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Pinyin Foundation (1) 拼音基础

Pinyin Foundation (1) 拼音基础. Pinyin System. The Pinyin system is the Chinese phonetic alphabet for transliterating Chinese characters. It can help you learn standard Mandarin pronunciation. You may use it to type Chinese characters on computers. Structure of Syllables.

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Pinyin Foundation (1) 拼音基础

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  1. Pinyin Foundation (1) 拼音基础

  2. Pinyin System • The Pinyin system is the Chinese phonetic alphabet for transliterating Chinese characters. • It can help you learn standard Mandarin pronunciation. • You may use it to type Chinese characters on computers.

  3. Structure of Syllables A Chinese syllable has three elements: initial, final, and tone. For example: 你好！Nǐ hǎo!

  4. Syllable Examples

  5. Syllable Examples(Cont’)

  6. Tones Mandarin Chinese is a tonal language. Each character has one of four distinctive tones. They are written as: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th ˉ ˊ ˇ ˋ

  7. Tones (Cont’)

  8. Tones (Cont’) • The 1st tone ( 55 ) is a “ high-level ” tone, e.g. “ mā” • The 2nd tone ( 35 ) is a “ high-rising” tone, e.g. “ má” • The 3rd tone ( 214 ) is a “ falling-and-rising” tone, e.g. “ mǎ” • The 4th tone ( 51) is a “ falling” tone, e.g. “ mà”

  9. Tone Examples (1)

  10. Tone Examples (2)

  11. Tone Examples (3)

  12. Tone Examples (4)

  13. Tone Examples (5)

  14. Tone Examples (6)

  15. Tone Exercises ā á ǎ à ----- ā ō ó ǒ ò ----- ó ē é ě è -----è

  16. Tone Exercises ī í ǐ ì ----- yī ū ú ǔ ù ----- wǔ mī mí mǐ mì ----- mǐ nī ní nǐ nì ----- ní hāo háo hǎo hào ----- hào kōu kóu kǒu kòu ----- kōu hēi héi hěi hèi ----- hēi

  17. Tone Exercises bāi bái bǎi bài-------- bái cāi cái cǎi cài-------- cāi pēi péi pěi pèi -------- pèi gēi géi gěi gèi -------- gěi māi mái mǎi mài-------- mài zān zán zǎn zàn-------- zān jīn jín jǐn jìn-------- jǐn

  18. Classroom Expressions: Chinese:你好。 Pinyin: Nǐ hǎo. English: Hello. Chinese: 再见。 Pinyin: Zài jiàn. English: Goodbye.

  19. Homework • Practice reading the examples on page F-3 in the textbook. • Practice reading the classroom expressions and learn them by heart.

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