Hi 你们好! This is ChineseFor.Us Hands-on Writing Stroke by Stroke, I’m Lili.
And I’m Chuck. Today we’ll learn three more strokes.
And they are: 撇, 捺, 提. Before we start, make sure you print out your
practice sheet, you can find the link below, that way you can practice along with the video.
Ok, our first stroke today is called, 撇 or “Downward Left”. This is what it looks
like, and it’s written from top right to downward left. Remember, just one single stroke,
no back and forth, and no writing it backwards. Try tracing it a few times.
But sometimes piě could look a little bit more tilted. Like this. Let’s just call
it two different ways of writing the same stroke.
Good! So can you find the piě in this character? Right there! This character is 人. It means
person or people. How about this one then? Yes, right there!
This character is 刀, it means knife. It’s getting easier isn’t it? How about
this character? It means fire, and is pronounced火huǒ. Quick hint, there are two piěs in this character.
Here’s one, and here’s the other one! You’ve probably noticed that even though
they are the same stroke, the size or proportion of each one is different. So, no matter how
small, or how big it’s written, it’s still the same stroke. This is one of the basic
characteristics of Chinese characters. OK Let’s move on to the second stroke: nà.
You could also call it “Downward Right”. It’s like the opposite of piě. See, they
almost look symmetrical. And the way you write it, is from top left to downward right. Just
like this, try tracing it a few times as well. Now here’s a character. can you spot the捺
stroke? Right there. This character is pronounced “大”, meaning big or huge.
Let’s try another one. “木”, it means “tree or wood”. Right there, here’s
our nà. OK. Last one, this one is pronounced “水”.
You’ll probably be using this one a lot in daily life, because it means water.
And where is our na? Right there! And finally our third stroke today is called
提, or “Upward”. It looks like this, and it’s written from the bottom left to
top right. Time for us to find this stroke in different
characters! This one is “北”běi. It means “north”.
And here’s our提stroke! Let’s try another one. Right there! This character is “冷”.
It means “cold”. OK last one. This is a common family name
in China, pronounced as “刁diāo”, and the tí is right here.
OK, let’s just do a quick review. Today we learned three strokes, 撇, 捺, and 提.
And last time we worked on 横, 竖 and 点. So far we’ve learned six strokes. Let’s
see what characters we’re able to write with them.
OK this character is the most common measure word in Chinese, 个. Follow the stroke order
like this, 撇, 捺, 竖. And write it the same way even without the guidelines.
try tracing it a few times. The second one we’ve picked for you is 大,
which means big or huge. To write it, just follow the order like this: 横héng, 撇piě,
捺nà. And write the character like so. Ready to write it down? Ok go!
The last one is 江. It means river. Here let’s write it down. 点,点,提,横,竖,横.
And one, two, three, four, five, six. That’s six strokes.
Excellent! that’s all for today! But don’t forget to download the printable homework!
Remember, Chinese is a skill and practice makes perfect.
谢谢！Next time we’ll be learning three
more strokes, 横钩, 竖钩 and斜勾(xiégōu). Thanks and see you next time! 谢谢！再见！