About '谁'(who)

In Chinese, "who" is 谁. 谁 has two pronunciations. One is 'shuí '; the other is 'shéi '. Both two pronuncitations are right, and both pronunciations have the same meaning and usage.

However, there are some discourses about 'shui' and ' shei'. Most Chinese people agreed that 'shui' is used in written Chinese and 'shei' is used in spoken Chinese, particularly in Beijing. Both of these explanations are not official. In the dictionary, there is not any explanation about what is the relationship between 'shui'  and  'shei'. The dictionary only mentions that "谁"(who) has two different pronunciations 'shui' and 'shei'.

For all of you, I would like to suggest that you can choose only one pronunciation that you think it is easy to remember and to pronunce. You don't have to remember both.

If you still have questions about 谁, we can talk about it in the class.

Lesson 3 on 11th October ,Tuesday

 In the Office

  zài bàn gōng shĭ

  在办公室

生词（New Words）

开会 kāi huì: hold a meeting [v]

资料 zī liào: documents; material; data [n]

准备 zhǔn bèi: prepare, get ready [v]

打印 dă yìn: print out[v]

份 fèn: copy(copy / part / share / portion---- Nominal Measure Word/ unit)

经理 jīng lĭ: manager [n] usage: surname+ 经理

传真 chuán zhēn: facsimile; fax [n]

电子邮件 diàn zĭ yóu jiàn: E-mail [n]

打电话 dă diàn huà: make a phone call; call [n]

电脑 diàn năo: computer [n]

对话（Dialogue）

lì li:  mài kè, míng tiān kāi huì de zī liào nĭ zhǔn bèi hăo le ma?

 丽丽：  麦克，明天开会的资料你准备好了吗？

 Lili:   Have you got the documents ready for tomorrow’s meeting, Mike?

 

Mài kè: dōu zhǔn bèi hăo le. wŏ gĕi nĭ dă yìn chū lái yí fèn ba?

 麦克：  都准备好了。我给你打印出来一份吧？

 Mike:    Yes, I have. Shall I print a copy for you?

   

lì li:   hăo de, xiè xiè. qĭng gĕi wáng jīng lĭ yě chuán zhēn yí fèn.

丽丽：  好的，谢谢。请给王经理也传真一份。

Lili:  Yes, thank you. Please fax a copy to Manager Wang too.

   

Mài kè:   wŏ yĭ jīng tōng guò diàn zĭ yóu jiàn fā gĕi tā lè. tā méi yŏu shōu dào ma?

麦克：  我已经通过电子邮件发给他了。他没有收到吗？

Mike:    I’ve already sent it to him by e-mail. Didn’t he receive it?

       

lì li:  tā gāng cái gĕi wŏ dă diàn huà, shuō tā de diàn năo huài le.

丽丽：  他刚才给我打电话，说他的电脑坏了。

Lili:   He called me just now, saying his computer broke down .

 

Mài kè:   o, nà wŏ mă shàng gĕi tā fā chuán zhēn.

麦克：  哦，那我马上给他发传真。

Mike:    I see. I’ll fax a copy to him at once.

  

chinese 380 syllables 音节

音节(syllable: normally, in Chinese, one word is one syllable. )

1、  consonant + vowel    e.g. ba pa ma

2、simgle  vowel  e.g. a e

3、  half consonant+ vowel    e.g. yi wu wo (half consonant: y w)

一、        声母+韵母（consonant + vowel）

b: ba bai ban bang bao bei ben beng bi bian biao bie bin bing bo bu

p: pa pai pan pang pao pei pen peng pi pian piao pie pin ping po pou pu

m: ma mai man mang mao me mei men meng mi mian miao mie min ming miu mo mou mu

f: fa fan fang fei fen feng fo fou fu

d: da dai dan dang dao de dei deng di dian diao die ding diu dong dou du duan dui dun duo

t: ta tai tan tang tao te teng ti tian tiao tie ting tong tou tu tuan tui tun tuo

n: na nai nan nang nao ne nei nen neng ni nian niang niao nie nin ning niu nong nou nu nü nuan nüe nuo

l: la lai lan lang lao le lei leng li lia lian liang liao lie lin ling liu long lou lu lü luan lüe lun luo

g: ga gai gan gang gao ge gei gen geng gong gou gu gua guai guan guang gui gun guo

k: ka kai kan kang kao ke ken keng kong kou ku kua kuai kuan kuang kui kun kuo

h: ha hai han hang hao he hei hen heng hong hou hu hua huai huan huang hui hun huo

j: ji jia jian jiang jiao jie jin jing jiong jiu ju juan jue jun

q: qi qia qian qiang qiao qie qin qing qiong qiu qu quan que qun

x: xi xia xian xiang xiao xie xin xing xiong xiu xu xuan xue xun

z: za zai zan zang zao ze zei zen zeng zong zou zu zuan zui zun zuo

c: ca cai can cang cao ce cen ceng cong cou cu cuan cui cun cuo

s: sa sai san sang sao se sen seng song sou su suan sui sun suo

zh: zha zhai zhan zhang zhao zhe zhei zhen zheng zhong zhou zhu zhua zhuai zhuan zhuang zhui zhun zhuo

ch: cha chai chan chang chao che chen cheng chong chou chu chua chuai chuan chuang chui chun chuo

sh:sha shai shan shang shao she shei shen sheng shou shu shua shuai shuan shuang shui shun shuo

r: ran rang rao re ren reng ri rong rou ru ruan rui run ruo

二、        零声母；韵母（vowel）

a: a ai an ang ao

o: ou

e: e ei en eng er

三、半辅音+韵母（half consonant+ vowel ）

i: ya yan yang yao ye yi yin ying yong you

u: wa wai wan wang wei wen weng wo wu

ü: yu yuan yue yun

P.S. Try to read these syllables without tones firstly.

pinyin and pronounciation

Tone

first 一、second /、third V、forth \

consonant

pinyin	pronounce	pinyin	pronounce	pinyin	pronounce
b	[b]	g	[k]	s	[s]
p	[bʻ]	k	[kʻ]	zh	[tʂ]
m	[m]	h	[x]	ch	[tʂ]
f	[fʻ]	j	[tɕ]	sh	[ʂʻ]
d	[t]	q	[tɕʻ]	r	[ʐ]
t	[tʻ]	x	[ɕ]	y	[j]
n	[n]	z	[ts]	w	[w]
l	[l]	c	[tsʻ]

simple vowel（as a simple syllable or put after cinsonant）

pinyin	pronounce	pinyin	pronounce	pinyin	pronounce
a	[Ą]	e	[ɣ]	u	[u]
o	[o]	i	[i]	ü	[y]

P.S remember the only order of these vowels: a o e i u ü

double vowel

pinyin	pronounce	pinyin	pronounce	pinyin	pronounce
ai	[ai]	ing	[iŋ]	uai	[uai]
ei	[ei]	ia	[ia]	ui（uei）	[uei]
ao	[ɑu]	iao	[iɑu]	uan	[uan]
ou	[ou]	ian	[iæn]	uang	[uɑŋ]
an	[an]	iang	[iɑŋ]	un（uen）	[uən]
en	[ən]	ie	[iɛ]	ueng	[uəŋ]
in	[in]	iong	[yŋ]	üe	[yɛ]
ang	[ɑŋ]	iou	[iou]	üan	[yæn]
eng	[əŋ]	ua	[uɑ]	ün	[yn]
ong	[uŋ]	uo	[uo]	ng	[ŋ]