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MANDARIN
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CHINESE LANGUAGE
◦ ONE OF THE WORLD’S OLDEST LANGUAGE
◦ ORIGINATED ALMOST 4 THOUSAND YEARS
AGO
◦ ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY USED LANGUAGES
◦ CHINESE BELONGS TO THE SINO-TIBETAN
LANGUAGE FAMILY
CHINESE LANGUAGE
◦ HANYU- standard Chinese language
-refers to the written and spoken form
PUTONGHUA- common language used by most of
the population
PINYIN- romanized form of writing
Mandarin phonetics
Pinyin consists of 26 initials and 32 finals
PRONUNCIATION:
PINYIN (initials) SOUND
B soft p
P hard p
M m
F f
D soft t
T hard t
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PRONUNCIATION:
PINYIN SOUND
N n
L l
G soft k
K hard k
H h
J as in jeep
Q as in cheap
Mandarin phonetics
PRONUNCIATION:
PINYIN SOUND
X as in see
Zh j
Ch as in church
Sh as in she
R as in leisure
Z as in kids
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PRONUNCIATION:
PINYIN SOUND
C as in its
S s
(finals)
(y)i yi
(w)u wu
u eew
a a
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PRONUNCIATION:
PINYIN SOUND
o o
e e
i I
er err
ai eye
ei ey
ao aw
Mandarin phonetics
PRONUNCIATION:
PINYIN SOUND
ou oh
an ahn
en run
ang ahng
eng hung
ong oong
ia iya
Mandarin phonetics
PRONUNCIATION:
PINYIN SOUND
iao ee +aao
ie ye
ian yen
in in
iang ee+ ahng
ing ing
Mandarin phonetics
PRONUNCIATION:
PINYIN SOUND
iong ee+ oong
u u
ua wa
uo wo
uai why
uei(ui) way
uan wan
Mandarin phonetics
PRONUNCIATION:
PINYIN SOUND
un won
uang oo+ ahng
Combination of Initials and Finals
B
Ba bai bei beng bian bin bing bie
P
Pa pei pian pou piao pie pou pu
M
Mu me mai mao men mang miao
F
Fo fou fan fang feng fang fei fu
Combination of Initials and Finals
D
Da diao dan dang deng die diu dian
T
Ta tao tan tui tuan tun ting tian
N
Na nao nie nang nong niu ning
L
Lao liu lou la lie long lin liang
Combination of Initials and Finals
G
Ga ge gong gao gui gan gen geng
K
Ka ke kao ken kang kou
H
Ha hu hou hen hong hei hao
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