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# Chinese Cheatsheet This cheatsheet provides a quick reference for the key features of Chinese, a language spoken by over a billion people worldwide. Use this cheatsheet as a reference to help you learn Chinese more efficiently. ## Pronunciation - Mandarin Chinese has four tones: flat, rising, falling then rising, and falling - Pinyin is the official romanization system for Mandarin Chinese ## Characters - Chinese characters are logograms that represent words or phrases - Simplified Chinese characters are used in mainland China, while traditional Chinese characters are used in Taiwan and Hong Kong ## Vocabulary - Chinese vocabulary is based on characters, which can be combined to form compound words - Many Chinese words have multiple meanings, depending on the context ## Grammar - Chinese grammar is based on word order and particles - There is no distinction between singular and plural nouns - There are no articles or verb conjugations - Tenses are indicated by time expressions ## Pronouns - 我 (wǒ): I, me - 你 (nǐ): you - 他/她/它 (tā): he/she/it - 我们 (wǒmen): we, us - 你们 (nǐmen): you (plural) - 他们/她们/它们 (tāmen): they ## Numbers - 一 (yī): one - 二 (èr): two - 三 (sān): three - 四 (sì): four - 五 (wǔ): five - 六 (liù): six - 七 (qī): seven - 八 (bā): eight - 九 (jiǔ): nine - 十 (shí): ten ## Time Expressions - 今天 (jīntiān): today - 昨天 (zuótiān): yesterday - 明天 (míngtiān): tomorrow - 现在 (xiànzài): now - 上午 (shàngwǔ): morning - 下午 (xiàwǔ): afternoon - 晚上 (wǎnshàng): evening ## Resources - [Chinese Grammar Wiki](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Main_Page) - [ChinesePod](https://chinesepod.com/) - [Pleco Chinese Dictionary](https://www.pleco.com/)