Pinyin Foundation (6) Pinyin Foundation (6) 拼音基础

Summary of Initials There are 21 initials. They can be categorized into six groups: labials velars palatals alveolars dental sibilants retroflex

Unaspir.AspiratedNasalFricativeVoiced Labial bpmf Alveolar dtnl Velar gkh Palatal jqx Dental sibilant zcs Retroflex zhchshr

Summary of Finals There are 38 finals which can be categorized into three groups: simple finals compound finals nasal finals.

Simple finals a o e i u ü Compound finals ai ei ao ou ia iao ie iu (iou) ua uo uai ui (uei) üe/yue Nasal finals an en ang eng ong ian in iang ing iong uan un (uen) uang ueng üan ün (üen)

Special Pinyin Rules 1.If i u ü have no initial consonant, then: i  yya ye yao yan yong you yi yin ying u  wwa wo wai wang wu wei wen ü  yuyu yue yuan yun

Special Pinyin Rules (cont’) 2.When the final “ uei ” has an initial, it is written as “ ui. ” uei  uidui tui gui kui hui

Special Pinyin Rules (cont’) 3.When the final “ iou ” has an initial, it is written as “ iu. ” iou  iuliu niu jiu qiu xiu 4.When the final “ uen ” has an initial, it is written as “ un. ” uen  unzun cun sun zhun chun shun

Special Pinyin Rules (cont’) 5.The initials j q x can be followed by -ü, but not by -u. Therefore, the two dots on ü can be omitted without anbiguity. For example: ju qu xu juan quan xuan jun qun xun

Special Pinyin Rules (cont’) 6.Neutral tone: Some syllables are unstressed; this is known as the neutral tone. No tone mark over a neutral tone syllable. For example: bàba爸爸 (Dad) māma妈妈 (Mom) gēge哥哥 (elder brother) jiějie姐姐 (elder sister)

F-27 Listen to each syllable, then fill in the blank with correct tone and final: 1. y_____9. j_____ 2. y_____10. q_____ 3. h_____11. zh_____ 4. zh_____12. ch_____ 5. m_____13. l_____ 6. n_____14. n_____ 7. s_____15. b_____ 8. ch_____16. y_____

Classroom expressions: Chinese: 很好。 Pinyin: Hěn hǎo. English:Very good. Chinese: 不好。 Pinyin: Bù hǎo. English:Not good.

Homework Complete Exercise 5. For the Pinyin pronunciation, go to the Chinese Link website. nk_1/39/10025/ cw/index.html nk_1/39/10025/ cw/index.html Click Workbook: Homework Audio  5-1.

Answer to In-class Practice 1. yào 药9. jù 锯 2. yún 云 10. quán 权 3. huí 回 11. zhuī 追 4. zhǔn 准 12. chuī 吹 5. měi 美 13. lǜ 绿 6. niú 牛 14. nǚ 女 7. sūn 孙 15. bù 不 8. chūn 春 16. yìng 硬