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    This document provides an overview and guide for Lesson 1 of a foundation course in Mandarin Chinese phonetic system Pinyin. It begins by explaining what Pinyin is, how the sounds are composed of initials, finals and tones. It then gives tables of the initial consonants and examples of each. Exercises are provided to practice identifying and writing the initials, as well as tone twisters for pronunciation. The goal of this lesson is to introduce learners to the basic sounds of Pinyin through identification and repetition exercises.

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    This document provides an overview and guide for Lesson 1 of a foundation course in Mandarin Chinese phonetic system Pinyin. It begins by explaining what Pinyin is, how the sounds are composed of initials, finals and tones. It then gives tables of the initial consonants and examples of each. Exercises are provided to practice identifying and writing the initials, as well as tone twisters for pronunciation. The goal of this lesson is to introduce learners to the basic sounds of Pinyin through identification and repetition exercises.

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    Foundation Course- Guide to Start


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    Lesson 1 Initials of Pinyin

    Part I Some Basics of Pinyin
    What is Pinyin?
    Pinyin, or (hn y pn yn) is the official phonetic system
    to transcribe Mandarin Chinese sounds into the Roman alphabet. It
    was invented in 1950s, and adopted as a standard in mainland
    China in 1958. Pinyin is used for several purposes, such as
    teaching Chinese, transcribing names and places into the Roman
    alphabet, and used as an input method for typing Chinese
    characters.
    How does Pinyin make a sound?
    Each Pinyin sound consists of three components: an initial, a final
    and a tone. Initials are generally consonants (b, p, m, f etc.) and
    finals are generally vowels (a, e, i, o, u). Pinyin uses the same
    letters as the English alphabet except for the letter v plus the
    addition of . For example:

    ho

    is one of the most commonly used character in


    Chinese, meaning good, okay, and hello! The
    pinyin for this character is ho. h is the initial of
    the character, ao is the final, and v is the tone
    mark which indicates the third tone.

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    Part II Initials
    Initials Tables
    Please follow our teachers instruction or the recordings.
    As in
    b

    not

    Note
    Unaspirated p, like the p in spy, not the
    b in bye.

    p png friend
    m m mom

    fn

    du correct

    tin
    n

    n
    l
    g
    k
    h

    li
    g
    k
    hn

    cent
    Unaspirated t, like the t in sty, not the
    d in dog.

    sky
    you
    six
    piece

    Unaspirated k, like the k in sky, not the


    g in good.

    guest
    very

    jin see
    q qng please
    j

    x
    z
    c
    s

    xi below
    zo early
    cu wrong
    sn three

    zh zhn
    ch ch

    real
    eat

    Like the ch in cheap


    Like the sh in she
    LIke the ds in suds
    Like the ts in cats
    These "retroflex" initials should be
    pronounced with the tongue curled

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    sh shu
    r
    r

    say
    hot

    yu

    backwards.

    I
    have

    Not a true initial. The letter u is written


    with a w when no initial is present.
    Not a true initial. The letter i is written
    with a y when no initial is present.

    Part III Initials Exercise

    1. Please listen to our teachers instruction or the recordings and


    fill the following blanks:
    ___i le
    fly away

    lin ___
    practice

    ____i jie
    older sister

    ___ing gng
    Hong Kong

    ___
    to eat

    r ___i
    also

    d___
    map

    ___i gurn
    foreigner

    ___i zi
    cup

    m___
    purpose

    ___ung
    yellow

    ____
    hot

    ___shi
    nurse

    sh___
    time difference

    ___ ch
    green tea

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    2. Tone Twisters:

    s and sh
    sshs shshsh

    shsshshs sshshssh

    bi b s sh shu x x bi b sh s shu x x

    f and h
    fn hng qing shng hu fng hung

    fng hung hu zi fn hng qing

    hng fng hung fn fng hung

    fn hng fng hung hu fng hung

    g s fng hung hu mn qing

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    3. Listen to the recordings and write down the initials:

    recording guide to start lesson 1.wma

    b, p, m, f; d, t, ,n, l; g, k, h; j, q, x; zh, ch, sh, r; z, c, s


    (1)_______

    (2)_______

    (3)_______

    (4)_______

    (5)_______

    (6)_______

    (7)_______

    (8)_______

    (9)_______

    (10)_______

    (11)_______

    (12)_______

    (13)_______

    (14)_______

    (15)_______

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