Ni Hao 1: Lesson One

The word "中国" literally means:

• Good Luck
• Middle Kingdom
• Did you eat?
• Mother

Mandarin Chinese has ____ tones.

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

The first tone:

• high/flat (singing)
• abruptly falling (angry)
• down/up (valley)
• rising (question)

The second tone:

• down/up (valley)
• high/flat (singing)
• rising (question)
• abruptly falling (angry)

The third tone:

• abruptly falling (angry)
• rising (question)
• high/flat (singing)
• down/up (valley)

The fourth tone:

• rising (question)
• down/up (valley)
• abruptly falling (angry)
• high/flat (singing)

The first tone:

• /
• −
• V
• \

The second tone:

• −
• \
• /
• V

Chinese characters are pictographic. What does that mean?

• They look like pictures
• They like to take pictures
• They play Pictionary
• They pick their favorites

The third tone:

• V
• /
• \
• −