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Introduction to PinYin

Introduction to PinYin. Miss Chiang. History. Romanization has been around for a long time to make Chinese language more accessible to foreigners. Many different methods, such as Wade-Giles, Yale, etc. PinYin Introduced in 1958. developed by People’s Republic of China,

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Introduction to PinYin

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  1. Introduction to PinYin Miss Chiang

  2. History • Romanization has been around for a long time to make Chinese language more accessible to foreigners. • Many different methods, such as Wade-Giles, Yale, etc. • PinYin • Introduced in 1958. • developed by People’s Republic of China, • most popular method today.

  3. Pin = Spell Yin = Sound

  4. PinYin Symbols Overview • Initials • Similar to Consonant. • Finals • Similar to vowels. http://qi-journal.com/culture.asp?-token.SearchID=Mandarin

  5. Pinyin 1: Initials

  6. Pinyin 2: Simple Finals

  7. PinYin 3: Compound Finals

  8. Spelling Rules • If there is no initial consonant before i & ü, they are written as yi & yu . • If there is no initial consonant before u, it is written as wu. • ueng is written as ong. • An apostrophe is used to separate two syllables with connecting vowels, e.g. shi’er (12).

  9. Tones • Chinese is a sound-poor language, about 400 sounds. • Every Chinese syllable has a tone. Each character corresponds to a single syllable. • There are 4 main tones. • There is also a neutral tone. http://www.wku.edu/~shizhen.gao/Chinese101/pinyin/tones.htm

  10. http://www.wku.edu/~shizhen.gao/Chinese101/pinyin/tones.htm

  11. Tone Marks

  12. Where do the Tone Marks go? • a and e trump all other vowels and always take the tone mark. There are no Mandarin syllables that contain both a and e. • In the combination ou, o takes the mark. • In all other cases, the final vowel takes the mark. http://www.romanization.com/pinyintonemarks/index.html

  13. Resources • Online Pinyin help: ChineseOn.net. • Pinyin Practice: tones, initials & finals. • Romanization Conversion Tool: Pinyin, Wade-Giles, Yale. • Romanization comparison chart. • Tone Drill. • Harvard Chinese Pronunciation Guide.

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