A Chinese tougue twister practice will be a good way to improve your Chinese pronunciation. Try to read twisters clearly but slowly at first, and then speed up.
Category: Pronunciation
How to Correct Chinese Pronunciation
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.
One Character a Day–“丰”
One character a day, easy to master Chinese characters. Let's take a look at the basic knowledge of "丰"
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 appears in some Pin-Yin joinder of standing as an alones. The vowel u can only become one Pin-Yin character in Chinese, when it forms syllable alone should add w before it, becomes [wu]. When [ua],[uai],[uo] etc. Compound vowels form syllable alone, change u to w, are written as [wa],[wai],[wo]. It is similar to 'oo' in the English 'room' .
Learning Initial “y” in Pinyin
How to read: s
y is special sign in Chinese Pin-Yin, it can't form syllable alone. It sometimes expresses I and ü. In general, it always appears in some Pin-Yin joinder form of standing as a syllable alone. It is similar to 'ee' in the English 'bee'.
Learning Initial “s” in Pinyin
How to read: s
A voiceless blade-alveolar fricative. It is produced by putting forward the tongue tip to a position close to the upper teeth ridge to make a narrow passage for the air to run out through with friction. It is similar to 's' in the English 'see'.
Learning Initial “c” in Pinyin
How to read: c
An aspiratded blade-alveolar affricate. It is an aspirated equivalent of [z]. It is similar to 'ts' in the English 'bits'.
Learning Initial “z” in Pinyin
Some Chinese consonants are rather similar to English consonants, but it's important to hear the differences and get all details as accurate as possible!
Learning Initial “r” in Pinyin
Some Chinese consonants are rather similar to English consonants, but it's important to hear the differences and get all details as accurate as possible!
Learning Initial “sh” in Pinyin
Some Chinese consonants are rather similar to English consonants, but it's important to hear the differences and get all details as accurate as possible!