#學漢語 Kids Learn Mandarin - Big and Small 大大小小 | Beginner Lesson 1.8 | 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 hǎo！ wǒ shì Cindy lǎo shī。 Welcome to another lesson of Little Chinese Learners. Let’s do a quick review before we start today’s lesson. How do we say “who is this" in Chinese? That's right. zhè shì shuí? zhè shì lǎo hǔ！ lǎo hǔ，nǐ hǎo！ nǐ hǎo！ How do we say "who is that" in Chinese? That's right. nà shì shuí？ nà shì shān yáng！ yáng gē gē，nǐ hǎo！ zhè shì shuí? zhè shì gōng jī！ nà shì shuí？ nà shì shé！ Great job! Looks like you've mastered zhè shì shuí? and nà shì shuí？ so it's time to drop them into our... learning jar! zhè nà shuí Our learning jar is getting heavy! Let’s do a quick count to see how many Chinese characters we have already learned. yī、èr、sān、sì、wǔ liù、qī、bā、jiǔ、shí shí yī、shí èr、shí sān、shí sì、shí wǔ shí liù、shí qī、shí bā、shí jiǔ、èr shí èr shí yī、èr shí èr、èr shí sān、èr shí sì、èr shí wǔ èr shí liù Wow, that’s simply spectacular. What should we learn today? Listen! Do you hear something? Ah, I thought I heard someone barking! zhè shì shuí？ zhè shì gǒu。 This is a dog! Wait a minute... do you hear even more barking? Ah, nà shì shuí？ Oh... nà yě shì gǒu ... That is also a dog. Uh-oh. Our new friends are both dogs... but they are clearly not the same! How do you know which dog I am talking about? Well, one is big and another is small so perhaps the easiest way to tell them apart is by size! Let’s learn to say Big and Small in Mandarin. To say big in Chinese, we say dà dà dà Can you try it? dà Good job! dà To say small in Chinese, we say xiǎo xiǎo xiǎo xiǎo Now you try it! xiǎo Good work! xiǎo Ok! Let’s go back to our doggies. dà gǒu xiǎo gǒu Let’s try to look at different animals. dà niú xiǎo niú dà hóu zǐ xiǎo hóu zǐ dà shān yáng xiǎo shān yáng You know who else is really big? I’ll give you a hint. He’s got a long nose. What about someone who is really small and loves cheese? I bet you know who I am talking about. Let's go see them use the words dà and xiǎo to help them with some shopping. nǐ hǎo！wǒ shì dà xiàng！ wǒ zài zhè lǐ。 nǐ hǎo！ nǐ hǎo！wǒ shì xiǎo lǎo shǔ。 nǐ hǎo，wǒ shì dà xiàng。 wǒ yǒu dà yǎn qíng。 wǒ yǒu dà ěr duǒ。 wǒ yǒu dà zuǐ bā。 wǒ shì xiǎo lǎo shǔ。 wǒ shì xiǎo lǎo shǔ，wǒ yǒu xiǎo yǎn qíng。 wǒ yǒu xiǎo ěr duǒ。 wǒ yǒu xiǎo zuǐ bā。 xiǎo lǎo shǔ，wǒ xiǎng yào mǎi xīn yī fú， nǐ yào yī qǐ qù ma？ hǎo！wǒ yě yào mǎi，wǒ men yī qǐ qù！ zhè gè...... tài xiǎo le。 zhè gè...... tài dà le。 zhè gè...... tài dà le。 zhè gè...... tài xiǎo le。 zhè gè...... tài xiǎo le。 zhè gè...... tài dà le。 zhè gè gāng gāng hǎo。 zhè gè gāng gāng hǎo。 zhè shì shuí de？ zhè gè shì dà de。zhè gè shì wǒ de。 zhè shì shuí de？ zhè gè shì xiǎo de。zhè gè shì wǒ de。 zhè shì shuí de？ zhè gè shì dà de。zhè gè shì wǒ de。 zhè shì shuí de？ zhè gè shì xiǎo de。zhè gè shì wǒ de。 zhè shì shuí de？ zhè gè dà de shì wǒ de，nà gè xiǎo de shì tā de。 zhè shì shuí de？ zhè gè xiǎo de shì wǒ de，nà gè dà de shì tā de。 wǒ men xià cì zài yī qǐ lái。 hǎo！ Now that you know how to read dà and xiǎo, it's time to learn how to write them! Let's start with the character dà. If you look closely, you’ll notice that dà looks a bit like a person with a head, two legs and arms stretched out very WIDE... like they are giving a BIG hug! To write it, we start with a horizontal line from left to right, just like the character for yī. zuǒ dào yòu Then we start at the top, where the head, and draw a line curving to the left to make one leg. Finally, we draw the other leg and we’re done. Now you try it! Next, let’s write the character for xiǎo. When I think of xiǎo, I like to imagine myself with my hands tucked in. To write xiǎo, we start in the middle with a vertical line from top to bottom shàng dào xià but when you reach the bottom, make a little hook to the left! After that, we add the two dots like my tucked-in hands, one on the left and another one on the right. Now you try it! Great, we’re ready for today’s homework! For the first part of today’s homework, show me you've mastered the meanings of dà and xiǎo！ Take this worksheet, color the characters dà xiǎo and the animals on the page. Notice that each animal has a dot? If the animal is a big, connect it to dà. If it is a small animal, connect it to xiǎo. You can see an example with the elephant. For the second part of today’s homework, show me your best handwriting! Take this worksheet, use your favorite colors to trace the characters dà and xiǎo. When you’re feeling confident, you can write the characters on your own! Just be sure to upload your homework so I can see them! Have fun! I’ll see you next time. zài jiàn!