1 – Mandarin Character

2 – Pinyin representation

3 – Zhuyin Representation

4 – English equivalent for the character and for its homonyms if any

5 – Mandarin phrases using the character

6 – Selected homophone words

Fig. 7   Scrammble Mandarin Word   

            Card 

Game 1

Spell words with Pinyin/Zhuyin Cards, for example,

Chi -> 吃     he -> 喝

ㄈㄢˋ-> 飯 ㄊㄤ -> 湯

Game 2

Make phrases with character cards, for example,

我 - 我們   

學 - 學生, 學校, 教學

Game 3

Make Sentences, for example,

我們學校很好

Game 4

Adding words and make into longer sentences:

教師教學生 -> 教師教好學生

我們學校很好 + 老, 的, 師 ->  我們學校的老師很好

Game 5

Adding words and scramble into longer sentences:

老師教好學生 + 才 ->

教師老, 學生才好 

+ 不, 會 ->

學生不好, 教師才會老

+ 是, 差

學生教不好, 才會是老師差

Fig. 8   Basic Scrammble Mandarin  

         Word Games