Chineasy Zodiac _ Ebook _ Traditional

The Great Race of The Chinese Zodiac Challenge yourself

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动物 Animals dòng wù

Do you know how these three animals sound?
 If you do, you might be able to guess their Chinese names!!!

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Please mark the order based on Chinese Zodiac race result and circle the one not in the order!

1

2

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1 is fine but 2 is better… As Mandarin is a tonal language, some pronunciation can be very similar and cause confusion. Therefore nouns are usually formed with 2 characters, especially in oral style. Sometimes the supporting character doesn’t mean anything.

老鼠 mouse lǎo shǔ

3

老虎 tiger lǎo hǔ

What else?

大猫 big cat dà māo

4

大狗 big dog dà gǒu

小猫 kitten

小狗 puppy

xiǎo māo

xiǎo gǒu

Q: 这里有什么? Zhè

lǐ yǒu




shé me


A: 这里有____。 
 Zhè

lǐ

Q: What do we have here?
 A: We have __________. lóng

yǒu 


hǔ

zhū

gǒu

hóu māo shǔ shé tù niú yáng

5

jī

mǎ

Q: 这里有什么? Zhè

lǐ yǒu




shé me


A: 这里有____。 
 Zhè

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lǐ

yǒu 


Q: What do we have here?
 A: We have __________.

True or false?

1.

这里有牛。 zhè lǐ yǒu niú

2.

这里有羊。 zhè lǐ yǒu yáng

3.

这里有狗。 zhè lǐ yǒu gǒu

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Can you recognize these characters?

龙

虎

貓

猴

鼠 蛇

牛

羊 8

狗

豬

鸡

馬

兔

From Traditional to Simplified Can you tell the difference between the traditional and simplified versions? Do you think it’s a big difference?

猫 9

马

猪

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