Lesson 02 Phonetics, Thank You Lesson 02 Phonetics, Thank You RULES OF PHONETIC SPELING 1 zi ci si = z c s 2 zhi chi shi = zh ch sh 3 ju jue juan jun qu que quan qun xu xue xuan xun = = = jü jüe jüan[.]
Lesson 02 - Phonetics, Thank You RULES OF PHONETIC SPELING zi ci si = zcs Anexe : Table of Pinyin Pronunciation TONE DRILLS zhi chi shi = zh ch sh bā bá bǎ bà bū bú bǔ bù ju jue juan jun qu que quan qun xu xue xuan xun = jü jüe jüan jün = qü qüe qüan qün = xü xüe xüan xün kē ké kě kè qī qí qǐ qì xiē xié xiě xiè mēi méi měi mèi yu yue yuan yun = ü üe üan ün guān guán guǎn guàn xī xí xǐ xì ya ye yao you yan yin ying yang yong = ia ie iao iou = ian in ing iang = iong duī d duǐ d mīng míng mǐng mìng wu wa wo wai wei wan wen wang weng = u ua uo uai = uei uan uen uang = ueng tiān tián tiǎn tiàn yī yí yǐ huī h huǐ h xiū xiú xiǔ xiù Anexe : Table of Pinyin Pronunciation SOUND DISCRIMINATION bo po ba pa bi pi de te da ta di ti ge ke ge ka gu ku ji qi jia qia jiu qiu zi ci za ca ze ce zhi chi zha cha zhe che yin ying lin ling jin jing gan gang men meng yan yang gen geng Anexe : Table of Pinyin Pronunciation NEUTRAL TONE In Chinese there are a number of syllabes wich are unstressed and take a feeble tone This is known as the neutral tone wich is shown by the absence of tone-graph māma 妈妈 : mum àiren 爱人 : husband, wife bàba 爸爸 : dad háizi 孩子 : child, children gēge 哥哥 : elder brother guānxi 关系 : relation dìdi 弟弟 : younger brother xièxie 谢谢 : thank you kan kang jiějie 姐姐 : elder sister kèqi 客气 : polite fen feng mèimei 妹妹 : younger sister xiūxi 休息 : have a rest Calligraphy exercices (Click on the character for details) RETROFLEX FINAL The final 儿 "er" is sometimes attached to another final to form a retroflex final and when thus used, it is no longer an independent syllable A retroflex final is represented by the letter "r" added to the final huì + er -> hr hr 一会儿 : a moment diǎn + er -> diǎnr yìdiǎnr 一点儿 : a little nǎ + er -> nǎr naǎr 哪儿 : where zhè + er -> zhèr zhèr 这儿 : there Conversation Duì bù qǐ I'm sorry! méi (adv) not guānxi (n) relation Méi guānxi! That's all right Xièxie Thank you ! bú (adv) not kèqi (adj) polite Bú kèqi ! You're welcome ! míngtiān (adv) tomorrow jiàn (v) see Míngtiān jiàn! See you tomorrow! xiūxi (v) have a rest hr (n) a moment xiūxi hr! hǎo hǎo ba Have a rest! (adj) good All right! CALLIGRAPHY EXERCISES 20 new characters Click on the character to open its page (calligraphy, writing rules, etymology )