Pinyin - Group 5
This section teaches "Pinyin" which is a standard system of representing Mandarin with Roman letters. This tutorial allows you to hear and practice these sounds until you sound like the native speaker.
Pinyin lessons :
Introduction
Initials
Finals
Spelling rules
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Group 1
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Group 2
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Group 3
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Group 4
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Group 5
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Group 6
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Group 7
Combination tables
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Table 1 (a,o,e,i)
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Table 2 (i)
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Table 3 (u,ü)
Tones
Change of tone
Group 5
Group 5 'i' in the syllables 'zi', 'ci' and 'si' is not the common final 'i', but a blade-alveolar vowel. The pronunciations of the syllables 'zi', 'ci' and 'si' are the same as those of the initials 'z', 'c' and 's'.
zi = z
ci = c
si = s
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c
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