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Title: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Cheesicle on October 13, 2010, 04:55:11 AM: CHING CHANG CHONG. Before we start, I must warn you that many of the literal translations from Chinese to English will make absolutely no sense. HOWEVER, I will use English sounds to assist you in pronouncing these words. This is EXTREMELY Basic. Only use this if you are planning to only visit China.

WELCOME TO CHINESE 101!

Meaning of Accents:
ā – Horizontal line means the pitch of the word is the same throughout.
á - Slanted upwards means the pitch of the word goes higher. Sounds like you are asking a question
ǎ － Going down then up means the pitch of the word goes low then back high. Sounds very similar to the second accent.
à – Slanted Downwards means the pitch of the word goes sharply lower. Sounds like you are saying the word after feeling sharp pain.

Pinyin:
Pinyin is what the pronunciation for Chinese words are called. For example, the Pinyin of the word “他”(him) is “tā”. In English, the word would be pronounced as “Tah”

Vowels:
ā á ǎ à (Pronounced “Ah”)
ē é ě è (Pronounced “Uhh”)
ī í ǐ ì (Pronounced as the letter “E”)
ō ó ǒ ò (Pronounced like “Ouh”)
ū ú ǔ ù (Pronounced “Oooo” like a kid would say when he’s tattle-telling on someone)
ü （Pronounced “Ur”. Rhymes with the word “Pure”, or rhymes with the Spanish verb “ir”)

Note that only Vowels have accents, and the accent is placed upon which ever letter appears first in the vowel sequence. For example, the word "白" (White) is pronounced "bai". It has two vowels, but the accent is placed upon "a" since "a" comes before "i" in "a e i o u". Therefore, the pinyin of 白 is "bái".

Others:
X is pronounced as “Sh”. For example, the word 西(West) is pronounced “Xī ” which is then pronounced as English word “She”.
Q is pronounced as “Ch”. For example, my last name 齐，is pronounced “Qí“, and in English, “Chi”.

Basic Nouns:
我 (Pronounced "wó" or "woah".) - Means "I" or "me".
你 (Pronounced "ní" or "nee".) - Means "you".
他 (Pronounced "tā" or "tah".) - Means "he".
她 (Pronounced "tā" or "tah". It is pronounced exactly the same as "he".) - Means "she".
它 (Pronounced "tā" or "tah". It is pronounced exactly the same as "he" or "she".) - Means "it".

For plural version of these, you simple add "们" (Pronounced "men" or "mun" at the end of the noun. For example, "我们" means "us". "你们" means "you guys".

Basic Phrases:
的 (Pronounced “de” or “duh”. It has no accent.) – This word is probably one of the most useful Chinese words you will ever encounter. It does not have an English meaning. This word is used to show possession. For example, “我的”（Pronounced “Wǒ de” or “Woah Duh”) means “mine or my”. 我 by itself simply means “me” or “I”. Adding 的 gives it a possessive meaning. However, in some cases, 的 can mean “s’ ”. For example, “Shawns’ ” is “Shawn的“

你好（Pronounced “ní hǎo” or “knee how”) Pretty much everybody knows this word. It simply means “Hello”. However, if you break down the phrase into the two words 你 and 好，you will find that it has a whole different meaning. 你 means “you” and 好 means “good”. Basically the literal translation of 你好 is “you good” which does not make much sense. This is just how Chinese is.

再见 (Pronounced “zài jiàn” or “tsai gee-ann”) Simply means “Goodbye”. Breaking down, though, you will find 再 and 见. 再 means “again” and 见 means “meet”. Putting them together would translate to “Meet again” which makes somewhat a little sense.

我的名字是。。。（Pronounced “wǒ de míng zì shì” or “woah duh ming zuh shir”) Again the possessive word 的 appears. This phrase means “My name is…” and it is a word-for-word translation of how it appears in Chinese. 我的 means “my”, 名字 means “name”, and 是 means “is”. (Notice that Chinese periods are hollowed out circles and not dots.)

我不会说中文（Pronounced “wǒ bú huì shuō zhōng wén” or “woah boo huay shuo zhong when”) This means “I can’t speak Chinese”. 我 means “I”, 不 means any negative answer (ex. “No”, “Not” ect.), 会 means “can” (as in the ability to do something. NOT can as in soup can), 说 means “speak”, “say”, or “said”, and 中文 means “Chinese”. When 不 and 会 are added together, (不会)it means “can’t”.

请问你，厕所在那里？（Pronounced “qǐng wèn nǐ, cè suǒ zài ná lǐ” or “ching when nee, chuh suo zhye nah lee” This means “May I ask where the bathroom is?” 请问你 is only needed when you are talking to someone with respect or if you are talking to someone you don’t know, (ex. Restaurant Employees.) and means “May I ask” or “Excuse me”. 厕所 means “bathroom”, 在 means “is at”, and 那里 means “where”. Literal translation is “Excuse me, bathroom is at where?” Makes a little sense.

吗？(Pronounced “mā” or “mah”) This means “are” or “can”. You only put this AFTER the question, and NOT in the beginning like English does. For example, 你好吗？ Means “Are you okay?” (Literal translation is “You okay are?”) and “你可以帮我吗？“ （Pronounced ní ké yǐ bāng wǒ mā) means “Can you help me?”, where 可以 means “can” or “yes” (Only if being asked about your ability to do an action) and 帮 means “help”. (Literal translation is “You can help me can?”)

Numbers:
一 (Pronounced “yī” or “E”) One.
二 (Pronounced “èr”) Two.
三 (Pronounced “sān”) Three.
四 (Pronounced “sì” or “suh”) Four.
五 (Pronounced “wǔ” or “ooo”) Five.
六 (Pronounced “lìu” or “leo”. The “e” must be said very quickly.) Six.
七 (Pronounced “qī” or “chi”) Seven
八 (Pronounced “bā” or “bah”) Eight
九 (Pronounced “jǐu” or “joe”) Nine
十 (Pronounced “shí” or “shir”) Ten
百 (Pronounced “bǎi” or “bye”) Hundred
千（Pronounced “qiān” or “Chian”) Thousand
万（Pronounced “wàn”) Ten Thousand
十万 Hundred Thousand.
百万 Million.
Putting numbers together is extremely easy. To say twenty, you just put two and ten together (二十). To say forty six, you put and four, ten, and six together (四十六). To say three hundred eighty nine, you put three, hundred, eight, ten, and nine together (三百八十九), etcetera.

Family:
妈妈 (Pronounced mā mā, or "Mah-mah") Mother.
爸爸 (Pronounced bà bà, or "Bah-bah") Father
哥哥 (Pronounced gē gē , or "Guh-guh) [Older] Brother
弟弟 (Pronounced dì dì, or "Dee-dee") Younger Brother
姐姐 (Pronounced jiě jiě, or "Jie-jie") [Older] Sister
妹妹 (Pronounced mèi mèi, or "May-may") Younger Sister
兄弟 (Pronounced xiōng dì, or "Shong dee") Brother (Regardless of age)
阿姨 (Pronounced ā yí, or "Ah-E") Aunt
叔叔 (Pronounced shū shū, or "Shu-shu") Uncle
爷爷 (Pronounced yé yé, or "Yeh-yeh") Grandfather
奶奶 (Pronounced nǎi nǎi, or "Nye-nye" - You know, like 'Bill Nye the science guy'.) Grandmother
表哥 (Pronounced biǎo gē, or "Biao-guh") Older cousin (Male)
表弟 (Pronounced biǎo dì, or "Biao-dee") Younger cousin (Male)
表姐 (Pronounced biǎo jiě, or "Biao-jie") Older cousin (Female)
表妹 (Pronounced biǎo mèi, or "Biao-may") Younger cousin (Female)

Swear Words for you inappropriate fuckers:

操你妈 - Literally means "Fuck your mom." 操 means "fuck", 你 means "your", and 妈 means "mother". Notice that for this, you can leave out the second "妈". This applies to all family members except for Aunt, Uncle, Cousins, and Grandmother/father. Ex.) 操你爸 means "Fuck your Dad".
赶你娘 - Same as above
鸡巴 - Dick
他妈的 - Literally means "Your moms." However, in this case, it means "Fuck!" as a nonsensical exclamation.
阴道 - Vagina
吸 - Suck
胸部 - Boobs, Tits, Breasts, whatever.
蛋蛋 - Literally means eggs, but can mean balls (testicles).

What I have just taught you is the most basic I can go. If you want to learn Chinese more in-depth, hire your own Chinese teacher.
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Cheesicle on October 25, 2010, 03:07:35 PM: BUMP MUTHUH FUCKUHS I SPENT MY ENTIRE DAY MAKING THIS GUIDE
Title: b
Post by: Frank on October 25, 2010, 04:25:48 PM: stickod
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Post by: Peetah on October 25, 2010, 06:44:15 PM: I ALWAYS WANTED TO LEARN CHINESE.
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Post by: » Magic « on October 26, 2010, 11:10:27 AM: NEED OVER 9000 INSTEAD OF 1000 D:

nice guide though +1 respect
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Cheesicle on January 10, 2011, 03:10:45 AM: bawmp :3
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Don on January 11, 2011, 03:29:44 PM: Chinese is too damn difficult to learn. :pacman:
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Cheesicle on January 11, 2011, 03:52:23 PM: Negro please.

吸我的蛋蛋
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Pryvisee on January 11, 2011, 08:11:00 PM: How exactly do you do ONI-CHAN with symbols? Jus askin..
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Cheesicle on January 11, 2011, 08:12:55 PM: Quote from: Pryvisee on January 11, 2011, 08:11:00 PM
How exactly do you do ONI-CHAN with symbols? Jus askin..

nigga oni chan is JAP ask teh yomo
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Deacon on January 11, 2011, 10:39:28 PM: ok

I made it to 的.

......
at least i know accent enunciation now. :D
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Cheesicle on January 11, 2011, 10:46:21 PM: Quote from: Deacon on January 11, 2011, 10:39:28 PM
ok

I made it to 的.

......
at least i know accent enunciation now. :D

OLOLOL YOU'RE ALL PUSSIES
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Deacon on January 11, 2011, 10:48:56 PM: Quote from: Cheesicle on January 11, 2011, 10:46:21 PM

OLOLOL YOU'RE ALL PUSSIES

OLOLOL its fuckin hard man
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
and also, chinese is a difficult language to learn.
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Cheesicle on January 12, 2011, 01:48:01 AM: Quote from: Deacon on January 11, 2011, 10:48:56 PM
OLOLOL its fuckin hard man
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
and also, chinese is a difficult language to learn.

It is :/ I've been learning for 8 years, and my Reading and Writing is still shit D:
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Boardtech on January 12, 2011, 04:52:39 PM: Wow, thank you for you input this will be very useful for me
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: ItchyDani3l on January 13, 2011, 08:27:06 PM: Holeh sheet Cheesicle.

I've always wanted to learn chinese o.o
they teach at my school, but parents made me take spanish instead =_=

+100000
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Deathie on January 13, 2011, 08:28:32 PM: Quote from: ItchyDani3l on January 13, 2011, 08:27:06 PM
Holeh sheet Cheesicle.

I've always wanted to learn chinese o.o
they teach at my school, but parents made me take spanish instead =_=

+100000
Don't you mean wapanese?
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: ItchyDani3l on January 13, 2011, 08:29:54 PM: No. They only teach Chinese and Spanish at my school.

I have no fucking idea what you're talking about.
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Deathie on January 13, 2011, 08:30:57 PM: Quote from: ItchyDani3l on January 13, 2011, 08:27:06 PM
I've always wanted to learn chinese o.o
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: ItchyDani3l on January 13, 2011, 08:33:32 PM: Japanese would be cool too, but Chinese was more achievable.

Languages wanting to learn:
1. Korean
2. Chinese
3. Japanese
4. Klingon
5. German (FLAMMENWERFER :D)
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Deathie on January 13, 2011, 08:36:07 PM: Quote from: ItchyDani3l on January 13, 2011, 08:33:32 PM
4. Klingon

Wait...what ._.
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: ItchyDani3l on January 14, 2011, 11:19:13 AM: http://www.kli.org/ (http://www.kli.org/)
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Cheesicle on January 24, 2011, 02:35:36 AM: Quote from: ItchyDani3l on January 14, 2011, 11:19:13 AM
http://www.kli.org/ (http://www.kli.org/)

What country is that from??? O_O
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Deacon on January 24, 2011, 02:43:28 AM: Quote from: Cheesicle on January 24, 2011, 02:35:36 AM
What country is that from??? O_O

what planet was sulu from again? that one.
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Blaze on May 22, 2011, 05:54:08 PM: ooooooooooooooh! nice reference for "u" to little pricks who tattle-tale.

this is a COMBO BREAKER!
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Cheesicle on May 23, 2011, 05:20:37 PM: bump updated
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Don on May 24, 2011, 09:39:12 AM: 女人閉嘴

我做的是正確的？
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Cheesicle on May 24, 2011, 03:14:09 PM: Quote from: Ben on May 24, 2011, 09:39:12 AM
女人閉嘴

我做的是正確的？

Close.

Since the second sentence was a question, you have to put a “吗" at the end.

So it should be 我做的是正確的吗？

That means "Am I doing it right?"
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Deacon on May 25, 2011, 02:58:23 AM: 有助于

/withhelpfromgoogle
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Cheesicle on May 25, 2011, 04:53:08 AM: Quote from: Deacon on May 25, 2011, 02:58:23 AM
有助于

/withhelpfromgoogle

Sorry, but that made absolutely no sense LOL
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Don on May 25, 2011, 05:05:58 AM: 執事不知道如何谷歌翻譯
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Post by: [TTPN] ShadowMoon on May 27, 2011, 12:42:32 AM: 好样的！ :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Deacon on May 27, 2011, 04:42:35 AM: wtf google

THAT
WAS
HELP.

apparently.
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Cheesicle on May 27, 2011, 08:52:42 AM: Quote from: Deacon on May 27, 2011, 04:42:35 AM
wtf google

THAT
WAS
HELP.

apparently.

Wat lol

Google failz.

帮我 - help me
帮忙(insert action here) - help to do (insert action here)
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Killah on July 08, 2011, 05:41:48 AM: 你们好！

你说中文，我是一个学生中文。
你们很好吗？
你们是我的朋友．：Ｄ

Meh screw it, Just gonna write that.
___________________________________

I did not use Google Translate, i Learn at School! :D

Lol first post for a long time, just saw Chinese thread and Said some random shit that you guys can use Google translate to translate or w/e.
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Dale Feles on July 08, 2011, 01:55:06 PM: ►This is basic
►A lot of people including me find it hard
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Cheesicle on July 09, 2011, 06:32:49 PM: Quote from: Killah on July 08, 2011, 05:41:48 AM
你说中文，我是一个学生中文。

That means "I am a student chinese"

It should be "我是一个中文学生"
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Cheesicle on December 08, 2011, 06:22:42 AM: Bump, updated with basic nouns.
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Frank on December 08, 2011, 06:55:34 AM: Quote from: Cheesicle on December 08, 2011, 06:22:42 AM
Bump, updated with basic nouns.
>Chinese
>understandable to non mother tonguers

>mfw (http://myfacewhen.com/images/169.jpg)
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: [Valor]iPounce on December 08, 2011, 07:50:08 PM: I dont wanna to be like this.

The Big Bang Theory - Sheldon Speaks Mandarin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ft1VZgsavg#)
Title: Chinese
Post by: Repulse on December 18, 2011, 07:45:07 PM: Whats a hanyu pinyin?

Thxs for moving this comment.

-You're welcome.
--Frank
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: TehHank on December 19, 2011, 08:17:32 AM: Quote from: Repulse on December 18, 2011, 07:45:07 PM
Whats a hanyu pinyin?

Thxs for moving this comment.
Uhhh no idea what Hanyu is but Pinyin is the words you pronouce in the chinese language.
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: Apie2 on December 19, 2011, 11:25:09 AM: Am I just dumb or is everybody haxing whit googletranslate.
D=
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: blαh2355 on December 22, 2011, 07:31:33 PM: Quote from: Apie2 on December 19, 2011, 11:25:09 AM
Am I just dumb or is everybody haxing whit googletranslate.
D=
不 (No) :trollface:
Title: Re: Chinese
Post by: Cheesicle on December 23, 2011, 05:19:21 AM: Quote from: Repulse on December 18, 2011, 07:45:07 PM
Whats a hanyu pinyin?

Thxs for moving this comment.

-You're welcome.
--Frank

Han Yu = Chinese. It's just a different way of saying it. 中文（zhong wen) also means Chinese.

Just like 英文 (ying wen) and 英语 (ying yu) both mean english.
Title: Re: Cheesicle's Guide to Understandable Chinese
Post by: mickey0528 on January 15, 2012, 05:18:14 AM: Good thing i know both Chinese and English well cuz im born here. It's real hard to learn without daily usage, so, try harder guys.