Chinese 101 (Fall 2025) by Jenny Yang

Hi from Dr. Yang 你们好，我是杨老师 (photo example)

ycjyang — 2025-08-21 15:46:21 UTC

Alternatively, upload a picture of yourself or something you like with a brief description!

Hi everyone! This is Dr. Jenny Yang. I'm the Language Programs Coordinator in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, where I teach Chinese language and culture courses, and oversee our Chinese, Japanese and Korean language programs 😊

I love traveling ✈️，reading 📖，and cake 🍰. What about you?

你们好，我是杨老师。老师喜欢旅游 ✈️，阅读 📖，还有吃蛋糕 🍰！你呢？

Nǐmen hǎo, wǒ shì Yáng lǎoshī. Lǎoshī xǐhuan lǚyóu ✈️, yuèdú 📖, hái yǒu chī dàngāo 🍰! Nǐ ne?

Hi from Dr. Yang 你们好，我是杨老师 (video example)

ycjyang — 2025-08-21 15:48:52 UTC

Come and say hi 👋 to the class with a short video clip or an audio recording (no more than 2 min). Alternatively, upload a picture (or avatar/memoji) of yourself or something you like.

You can share your English name (and Chinese name if you have one), and tell us the rest in either English (or any Chinese you know). Share a fun fact about yourself 😄

Feel free to heart 💗 and/or comment each other's posts!

Hi from Dr. Yang (Memoji example)

ycjyang — 2025-08-22 01:25:30 UTC

Hi, this is Dr. Yang's Memoji :D

像不像 xiàng bú xiàng (Does it look like me?) 😄

Video 1.1 你叫什么名字？

ycjyang — 2025-08-22 16:19:16 UTC

After watching the video clip, answer the question below by Add comment. Answer in Chinese characters if possible, otherwise in pinyin with tones :D

Question: 你叫什么名字？

Answer: 我叫...

Video 1.2 你是学生

ycjyang — 2025-08-22 16:19:25 UTC

After watching the video clip, answer the question below by Add comment.

Question: 你是学生吗？

Answer: 我...

Video 1.3 你是学生吗？

ycjyang — 2025-08-22 16:19:32 UTC

When “吗" is added to the end of a declarative statement, that statement turns into a question. After watching the video, answer the question below by Add comment.

How do you turn the statement 他是老师 (She is a teacher) into a question "Is she a teacher?"

Number Song 数字歌

ycjyang — 2025-08-22 16:19:39 UTC

Number Song for 1 - 10 一到十的数字歌 (一，二，三，四，五，六，七，八，九，十)

Simple Finals & Initials

ycjyang — 2025-08-22 16:19:46 UTC

Song for the 23 Initials

Greeting from Huang Laoshi 黄老师

jaeinhuang — 2025-08-22 20:02:08 UTC

你们好！こんにちは！안녕하세요！

Hi everyone! This is Huang Laoshi. I am also the Media and Events Coordinator for the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures.

I currently have two furry family: 🐰 Boba & 🐱 Erzi. I can speak fluent Mandarin/Cantonese/Hakka, advanced Japanese, and intermediate Korean. I love egg tarts (dàn tà), bubble tea (zhēn zhū nǎi chá) 🧋, and coffee (kā fēi) ☕️.

我是黄老师。我超爱小动物。目前有两个毛茸茸的家人：🐱 二子和 🐰 波霸。我会说流利的中文/广东话/客家话🇨🇳、高级日语🇯🇵和中级韩语🇰🇷。我非常喜欢蛋挞，珍珠奶茶🧋和咖啡 ☕️。你呢？

Greeting from Cao Laoshi 曹老师

xiaojunc300 — 2025-08-22 20:27:17 UTC

Hi everyone! This is Cao Laoshi.

I am the lecturer in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, and I teach Chinese language and Classical Chinese.

大家好！我是曹老师~

我喜欢读书📚，看电影🎬，听音乐🎵。

最喜欢的书是《红楼梦》和《百年孤独》;

最喜欢的电影是《菊次郎的夏天》;

最喜欢的歌手是孙燕姿。

最喜欢的事是和家人一起旅行(＾－＾)V

I like reading 📚, watching movies 🎬, and listening to music 🎵.

My favorite books are Dream of the Red Chamber and One Hundred Years of Solitude.

My favorite movie is Kikujiro’s Summer.

My favorite singer is Stefanie Sun.

My favorite thing is traveling with my family (＾－＾)V

Video 1.4: Tones

ycjyang — 2025-08-22 20:31:42 UTC

Which tone do you find the most difficult to say? And to hear?

Video 1.5: Nine Main Chinese Character Structures 九个主要汉字结构

ycjyang — 2025-08-22 20:31:53 UTC

This video cover the 9 main Chinese character structures

After watching the video, name one type of character structure.

Initials

ycjyang — 2025-08-22 20:37:02 UTC

The 23 initials:

b p m f

d t n l

g k h

j q x

zh ch sh r

z c s

y w

Simple Finals

ycjyang — 2025-08-22 20:37:16 UTC

The 6 simple finals:

a, o, e, i, u, ü

The order of the 6 simple finals is very important because it tells you where to place the tone marks. For example:

hao: the tone mark will falls on "a" because "a" comes first in the simple finals order.

Compound Finals

ycjyang — 2025-08-22 20:37:22 UTC

chaoqinchen2 — 2025-09-01 19:09:09 UTC

Hi everyone! I am a lecturer in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, and I teach Chinese at both the K–12 and college levels.

大家好！我是陈老师。我除了喜欢教学之外，还喜欢玩电子游戏。我也喜欢音乐。我最喜欢的男歌手是陈奕迅，最喜欢的女歌手是李佳薇。🥳

Hello everyone! I am Mr.Chen. Besides teaching, I also enjoy playing video games. I also love music. My favorite male singer is Eason Chan, and my favorite female singer is Jess Lee.

Hello! (section 3)

pjg148 — 2025-09-02 19:40:21 UTC

Hello, I am Patrische!👋

I am a Filipino nursing student from New York! I'm in my sophomore year here at Rutgers🎒! I love reading, drawing,and trying new foods! 🥰

I have a dog named Boston 🐶, and my favorite drink is coffee. ☕

Hiiii (section 3)

arc409 — 2025-09-03 01:07:54 UTC

Hi guys, I'm Anastacia but I go by Ana! I'm a freshman nursing student and from NJ. I really enjoy going to the gym exploring new places, and traveling! My favorite sports to play/do are volleyball and snowboarding!

Hi I'm Jason (section 4)

2025-09-03 20:19:49 UTC

Hi I'm Jason, I'm a first year SAS student and I'm trying to learn Chinese to communicate with my family better

Hi, my name is Angelina! (section 4)

2025-09-03 20:23:07 UTC

I am from Woodbridge, New Jersey and I am a Freshman. I love to play soccer and read classic literature, and I bake lots of cookies. I have a dog named Doug and two kittens named Pip and Squeak.

大家好 (section 4)

2025-09-03 20:23:09 UTC

Hello, I am Amalya Guliyeva! I am part of the School of Nursing, and I currently work in pain management, so I am very passionate about medicine and healthcare. I live in NJ, but I am originally from Azerbaijan. I greatly appreciate the learning of cultures and languages, and am glad to meet you all!

Hi! (section 4)

2025-09-03 20:24:09 UTC

Hello! My name is Sreya. I'm a freshman studying Computer Science. I've lived in New Jersey my whole life. I like to watch and play video games. I also have a twin sister who is in the Rutgers Business School. I'm taking Chinese because I wanted to try learning another language. Nice to meet you all :)

Ashvin (section 4)

2025-09-03 20:24:41 UTC

Hello, I'm Ashvin, I'm from New york, it's my first year and I have been learning very slowly

你好 (section 4)

lanfenghuang18 — 2025-09-03 20:24:49 UTC

Hi guys! I'm Mengru Lin (林梦如) and I'm a freshman at Rutgers University majoring in Pre-Business. Once I get into RBS (Rutgers Business School) I plan to major in Leadership and Managment and minor in Chinese. My siblings and I were born from Manhattan. The reason I want to learn Chinese is to continue improving my reading and writing skills.

你好! Brandon Huang (section 4)

2025-09-03 20:24:57 UTC

你好 (Hello) everyone! My name is Brandon. I'm a sophomore who is part of the Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences and from NJ. My major is computer science. I am trying to learn Chinese to communicate with my cousins and other family members who only speak Chinese. Some of my favorite sports/activities are tennis, playing chess, and going out for walks!

Nathan (section 4)

2025-09-03 20:25:01 UTC

Hey, my name is Nate. I am a freshman majoring in history and political science. I am from South Jersey about 20 minutes outside of Philly. My dad is Filipino and my mom is Italian. I like to play basketball, go to the gym, cook, and watch movies.

Hello (section 4)

2025-09-03 20:25:15 UTC

Hi everyone, I am Yian Chen. I'm first year student in RU. I like Chinese because i want to try all kinds of language. I have two cats.

Ronald Li (section 4)

2025-09-03 20:25:24 UTC

I'm Ronald, ECE major, Sophmore Year, from NJ, and I like to cook, workout, and sleep.

Hi! (section 4)

2025-09-03 20:25:25 UTC

My name is Akshitha Dhachina and I am a SAS sophomore majoring in Cell Biology and neuroscience. I am from Staten Island, New York and I enjoy dancing, singing, and playing instruments.

Hello (section 4)

2025-09-03 20:27:10 UTC

My name is Emily, and I’m a senior majoring in computer science and cognitive science. I have always lived in NJ, and I live near the shore. I enjoy going to the beach, going on hikes, ice skating, playing video games, and visiting new cafes.

Hi (section 4)

2025-09-03 20:27:38 UTC

I'm Aiden! I'm a first year from NJ majoring in computer science (though considering transferring to the SoE for an engineering major). I took this class to be able to understand Chinese more (while I did go to Chinese school, I don't remember most of it). Some sports I enjoy are skiing and tennis.

Heyyy (section 4)

2025-09-03 20:27:49 UTC

Hey everyone, my name is Winnie and I'm from PA. I'm currently a freshman studying Data Science. During my free time, I read, listen to music, go on walks, try new foods, and go shopping with my friends.

你好 (section 4)

2025-09-03 20:30:07 UTC

I am Dragon Dong or 董伟 and I am majoring in Biochemistry. I am Chinese-American and I am from Union, NJ but born in Erie, PA. I play video games in my free time and do random work.

Hi! (section 3)

2025-09-03 21:48:07 UTC

Hi my name is Rachelle! I am a senior majoring in CS. This is a photo of my cat Frisky. She is 18 years old (she’s very very old). I live in NY and I enjoy lifting weights and practicing taekwondo. I am taking this class because all of my relatives only speak Chinese and I don’t know enough Chinese to have a conversation with them.

Matthew Hi! (section 3)

2025-09-04 02:25:20 UTC

Hi! I'm Matthew. I'm from the Southern part of New jersey. I'm a first year student here. This is a photo of me from last year because I just realized I don't have a photo of myself this year surprisingly

Hi! (section 3)

2025-09-04 15:17:43 UTC

Hi! My name is Denise. I’m a senior majoring in political science from NJ. I love reading, playing video games, dancing, and traveling. I have a cat named Sandy who is 17 years old and my favorite drink is jasmine tea. I’m taking Chinese because I love learning languages and want to go into foreign service in the future.

Hii! (section 4)

2025-09-04 16:33:45 UTC

I’m Jessica Latorre! I'm a first year at SAS planning on becoming a chemistry major with a language minor. I’m from Passaic, New Jersey. I like dancing, reading, cooking and painting. I’m learning Chinese because it’s one of the most common languages in the world. Here’s a picture of my dog, Lucas <3

Hello! (section 3)

2025-09-04 18:40:49 UTC

Hi, my name is Sarah. I’m a third year Cinema Studies major from NJ. You can often find me drawing or playing video games. The one on the picture (if it works) is my cat Binx who will eventually be staying with me this semester!

Very excited to get to know everyone!

Hi (section 3)

2025-09-05 03:08:53 UTC

Hey guys, hope everyone is doing well. My name is Alvin, and I'm currently a sophomore mechanical engineering student. I also work as a barber, check out my ig page az.b1endz if you are looking for a new barber in the area💈💈

Hi! This is Lara Chilton (section 3)

2025-09-05 19:50:57 UTC

I live near Red Bank, NJ but was originally born in Ukraine. My undegrad/grad days are long behind me so taking a class again feels awesome. The whole world of Chinese history and Asian culture is very new to me. My son is married to a Vietnamize girl and I now have two adorable grandkids. Fun fact: my family's introduction to Asia started when I bought my son a Pikachu. He was six years old then and fell in love with everything Japanese as time went on. He met his wife at UVM in the Japanese club house (she was studying in Japan and was part of the exchange program).

Deaha Hi (section 3)

2025-09-05 20:03:48 UTC

I'm Deaha, a graduate student in the materials science and engineering department. I enjoy spending time in nature, journaling, and meditating. My favorite food I like to cook for myself is Japanese curry. I'm excited to learn Chinese. Nice to meet everyone.

Andrew (section 3)

2025-09-06 01:22:55 UTC

Hello Everyone! My name is Andrew and I am so happy to be in class learning with you all! I teach music at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University and I play in the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. I am so happy to be back in school as a student!

Hi my name is Nisha! (section 3)

2025-09-06 03:08:11 UTC

I'm currently a junior transfer and Chinese 101 was actually the first class I've attended at Rutgers yayyyy! I'm an English major minoring in education, my long term goal is to attend graduate school and receive my masters in library and information science. I love to go thrifting in my spare time, I'm big on collecting physical media like dvds, vinyls, cds, etc, so thrifting is big for me. The picture above is a Sekiguchi toy called a Bebichhichi, it's related to the popular 1980s Monchhichi's (although I prefer the Bebichhichi more), I received it as a gift and I hope to collect more versions in the near future!

Shu (section 3)

2025-09-06 16:55:32 UTC

Hi! My name is shu and I am a freshman SAS student. My favorite food is sushi and my favorite song is bed peace. This is my hamster named boba. She's adorable.

Hi I'm Jasmine! (section 3)

2025-09-06 17:09:14 UTC

This is my first year at Rutgers, I'm a SAS student and commuter! I live with my mom, my dad, my little brother, and my dog. I've been an artist ever since I was little so I always draw to help me relax and unwind. Above is a painting I did for my last art class of high school.

Serena Hi! :3 (section 3)

2025-09-06 23:48:40 UTC

My name Serena Lee. I'm a sophomore and currently still undecided 😢. I love watching movies, dancing, playing the piano, going to live jazz performances, and helping people! My goals are to be less fearful and to always keep learning. Another goal of mine is to build a machine that I can use to fly. Like a jet pack with wings perhaps. There's probably something like that out there, but it's much more fun and rewarding to make it myself

Hi from Tristan! (section 3)

2025-09-07 02:05:38 UTC

My name is Tristan Ruan and I like cats and used to have a hamster (his name was Nugget). I’m from Staten Island, New York and am a freshman. I am Chinese but I can only speak and understand a little bit of Cantonese, but no Mandarin at all.

Wren Simons (section 3)

2025-09-07 14:34:05 UTC

Hello! My name is Wren, and I'm a senior majoring in English and minoring in Creative Writing. I currently live in New Brunswick but am from Highlands, NJ. I love poetry, being in nature, and music. A fun fact about me is that I work in a Lighthouse on weekends! I've attached a picture of the view from my office :)

William Wang(Section 4)

2025-09-08 01:05:13 UTC

Hello! I'm William, from Morris Town NJ. I'm a third year at Rutgers and I'm looking to learn more about Chinese culture.

Hi! (section 3)

2025-09-08 01:58:11 UTC

My name is Svetlana, but you can also call me Lana. These are my two cats, Edgar and River. I’m a freshman planning to major in linguistics (languages fascinate me!!). I want to either be a lawyer or work in foreign service. I love video games, especially RPGs. I’m excited to learn Chinese!

Hello (section 3)

2025-09-08 02:13:39 UTC

Hello, my name is Madeline, but everyone calls me Maddie. I'm a sophomore majoring in Pharmacy. I like to play rec sports with friends, explore the city, and read books. I'm excited to learn Chinese!

(section 4)

2025-09-08 02:56:01 UTC

Hey, I'm Will. I am from New York, and I plan to major in engineering. I enjoy participating in various activities, especially sports like volleyball and basketball. I also enjoy cooking, traveling, and just being with friends.

Hello! (section 3)

2025-09-08 03:09:55 UTC

My name is Derek Chen but people usually just call me Chen. I want to learn more mandarin so I can communicate better with my parents. A fun fact about me is that I like to play the drums!

Hi (section 3)

2025-09-08 03:31:18 UTC

Hey guys, my name is Sophia and I am an Economics major on a Pre-Law track! I enjoy trying new cafes and listening to music, as well as working out & hanging with friends :)

Muhammad Shahnawaz (section 3)

2025-09-08 17:37:45 UTC

Hello! I'm Muhammad from West Windsor NJ. I'm a third year at Rutgers looking to get some basic understanding of Chinese. Fun fact about me is that I attended Chinese new year in a Church back in January.

My name is Vincent

2025-09-10 05:29:49 UTC

Hi my name is Vincent and I am a freshman majoring in Biology. My favorite sport is basketball.

ReneePena — 2025-09-10 23:58:40 UTC

Hello guys, my name is Renee Pena and I am a senior at Rutgers majoring in English & Psychology. Something cool I enjoy is making drinks, I work as a part-time barista but on the side I practice making cocktails. I also love filmmaking--I think the big dream of mine would be to make movies. I'm happy to have joined the class and look forward meeting everyone.

Hi Section 3!

2025-09-14 20:57:14 UTC

Hi, I'm Brannon, a senior in RBS, majoring in Finance. It's my last semester and taking this class out of interest. I know very little of Cantonese but don't know Mandarin at all and would love to learn as much as I can about the basics. I love trying different foods and going to different restaurants, and my favorite food is sushi!

Video 2.2: Siblings - Extended

ycjyang — 2025-09-19 01:17:07 UTC

After watching the video clip, answer the question below.

Question: 你有哥哥，弟弟，姐姐或妹妹吗？

(Do you have any siblings?)

Example answer a: 我有一个哥哥。

Example answer b: 我有两个姐姐。

Example answer c: 我没有哥哥。

Video 2.1: 没有 To Not Have

ycjyang — 2025-09-19 01:17:37 UTC

After watching the video clip, answer any 1 of the 3 questions below with 今天没有...

Question a: 今天有中文课吗？(jin tian you zhong wen ke ma? Is there Chinese class today?)

Question b: 今天有作业吗? (jin tian you zuo ye ma? Is there homework today?)

Question c: 今天有小考吗? (jin tian you xiao kao ma? Is there quiz today?)

Answer: 今天没有...

Video 2.4: The Adverb 都

ycjyang — 2025-09-19 01:17:46 UTC

After watching the video clip, answer the question below.

Sentence: 我是学生，你是学生，他也是学生。

Rewrite the sentence with 都 -- 》我们都是学生。

Choose any of the 3 sentences below and write with 都

Sentence a: 我是姐姐，你是姐姐，她也是姐姐。

Sentence b: 我姓王，你姓王，他也姓王。

Sentence c: 我是美国人 🇺🇸，你是美国人，他也是美国人。

Video 2.5: 中文歌对不起我的中文不好

ycjyang — 2025-09-19 01:18:06 UTC

Listen to the Chinese song in the video. Find 3 words/phrases you learned from class so far.

Link to the original music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XTBwvi0h2E (Chinese characters are in traditional)

Video 2.3: The Adverb 也

ycjyang — 2025-09-19 01:18:20 UTC

也 (adv. too, also)

After watching the video, make a sentence with 也

Hi!

2025-09-22 22:46:45 UTC

I'm Billy, a Junior doing an ECE/CS dual major. It's my first time taking humanities at Rutgers and I'm excited to be here and learn with everyone. My reading and writing skills aren't the best so I hope that when we end the semester that I can (hopefully) survive alot better when I'm in china!

Video 3.1 还是

ycjyang — 2025-09-26 01:25:28 UTC

After watching the video clip, answer any 1 of the 3 questions below.

Question a: 你是美国人还是英国人？

Question b: 你是老师还是学生？

Question c: 你是姐姐还是妹妹？/你是哥哥还是弟弟？

Answer：我是...

Video 3.2: A not A Questions

ycjyang — 2025-09-26 01:25:35 UTC

After watching the video, come up with a question with 吗？ and then convert this question into an A-not-A question.

Example 1: 你是学生吗？ --》你是不是学生？

Example 2: 你有哥哥吗？ --〉你有没有哥哥？

Video 3.3： A not A Questions Extended

ycjyang — 2025-09-26 01:25:42 UTC

To ask the question: Do you like your Chinese class, you can use any of the three questions format discussed in the video. Which one is your favorite?

Video 3.4: Date Order

ycjyang — 2025-09-26 01:25:48 UTC

After watching the video, look up the date for any holiday this year and write it in Chinese.

Example 1: Chinese Lunar New Year: Wednesday, January 29, 2025

二零二五年一月二十九号星期三

Example 2: Valentine's Day: Friday, February 14, 2025

二零二五年二月十四号星期五

Video 3.5: Unit Test 1 review question

ycjyang — 2025-09-26 01:31:35 UTC

Write one thing you would like us to go over from L1-3 in the review session on Monday.

Example 1: Go over when to use 没 vs. 不

Example 2: Where do you put 也？

Example 3: Do some listening practice

Questions/Effective strategies for studying Chinese

ycjyang — 2025-09-28 15:56:33 UTC

This week we'll explore strategies for learning Chinese more effectively :D

Dr. Yang teaches a 1-credit Byrne seminar for first-year students on becoming a better learner, so lots of tricks up my sleeve!

Feel free to add your tips and questions/challenges to this section

[Writing] Q: How do I learn to produce Chinese characters from memory?

ycjyang — 2025-09-28 15:58:34 UTC

Tip: Instead of mindlessly writing the character 9 times on the worksheet, maybe copy 6 times and then cover up the character and try to produce the last 3 from memory :D

[Time management] Q: How do I use my time better for studying Chinese?

ycjyang — 2025-09-28 16:08:16 UTC

Tip: This goes for studying anything but especially for language learning. More frequent shorter sessions are more effective than fewer longer sessions. Your brain will hurt if you spend too long trying to study a new language!

[Speaking] Q: Is there a good app for tone practice?

ycjyang — 2025-09-28 16:14:06 UTC

Tip: The Tone Trainer here is pretty good :D

[Writing]: Q: Is there a good app for Chinese character stroke order/animation?

ycjyang — 2025-09-28 19:07:37 UTC

Tip: The Chinese Stroke Order is a good app

[Listening] Q: What would be good to watch/listen to for listening practice at beginner level?

ycjyang — 2025-09-28 19:46:22 UTC

Peppa Pig may be a good place to start. The scenarios are simple. You can even watch the English version first and then the Chinese :)

You can also adjust the playback speed to 0.75 or 0.5. I tried 0.25 speed - the sounds are too stretched out to be intelligible ~

[Writing] 生僻字 Song about obscure characters

ycjyang — 2025-09-30 04:34:55 UTC

If you think Chinese characters are hard to learn, it could be worse (a lot of obscure characters are no longer in circulation in Modern Chinese) 😂

Also, Mandarin Chinese, at 4 tones, has the least number of tones out of the 7 Chinese dialect families 😄

Photo 4.2: 你这个周末做了什么?

ycjyang — 2025-10-04 16:04:51 UTC

这个周末杨老师跟黄老师去纽约开会 😄

This weekend Dr. Yang and Huang Laoshi presented at a conference in NYC.

Q：你这个周末做了什么？

A：这个周末我...

Video 4.1 你的爱好是什么？

ycjyang — 2025-10-06 22:18:51 UTC

Roland 喜欢吹萨克斯风 🎷

[One of Dr. Yang's students showed Roland how to play the saxophone better.]

Q：你的爱好是什么？

A：我喜欢...

Video 4.5 麦当劳 McDonald's

ycjyang — 2025-10-09 02:06:45 UTC

After watching the video clip, answer the question below.

Q：你常常吃快餐吗？ (快餐 kuai4can1, fast food)

A：我常常吃快餐 or 我不常吃快餐

Video 4.4 你想吃什么？你想喝什么？

ycjyang — 2025-10-09 02:09:08 UTC

Answer any of the 3 questions below:

What did Huang Laoshi 黄老师 want to eat?
What did Huang Laoshi want to drink?
What did Huang Laoshi end up drinking?

Photo 4.3 你喜欢打什么球？

ycjyang — 2025-10-09 02:15:59 UTC

Roland 喜欢打网球🎾，打篮球🏀，踢足球⚽️，打排球🏐，打乒乓球🏓，打高尔夫球⛳️，打羽毛球🏸。

Q: 你喜欢打什么球？

A: 我喜欢打......球。

Video 5.1 台北 (台式早餐)

ycjyang — 2025-10-18 13:18:11 UTC

After watching the video clip. Answer the question below:

杨老师在台北 (tái běi, Taipei) 吃早餐，她点了蛋饼 (daǹ bǐng, omelette), 萝卜糕 (luó bō gāo, taro cake)和红茶 (hóng chá, tea)。

你呢？你早餐吃什么？

Video 5.2 At (在) a location

ycjyang — 2025-10-18 13:18:18 UTC

杨老师在大英图书馆 (The British Library)写文章 (xiě wén zhāng, write a paper)。

你呢？你在图书馆做什么？

我在图书馆...

看书 📖？

写作业 ✍️ (xiě zuò yè, write homework)？

看电影 🎬？

睡觉 😴？

Video 5.3 The Adverb 才

ycjyang — 2025-10-18 13:18:24 UTC

才 is often used with time to indicate that the event took place later than expected.

1a: 他八点起床 (he got up at 8am -- nothing unusual about this)

1b: 他十一点才起床 (he didn't get up until 11am! -- unexpectedly late)

Make up a sentence like 1b with a time and a verb to indicate an event took place later than expected.

Video 5.4 喝了什么

ycjyang — 2025-10-18 13:18:30 UTC

天气很热的时候，杨老师喝什么呢？

When the weather is hot, what does 杨老师 drink? (write any of the 4 drinks listed in the video)?

Video 5.5 Verb + 到了

ycjyang — 2025-10-18 13:18:36 UTC

Write one thing you saw in the video (in English or Chinese) :D

Example: 杨老师和黄老师一起吃午餐 (杨老师 and 黄老师 had lunch together)

我们去投票了🗳️

ycjyang — 2025-11-02 15:28:39 UTC

你去投票了吗？

投票 tou2 piao4, vote 🗳️

ycjyang — 2025-12-01 19:15:25 UTC

Chinese 101 (Fall 2025) by Jenny Yang

Hi from Dr. Yang 你们好，我是杨老师 (photo example)

Hi from Dr. Yang 你们好，我是杨老师 (video example)

Hi from Dr. Yang (Memoji example)

Video 1.1 你叫什么名字？

Video 1.2 你是学生

Video 1.3 你是学生吗？

Number Song 数字歌

Simple Finals & Initials

Greeting from Huang Laoshi 黄老师

Greeting from Cao Laoshi 曹老师

Video 1.4: Tones

Video 1.5: Nine Main Chinese Character Structures 九个主要汉字结构

Initials

Simple Finals

Compound Finals

Hello! (section 3)

Hiiii (section 3)

Hi I'm Jason (section 4)

Hi, my name is Angelina! (section 4)

大家好 (section 4)

Hi! (section 4)

Ashvin (section 4)

你好 (section 4)

你好! Brandon Huang (section 4)

Nathan (section 4)

Hello (section 4)

Ronald Li (section 4)

Hi! (section 4)

Hello (section 4)

Hi (section 4)

Heyyy (section 4)

你好 (section 4)

Hi! (section 3)

Matthew Hi! (section 3)

Hi! (section 3)

Hii! (section 4)

Hello! (section 3)

Hi (section 3)

Hi! This is Lara Chilton (section 3)

Deaha Hi (section 3)

Andrew (section 3)

Hi my name is Nisha! (section 3)

Shu (section 3)

Hi I'm Jasmine! (section 3)

Serena Hi! :3 (section 3)

Hi from Tristan! (section 3)

Wren Simons (section 3)

William Wang(Section 4)

Hi! (section 3)

Hello (section 3)

(section 4)

Hello! (section 3)

Hi (section 3)

Muhammad Shahnawaz (section 3)

My name is Vincent

Hi Section 3!

Video 2.2: Siblings - Extended

Video 2.1: 没有 To Not Have

Video 2.4: The Adverb 都

Video 2.5: 中文歌 对不起 我的中文不好

Video 2.3: The Adverb 也

Hi!

Video 3.1 还是

Video 3.2: A not A Questions

Video 3.3： A not A Questions Extended

Video 3.4: Date Order

Video 3.5: Unit Test 1 review question

Questions/Effective strategies for studying Chinese

[Writing] Q: How do I learn to produce Chinese characters from memory?

[Time management] Q: How do I use my time better for studying Chinese?

[Speaking] Q: Is there a good app for tone practice?

[Writing]: Q: Is there a good app for Chinese character stroke order/animation?

[Listening] Q: What would be good to watch/listen to for listening practice at beginner level?

[Writing] 生僻字 Song about obscure characters

Photo 4.2: 你这个周末做了什么?

Video 4.1 你的爱好是什么？

Video 4.5 麦当劳 McDonald's

Video 4.4 你想吃什么？你想喝什么？

Photo 4.3 你喜欢打什么球？

Video 2.5: 中文歌对不起我的中文不好