Learn How to Write Chinese Symbols for Sports

Series Summary

Of the various nation states that have come and gone through the ages of mankind, China is one of the oldest and most distinguished. They’ve enjoyed a long and illustrious existence, with famous dynasties, kingdoms and empires, spanning eons of time. Today, China boasts the largest national population on the planet, with over 1.3 billion inhabitants—and it is currently ranked the fourth largest country in terms of total land area. Naturally then, a country so large is bound to have branches that extend throughout the lineage of mankind, from East to West.

The Chinese also have one of the oldest forms of writing, known as calligraphy. This system comprises a complex series of lines, dots and characters that make up the Chinese alphabet. This pictographic language also employs compound character forms that signify entire words, phrases, and concepts.

In these free Chinese language lessons, expert Xi Chen will show you how to write and pronounce words for sports. She walks you through the formation of each character and explains each aspect in the process. With a goldmine of etymological background and important detail for each part of the symbols described in these lessons, these videos are an invaluable resource for the serious Chinese language student!

Video Transcript

"This is part one for Chinese words for sports and games, now before we go in to detail, lets first have a look at what is the Chinese word for sports, ti yu. Literally ti is physical, and yu is education, physical education this is the meaning of ti yu. And also we use ti yu to say sports. Okay this is ti, ah remember if you just leave this horizontal stroke off then that will become different character, so don't forget the stroke. And this is one stroke and here is the very short dot, ok lets write ti yu again."