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Mandarin 101

Mandarin 101. Jack Tzu- hsiang Yu Laurie Hong. Chinese Phonetics. A syllable in Chinese consists of an initial, a final, and a tone One word, one syllable Simplified and Traditional Chinese Characters Chinese syllables can be spelled by several different systems:

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Mandarin 101

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  1. Mandarin 101 Jack Tzu-hsiang YuLaurie Hong

  2. Chinese Phonetics • A syllable in Chinese consists ofan initial, a final, and a tone • One word, one syllable • Simplified and Traditional Chinese Characters • Chinese syllables can be spelled by several different systems: • Hanyu Pinyin or Pinyin: popular in China • Zhuyin: Popular in Taiwan

  3. Initials 聲母表

  4. Simple Finals 單韻母表

  5. Compound Finals 複韻母表

  6. Retroflexed Finals ㄦ化韻 • Definition: A final with a retroflexed end • Popular in Beijing Manderin • Examples: -r also writes as ɹ shì + -r  shìr (a thing)huā + -r  huār (a flower)wán + -r  wánr (to play)

  7. Tones 聲調 Neutralized Tone: short & weak ex: bā ba xuésheng

  8. Modification of Tones 變調 • When a 3rd toner precedes another 3rd toner, the former changes to a 2nd toner.lăo + lĭ  láo lĭ xiăo + jiě xiáo jiě • When 不 “bù”precedes a 4th toner, “bù” changes to “bú”bù + yào  bú yào bù + shì  bú shì • When一 “yì” precedes a 4th toner, “yì” changes to “yí”yì + yàng  yí yàng yì + gòng  yí gòng

  9. Pronunciation Practices • I study at Shih Hsin Universityin Taipei • 我 “wŏ” (I) • 在 “zài” (at) • 台北 “tái běi” (Taipei) • 世新大學 “shì xīn dà xué” (Shih Hsin University) • 念書 “niàn shū” (study) • Taipei is in Taiwan • 台北在台灣 tái běizàitáiwān

  10. Use Your Computer toinput Chinese • Install and use Chinese IME. • Use Chinese-English Dictionary.http://www.zdic.net漢典http://dict.yodao.com 有道http://dict.cn/

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