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Stepping Stones Lesson One


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Exercises

1. Translate the following numbers into Chinese (move your mouse over the white box to check your answer):

    a. eleven     


    b. seventeen     


    c. twenty     


    d. thirty-five     


    e. sixty-eight     


    f. seventy-three     


    g. ninety-two     


2. Count from 1 to 40 in Chinese

3. Recite the poem from memory

4. Write the poem from memory

5. Translate the following phrases into Chinese (move your mouse over the white box to check your answer):

    a. Descend the southern mountain


    b. Enter the eastern building


    c. Walk towards the western gate


If you can complete these exercises, congratulations! You are well on your way to mastering the most commonly used characters in Chinese. Once you're ready for more, come back and try Lesson 2!