Taiwan - 第十一課:臺灣
| Traditional Characters | Simplified Characters | 
|---|---|
| 台灣是一個海島。  | 台湾是一个海岛。 | 
| Pīnyīn | English | 
| Táiwān shì yígè hǎidǎo. | Taiwan is an island.  | 
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'.