Chinese Character a Day Practice Volume 2. Philip Yungkin Lee
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There is one more tone, ma (without a tone marking), referred to as the neutral tone, which depends on the tone that precedes it.
Change of tone:
When 2 third tones come in succession, a change of tone occurs and the first third tone is to be pronounced in the second tone.
Just as English is spoken with different accents, so is Chinese; learners of Chinese must therefore develop an ear for the language.
CONSONANTS
The following offers a guide to the pronunciation of the standard Hanyu Pinyin system of romanization, which is used almost all over the world.
Most consonants are pronounced as in English.
Chinese | English |
c | its |
ci | its (silent “i”) |
q | cheat (said with a puff of air) |
qi | chip (silent “i”) |
r | urn |
si | swing |
x | sea |
z | bits |
zi | bits (silent “i”) |
ch | church (said with one’s tongue rolled back and with a puff of air) |
sh | she (said with one’s tongue rolled back) |
zh | jerk (said with one’s tongue rolled back) |
VOWELS
Pinyin | English |
a | father |
e | hen |
i | pin (single “i” is pronounced “e” as in he) |
o | go |
u | July |
ü | feud (said with rounded lips) |
ao | how |
ei | hay |
ou | no (said with a slight pull) |
ui | wait |
Alphabetical Index
A
àn ‌‌‌按 ‌‌‌131
B
bǎ ‌‌‌把 ‌‌‌29
bái ‌‌‌白 ‌‌‌11
bài ‌‌‌败 ‌‌‌338
bǎn ‌‌‌版 ‌‌‌343
bāo ‌‌‌包 ‌‌‌184
bǎo ‌‌‌饱 ‌‌‌355
bào ‌‌‌报 ‌‌‌37
bào ‌‌‌抱 ‌‌‌317
bēi ‌‌‌杯 ‌‌‌109
bèi ‌‌‌备 ‌‌‌354
bì ‌‌‌必 ‌‌‌129
bì ‌‌‌毕 ‌‌‌205
biàn ‌‌‌变 ‌‌‌356
bié ‌‌‌别 ‌‌‌12
bīng ‌‌‌冰 ‌‌‌229
bìng ‌‌‌并 ‌‌‌197
bìng ‌‌‌病 ‌‌‌66
bǔ ‌‌‌补 ‌‌‌300
bù ‌‌‌布 ‌‌‌174
C
cǎi ‌‌‌采 ‌‌‌351
cài ‌‌‌菜 ‌‌‌106
cān ‌‌‌参 ‌‌‌321
cān ‌‌‌餐 ‌‌‌101
céng ‌‌‌层 ‌‌‌308
chá ‌‌‌茶 ‌‌‌90
chǎn ‌‌‌产 ‌‌‌232
cháng ‌‌‌尝 ‌‌‌93
chǎng ‌‌‌厂 ‌‌‌137
chàng ‌‌‌畅 ‌‌‌335
chǎo ‌‌‌炒 ‌‌‌111
chén ‌‌‌沉 ‌‌‌290
chén ‌‌‌陈 ‌‌‌310
chèn ‌‌‌衬 ‌‌‌9
chéng ‌‌‌成 ‌‌‌81
chí ‌‌‌持 ‌‌‌127
chí ‌‌‌迟 ‌‌‌307
chōng ‌‌‌沖 ‌‌‌228
chǒu ‌‌‌丑 ‌‌‌166
chū ‌‌‌初 ‌‌‌301
chǔ/chù ‌‌‌处 ‌‌‌185
chuān ‌‌‌穿 ‌‌‌22
chuán/zhuàn ‌‌‌传 ‌‌‌215
chuāng/chuàng ‌‌‌创 ‌‌‌223
chūn ‌‌‌春 ‌‌‌46
cǐ ‌‌‌此 ‌‌‌207
cì ‌‌‌次 ‌‌‌128