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== Lessons 课程==

Introduction / 介绍

• About Chinese
  关于中文
• Writing in Chinese
  如何用中文写作

Pronunciation 发音

• Pinyin Pronunciation Basics
• Pronunciation of Initials
• Pronunciation of Finals
• Using Tones

Lesson Texts 课文

• Lesson 1: Hello!
  第一课：你好！
• Lesson 2: Are you busy today?
  第二课：今天你忙不忙?
• Lesson 3: An introduction to particles
  第三课：助词
• Lesson 4: Word order and Verbs
  第四课：词序和动词
• Lesson 5: Measure words
  第五课：量词
• Lesson 6: More on interrogatives
  第六课：疑问助词
• Lesson 7: What's this?
  第七课：这是什么?
• Lesson 8: My name is Wang Ming
  第八课：我叫王明。

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Appendices 附录

• Common Phrases
• English-Chinese Dictionary 英汉字典
• Grammar Index 文法索引
• Key to the Exercises
  
• Chinese Greetings 中文问候语

• Numbers 数目（数字）
• Nations of the World 世界各国
• Radicals
  部首 {Coming soon...}
  
• Slang 俚语
• Traditional Chinese Character and Simplified Chinese Character