Foreign Language 1

Mandarin 1 - 普通话
白諳寧
Angelika U. Borlasa, MICB, RCA
 INTRODUCTION
China
❖One of the four ancient civilizations
❖14 cities (Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Taipei,
Chengdu, Hong Kong, Nanjing, Wuhan, Shengyang, Hangzhou, Chongqing)
❖3 Major Religions (Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism)
❖Historical Sites (Great Wall of China, The Forbidden City, Terracotta Warriors,
Potala Palace, Summer Palace, Mogao Grottoes, Three Confucius Sites)
What is Hanyu Pinyin (or simply pinyin)?

It is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese

普通话 stands for Pǔtōnghuà - Standard Chinese -

Mandarin
 Chinese Phonetics
(Initials, Finals, Tones)
Initials
B (unvoiced sound of English b)
P
Initials
J
Q = “ch” with a curling tongue
M X = “sh” with a curling tongue
F Zh = similar to an English “j”
D (unvoiced sound of English d) Ch
T Sh
N R
L Z = pronounced as “dz” (unvoiced sound of
G (unvoiced sound of English g) English z)
K C = pronounced as “ts”
H S

Special cases: don’t pronounce the letter i

Zhi, Chi, Shi, Ri, Si
Finals
A ia – yard An Uo – wo
O io En Uai - why
E - ergh ie – yes Ang - angst Ui – “wei” wave
E – e as in bed iao – yao Eng - uncle Uan – wan
Ai – as in eye iu - you Ong - song Uan – jüan qüan xüan
Ei - hey ian – yan Er - teacher yüan
Ao - cow in Yi/i Ue – we
Ou – so iang - yang Wu/u – oo Ue – jüe qüe xüe yüe
ing Yu/u/ü - jü xü qü yü Un – won
Ua - wa
4 Tones + Neutral Tone
 大家好! 我叫Jeka老师。我是菲律宾人。
我是你的汉语老师。我在 DLSL 大学学习了。
我住在Batangas。谢谢。
大家好! 我叫___。我是菲律宾人。
我是学生。我在 UB 大学学习。
我住在Batangas。谢谢。