Pinyin introduction

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Pinyin
What is "Pinyin" or "Chinese Pinyin"?
"Pinyin", "HanYu Pinyin" or "Mandarin Chinese Pinyin"
is a way to use Roman letters to represent the
pronunciation of the Chinese characters. Pinyin was
adopted in 1979, while Chinese characters have over
5,000 years of history.

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Pinyin
Why did Chinese people adopt the Pinyin system around 30
years ago?
The primary reason was to facilitate Chinese learning and teaching
in China. Chinese characters do not carry phonetic clues like
English. Chinese characters are originally ideograms which means
it's based on a system using graphic symbols to represent idea or
objects. The unique feature of the Chinese language makes the
"Pinyin" system relevant and extremely helpful learning tools.


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Pinyin
Pinyin consists of three parts.


+ +


n i
you n




Initial

shng m
Final

yn m
Tone

shng dio
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Pinyin
b p m f
d t n l
g k h j
q x zh ch
sh r z c
s y w
Initial

shng m
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Pinyin
a o e i u
ai ou ei ie ui

e

an ong en in un

n

ao er iu
ang eng ing
Final

yn m
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Pinyin
Tone

shng dio
Tone Tone Mark
1
st
tone
2
nd
tone
3
rd
tone
4
th
tone \
Neutral tone No Symbol
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Pinyin
Practice

i i i i
ku ku ku ku
mi mi mi mi

hu hu hu hu
li li li li


Basic Rule for
Placing the Tone Mark



Mark tone marks in this
order:
a o e i u


Whenu and i
are side by side, mark
the one that comes last.

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Pinyin
Final

yn m
a o e i u
b ba bo bi bu
m ma mo me mi mu
n na ne ni nu n

l la le li lu l

a o e i u
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Pinyin
Final

yn m ai ao an ang ei en eng er ou
ai ao an ang
d dai dao dan dang
t tai tao tan tang
ei en eng
p pei pen peng
f fei fen feng
ou
g gou
k kou
h hou
er
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