Chinese (Mandarin)/Lesson 11

Lesson 11: Taiwan / 第十一課：臺灣

Traditional Characters	Simplified Characters
臺灣是一個海島。 臺灣的主要語言是中文（繁體中文）。 它有各種文化，有名的特產。 它處於大陸棚上。所以有海鮮。 它有山脈，所以有美麗的風景。	台湾是一个海岛。 台湾的主要语言是中文（繁体中文）。 它有各种文化，有名的特产。 它处于大陆架上。所以有海鲜。 它有山脉，所以有美丽的风景。
Pīnyīn	English
Táiwān shì yígè hǎidǎo. Táiwān de zhǔyào yǔyán shì zhōngwén (fántǐ zhōngwén). Tā yǒu gèzhǒng wénhuà, yǒumíng de tèchǎn. Tā chǔyú dàlùjià shàng. Suǒyǐ yǒu hǎixiān. Tā yǒu shānmài, suǒyǐ yǒu měilì de fēngjǐng.	Taiwan is an island. Its main language is Chinese (Traditional Chinese). It has a variety kinds of culture, famous local products. It is on the continental shelf. So there is seafood. It has mountains, it has beautiful scenery.

Vocabulary

Trad. Chinese	Simp. Chinese	Pinyin	English
東海	东海	Dōnghǎi	East China Sea
南海	=	Nánhǎi	South China Sea
山脈	山脉	shānmài	mountain
特產	特产	tèchǎn	local products
海鮮	海鲜	hǎixiān	seafood
大陸*棚	大陆*架	dàlùpéng（dàlùjià）	continental shelf
風景	风景	fēngjǐng	scenery
文化	=	wénhuà	culture

Note

• = means there are no differences in characters.
• * means those are different in using words, rather than in characters.

Chinese Characters

Traditional	Simplified	Note
臺	台	"台" is also widely used in Traditional Chinese. Always feel free to use it.
灣	湾
海	-
島	岛
東	东
南	-
產	产
鮮	鲜
麗	丽
風	风
景	-

Grammar

美麗（的）風景 = beautiful scenery
Sometimes Chinese people drop the ‘的’ for adjectives to keep it from appearing too many times. They will say ‘美麗風景’ and ‘免費圖書（Free book）’ without the adverb '的'.