Huayu language

                                              Assalamualaikum....

I am written this blog to share my learning during my previous secondary school till now. To be honest, I'm not a knowledgeable person but i put my best in sharing what i've got.

For my first entry, i'm gonna share a new language (mandarin). Fyi, Hanyu means Mandarin. Why i chose Mandarin instead of Arabic? Actually, I'd learn both of language but Arabic had be abandoned (since 4 years ago) and need to revise. In shaa allah, it will be in my next entry.

Two important things in Mandarin language you need to focus on, hanyu pinyin (tone) and character.

Chinese Character

This is an example of character. If you're master in that, then you've no worries to communicate with them. But the most important, you need to memorize the character. Not to worry, it's not tough as you think. You can see there are a similar shape of people and nature right? The character have a different meaning for a similar word in Mandarin. For example, hui. Hui sometimes mean can, know or get,go etc. Usually people will identify the meaning by the character and hanyu pinyin.

Hanyu pinyin

As you can see there're 4 different types of hanyu pinyin. Each of tones have different manner of speech. That's why Chinese talk differently, sometimes you can hear like they're screaming among others or sound like very horizontal tone.




Btw, there're different between Mandarin and Cantonese. Mostly Chinese in Malaysia used Mandarin and it's more formal conversation compared to Cantonese which is more relaxed. They can understand Mandarin but not in Cantonese language. If you're interested to know more bout the history, kindly google or you can ask your Chinese friends. Sorry, I'm not well know bout that.

I'm gonna write the meaning and hopefully it will be very helpful for you. Please noted that the hanyu pinyin and character are not stated below. Below are the basic words you need to know before we jump more tough :-

     1. Numbering

•                ling = 0
•                yi = 1
•                er =  2
•                san = 3
•                si (sound like se') = 4
•                wu = 5
•                liu = 6
•                qi (chi) = 7
•                ba = 8
•                jiu = 9
•                shi = 10

      2. Pronouns

•                wo = me/saya
•                ni = you/awak
•                ta = he,she/dia
•                nin = you (more formal)/anda
•                men = all/semua
•                women (wo + men) = all of us/kami,kita semua
•                nimen = all of you/kalian ( awak semua)
•                tamen = they/mereka

     3. Noun

•               pengyou = friend/kawan
•               nanpengyou = boyfriend/teman lelaki
•               nupengyou = girlfriend/teman wanita
•               xiongdi jiemei = sibling/adik beradik
•               laoshi= teacher/guru
•               xizhuren = programme director/ketua program
•               jianting zhufu = housewife/suri rumah
•               mishu = secretary/setiausaha
•               xiaofan = shopkeeper/pekedai
•               laoban = boss/tauke
•               toufa = hair/rambut
•               shou = tangan

     4. Family Members

•                baba(papa) = father/ayah
•                mama = mother/emak
•                gege = brother/abang
•                jiejie = sister/kakak
•                meimei = younger sister/adik perempuan
•                didi = younger brother/adik lelaki
•                zumu = grandmother/nenek
•                zufu = grandfather/datuk
•                biao = cousin/sepupu
•                biaojie(biao+jiejie) = older cousin (female)/kakak sepupu
•                xiansheng = husband,mr/suami,encik
•                xiaojie = wife,mrs/isteri,puan

   5. Verb

•                 kan = read/membaca
•                 you = have/ada
•                 xihuan = like/suka
•                 zuo = ride/naik
•                 yong =  use/guna
•                 zoulu = walk/jalan kaki
•                 zou = go to/menuju
•                 xuepin = shopping/membeli belah
•                 qu = go/pergi
•                 shuo = speak/cakap

                     

   6. Adjective

•                  piaoliang = beautiful/cantik
•                  gao = tall/tinggi
•                  duan = short/pendek
•                  pang = fat/gemuk
•                  hao = good/baik
•                  re = hot/panas
•                  leng = cold/sejuk

                       
   7. Time

•                   zaoshang = morning/pagi
•                   wanshang =  night/malam
•                   xiawu = afternoon/petang
•                   zhongwu = tengahari
•                   fen = minute/minit
•                   ban = half/setengah
•                   kuai = almost/hampir
•                   zuotian = yesterday/semalam
•                   jintian = today/hari ini
•                   mingtian = tomorrow/esok

   8. Date

•                   hao = day/hari
•                   yue = month/bulan
•                   nian = year/tahun

   9. Direction

•                   zuobian = left side/sebelah kiri
•                   youbian = right side/sebelah kanan
•                   pangbian = next to/sebelahd
•                   duimian = opposite side/arah bertentengan
•                   qianmian = front side/ hadapan
•                   houmian = back side/belakang
•                   shangmian = above/di atas
•                   xiamian = below/di bawah
•                   zhongjian = between/di antara
•                   lou = level/tingkat
•                   loushang(lou+shangmian) = upper floor/tingkat atas

                      
                          
   10. Place

•              bangongshi = office/pejabat
•              cesuo = toilet/tandas
•              chezhan = bus station/stesen bas
•              gouwu zhongxin = shopping center/pusat membeli belah
•              yiyuan = hospital
•              yinhang = bank
•              Pengheng = Pahang
•              Xinshan = Johor
•              Jilongpo = Kuala Lumpur
•              dongwuyuan = zoo
•              basha = market/pasar
•              kafeidian = kafe

   11. Vehicle

•                   qingkuaitie = LRT
•                   qiche = car/kereta 
•                   huoche = train/kereta api
•                   luoli = lorry/lori

   12. Greeting

•         ni hao = hello/hai
•         xiexie = thank you/terima kasih
•         buxie = you're welcome/sama-sama
•         zaijian = goodbye/selamat tinggal
•         meiguanxi = it's okay/tidak mengapa
•         duibuqi = sorry/minta maaf
•         yilu shunfeng = have a pleasant journey/semoga selamat
•         bu jian bu san = wait till i come/tunggu sehingga saya datang
•         yi deng yixia = wait a moment/sila tunggu sebentar

    13. Question Mark

•                   shi ma = why/kenapa
•                   hao ma = well isn't/baikkah
•                   shenme shihou = when/bilakah
•                   zai ma = is there/ada tak

To be continued. Xiexie