HANYu PINYIN

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PENG ' S CHINESE TREASURY

concept and cartoons

by
Tan Hua y Peng

Times Books Int ernational

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 (1 1984 TImes Editions Pte Lid

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an imprint 01 Times EdJlions Pte Ltd Hany u Pinyin 6
Times Centre, 1 New Industrial Road The Four Tones 8
Singapore 1953
Simple Vowels 13
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50 Jalan Penchala Compound .vowels 24
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Consonants 41
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Malaysia The Neutral Tone 67
First published June 1984 Tone Sandhi 71
Reprinted 1986, 1988, 1990
Tone Marks 72
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 HAN YU PINYIN Basic Words and Characters
Approximately 500. basic words. with their Chinese
characters in the modern simplified form. are
progressively introduced in groups according to
sound. As far as possible. the examples given for
each vowel or consonant group ca n be identified
from the cartoon .
100 Pinyin words with two syllables are also listed
and explained .

Hanyu Pinyin. the Romanized Chinese phonetic
System . is considered the most effective aid to
learning Mandarin today. It is precise and accurate
and compared to other Romanizations, such as
Wade-Giles and Yale . it is less complicated and
thus more easily learnt.
The system reads and writes easily . using fewer
letters per sound than any other system . As an
additional guide to proper pronunciation . simple
tone marks are placed over the vowels.
Cartoons
Learning Pinyin is really no drudgery. and cartoons
have been used throughout for the dual function:
to amuse and to teach . Almost effortlesslY , it is
possible to learn the Pinyin spelling. pronunciation
. and pitch of each word . as well as its meaning and
Chinese character - at the same time.
So flip these pages. be inspired , learn and have
fun!

Pinyin Made Simple

This book demonst rates the simplest way to
master Pinyin. It analyzes the system . breaking
down the sounds into simple vowels. compound
vowels, and consonants.
First things first. The 4 tones are introduced . after
which comes the pronunciation of each vowel and
consonant component of one-syllable words.

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 1st t one
THE FOUR TONES
;;;

Chinese is a tonal language. Every Chinese

character is a syllable with a fixed tone. If the tone
is wrong, the meaning is changed right away. and
in some cases corresponds with no existing
Chinese character! 2nd tone

Mandarin . the official Chinese language. has four

basic tones: each one is indicated by a tone mark .
The tone marks are placed over the vowels. If the
letter '"j" has a tone mark over it. the dot is
om itted.

- The first tone is a high continuous tone.

like the reciting o f " A BCD. etc."
The second tone is a rising questioning
tone, like a surprised " Huh?"
3rd tone

The third tone is a drawling tone. first

V falling then riSing. like an indecisive
" Well .. "
The fourth tone is a sharp falling tone.
like a purposeful " Yes!"

Exa mples:
...
"'
a AAA ~ ~ ~ ~ T 1
060 0 Q u u u
4th tone

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 VOWELS CONSONANTS
II

In Mandarin there are 6 simple vowels and 15

compound vowels. The compound vowels are There are also 24 consonants. divided into
combinations of 2 or J vowels. 7 groups according to the way they are articulated .

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 SIMPLE COMPOUND
VOWELS SIMPLE VOWELS
VOWELS

a a; ao ~
""'"
e e;

;a ;e ;u lao ,
~
0
ou
u
ua u; un uo uai
U
ua ue

CONSONANTS b p m f

d n

g k ng h

q. , ,
zh ch sh ,
z c s
Lefs begin with the simple vowels:
y w
a e 0 u U

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 as in cash. rash
a as in mama . papa a when placed between 1 and n

qi3n T- 1000
7i: sky
p~ Ii, fear y' jf tooth tiNn
$I'; first
m. ~1 mother ~a . :it hair jian JlI. see xi!n
cheat
nA. it carr y w. ~ frog dian r.s shop piAn
qian
!lQ
fl money
ba i§ dian ,~. spot
.yii III duck father
noodles
~ reduce miiin ilii
h. Pft ha ! da IT beat jiatt

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 e as in ~a rn , learn
e
as in get, w£t
when preceded by I or u
lexcept for the letter yl

~ M\ Swan
he
de m obtain ye 1I night xi~ *4 slanting
iUJ river ge 1- individual
ji ~ ill elder sister lie ~ crack
ge ~ song re !!.\ ho[ ji e I~ receive que Ml rea lly
ke il: lesson she ~ tongue bi~ ~lJ don't ye Pt leaf
he "'-
c jOin he n!O drink die I'Ji fall yue 11 moon

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I as in sir. wit
• is pronounced like a vocalized r
I if preceded by zh. eh, sh or r

\ 1/ ~
.:'0:-
,
, ' I"
- zhi
chi
I1l
0<;
point

eat
chi II!; spoon
chi i8 late
s hi
•8
matter
day

• is pronounced like a buuing z

I if preceded by z, c or s

zl i\ purple
cr III bestow
z; q: word
d; !f:i younger ti H; body cj iii1 phrase
brother
sl Ii silk
Ii. f:/. grain q; -l:: seven
b, ;g pen
1m four
., .
) ~ chicken
ji

y'
ic remember
1>. garment
ml !It rice xl i1!i west

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 o as in drop. prop
o as in sow. grow
if followed by ng

wfi !1! nest pO fIJi slope [li]

dong :!F- east t6ng together
mi> ~ silent wi> J1il grasp hOng j[ rainbow dong iJJ move
b6 la uncle b6 itt. waves noog 'IF make dong ti understand
pO i$ old lady mfi IJi touch zhong ~I' plant tong iili go through
b6 lIJi limp pO 1£ splash yong III use chong !I\ worm

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 u •• like the French u in fur
like the "00" in look . book
u hi appears as u if preceded by
I. q . " or yl

gu i!i ancient to f£ picture

yu yu jjj
lu ijI; record It! fi sh rain
hU I!€ tiger
yu J1!l nu"
lu n show shu [t{ mouse
meet
" gi rl

du ju 'a) sentence yu Ji jade

shu *4> read

book
to
wu
§t
-,
(,
rabbit

crow
qu
qO
JlJJ tune qu
In
.,.
= ma rr y

IR district t~ green

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COMPOUND VOWELS
al sounds like the " ie ·· in lie

..."",,1

mai '!k buy gai m cover

mai >Ji sell hil i !. child

@;0:: lii ,jl love nai lJl milk

@"" ~
~ \::P' ba i 8 ' 00 Ai ~ short

(>A i AA! sign plate da i >:> bag

Let's now tackle the 15 compound vo wels - first
the Hetter vowels. then the H eu er vowels

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a0 sou nds like the "ow" in how el sou nds like the "ay" in gay

bao tfj be full yao P)( bite m~i ;r, beautiful fei He fat
wei ~J stomach
cao 1~ gra ss tao iii flee pei ~5 accompany
mao i'i! cap nao [Jjj noisy mei 1:1< younger sister mei ~ plum

m.o 1;\\ cat pao W!! wn Ire; f~ cup

wei ~ tail
kao ~ tean on l!! throw 11k ba,k gei ,0
,0 give
P'o rei

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la is a combination of "'j" and " a"
•
Ie is a combination of ''j'' and " e"

j iii '; l[ family jil !If press t ie I'!< iron xie !it crab
xi! l' below jia III false jie fif borrow die It dish
j iii l\l marry j ia: hU add xi€! 11 shoes jie fi separate
jia !\l! shelf j iii fit price tie I/; paste xie iii thank
xia :!i summer xia: !f prawn qie tn slice pie ll'l fling

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IU is a combination of " j" and ·· u" OU sounds like the " ow'· in low

xin 1* ,est xiii 1IIi hOu

sleeve gou ill drain Fa behind
j iii illi wine qiO ~)(
,,, autumn chou $I, smelly tou III steal
lie. 'E re main liii i1ri hand
now dou Jl. beans shOu ~
niii -'f cow j iii fL nine gou !5 enough k/iu p mouth
diO
" throw I i ii ~

" six hou lI> monkey tou !k head

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 ua is a combination of " u " and "a"
UI
•
sounds like " way"

hua n!lJ paint hua iii word chuT 1IX blow sui '9 age

"~ ill
shull brush hua smooth .",. mouth zhuT ill chase
zui
guo n 11K
hu. ~J
hang

paddle
zhua

hua if.
scratch

flower
guT

dui
ftl
~t
turtle

correct
tui

sui "'
FJ1i
retreat

follow
ku. ~ boast guO m melon shui it who?
lui
* push

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 un is a combinatio n of " u" and " n" uo is a combination of " u" and "0"

Ciin H village gun duo U hide lu6 9 net

if{ trundle
hun If; diuy dun tuo IliI. come off hUG ffi live
~ pause
sUn M- grandson kan lE tired zuo 1>. sit luo iii drop
run ~~ lubricate eMn suo flI lock duo $ many
1'1 lips
liin ~ wheel tun W swallow zuo flli. make guo ;:t pass

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ua is a combination of " u" and " a"
but the 2 dots are absent from the u"
••
ue
is a combination of "'ii " and "e"
although the 2 dots over the " u" only
appear after the letters I and n

juan m contribute juan II! weary

yuan I1Q garden
hie til brush past yu. !~ arrange
quan 1m circle
xuan ill; choose juan i\'l< roll up
nile IE malaria yue 1* leap
xue 1fD. blood que Bil! lack
quan !it spring yuan Z fa, jue '!Ii feel xue = learn
Of-
quan :i: complete y uan ill< source xue 1'f snow que iI< sparrow

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lao sounds like the "eow" in meow
u a I• is a (ombinalion of " u " and " a " and ' T

o fISHING

)jao « expect jiao fl4 shout

huai fl' bosom gulfi JIll slap
qi ao t'j coincidental miaa 1& wonderful guAi lIE well-behaved ku<ii til chopsticks
diaa f', fish qiao Ill!! look
huai l1- naughty kuai fast
tiao lit select
1*
piela 1.11 drift shuai 1$ fall kuai !II piece
xiao ;:: laugh niao .Il, bird
zhucl.i J;. drag gua i If strange

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 CONSONANTS
VOWELS

So far we've dealt with all the simple and

compound vowels,
Simple Vowels
a e 0 u U
Compound Vowels
a; ao
e;
;a ;e ;u iao
ou
ua u; un uo uai
ua lie

We now proceed with the final ~roup - the

consonants - arran~ed in 7 ~roups , accordin~ to
the way they are articulated,

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 b like " p " ,voicelessl in help P. strongly aspirated as in pineapple

bling til help bu :ffi doth ping 'l' level pai ff~ arrange
bing
bl
bu
.
,~

ff
sick
nose
mend
~i

biAD
bing
.
lit

iii
blanket
flat
biscuit
pimg
~n

pO
~
u:
~
bump

basin
broken
pin
pl
pian
"
00

JJi:
11
goods
skin
slice
blii tl! place bing OJ; ice pO if fall forward pang !'I'- fat

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 m as in more
f as in food

rnu wood
.,*
mei III eyebrow
rning ~
f~i """t ny fan t!i rice
life meng ~ dream
men 1<1 bored
fen fll portion f<n >t divide
man f!! slow
mAi
{eng U bee f. :It distribute
l.!lI bury rna J;O horse
rna tli wipe rn. l'g
fA"ng m mom fu lli\ good fortune
scold
fang 15 square fan Ii!l overturn

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 d like " t " Ivoiceless) in nitwit t strongly aspirated as in talk

da
dai *
'*
big
dumbstruck
diao
ding
Iil hang tian m field tu ± soil

dan
dian
Jli
'I!
single

electricity
dong
dUi
'"
ifiil
nail
hole
ting
tOn
Il'
~{
stop
chat
tong
tong
!i!
jl1i
child
bucket
iI£ pile tlng 'Ii hear tou ~ penetrate
deng IT lamp duan Iii short tuo ltJj drag tiao It leap

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 n as in nimble
I as in loud

n6ng 15< farming n'n JII difficult lao t'; old Ia n iII basket
nj iIE mud neng fit able
niAn
l ong Sf deaf li ang lJj( cool
if- year n'n Wi south Ii jJ strength I ~ ng ~ cold
nii it lasting nOn IiIl tender om-
nan
lei thunder ling !il alert
!Il male nuan Si' warm lian !& face Iii iii mad

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 9 like 'O k" (voicelessl in skill
k strongly aspirated as in kid

gan iI!: dare gOn lI! 'OOt

k!i :If open k. 'iii bitter
gOn
'"
pole gui
gOn Itt mandarin gO *
Iiji
devil
look after
k' n ~

""
look
empty
ku8.
kui
~
..,
step
lose

-
orange ki5ng =
guan
gOo
1i'
;Il;
manage
high
guo
gai
ll(
i&
fru it
change
ke
kO
:;c

~
shell

C'Y
kil
k6u
•
fO
trousers
deduct

SO
SI
 n9 as in song
h as in hot

Ji ang

ying
jl!j
Ii!!
two
hard
gong
chang
I
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work

sing
hai

huo
.
"'-
sea
fire
h6ng

hui
iI
!li.
,ed
ash
qing 1£ light hang IT mw ",
hong jj\ roast hu >II( kettle
mang It busy f~ng J"l
song
wind huAng 'Ot yellow han if sweat
ill deliver shuling ~j both hl!i !II. black hao H good

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J like " ch " Ivoiceless) in mischief
like " ch" Istrongly aspirated) in cheat

j iu i&

..-
rescue jin ~ taut Qi W wife qiao III knock
j iii ;<. long jie !Ii knot angry quan ,h persuade
Qi
ji •Til anxious jiAng ill spea k qiii beseech
qiang ~Ii< strong 31<
jTng 'If well jii Ii' lift qi!n M front qing iii feelings
jiao ~ hand over j iiin It! shoulder ;I;
qun I,Il skirt QU reave

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 x like a sound between the "s"
in see and the " sh" in she
zh like the ··dg" Ivoicelessl in sludge

xiiio Ii school xiiin Ix line

zhao ~{l shine zhi il straight
xie EJ write xin ,e, heart
iI!!i cover
xiin "I- seek
zho zhi U branch
xing tf~ shape
zhai 'il narrow zh~ n ~ real
xing iW awake xili ng :Il! think
xilio zhii 1t bamboo zhuo IJE catch
'J' small xi iing At elephant
zho
'"
zhang grow If, pig

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 ch as in children sh as in sheaf

chCi m kitchen ,h. .z fork shan LiJ mounlain shuo ill say
chao ~y stir·fry chong 1: shul water
i'l'
"'
rinse sha ng up. above
chai ~ firewood ,h. ?It tea shi :fi stone sheng l' grow
chou Ii!J take out chen shu
shu li'! bind
chang ~
= taste chuang
1;
Eli
dust
bed sh~n >t
tree
body shou *
I\l( collect

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 r as in raw. with the tongue
curled back but without the trill z like the . 'ts" in plants
twithout aspirationl

do !J! go round ruo !lii feeble zao .... earl y za tL plait

hinder
zai lilt plant zu 'll.
ruan fj; soft rong i; appearance
zou ;if: walk. go
za iI< assorted
ren A person ru A enter
zao j!\: make zuo Ii' lett
rong !ill melt ren V. recognize
';I; go through zu JE foot. leg
ren ra. endure rou [!:j meat zuan

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 c like the " ts " in eats, but
strongl y aspirated
s as in sum . sweep

co ilil rub cA n
"
mea l si5ng r~ loose se fg colour
ca i
f* trample cui !frj crisp
suan 'Jl. calculate s.n AX disperse
c uo ~~ wrong cai ?Ii vegetable sAn three sui 1$ smash
cong ~ hastily c! i 1II guess 51 JIOi tear sAo B sweep
cO *Ii rough ceng Ifr layer
sA n 'i> umbrella 51 ~ dead

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 y as in you w as in we

yT Il'i treat wan wo ~

you tt worry iWl late
yan 3ft examine you ;(Ef wii 1i five wi l* socks
have
yun !j< pregnant wAng :E king
yOn ~ giddy wang fI! gaze
yang n shape you )l. again wi! i 1Jil! hello! wAn lj( play
y•• !f waist y" ¥,; wOn rOJ ask wlii i!1 crooked
medicine

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 VOWELS AND CONSONANTS
THE NEUTRAL TONE

We've now completed all the POSSible sounds of

Hanyu Pinyin.

Simple Vowels
Apart from the 4 bask tones. there is a 5th tone in
• e 0 u U Mandarin: the neutral tone.

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Compound Vowels

el
'0
The neutral tone is light. soft and short. unlike any of
the 4 basic tones. It is pronounced in a re/axtd way .
without any stress. and varies in pitch according to the
tone of the preceding syllable.
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~ I. Ie lu iao Generally . all particles. interjections. pronouns after
"- verbs. and other words whkh do not carry
ou important concrete meanings in a sentence. have
u. ul un uo uai the neutral tone.
U. ue The tone mark for the neutral tone may either be a
small d rcle ,0 l over the vowel. or a dot ' · I
Consonants preceding the syllable. Usually. however. no mark is
b p m f necessary.
d n
g k ng h
q x
zh ch sh r
Iff i1\I?
z c s o
hao ma?
y w
hao· ma?
We're now ready td deal with the 5th tone _ the
hao ma?
neutral tone.

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 In Mandarin. there are only a few characters with a The following is a list of two-syllable words where
definite neutral to.ne. They carry no concrete only the 1st syllable is stressed. In each example
meaning of their Own. being functional only as given below. the tone o f the 2nd syllable has been
suffixes. Here is a list: neutralized for effective oral emphasis.

1st tone
g~ ge = ge ge ~::f elder brother
ma men In 'he
'"
ne iii!
ba "E de
me A de
ft,) lie
!fI
1~
rnA rnA
zhi dao
jT qi
mil ma
zhT dao
= jT qi
Ii'lli'l
Jalill
mil:!
mother
know
machine
"'1
la III< II '11 1'0 'l1 2nd tone
Ie T na IIIJII de l1!l JIll;\( friend
,I 'f- ma
• a Ifi!
peng you
s he tou
rni ng b3i
= peng you
= she t ou
= ming bai
"i!'i9<
B~B
tongue
understand
r6ng yi = r6ng yi '<f£ easy
Syllables are normally uttered in anyone of the 4 3rd tone
tones. However. tones can be neutralized according
to: j ie jie j ie ji e il!il! elder sister

111 the context

yan jing yan j i ng P~PI'i eye
121 the other syllable it joins to form a word er duo er duo II':ii!: ear
131 the stress and intonation of the phrase zao shang = zao shang .!f-J: morning
141 the shades of meaning
151 the more or less strong emphasis laid on the 4th tone
words baba ba ba ,HI father
di di
mei mei
= di di
= me i mei "'"' younger brother
1*-1*- younger sister
Ui yang = tai ya ng :l.c1lB "n
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 THE FIVE TONES TONE SANDHI
Let's review the 5 tones:

The 3rd tone syllable normally has a falling and

rising pitch .
Examples

'-"
hilo !ff good
1 mei ;)1 beautiful
nl
wo 1l<
1* you
I

When followed by a syllable of another tone. the

3rd tone syllable is pronounced half 3rd tone. It

2 only falls. but does not rise.

Examples

~
buo cbe ;1< $ train

3 mei ren
kao shi
;)1 A
"'IiA
beauty
examination
yl zo lll-r chair

4 When followed by a syllable of the same tone. the

3rd tone syllable is pronounced in the 2nd tone. It
does not fall , but only rises.
Examples
l ao ban
mT fen
= lao bin
mt fen
ol:lIii bos~
rice flour
= *Iil
mei hao = mei hao ;)1!ff fine
shuT guo = shut guo fruit
**
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 Here are al1 the possible
TON E MA RKS combinations of vowels with their
tone marks properly placed "
III The tone mark must be placed over a vowel.
if it is a simple vowel:
1st tone
U
aei6ilU
If the vowel is " i" the dot is always omitted "
a
ai
• •iii
ei
0
ou ua
U'
Thus: ;e u.
ao
iU Un
iii uo
iao
uai
121 The ·"a"· of a compound vowel always carries
the tone mark:
u G
•a; e 1 6
ii i ao ia: ua iao
If there is no ""a """ the tone mark is placed
over " 0"" or ""e"":
uai

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ei ;a

"iu
iao
6u u.
u1
un
u6
Ue

ou uo
(31 A compound vowel with both "r and "" u "" l Td tone
e I Ii U
has the tone mark placed over the 2nd vowel:
ei iii liu uil
iil ui uai V !iloi Ie u1
ill un
uli
• e i i> U
iAo

ai
QU
80 ia
uo
ei ie Ue
10 u1 u<i i
ua

un
, •ai
ao
e
e;
1
lA
Ie
ii!
iao
c
CU
u
u'
u1
un
uo
n
Ue

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 THE UMLAUT MARK

•• ••
The umlaut mark is a mark made up of two dots f •• I In all others preceded b y .........
I , q . " x" or " y" . the
placed over a vowel to indicate modification in the umlaut mark may be omitted.
quality of the vowel. It is derived from the German
(changed) and (Qut (sound/.
u'" e.g.

In Mandarin. it appears only in the vowel "u" and is jil qu xu yu

pronounced as in the German 9r;;" or the French rUt. ju~ quO xu, yu.
juln quan xuan yuan
The vowel "u" appears with the umlaut mark only
when preceded by " n " or " " '.
jlln qun xOn yOn
e.g.

nG nO' 10 10'
./$)

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 TWO-SYLLABLE WORDS 141 Linking up with an independent synonym
kan jian :ti-.ffi see
guang dil J * vast
gan kuai ilit:k: quickly

, 151 Linking up with another syllable idiomatically

dong xi *i1§ thing
least-west!
The C~i~ese language is primarily disyllabic. i.e .. duo shi'io $j,' how many
compnsl.ng t w o-syllable words. These ma y be (many-fewl
formed In the followin g ways. which are by no
means exhaustive. huo che 1<$ train
{fire-vehiclel
III Appending a noun suffix: qian jin f-i: daughter
zi ! T I or tou 19\' nhousand-goldl
er zi JL'l'- son fan tong t&1I1i good-for-nothing
milo zi i'H hat (rice-buckeu
shi tou '69; stone chang duan
*~ mishap
gu tou 1'1* bone Uong-shortl

!21 Repeating the same syllable The following pages list a hundred commonly used
two-syllable words. First syllables from the (st to the
kiln kan lilt look
4th tone are paired off with syllables from each of the
xie xie iMiif thanks 5 tones to form a variety of two-syllable words.
chang chang ~~ often

OJ Linking up with an interdependent syllable

qing Ung f!jfJ! dragonfly
hu die ~~ butterfly
zhi zhil ;;W_ spider

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f~i jT
1-1 qi3n xO 'Ill
iIIlt
aeroplane
humble
guo ji! 1l!II: country
xTn x i!n Iii~ f,esh 2-1 qiu hon
du shu
*111 propose
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