Chinese (Mandarin)/Lesson 11
Lesson 11: Taiwan / 第十一課:臺灣
[edit | edit source]Traditional Characters | Simplified Characters |
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臺灣是一個海島。 |
台湾是一个海岛。 |
Pīnyīn | English |
Táiwān shì yígè hǎidǎo. |
Taiwan is an island. |
Vocabulary
[edit | edit source]Trad. Chinese | Simp. Chinese | Pinyin | English |
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東海 | 东海 | Dōnghǎi | East China Sea |
南海 | = | Nánhǎi | South China Sea |
山脈 | 山脉 | shānmài | mountain |
特產 | 特产 | tèchǎn | local products |
海鮮 | 海鲜 | hǎixiān | seafood |
大陸*棚 | 大陆*架 | dàlùpéng(dàlùjià) | continental shelf |
風景 | 风景 | fēngjǐng | scenery |
文化 | = | wénhuà | culture |
- Note
- = means there are no differences in characters.
- * means those are different in using words, rather than in characters.
Chinese Characters
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臺 | 台 | "台" is also widely used in Traditional Chinese. Always feel free to use it. |
灣 | 湾 | |
海 | - | |
島 | 岛 | |
東 | 东 | |
南 | - | |
產 | 产 | |
鮮 | 鲜 | |
麗 | 丽 | |
風 | 风 | |
景 | - |
Grammar
[edit | edit source]美麗(的)風景 = beautiful scenery
Sometimes Chinese people drop the ‘的’ for adjectives to keep it from appearing too many times. They will say ‘美麗風景’ and ‘免費圖書(Free book)’ without the adverb '的'.