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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 1.3: Where is your home


Lesson 1.3: New words


  Description   Text / Character
1Chinese simplified
Strokes=10
Unicode=5BB6
家
Pinyinjiā
English  Englishfamily, home, house
Dutch  Dutchfamilie, ome, huis
2Chinese simplified
Strokes=9
Unicode=54EA
哪
Pinyinnǎ
English  Englishwhich
Dutch  Dutchwat
3Chinese simplified
Strokes=2
Unicode=513F
儿
Pinyinér
English  Englishchild, youngster, son
Dutch  Dutchkind, jongere, zoon
4Chinese simplified
Strokes=3
Unicode=4E0A
上
Pinyinshàng
English  Englishon, on top
Dutch  Dutchop, bovenop
5Chinese simplified
Strokes=10
Unicode=6D77
海
Pinyinhǎi
English  Englishsea, ocean, maritime
Dutch  Dutchzee, oceaan, maritieme
6Chinese simplified
Strokes=6
Unicode=5728
在
Pinyinzài
English  Englishin, at, on
Dutch  Dutchin, te, op
7Chinese simplified
Strokes=5
Unicode=5317
北
Pinyinběi
English  Englishnorth, northern
Dutch  Dutchnoord, noordelijk
8Chinese simplified
Strokes=8
Unicode=4EAC
京
Pinyinjīng
English  Englishthe capital of a country, abbr. for Beijing
Dutch  Dutchde hoofdstad van een land , afk. voor Beijing
9Chinese simplified
Strokes=9
Unicode=9999
香
Pinyinxiāng
English  Englishfragrant, appetizing, popular, sweet
Dutch  Dutchgeurig, smakelijk, populair, zoet
10Chinese simplified
Strokes=12
Unicode=6E2F
港
Pinyingǎng
English  Englishharbor, havenplaats, bay, abbr. for Hong Kong
Dutch  Dutchhaven, poort, baai, abbr. voor Hong Kong
11Chinese simplified
Strokes=5
Unicode=4ED6
他
Pinyintā
English  Englishhe, him, other, another
Dutch  Dutchhij, hem, ander, nog een


Lesson 1.3: Sentences


  Description   Sentence
1Chinese simplified
你 家 在 哪 儿?
Pinyin Nǐ jiā zài nǎr?
English  EnglishWhere is your hometown?
Dutch  DutchWaar is uw woonplaats?
2Chinese simplified
我 家 在 北 京。
Pinyin Wǒ jiā zài Běijīng.
English  EnglishMy hometown is Beijing.
Dutch  DutchMijn woonplaats is Beijing.
3Chinese simplified
他 家 在 哪 儿?
Pinyin Tā jiā zài nǎr?
English  EnglishWhere is his hometown?
Dutch  DutchWaar is zijn woonplaats?
4Chinese simplified
他 家 在 上 海。
Pinyin Tā jiā zài Shànghǎi.
English  EnglishHis hometown is Shanghai.
Dutch  DutchZijn woonplaats is Shanghai.
5Chinese simplified
他 家 在 香 港。
Pinyin Tā jiā zài Xiānggǎng.
English  EnglishHis hometown is Hong Kong.
Dutch  DutchZijn woonplaats is Hong Kong.
6Chinese simplified
哪 儿
Pinyin nǎr
English  Englishwhere
Dutch  Dutchwaar
7Chinese simplified
上 海
Pinyin Shànghǎi
English  EnglishShanghai
Dutch  DutchShanghai
8Chinese simplified
北 京
Pinyin Běijīng
English  EnglishBeijing
Dutch  DutchBeijing
9Chinese simplified
香 港
Pinyin Xiānggǎng
English  EnglishHong Kong
Dutch  DutchHong Kong