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Pin Yin Practice Sheet One

Tonal Distinctions
Click the relevant syllable in the table below to get the right pronunciation.

Four Tones

The First and the Second Tones

B` Eight H4 To drink Sh% Poem Gu8 Pot B1 To pull up H5 River Sh^ Ten Gu9 Country
The First and the Third Tones

T` He, She, It W8 Nest Tu% To push Gu`n To shut, close T2 Pagoda W0 I, Me Tu& Leg Gu2n To manage
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The First and the Fourth Tones

B`n To carry K`n To watch Hu% Grey Yu4 About B3n Half K3n To look at Hu* Meeting Yu7 Month
The Second and the Third Tones

N^ Mud B1i White Mi1o To trace out Y1ng Sheep N& You B2i Hundred Mi2o Second Y2ng Oxygen
The Second and the Fourth Tones

L5i Thunder W5n To smell Ni1n Year Li1ng Cool L7i Tired W7n To ask Ni3n To read Li3ng Bright
The Third and the Fourth Tones

D2 To beat N2 Which M2i To buy K}n To tie, to bind D3 Big , Large N3 That M3i To sell K]n Sleepy

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