#學漢語 Kids Learn Mandarin - Male & Female 男 & 女 | Beginner Lesson 1.10 | Little Chinese Learners

xiǎo péng yǒu，kuài lái zhè lǐ lái dào zhōng wén de tiān dì tīng gù shì、wán yóu xì kuài kuài lè lè dì xué xí wǒ men yī qǐ lái nǔ lì hàn zì biàn dé hǎo róng yì zài zhè lǐ ，wǒ hé nǐ biān wán biān xué xiào xī xī xué xí xué xí zhōng wén， xué xí zhōng wén，hǎo yǒu qù！ xiǎo péng yǒu，nǐ men hǎo！ wǒ shì Cindy lǎo shī。 Welcome back to Little Chinese Learners. I know you’re super eager to get started with today’s lesson but let’s do a quick review first. How do we say grown-up in Chinese? That's right. dà rén Xiǎo Tiān de mā mā shì dà rén。 How do we say child in Chinese? That's right! xiǎo hái Xiǎo Tiān shì xiǎo hái。 zhè shì shuí？ zhè shì Xiǎo Tiān de bà bà。 Xiǎo Tiān de bà bà shì xiǎo hái ma？ bù！ Xiǎo Tiān de bà bà bù shì xiǎo hái， Xiǎo Tiān de bà bà shì dà rén。 He is not a child. He is a grown-up. Nice! It looks like to me we're ready to add more tiles into our learning jar! rén hái bù Xiǎo Tiān，wǒ men qù zhè lǐ wán hǎo ā！ dà rén xiǎo hái mā mā，nǐ shì dà rén，nǐ qù nà biān wǒ shì xiǎo hái，wǒ qù zhè biān Xiǎo Tiān kàn dé dǒng gào shì pái，zhēn bàng！ mā mā，yī huì ér jiàn wán dàn le，hē tài duō le zěn me bàn？ mā mā，mā mā nǐ xiān qù，wǒ mǎ shàng lái wǒ shì nǎ yī biān ne？ Hey, looks like xiǎo tiān needs some help. Xiǎo Tiān is a boy. Let’s learn the words for "female" and "male" in Chinese. The character for female in Mandarin is nǚ. nǚ female nǚ nǚ The character can be a bit difficult to pronounce. It sounds a bit like a crossover between new and knee. nǚ nǚ Now you try it! nǚ Great job! nǚ Next, let's learn the word for males. nán male nán nán You try it! nán Perfect! nán Do you remember how we to say person in Chinese? Yep, rén. What happens when we combine these two characters nán rén？ We have … a man! What if we were to combine nǚ rén？ That’s right. That means a woman. Let’s practice saying them. I’ll say them twice first and then you try it. nán rén nǚ rén nán rén nǚ rén Your turn. nán rén nǚ rén Fantastic. nán rén nǚ rén I think you’re ready for an even harder challenge. Do you remember the Chinese word for children? You’re right. hái So … boys in Mandarin are called nán hái and girls are called nǚ hái I’ll say them twice and then we'll try them together. nán hái nǚ hái nán hái nǚ hái Now you try it! nán hái nǚ hái Great! nán hái nǚ hái zhè gè zì hǎo xiàng shì 「nǚ 」 wǒ jì dé lǎo shī shuō，「nǚ 」xiàng yī gè zuò zhe de nǚ rén wǒ bù shì nǚ hái，wǒ yīng gāi bù shì zhè biān zhè gè zì shàng miàn fāng fāng de xiàng shì tián dì xià miàn kàn qǐ lái xiàng yī shuāng hěn yǒu lì qì de shǒu bì zài tián lǐ，lì qì hěn dà de rén wǒ xiǎng qǐ lái le，zhè gè shì 「nán」 Xiǎo Tiān，nǐ zhī dào yào qù nǎ biān ma？ zhè gè zì shì 「nán 」，wǒ shì nán hái，suǒ yǐ wǒ qù zhè biān nà gè zì shì 「nǚ 」，nǐ shì nǚ rén，nǐ qù nà biān Xiǎo Tiān huì rèn zì，zhēn bàng！ děng huì ér zài zhè lǐ jiàn hǎo wǒ qù zhè biān ma？hái shì nà biān？ wǒ yě bù zhī dào nǐ shì nán hái ma？ bù shì，wǒ shì nǚ hái nà nǐ qù zhè biān nǐ shì nán hái ma？ shì，wǒ shì nán hái nà nǐ qù zhè biān xiè xiè gē gē！ Xiǎo Tiān hǎo bàng，huì bāng zhù xiǎo péng yǒu le Since we have to use the bathroom many times each day, it’s super important to learn nán and nǚ so we better learn to write them! Let’s start with nǚ. nǚ is a xiàng xíng zì, or picture character, like rén！ If you look closely, you'll see it looks like a woman sitting criss-cross applesauce! To write it, we start with a fancier stroke - like a sideways V The second stroke is a simple slant from top to bottom but leans to the left. The final stroke is a horizontal line that cross over the previous strokes - like this! And that's how we write nǚ! Now you try it! Next, let’s learn to write nán! We can think of the character as two separate parts – the top part looks like a box with four smaller boxes inside. In fact, it is a Chinese character that means harvest field. We create the box first, add the horizontal line and the vertical line inside the box before closing it off. The bottom part of nán is also a Chinese character and it means strength. It is written with a hooked stroke followed by a slant stroke to the left. Now you try it! Interestingly, why do you think the character nán is made up of the harvest field and strength? You guessed it! It’s time for another Mandarin secret. The hint of this secret is… compound words. In English, we sometimes form new words by putting together two or more words like fireman or classroom. We call these compound words. We have something just like that in Mandarin and we call them huì yì zì. An example of a huì yì zì is the character nán. It is made up of two characters – the top part is a harvest field called tián. tián is a xiàng xíng zì, or picture character. tián looks like a squarish field where we can plant wheat or rice. The bottom part of nán is called lì, which means strength or power. It is also a xiàng xíng zì that came from a planting tool used for farming. So why is the character nán made up from tián and lì? In ancient times, the Chinese people were mostly farmers and almost every man labored very hard in the fields, planting seeds and harvesting the land. Hence, the word for male nán represented those men who pour out their strengths in the fields in order to grow food for their families. Great job! I can't wait to see you show off your newly learned Chinese skills! For the first part of today's homework, take these worksheets and practice writing two characters we learned today -- nán nǚ. For the second part of today's homework, choose one of these books and read it out loud. If you want, you can read both books. Don’t forget to record your reading and send your homework to me. That’s the end of today's lesson - I’ll see you next time. zài jiàn！