我会认 Hanyu Pinyin Practice

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Hanyu Pinyin Chart

Words in red are the 我会认 from the lesson. The words in black are the possible combinations of the 声母 initials and 韵母 finals used in the lesson. Click on the word to hear the different tones.

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Hanyu Pinyin

Pinyin is the romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese, which uses the Latin alphabet to represent the pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese characters.

Pinyin consists of three components:

1. 声母 Initials: the initial sound of a syllable. In Pinyin, there are 21 initial sounds represented by letters such as b, p, m, f, etc.
2. 韵母 Finals: the final sound of a syllable, which includes the vowel sound and any consonants that follow it. They are represented by combinations of letters such as -i, -an, -iang, etc.
3. Tones: Mandarin Chinese has 4 tones, which give different meanings to the same syllable. Pinyin represents the 4 tones using accent marks on the vowels. For example, the word "ma" can have 4 different meanings depending on the tone: mā (mother), má (hemp), mǎ (horse), mà (scold).

Together, initials, finals, and tones make up the pronunciation of a syllable in Mandarin Chinese.

声母 Initials (23)

b	p	m	f	d	t	n	l
g	k	h	j	q	x	zh	ch
sh	r	z	c	s	y	w

韵母 Finals (24)

a	o	e	i	u	ü	ai	ei
ui	ao	ou	iu	ie	üe	er	an
en	in	un	ün	ang	eng	ing	ong

Other Finals (11)

ia	iao	ian	iang	iong
ua	uo	uai	uan	uang
üan

Tone change rules (变调规则)

The rules govern how the tone of a syllable changes when it is combined with other syllables in a word or sentence. For example:

1. Tone sandhi: When two third tones come together, the first one becomes a second tone.

2. Tone merging: When two syllables with different tones come together, the tone of the first syllable may change to match the tone of the second syllable.

3. Neutral tone: When a syllable is unstressed or occurs at the end of a phrase, it is pronounced with a neutral tone.

Normally the tone change is not written. Otherwise one will be confused as to what is the regular tone of a character. Sound out the individual words and phrase to hear the tone change. These rules can be quite challenging for learners of Mandarin Chinese and the best way to learn is to hear examples of the changes.