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Pinyin Foundation (1) Pinyin Foundation (1)

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Pinyin System The Pinyin system is the Chinese phonetic alphabet for transliterating Chinese characters. It can help you learn standard Mandarin pronunciation. You may use it to type Chinese characters on computers.

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Structure of Syllables A Chinese syllable has three elements: initial, final, and tone. For example: N ho! Tone InitialFinal (Consonant) (y/w) Vowel (Ending) (i u medial) (a o e i u ) (n ng)

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Syllable Examples CharacterPinyinInitialFinal bba hohao bnban mngmang

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Syllable Examples (Cont) CharacterPinyinInitialFinal yye w lingling gug ll

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Tones Mandarin Chinese is a tonal language. Each character has one of four distinctive tones. They are written as: 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th

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Tones (Cont)

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The 1 st tone ( 55 ) is a high-level tone, e.g. m The 2 nd tone ( 35 ) is a high-rising tone, e.g. m The 3 rd tone ( 214 ) is a falling-and- rising tone, e.g. m The 4 th tone ( 51) is a falling tone, e.g. m

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Tone Examples (1) Pinyin bbbb Character Meaning eightto pull out targetdad Sound

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Tone Examples (2) Pinyin mmmmmmmm Character Meaning momhemphorseto scold Sound

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Tone Examples (3) Pinyin bbbb Character Meaning waveunclelamethumb Sound

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Tone Examples (4) Pinyin ddddddd Character Meaning to build up to answer to hitbig Sound

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Tone Examples (5) Pinyin tttt Character Meaning ladderto liftbodyto shave Sound

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Tone Examples (6) Pinyin wwww Character Meaning houseto not have fivefog Sound

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Tone Exercises ----- ----- -----

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Tone Exercises ----- y ----- w m m m m ----- m n n n n ----- n ho ho ho ho ----- ho ku ku ku ku ----- ku hi hi hi hi ----- hi

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Tone Exercises bi bi bi bi -------- bi ci ci ci ci -------- ci pi pi pi pi -------- pi gi gi gi gi -------- gi mi mi mi mi -------- mi zn zn zn zn -------- zn jn jn jn jn -------- jn

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Classroom Expressions: Chinese: Pinyin: N ho. English:Hello. Chinese: Pinyin: Zi jin. English:Goodbye.

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Homework Practice reading the examples on page F-3 in the textbook. Practice reading the classroom expressions and learn them by heart.