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Introduction 00
How to use this series 00
How to use this book 00
汉语欢迎你！Hàn yǔ huān yíng nǐ 00
Welcome to Mandarin Chinese!
A 日常活动 rì cháng huó dòng
Everyday activities
1 问候与自我介绍 wèn hòu yǔ zì wǒ jiè shào
Greetings and self-introductions 00
2 家庭和宠物 jiā tíng hé chǒng wù
and pets 00
3 我的每一天 wǒ de měi yì tiān
life 00 4 爱好 ài hào
5
B 个人与社会 gè rén yǔ shè huì
jiàn kāng yǔ yùn dòng
家居生活 jiā jū shēng huó
9 买东西 mǎi dōng xi
jū zhù huán jìng
xué xiào shēng huó
xué xiào shè shī
C 周游世界 zhōu yóu shì jiè
The world around us
13 天气与气候 tiān qì yǔ qì hòu
Weather and climate 00
14 交通工具 jiāo tōng gōng jù
Transportation 00
15 旅游经历 lǚ yóu jīng lì
Holidays: Travel experiences 00
16 旅游计划 lǚ yóu jì huà
Holiday plans 00
17 公共服务与海关 gōng gòng fú wù yǔ hǎi guān
Public services and customs 00
D 工作与职业规划 ɡōnɡ zuò yǔ zhí yè ɡuī huà
The world of work
18 工作经验 gōng zuò jīng yàn
Work experience 00
19 申请工作 shēn qǐng gōng zuò
Applying for a job 00
20 未来学业和职业规划 wèi lái xué yè hé zhí yè guī huá
Future education and career plans 00
E 国际视野 ɡuó jì shì yě
International world
21 采访名人 cǎi fǎng míng rén
Interviewing Chinese celebrities 00
22 科技与社交媒体 kē jì yǔ shè jiāo méi tǐ
Technology and social media 00
23 中国节日 Zhōng guó jié rì
Chinese festivals 00
24 学中文 xué Zhōng wén
Learning Chinese as a foreign language
25 救救地球 jiù jiù dì qiú
the planet
Introduction
Martin Mak, Xixia Wang, Ivy Liu So Ling
We have written this book to help you develop your communication skills in Mandarin. It supports the Cambridge IGCSE™ Mandarin Chinese (0547) syllabus for examination from 2028; materials have been written based on real-life contexts, and real-life materials have been chosen in order to give you a taste of culture along with language.
The book has 25 main units, grouped under five topic areas: Everyday Activities, Personal and Social Life, The World Around Us, The World of Work and International World, as well as a welcome unit. Each topic area has 3–7 sub-topics, each of which constitutes a unit, and you will find material to cover listening, reading, speaking and writing under each sub-unit.
This book has been written for beginners. Therefore, from Units 1 to 5, pinyin and English meanings for questions and instructions are provided. However, they are gradually reduced in the later units, and there will be no pinyin and English meanings for the questions and instructions to support you in your studies at Cambridge IGCSE level.
You will need to take an active role in your learning. Following the sequence of our activities will reinforce your language learning and expand your Mandarin vocabulary to help you become a more fluent reader. We introduce sentence structures in each unit to help you improve your writing. It is important that you complete all the exercises as they will help you develop your communication skills in Chinese. We have also written a Workbook, which contains further activities.
How to use this series
This suite of resources supports students and teachers following the Cambridge IGCSE™ Mandarin Chinese syllabus (0547) for examination from 2028. All of the components in the series are designed to work together and help students develop the necessary knowledge and skills for this subject.
Mandarin Chinese for
The Coursebook is designed for students to use in class with guidance from the teacher. It includes a welcome unit and 25 further units that cover a variety of topics to provide a comprehensive understanding of Chinese language and culture. Each unit includes sections on vocabulary and grammar and activities to develop speaking, listening, reading and writing skills to allow learners to apply these skills to a particular topic. Features such as top tips, culture boxes and languages boxes provide additional information throughout, allowing learners to build their understanding further.
A digital version of the Coursebook is included with the print version and is available separately.
The write-in Workbook consolidates the learning in the Coursebook by providing opportunities for more focussed practice. It can be used flexibly, as an additional resource to support learning in the classroom or at home for individual work. The Workbook fully reflects the structure of the Coursebook, making it easy to navigate. It provides activities at three different levels to help teachers provide differentiation, as well as allowing students to build their confidence by providing them with activities that are right for their level. The Workbook also includes a practice section, allowing learners to apply their understanding and test their key skills.
A digital version of the Workbook is included with the print version.
Mandarin Chinese for Cambridge IGCSETM
The Digital Teacher’s Resource provides everything teachers need to deliver this course. It is packed full of useful teaching notes and lesson ideas, with suggestions for differentiation to support and challenge students, ideas for assessment and homework guidance. A range of additional resources such as worksheets, audio scripts, video scripts, and answers to the Coursebook and Workbook questions are also available to help teachers save time and enrich their practice.
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How to use this book
Throughout this Coursebook, you will see these features, which are designed to help your learning. Here is a summary of what you will find.
SAMPLE
Each unit begins with a set of learning intentions to explain what you will learn.
This feature gives you further information about Chinese culture.
Each unit opens with a video (indicated by a video icon) and provides a list of questions to answer. The video covers the themes in a unit and provides any key context you need.
Key vocabulary is highlighted in vocabulary boxes throughout the unit. The full list of vocabulary is also available in the vocabulary section at the end of the Coursebook.
This gives you guidance on structures of the Chinese language as well as useful expressions and phrases.
This feature focuses on a key grammar topic in a unit. It will deepen your understanding and knowledge of key grammar skills.
This is to challenge yourself with creative tasks, like detailed writing or presentations. These activities deepen your understanding and boost confidence in real-world language use.
USEFUL EXPRESSIONS
This will help you learn key phrases to make your writing and speaking more natural. Examples show how to use them effectively in different contexts.
This will guide you on how best to apply the skills or topic explored in a unit, or how best to apply your knowledge to key skills, such as listening, reading, writing or speaking.
Each unit ends with a checklist that matches the learning intentions at the start of units so you can reflect on your learning.
Throughout the unit you will also see this audio icon. This indicates that this activity has an audio track to help you develop your listening skills.
Part A
Everyday activities
SAMPLE
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问候与自我介绍 wèn hòu yǔ zì wǒ jiè shào
1 Greetings and self-introductions
学 xué 习 xí 目 mù 标 biāo LEARNING INTENTIONS
通过第1单元的学习，你将能够：
By the end of this unit, you will be able to:
• 使用问候语并介绍自己，询问名字、国籍等 个人信息。
• 理解中英文名字的不同特点。
• 掌握基本数字和人称代词（我、你、他/她） 及复数标记“们”。
• 使用基本结构介绍自己和讨论自己的感觉， 例如：“我叫李明 。”“我很好”。
kàn 视 shì 频 pín ，学 xué 中 Zhōnɡ 文 wén Watch this!
看
一、 看 kàn 图 tú 片 piàn ：Look at the picture:
• 他 tā 们 men 在 zài 哪 nǎ 里 lǐ ？Where are they?
• 上 shànɡ 午 wǔ 看 kàn 见 jiàn 同 tónɡ 学 xué 的 de 时 shí 候 hòu ，你 nǐ 会 huì 跟 ɡēn 他 tā 们 men 说 shuō 什 shén 么 me ？ When you see your classmates in the morning, what can you say to them?
• 你 nǐ 是 shì 哪 nǎ 国 ɡuó 人 rén ？Where are you from? CAMBRIDGE IGCSETM MANDARIN CHINESE: COURSEBOOK
二、 看 kàn 视 shì 频 pín ，说 shuō yi 说 shuō ：Watch the video and talk about:
• 怎 zěn 么 me 打 dǎ 招 zhāo 呼 hu how you greet each other
• 怎 zěn 么 me 说 shuō 自 zì 己 jǐ 是 shì 哪 nǎ 国 ɡuó 人 rén how to say which country you are from
use greetings and introduce yourself, asking for names, nationalities and other personal information understand the differences between Chinese and English names master basic numbers and personal pronouns (‘I’, ‘you’, ‘he/she’), including the plural marker 们 form basic sentences to introduce yourself and describe your feelings, such as ‘My name is Li Ming’ or ‘I am fine’.
• 怎 zěn 么 me 说 shuō 自 zì 己 jǐ 住 zhù 在 zài 哪 nǎ 里 lǐ how to say where you live.
三、 说 shuō yi 说 shuō ：Talk about:
• 你 nǐ 叫 jiào 什 shén 么 me 名 mínɡ 字 zì ？What’s your name?
第一章：日常活动 第一单元：问候与自我介绍
词 cí 语 yǔ Vocabulary
小 xiǎo 贴 tiē 士 shì TOP TIP
If you have just started learning Mandarin, you can refer to the Welcome unit to learn the basic numbers from 1 to 99.
For numbers over 100, 1000 and 10,000, we use 百 (hundred), 千 (thousand) and 万 (ten thousand), respectively, as shown in the table.
Breakdown Chinese charactersPinyin
配 pèi 汉 Hàn 字 zì 和 hé 数 shù 字 zì 。
Match the characters with the numbers.
1 十五 A 89
2 四百五十 B 450
3 一百零七 C 1,100
4 八十九 D 15
5 六十 E 17,000
6 一百七十 F 107
7 一万七千 G 170
8 三百 H 60
9 一千一百 I 300
10 四千五百 J 4,500
零 líng zero
百 bǎi hundred 千 qiān thousand 万 wàn ten thousand
Choose one of the following tasks to complete:
1 Write down the names of some countries that you’ve been to.
2 Write down the names of some countries that you would like to travel to in the future.
词 cí 语 yǔ VOCABULARY
中国 Zhōng guó China
英国 Yīng guó UK
美国 Měi guó USA
德国 Dé guó Germany
日本 Rì běn Japan
印度 Yìn dù India
新加坡 Xīn jiā pō Singapore
马来西亚 Mǎ lái xī yà Malaysia
法国 Fǎ guó France
印尼 Yìn ní Indonesia
Choose the appropriate phrases to fill the gaps and complete the dialogues.
D 再见。
E 谢谢。
小明 (Xiaoming)：
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Based on the content of the form above, fill in the gaps to complete the dialogue for Wang Xiaoyun.
问：你姓什么?
答：我姓 1 。
问：你叫什么名字？
答：我叫 2
问：你多大？
答：我 3 岁。
问：你是哪国人？
答：我是 4 人。
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问：你住在哪儿？
答：我住在 5 。
二、 根
ɡēn 据 jù 上 shànɡ 面 miàn 的
绍
shào 。
According to the form above, fill in the gaps and complete the self-introduction for 王小云。
语 yǔ VOCABULARY
问 wèn to ask
(回)答 (huí) dá to answer, respond
姓 xìng surname
叫 jiào to be called
什么 shén me what
名字 míng zì name
多大 duō dà how old?
岁 suì years old
是 shì to be (am, is, are)
哪 nǎ which
国 guó country
人 rén person, people
住 zhù to live
在 zài at, in, on; to be located, exist
年龄 nián líng age
国籍 guó jí nationality
城市 chéng shì city
在 zài be located at
哪儿/哪里 nǎr/nǎ li where
你好，我姓 1 ，我叫 2 。
我 3 岁。
我是 4 人。
我住在 5 。
SAMPLE
北京 Běi jīng Beijing
Chinese names
• When Chinese people introduce themselves, they give their family name first, followed by their given name. For example, 王小云 ’s family name is 王 and her given name is 小云 . In English, however, she would be called ‘Xiaoyun Wang’.
• The most commonly used family names are 王 (Wáng), 李 (Lǐ ), 张 (Zhāng), 刘 (Liú) and 陈 (Chén), and most are only one character. There are usually 1–2 characters in given names, often with positive meanings. For example, 伟 (Wěi ‘Great/Heroic’), 芳 (Fāng ‘Fragrant’), 丽 (Lì ‘Beautiful’), 明 (Míng ‘Bright’).
• Use of 小 / 大 in names:
小 (Xiǎo ‘little’) is used affectionately or in childhood names. For example, 小云 (Xiǎo yún ‘Little Cloud’).
大 (Dà ‘big’) adds emphasis. For example, ( 大伟 Dà wěi ‘Big Hero’).
• Some general rules:
1 Never split a two-character given name.
2 Avoid using someone’s given name on its own. Use their full name, 王小云 , or family name + title, 王老师 (Wáng lǎo shī ‘Teacher Wang’). Calling a senior by their full name is considered disrespectful in Chinese.
CULTURE
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Listen to the audio track and, based on the information, fill in the table using Chinese characters or pinyin. 姓名年龄国籍城市
姓名 xìnɡ mínɡ full name
介绍 jiè shào to introduce
自己 zì jǐ self
早上好 zǎo shàng hǎo good morning
上海 Shàng hǎi Shanghai
香港 Xiāng gǎng Hong Kong
东京 Dōng jīng Tokyo
zhènɡ 确 què 的 de 答 dá 案 àn 。 You will hear five sentences in Chinese. You will hear each sentence twice. Choose the correct answer.
1 A Room 402 B Room 906 C Room 609 D Room 204
2 A 上海 B 香港 C 东京 D
3 A 五岁 B 十五岁 C 五十一岁 D 二十五岁
4 A 中国人 C 日本人 B 英国人 D 印尼人
5 A 6323 4566 B 2363 4556 C 6233 5564 D 2532 5456
We
一、
语 yǔ 法 fǎ Grammar
Use of 们 men
As well as being used to make plural pronouns, 们 can sometimes be used as a plural marker for a few personal nouns:
音 yīn ，你 nǐ 将 jiānɡ 听 tīnɡ 到 dào 两 liǎnɡ 遍 biàn 。选 xuǎn 择 zé 正 zhènɡ 确 què 答 dá 案 àn 回 huí 答 dá 问 wèn 题 tí 。
A teacher and students are meeting for the first time in an online class. Listen to the following audio track. You will hear it twice. Select the correct answer to each question.
1 老师姓什么？
A 李
B 陈
C 王
2 老师住在哪里？
A 北京
B 香港
C 东京
自 zì 我 wǒ 评 pínɡ 估 ɡū Self-assessment
I can use greeting phrases when meeting friends.
I can talk about countries and continents.
I can use the basic numbers.
A 日本人
B 印度人
C 中国人
4 田中住在哪儿？
A 北京
B 香港
C 东京
5 谁是日本人？
A 王老师
B 田中
C 李文
I can ask questions using the question words 吗 , 什么 , 哪 and 哪儿
I know how to use pronouns.
I can understand the use of 们 .
I can for m basic sentences to introduce myself and describe my feelings, for example, 我很好 .
