Chinese Primer: Character Text (Pinyin) 9780691213392

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Chinese Primer

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CHINESE PRIMER Character Text

Ta-tuan Ch'en Perry Link Yih-jian Tai Hai-tao Tang

Princeton University Press Princeton, New Jersey

Copyright © 1994 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, Chichester, West Sussex All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Chinese primer. Character text / Ta-tuan Ch'en . . . [et al.]. p. cm. Previously published by Harvard University Press, 1989. ISBN 0-691-03694-2 1. Chinese language—Textbooks for foreigners—English. I. Ch'en, Ta-tuan. PL1129.E5C4225 1994 495.1'82421—dc20

93-45904

This book was prepared at the Chinese Linguistics Project, Princeton University, with the aid of a grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. The title page calligraphy is by Professor Ching-nung T'ai ( >%' •%& W.

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The cover design is by Daniel Shawjing Lee ( -$* ^£»\ )• Princeton University Press books are printed on acid-free paper and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources Audiotapes and videotapes are available for use with the Chinese Primer. For further information, contact: Chinese Linguistics Project, 231 Palmer Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544. Phone: (609) 258-4269. Fax: (609) 258-6984.

10 ISBN-13: 978-0-691-03694-6 ISBN-10: 0-691-03694-2

NOTE TO THE STUDENT This is a character text for Chinese Primer. It corresponds, part for part, to the romanized lessons. Each lesson is presented in both the traditional and the simplified forms. The texts in simplified forms follow this preface immediately, and are arranged in horizontal rows, in the manner of books printed in the People's Republic of China. The texts in traditional forms begin at the other end of the book, which is the front from the traditional Chinese point of view. The characters are arranged in vertical columns, which also is the traditional manner. To help develop correct habits in the use of neutral tones, we have used slightly smaller characters for neutral-tone syllables in units I through III. From Unit IV on, we expect the student's habits .to be good enough not to need this aid. Certain characters, such as Iff] . & .fe^> -f- a r e almost always in the neutral tone, as described in the Grammar Notes. Therefore they have not been printed in the smaller type. This volume also includes, at the other end, an introduction in Chinese that is intended for teachers, especially those teachers who are native speakers of Chinese.

CONTENTS

TEXT IN SIMPLIFIED CHARACTERS ( | 8 | t f c f l * X > Unit 1 Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Unit 2 Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Unit 3 Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Unit 4 Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Unit 5 Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Unit 6 Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson Unit 7 Lesson Lesson Lesson Unit 8 Lesson Lesson Lesson Lesson

1 2 3 4 5

1 2 4 6 8

1 2 3 4

11 .12 14 15

1 2 3 4

18 20 21 23

1 2 3 4

26 27 29 30

1 2 3 4

33 34 36 38

1 2 3 4

41 42 44 47

1 2 3

51 52 54

1 2 3 4

57 59 60 63

INTRODUCTION IN CHINESE Cjj|j % ) TEXT IN REGULAR CHARACTERS ( ~% T& % *%S UNIT 1 Lesson 1 Lesson 2

Lesson 3

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