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An overview of all Chinese lessons offered can be found in the table below. Each lesson consist of two parts, first learning the new Chinese words followed by using these words in sentences.

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Chinese lessons overview


Lesson Description
1.1Hello
1.2What's your name
1.3Where is your home


Lesson 1.2: What's your name


Lesson 1.2: New words


  Description   Text / Character
1Chinese simplified
Strokes=5
Unicode=53EB
Pinyinjiào
English  Englishto call, to be called
Dutch  Dutchnoemen, te noemen
2Chinese simplified
Strokes=9
Unicode=662F
Pinyinshì
English  Englishto be
Dutch  Dutchzijn
3Chinese simplified
Strokes=8
Unicode=56FD
Pinyinguó
English  Englishnation, country
Dutch  Dutchnatie, land
4Chinese simplified
Strokes=4
Unicode=4EC0
Pinyinshén
English  Englishwhat
Dutch  Dutchwat
5Chinese simplified
Strokes=3
Unicode=4E48
Pinyinme
English  English(an interrogative particle)
Dutch  Dutch(een vragend deeltje)
6Chinese simplified
Strokes=9
Unicode=54EA
Pinyin
English  Englishwhich
Dutch  Dutchwat
7Chinese simplified
Strokes=6
Unicode=540D
Pinyinmíng
English  Englishname, fame, excuse
Dutch  Dutchname, roem, excuus
8Chinese simplified
Strokes=6
Unicode=5B57
Pinyinzi
English  English(noun suffix)
Dutch  Dutch(zelfstandig naamwoord achtervoegsel)
9Chinese simplified
Strokes=2
Unicode=4EBA
Pinyinrén
English  Englishpeople, person
Dutch  Dutchmensen, persoon
10Chinese simplified
Strokes=4
Unicode=4E2D
Pinyinzhōng
English  Englishmiddle
Dutch  Dutchmidden
11Chinese simplified
Strokes=9
Unicode=7F8E
Pinyinměi
English  Englishbeautiful
Dutch  Dutchmooi
12Chinese simplified
Strokes=7
Unicode=674E
Pinyin
English  Englishplum, surname li
Dutch  Dutchpruim, achternaam li
13Chinese simplified
Strokes=6
Unicode=5411
Pinyinxiàng
English  Englishdirection, face, turn towards
Dutch  Dutchrichting, richten, wending naar
14Chinese simplified
Strokes=11
Unicode=967D
Pinyinyáng
English  Englishpositive (electric), the sun
Dutch  Dutchpositief (elektrisch) , de zon
15Chinese simplified
Strokes=10
Unicode=8377
Pinyin
English  Englishlotus, water lily, holland
Dutch  Dutchlotus, waterlelie, holland
16Chinese simplified
Strokes=5
Unicode=5170
Pinyinlán
English  Englishorchid, lily magnolia
Dutch  Dutchorchidee, lily magnolia


Lesson 1.2: Sentences


  Description   Sentence
1Chinese simplified
     
Pinyin Nǐ jiào shénme míngzì?
English  EnglishWhat's your name?
Dutch  DutchWat is jouw naam?
2Chinese simplified
    
Pinyin Wǒ jiào Lǐ Xiàng Yáng.
English  EnglishMy name is Li Xiang Yang.
Dutch  DutchMijn naam is Li Xiang Yang.
3Chinese simplified
    
Pinyin Nǐ shì nǎ guó rén?
English  EnglishWhat's your nationality?
Dutch  DutchWat is uw nationaliteit?
4Chinese simplified
    
Pinyin Wǒ shì Zhōngguó rén.
English  EnglishI'm Chinese.
Dutch  DutchIk ben Chinees.
5Chinese simplified
    
Pinyin Wǒ shì Měiguó rén.
English  EnglishI'm American.
Dutch  DutchIk ben Amerikaans.
6Chinese simplified
     
Pinyin Wǒ shì Hélán rén.
English  EnglishI'm Dutch.
Dutch  DutchIk ben Nederlander.
7Chinese simplified
 
Pinyin Zhōngguó
English  EnglishChina
Dutch  DutchChina
8Chinese simplified
 
Pinyin Měiguó
English  EnglishUnited States of America
Dutch  DutchVerenigde Staten
9Chinese simplified
 
Pinyin Hélán
English  EnglishHolland, Netherlands
Dutch  DutchHolland, Nederland.