Free Mandarin Class Lesson 2 The mandarin Pinyin Lecture notes by XJTLUSOC
Lecture notes
Part 1
Definition: A phonetic transcription to combine sounds to form words
There are different kinds of dialects in China. Same sentence will sounds
differently in different area of China.
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Part 2
fù yùn mǔ
复 韵 母
Compound Final
There are 9 compound finals, which are two finals to get together.
When you learn how to pronounce it, you can use some similar sound to
remember.
The list of compound finals:
ai ei ui
ao ou iu
ie ve er
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Tip: ‘ai’is same to ‘I’; ‘ei’ is same as ‘A’; ‘ui’ sounds like ‘way’, ect.
Some simple examples for using the compound final:
Word Pinyin Meaning
爱
aì love
我 爱 你
wǒ aì nǐ I love you.
喂
weí Hello.
凹
aō concave
球
qiú ball
谢 谢
xìe xie thanks
月
yuè moon
二
èr two
bí yùn mǔ
鼻 韵母
A vowel followed by a nasal consonant
an ang
in ing
en eng
un ong
vn
There are 9 vowels followed by a nasal consonant.
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Word Pinyin Meaning
文具盒
wén jù hé Stationary case
树 荫
shù yīn leafy shade
羊
yáng sheep
鹰
yīng eagle
灯
dēng lamp
钟
zhōng clock
Part three
Initial
There are 23 initials in all
b p m f d t n l
g k g j q x
zh ch sh r z c s
y w
Compared with the phonetic alphabet in English, the pronunciation of
Mandarin Pinyin could be roughly divided into three groups.
Same as the ENG phonetic alphabet
Eg. b d g
Add /ə/ at the end of the voiceless consonant
Eg. p t k f
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Particular elements
Eg. zh ch sh y w
b /b/ consider
p Add /ə/ at the end of /p/ potato
m Add /ə/ at the end of /m/ murder
f Add /ə/ at the end of /f/ further
d /d/
t Add /ə/ at the end of /t/ tomato
n Nervous
l particular
g /g/ Girl
k Add /ə/ at the end of /k/ Curve
h Herb
j Particular element
q Particular element
x Particular element
zh / dʒ / jeep
ch / tʃ / chair
sh / ʃ / cash
r Particular element
z Particular element
c Particular element
s Particular element
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y Voicing like the final i
w Voicing like the final u
Tip: the underlined syllable only sounds like, not exactly the same, with the corresponding
initial
Part four
L+U+ˋ= lù
G+U+ˉ= gū
H+U+ˊ= hú
B+A+ˋ= bà
M+A+ˉ= mā
B+U+ˋ= bù
D+A+ˊ= dà
L+A+ˉ= lā
G+ONG+ˉ= gōng
H+AI+ˇ= hǎi
M+U+ˇ= mǔ
D+AN+ˉ= dān
X+I+ONG+ˉ= xiōng
D+I+ˋ= dì
G+U+ANG+ˇ= guǎng
CH+ANG+ˇ= chǎng
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Q+V+AN+ˊ= quán
J+I+ˉ= jī
Word Pinyin Meaning
路
lù Road
鼔
gǔ Drum
湖
hú Lake
爸爸
bà ba Dad
妈妈
mā ma Mum
布
bù Cloth
大
dà Big
拉
lā Pull
大海
dà hǎi Sea
布达拉宫
bù dá lā gōng Potala Palace
牡丹
mǔ dān Peony
兄弟
xiōng dì Brother
广场
guǎng chǎng Square
拳击
quán jī Boxing
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