Bài 02 - Ngữ âm, Cảm ơn Rules of phonetic spelling 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 jün qü qüe qüan qün xü xüe xüan xün 4 yu yue yuan yun = ü üe üan ün 5 ya ye yao you yan yin ying yang yong = = = ia ie iao iou ian in ing iang iong 6 wu wa wo wai wei wan wen wang weng = = = u ua uo uai uei uan uen uang ueng Sound discrimination 1 bo po ba pa bi pi 2 de te da ta di ti 3 ge ke ge ka gu ku 4 ji qi jia qia jiu qiu 5 zi ci za ca ze ce 6 zhi chi zha cha zhe che 7 yin ying lin ling jin jing 9 gen geng men meng fen feng Tone drills bā bá bǎ bà bū bú bǔ bù kē ké kě kè qī qí qǐ qì xiē xié xiě xiè mēi méi měi mèi guān guán guǎn guàn xī xí xǐ xì duī duí duǐ duì mīng míng mǐng mìng tiān tián tiǎn tiàn yī yí yǐ yì huī huí huǐ huì xiū xiú xiǔ xiù 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 jiějie 姐姐 : elder sister kèqi 客气 : polite 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 -> huìr yíhuìr 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 Calligraphy exercises 20 new characters. Click on the character to open its page (calligraphy, writing rules, etymology ) . Bài 02 - Ngữ âm, Cảm ơn Rules of phonetic spelling 1 zi ci si = z c s 2 zhi chi shi = zh ch sh. "r" added to the final. huì + er -& gt; huìr yíhuìr 一会儿 : a moment diǎn + er -& gt; diǎnr yìdiǎnr 一点儿 : a little nǎ + er -& gt; nǎr naǎr 哪儿 : where zhè + er -& gt; zhèr zhèr 这儿 : there Calligraphy. 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