Chinese (Mandarin)

The Mandarin dialect of Chinese is spoken by over 1 billion people. It is the main language of government, the media and education in China and Taiwan, and one of the four official languages of Singapore.

Each ebook features both Pinyin script (pronunciation) and Hànzì Chinese characters.

Available in both Simplified and Traditional Character versions.

*Please note: Even though older computers may not show the Chinese script correctly on your webpages, please be assured that the all the Chinese script will appear correctly in the eBooks on your computer, regardless whether it has unicode or Chinese support or not.

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Examples from the eBooks: Learn some numbers, colours and a few simple phrases in Chinese with Jack, Lisa and Pete the Parrot.
Numbers...
yī, èr, sān, sì, wǔ, liù, qī, bā, jiǔ, shí, shí yī, shí èr.
one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.
	liǎng ge húluóbo two carrots
	sān ge shùméi three raspberries
	Yǒu jǐ ge píngguǒ? Zhǐ yǒu yí gè píngguǒ. Duō hǎochē ā! How many apples are there? There is only one apple. How delicious!
Colours...
	Zhè duǒ huā shì chéngsè, zhēn měilì! This flower is orange. How beautiful!
	Xuě shì báisè de, érqiě hěn lěng. Hē hē hē ... The snow is white and cold. Brrr...
.... .... .... .... .... .... huángsè ....... chéngsè ...... fěnhóngsè ...... hóngsè ........ zǐsè ........ lǜsè
yellow ... orange ... pink ... red ... purple ... green blue ... brown ... grey ... black ... white
lánsè ........ zōngsè ......... huīsè .......... hēisè .......... báisè ...... ...... ...... ...... ......
Meeting Pete...
	Nǐ hǎo! Wǒ jiào Pítè. Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi? Hello! My name is Pete. What is your name?
Going on a picnic...
	Jīntiān wǒmen yào qù nǎr? Wǒmen yào qù húbiān yěcān. Where are we going today? We're going to the lake for a picnic.
	Tíng xià, Pítè! Wǒmen mílù le. Lù zài nǎr? Wǒmen zhǎo bú dào tā. Stop, Pete! We're lost! Where is the path? We can't find it.
Time for lunch...
	Wǒ hěn è. I am very hungry.
	Xièxiè. Thank you.
	Wǒ yě kě. I am thirsty too.
Magpie attack!
	Āiyō!! Jiùmìng! Jiù wǒ! Zǒu kāi! Ow!! Help! Help me! Go away!
Goodbye...
	Zài jiàn! Goodbye!
Extra words...
	Shì. Yes. Bú shì. No. Qǐng. Please. Bú yòng xiè. You're welcome.
Download the full eBook set to learn more about Numbers, Colours and more Simple Phrases. Follow the exciting adventures of Jack and Lisa as they meet Pete the Parrot and go off to find hidden treasure and go on a lakeside adventure!