Category: Introductory Chinese

compound final s ɑi āi ái ǎi ài b āi b ái bǎi bài

Learning Initial "w" in Pinyin

How to read: w Same as y, w also special sign, can’t form syllable alone. It only expresses u, and

Chinese Pinyin 汉语拼音 02 Initials

b b ā bá bǎ bà bō bó bǒ bò

One Character a Day–"丰"

How to Correct Chinese Pronunciation 纠正中文发音

The tones of Mandarin Chinese are undoubtedly a challenge, but they can be learned with the proper approach. The one I propose is simple: consider a whole sentence and listen to it, try to figure out how it sounds as a whole without focusing on the tones. You’ll find that it is an efficient approach to acquiring tones in a natural way.

How to Read the Finals of Pinyin

Many foreigners say that Chinese pinyin is quite difficult to pronounce. There are some tips on how to pronounce the base 6 simple finals of pinyin. After your reading, you would find Chinese pinyin’s pronunciation is not so hard as you thought before. “a”
Keep your tongue flat
Open your mouth
Keep your lip unrounded

Omit the Dots above ＂ü＂

There’re some special priciples for the use of pinyin consonant ＂ü＂When "ü" follows “y, j, q, x”, it becomes “u”.

Important Rules of Hanyu Pinyin

When you begin to study pinyin, you must learn some rules of pinyin. The following ones are the most important principles you should grasp.

声调│Tones

2019-09-24

声调 Tones 汉语一个音节的组成成分，除了声母和韵母外，还有声调。声调一共有四个，即： Among the components of a Chinese syllable, there is the tone besides the initial and the

Compound Finals and Finals with Nasal Endings and Rilles of Sidling│复韵母和鼻音韵母及拼写规则

2019-09-23

复韵母和鼻音韵母及拼写规则 Compound Finals and Finals with Nasal Endingsand Rilles of Sidling 1.复韵母 Compound Finals 由两个或三个元音构成的韵母，叫做复韵母。现代汉语一共有13个复韵母: Finals made up of two