Chapter I: Basic Vocab
IN THIS LESSON
Learn about the history of Chinese language, the origin of the characters and where Mandarin came from.
We introduce the 4 tones of Mandarin and the Latin alphabet of Mandarin (Pinyin).
“不知言,无以知人也”
(Bù zhī yán, wú yǐ zhī rén yě)
”If you do not understand words, you cannot understand people.”