Chinese Part IA - Information for incoming students

These pages present some information about the Chinese language for you to review before coming up to Cambridge for the start of the Michaelmas Term.

This preparatory information is specific to the language-learning element of the course and sits alongside the general Preparatory Reading List for Chinese Studies.

We recommend that you review the preparatory information in the following order:

1. Introduction to pinyin
2. Introduction to Chinese characters
3. Sixty most commom radicals

4. Character worksheet 1 - basic strokes

   Character worksheet 1 - basic strokes
   [PDF to print out and complete]

5. Character worksheet 2 - lessons 1-3

   Character worksheet 2 - lessons 1-3
    [PDF to print out and complete]

6. Character worksheet 3 - lessons 4-5

   Character worksheet 3 - lessons 4-5
    [PDF to print out and complete]

7. Vocabulary - lessons 1-5

   Vocabulary - lessons 1-5
    [PDF to print out]
8. Required textbooks