识读字 Hanyu Pinyin Practice
Notes for Parent/Tutor
Word lists are from the MOE Primary School Chinese and Higher Chinese Syllabus. Words in red on the Hanyu Pinyin
chart are the 识读字 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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pronunciation checker with level and lesson relevant practice sentences and short stories.
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Syllabus (小学华文生字表 识读字)
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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 |
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