Chinese Sayings for Practising Pinyin Pronunciations Volume I (A-G) E-Book

Zhao Z.J.

• Herausgeber: China Publishing House Pte Ltd
• Kategorie: Fremdsprachen
• Serie: Guide to Learning Pinyin Series
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 35

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019

Beschreibung

This is an epub sound book for learning Pinyin. This Volume and the companion volumes II and III are sequels to our guides to learning how to pronounce every Roman letter and special combination of Roman letters that are used to produce all the basic sounds of Pinyin. We select from Chinese literature some of the popular sayings used in Chinese society. In this volume, the first Roman characters of the sayings range from A to G. For each Chinese character in the sayings, we provide the Pinyin, its standard pronunciation and meaning. A learner of the Chinese language can  listen to the sound clip accompanying the character to learn its standard pronunciation, and use these sayings to learn pinyin and its standard pronunciation besides learning about Chinese language and culture. 

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Copyright Page

This Volume and the companion volumes II and III are sequels to our guides to learning how to pronounce every Roman letter and special combination of Roman letters that are used to produce all the basic sounds of Pinyin.

We select from Chinese literature some of the popular sayings used in Chinese society. In this volume, the first Roman characters of the sayings range from A to G.

For each Chinese character in the sayings, we provide the Pinyin, its standard pronunciation and meaning. A learner of the Chinese language can use these sayings to learn pinyin and its standard pronunciation besides learning about Chinese language and culture.

Introduction

This book contains a collection of popular sayings used in Chinese society and Chinese literature. Each of the Chinese character in the sayings is accompanied by its Pinyin, pronunciation and meaning.

For practising Pinyin, a learner can take any of the sayings, and go through each character in the saying. For each character, he can listen to the sound clip accompanying the character to learn its standard pronunciation. To remember the pronunciation, the learner has to repeat listening to the sound clip a number of times, and practise what you have heard.

How to use this ebook

Contents

Contents

Cover 1

Copyright Page 2

Introduction 3

How to use this ebook 4

1. Chinese Sayings beginning with A 6

2. Chinese Sayings beginning with B 9

3. Chinese Sayings beginning with C 27

4. Chinese Sayings beginning with D 49

5. Chinese Sayings beginning with E 76

6. Chinese Sayings beginning with F 82

7. Chinese Sayings beginning with G 96

1. Chinese Sayings beginning with A

1

ài

bú

guì

nóng

ér

guì

cháng

爱

不

贵

浓

而

贵

长

。

Text Translation

Love is highly valued not for its intensity but for its long duration.

Character Pronunciation and Meaning

Pinyin

Character

Meaning

Pronunciation

ài

爱

love

bú

不

not

guì

贵

highly valued

nóng

浓

density

ér

而

but

guì

贵

highly valued

cháng

长

of long duration

2

ān

bù

kě

wàng

wēi

安

不

可

忘

危

，

zhì

bù

kě

wàng

luàn

治

不

可

忘

乱

。

Text Translation

Do not forget danger when there is safety, and don’t forget disorder when there is stability and peace.

Equivalent Meaning

Never forget danger and chaos, even though you are living in peace and tranquility.

Character Pronunciation and Meaning

Pinyin

Character

Meaning

Pronunciation

ān

安

safe

bù

不

}should not

kě

可

wàng

忘

forget

wēi

危

danger

zhì

治

stability and peace

bù

不

}should not

kě

可

wàng

忘

forget

luàn

乱

disorder

2. Chinese Sayings beginning with B

1

bǎi

huā

qí

fàng

bǎi

jiā

zhēng

míng

百

花

齐

放

，

百

家

争

鸣

。

Text Translation

Let a hundred flowers bloom together and a hundred schools of thought contend.

Character Pronunciation and Meaning

Pinyin

Character

Meaning

Pronunciation

bǎi

百

hundred

huā

花

flower

qí

齐

together

fàng

放

bloom

bǎi

百

hundred

jiā

家

school of thought

zhēng

争

} contend

míng

鸣

2

bǎi

wén

bù

rú

yí

jiàn

百

闻

不

如

一

见

。

Text Translation

Hearing something a hundred times is not as good as seeing it once.

Character Pronunciation and Meaning

Pinyin

Character

Meaning

Pronunciation

bǎi

百

hundred

wén

闻

hear

bù

不

} not as good as

rú

如

yí

一

one

jiàn

见

see

3

bǎi

zhàn

chéng

yǒng

shì

百

战

成

勇

士

，

kǔ

liàn

chū

jīng

bīng

苦

练

出

精

兵

。

Text Translation

A hundred battles turn an ordinary soldier into a warrior and hard training produces picked troops.

Equivalent Meaning

A hundred battles make a valiant man, and hard training makes a good soldier.

Character Pronunciation and Meaning

Pinyin

Character

Meaning