Monday, August 26, 2013

Q1, W1: Chinese Pronunciation 汉语发音

Before we talk about tones, we need to have an introduction to Chinese phonetics: the sounds of the language.  

Guiding Questions:

What is pīn yīn ?
What are 3 essential parts of a syllable?
What are common initial sounds?
What are common final sounds?
Which are simple finals and which are compound?


Click HERE for a spoken version of the alphabet.

Click HERE for a song version of the alphabet.

---enrichment---

HERE: a video from YangYang that recaps some basic ideas about Chinese phonetics.

HERE: is an advanced chart of Chinese phonetics, including all possible sounds in this language.

HERE: advanced information on the rules of the Hanyu Pinyin system.

17 comments:

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