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How to Count to 10 in Mandarin Chinese | Beginner Lesson 3 | HSK 1 transcript
Harbin Mandarin · @HarbinMandarin
Published May 27, 201810:131.6M views
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ba geo she that's how we count from one to ten in Mandarin Chinese there are
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Ling y'all are y'all son instead of e Ling er E Sam okay that's all for this lesson I hope this
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son Oh Leo the number seven is Chi Chi
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809
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10:13
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79wpm
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Opening (first 30 seconds)
hello I'm Israel from Harbin Mandarin calm if you are interested in learning to speak Chinese please subscribe to our channel on YouTube and visit our website if you are interested in private Chinese lessons to accelerate learning I recommend
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- tone20
- leo18
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- please14
- geo11
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- chinese9
- numbers9
- review9
- ling7
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Transcript
hello I'm Israel from Harbin Mandarin calm if you are interested in learning to speak Chinese please subscribe to our channel on YouTube and visit our website if you are interested in private Chinese lessons to accelerate learning I recommend you sign up for one-on-one lessons on our website today we are going to learn how to count from 1 to 10 in modern Chinese I also have a couple of tips that you need to know in order to be able to say and understand phone numbers and bus or train numbers ok let's begin the number 1 is ii ii ii uses the first tone the high level tone you can find out more about the tones in modern chinese by watching our tones lesson now please repeat after me the number 2 is our our our uses the forced home the falling tone imagine you're a pirate and say our yes our please repeat after me ar-ar-ar let's review the numbers we've covered so far e ar e are the numbers 3 is Sun Sun Sign uses the first tone the high level tone it sounds similar to the word Sun but pronounced with a small smile son yes please repeat after me Sun Sun Sun let's review II our son II our son the number four is Tsun Tsun Tsun uses the four stone the falling tone it starts off like this in snake but with your tongue touching the bottom of your lower teeth and then relax your tongue soon smile a little waves it is soon some Chinese people consider the number four a lucky number because it sounds similar to which means death in Chinese now please repeat after me so soon so let's review e our son so again E our son soon the number five is use it the search tone the falling rising tone please repeat after me let's review e our son soon again e our son so the number six is Leo Leo leo uses the force tone the falling tone it sounds similar to the line in the zodiac leo but spoken quickly Leo yes please repeat after me Leo Leo leo let's review e our son Leo again e our son Oh Leo the number seven is Chi Chi she uses the first tone the high-level tone note that the Q sound in Chinese makes a sound so this sounds similar to when you say cheese but your tongue starts off at the roof of your mouth just touching the top of your front teeth and drops to your lower teeth G and smile a little when you say this G now please repeat after me chee-chee-chee let's review e our son so Leo G again e our son Leo G very good the number eight is bah-bah-bah use it a first tone the high level tone it is considered an auspicious number because it represents that a person can become wealthy please repeat after me bah-bah-bah let's review e our son soon Leo G ba again e our son Leo G ba the number nine is geo geo geo uses the third tone the following read in tone it's like pronouncing Jill in Geographic but with your tongue touching the bottom of your lower teeth geo yes please repeat after me geo geo geo very good let's review e our son Leo G PI geo again e our son Leo G ba geo the number 10 is she she she use it the second tone the Rizzuto to pronounce this say Shh but with the rising tone she yes please repeat after me she she she yes let's review e our son Leo G ba geo she again e our son Leo G ba geo she that's how we count from one to ten in Mandarin Chinese there are just a couple more things that you need to know in order to be able to say and understand things like phone numbers and bus or train numbers the number zero is Ling Ling being used the second tone the rising tone please repeat after me Ling Ling Ling and also when reciting a series of numbers for the number one instead of saying e people will often say yo to avoid misunderstandings so for example if someone's phone number is 1 1 0 1 2 1 3 people will often say yo y'all Ling y'all are y'all son instead of e Ling er E Sam okay that's all for this lesson I hope this lesson has helped you with counting and understanding numbers in Mandarin Chinese will cover bigger numbers in the future lesson if you find this video useful please like it and subscribe to our channel on youtube for more information about our lessons please visit Harbin Mandarin calm thank you goodbye
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