Daily Life Mastery Daily Life Mastery HSK1-Lesson 1 Greetings and Apologies greeting 2 3 HSK1-Lesson 2 Gratitude & Goodbyes HSK 6 – R01 办事与流程意识 Administrative Procedures and Process Awareness PD-01 在厨房做饭 Cooking in the Kitchen Authentic Materials My Journey of Learning Foreign Languages Tools and Resources to Supercharge Your Chinese Learning Journey Cultural Differences That Shock Foreigners Travel in China 🌟 A quick guide to Chinese grammar HSK 4 (Intermediate) HSK 5 (Upper-Intermediate) HSK 6 (Advanced) HSK 1 grammar list Questions from my students Gift-Giving Culture in China 法语学习 “是” — Say what something is (A is B) “很 + adj” — Describe things (very / quite) “不” — Say no / not Background & Overview : Chinese “吗” — Ask yes/no questions “什么” — Ask about things (what) “呢” — Keep a question/topic going “请” — Make polite requests “谁” — Ask about people (who) “哪 / 哪个” — Ask “which one” “哪儿” — Ask about places (where) “几” — Ask small numbers (how many) “多少” — Ask numbers (how many / how much) “怎么” — Ask how to do something “怎么样” — Ask for opinions (how is it) “多 + adj” — Ask degree (how big / how expensive) “的” — Show description & possession “了①” — Show a change (something is different now) “了②” — Show a completed action “吧” — Make suggestions / soften tone 🌟 Modal particles (啊 / 呀 / 哇 / 吧) — Add tone & emotion Time words in sentences “前 / 后” — before & after How to say dates (month / day) “在 + place” — Say where you are “在 + place + verb” — Do something at a place “在……呢” — Say “I am doing…” Nominal sentences (no “to be” verb needed) Subject-predicate as predicate (advanced sentence pattern) 【Pinyin】Unit 1-Introduction to the Chinese Pronunciation System – Pinyin 【Pinyin】Unit 2-Pinyin Table 【Pinyin】Unit 3-Mastering Chinese Tones 【Pinyin】Unit 4-Pronunciation Rule 1: Tone Sandhi : 3rd tone+3rd tone 【Pinyin】Unit 5-Pronunciation Rule 2: Tone Marking and Abbreviation 【Pinyin】Unit 6-Tips 1: initials j,q,x and z,c,s 【Pinyin】Unit 7-Tips 2: initials zh，ch，sh，r 【Pinyin】Unit 8-Tips 3: alveolar nasal “n” and velar nasal “ng” 【Pinyin】Unit 9-Tips 4: Aspirated and Unaspirated Initials 【Pinyin】Unit 10-Pronunciation Rule 3: ü with j，q，x 【Pinyin】Unit 11-Pronunciation Rule 4: Use of y and w 【Pinyin】Unit 12-Pronunciation Rule 5: Tone Sandhi of “不”“一” 【Pinyin】Unit 13-Pronunciation Rule 6: Syllable-dividing mark mark 【Pinyin】Unit 14-The Retroflex Final 【Pinyin】Unit 15-Pronunciation of Neutral-Tone Syllables 【Pinyin】Unit 16-The Emphasis of the Chinese Sentence 【Character】Unit 1: Overview of Chinese Character 【Character】Unit 2: Basic Strokes & Stroke Order 【Character】Unit 3: Evolution and Logic of Characters 【Character】Unit 4: Structure of Characters 【Character】Unit 5: Semantic Radicals-The meaning component 【Character】Unit 6: Phonetic Radicals-The sound component 【Character】Unit 7: From Characters to Words 1.1 Breaking the Ice / Social Icebreakers 【Grammar】Unit 1：Grammar Overview (The Blueprint) 1.2 Self-Introduction (Basic) 1.3 Phone Calls & Contact (Basic) 【Grammar】Unit 2：Parts of Speech: The Bricks 【Grammar】Unit 3：Phrases: The Chunks “有” — Say “have” / “there is” 【Grammar】Unit 4：Sentence Components: The Roles 【Grammar】Unit 5：Sentences: The Buildings “会①” — Can (learned ability) 1.4 Ordering at a Restaurant (Basic) 中国喜宴 Chinese festive banquet Situational Chinese （brief） 1.5 Supermarket Shopping (Food) “能” — Can (possibility / permission) “会②” — Will (future / likelihood) 1.6 Getting Around / Transportation (Basic) “想” — Want to do something 1.7 Shopping & Transactions (Basic) “也 / 还 / 都” — also / still / all 1.8 Internet Connection 1.9 Lodging & Hotels “太” — too / very 1.10 Medical & Emergency Use (Basic) “和” — and / with “给” & Double-Object Sentences — give / for / to someone 1.11 At School / In the Classroom Measure words (one person / one cup)
