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Chapter One：An Overview of the Chinese Language 1

Languages of the Han Chinese and Chinese Ethnic Groups 2

Mandarin,Putonghua and Chinese Dialects 4

Classic Chinese and Modern Chinese 8

The Speech and Writing of Modern Chinese 10

Chinese Characters and Their Changes 11

Pinyin and the Computer Input of Chinese Characters 19

Chapter Two：The Phonology of Mandarin Chinese 23

Classification and Representation of Pinyin Sounds 24

Simple Initials 24

Compound Initials 26

Simple Finals 27

Compound Finals 28

Summary：All Pinyin Sounds 31

Special Cases：Sound Change（Sandhi） 33

Chapter Three：Tones of Mandarin Chinese 41

The Tone and Meaning in Mandarin Chinese 42

Change of Tones in Context 46

The Light Tone Suffix in Orientation Words 58

Summary 59

Chapter Four：Chinese Words and Phrases 61

Chinese Word Structures 62

Content Words and Function Words 75

Substantive Words 76

Predicate Words 88

Function Words 100

Word Groups 104

Chapter Five：The Basic Structures of Chinese Sentences 111

Sentence Components and Word Order 112

The Sentence Subject 115

The Sentence Predicate 124

Chapter Six：Complex Sentences and Compact Sentences 149

The Complex Sentence and Simple Sentence 150

Complex Relations and Connectives 154

Compact Sentences 161

Compact Sentence Connectives 162

Omission of Connectives in Compact Sentences 166

Chapter Seven：Summary：Features of Chinese Mandarin 167