa
fan fang
fen
feng
fu
bai bei bie bao biao bian
pai pei pie pao pou piao pian
mai mei mie mao mou miu miao mian
fei
de da
dan
dang
deng
di
ding dong
du duan
te ta
tan
tang
teng
ti
ting
tong
tu tuan
ne na
nan nang
nen neng
ni nin
ning nong
nu nü nuan
le
la lan
lang
leng li
lin
ling long
lu lü luan
dai dei dui die dao dou diu diao dian dun duo
tai tui tie tao tou tiao tian tun tuo
nai nei nie nao niu niao nian niang nuo nue
lai lei lie lao lou liu lian liang lun luo lue
ge
ga gan
gang gen
geng
gong
gu guan
guang
ke
ka kan
kang ken
keng
kong
ku kuan
kuang
he
ha han
hang hen
heng
hong
hu huan
huang
gai gei gui gao gou guai gua guo
kai kui kao kou kuai kua kuo
hai hei hui hao hou huai hua huo
ji
jia jian
jiang
ji jin
jing
jü juan
qi
qia qian
qiang
qi qin
qing
qü quan
xi
xia xian
xiang
xi xin
xing
xü xuan
jie jiao jiong
qie qiao qiong
xie xiao xiong
zi
za zan
zang
zeng
zu zun zuan
zong
ci
ca
can
cang
ceng
cu
cun
cong
si
sa
san sang
sen
su sun suan
song
zai zei zui zao zou
cai cui cao
sai sui sao
zhi zha
zhan zhang zhen
zheng zhu
zhun zhuan zhuang zhong
chi
cha chan
chang chen
cheng chu
chun chuan chuang chong
shi
sha shan
shang shen
sheng
shu
shun
shuang
ri
ra ran
rang ren
reng
ru
ruan
rong
zhai zhui zhao zhou zhuai
chai chui chao chou chuai
shai shei shui shao shou shuairui rao rou
yi
yia yan
yang
yong
yi yin ying
you ye yiu yü yue
wo
wa wan wang
wei wen
weng
wu
e
en er
ai
ao
ei
ou
an ang
en eng
note the w and y
sounds are not quite like English - they in fact start with a
vowel
'w' starts with u (as in u in bull) and 'y' starts
with an English e (i)
Just ask a chinese person to say:
"In winter when the weather is wet and windy I wear
my woollen sweater" (they don't understand the
word jersey very often) and you'll pick up the first language
interference! So don't make the same mistake going back the other
way!
and that's about it...... all in all, its not a lot of words for an entire language.....
each one of the "words" above denotes one chinese character
Usage of tones obviously increases the range of meanings, plus the combinations of characters will create new meanings too
playing around with direct translations can help to pin down grammatical differences in your memory... eg:
"what's your name?" ni jiao shen me ming zi? = you call what name?
Chinese words 1 2 3 top (help with pronunciation)
More
thoughts on learning a new language
(with a Chinese
angle)