1. Pinyin Foundation (4)
拼音基础

2. Compound Finals
Compound finals comprise a main vowel and a secondary vowel. There are four types:
main vowel + secondary vowel: ai ei ao ou
medial i + main vowel: ia iao ie iu (iou)
medial u + main vowel: ua uo uai ui (uei)
medial ü + main vowel: üe / yue

3. Practice
bai pei mao dou
jia jiao jie jiu
zhua zhuo shuai rui

4. F-14 Repeat after the instructor:
juē jué juě juè
jiā jiá jiǎ jià
tuī tuí tuǐ tuì
zhōu zhóu zhǒu zhòu
fēi féi fěi fèi

5. qiāo qiáo qiǎo qiào xiē xié xiě xiè niū niú niǔ niù zāo záo zǎo zào
F-14 Continued:
qiāo qiáo qiǎo qiào
xiē xié xiě xiè
niū niú niǔ niù
zāo záo zǎo zào
duō duó duǒ duò

6. 1. bie 6. liu 11. nuo 2. shuai 7. mao 12. ren 3. zhou 8. tou 13. shuo
F-15 Listen to the instructor pronounce each syllable, then add the correct tone mark:
1. bie 6. liu 11. nuo
2. shuai 7. mao 12. ren
3. zhou 8. tou 13. shuo
4. huo 9. cui 14. lüe
5. biao 10. zhua 15. pei

7. F-16 Read the following syllables:
1. huó hóu 7. luó lóu
2. diū duī 8. chāo qiāo
3. rào ròu 9. chóu zhóu
4. bǎo biǎo shāo xiāo
5. jué xué lín liú
6. lüè nüè xuē xiū

8. F-17 Read the following words:
Pinyin
Chinese
English
báicài 白菜
Chinese cabbage
cáixué 才学
scholarship
còuqiǎo 凑巧
luckily
dàotuì 倒退
go backwards
fēikuài 飞快
very fast
gàobié 告别
bid farewell to

9. F-17 Continued: huàxué 化学 jiézòu 节奏 liúxué 留学 měimiào 美妙 nǎilào 奶酪
Pinyin
Chinese
English
huàxué 化学
chemistry
jiézòu 节奏
rhythm
liúxué 留学
study abroad
měimiào 美妙
wonderful
nǎilào 奶酪
cheese
páiliè 排列
put in order
quèqiè 确切
exact

10. F-17 Continued: róudào 柔道 sǎomiáo 扫描 shōuhuò 收获 táoshuì 逃税 tuóniǎo 鸵鸟
Pinyin
Chinese
English
róudào 柔道
judo
sǎomiáo 扫描
scan
shōuhuò 收获
harvest
táoshuì 逃税
evade a tax
tuóniǎo 鸵鸟
ostrich
wèilái 未来
future
zuòjiā 作家
writer

11. F-18 In each pair, circle the one your instructor pronounces:
1. jué xué 5. guò gòu
2. lüè nüè 6. shāo xiāo
3. huó hóu 7. jiǔ xiǔ
4. xuē xiū 8. rào ròu

12. Classroom expressions:
Chinese: 请跟我说。
Pinyin: Qǐng gēn wǒ shuō.
English: Please repeat after me.

13. Homework Complete Exercise 3.
For the Pinyin pronunciation, go to the Chinese Link website.
Click Workbook: Homework Audio 
3-1, 3-2 and 3-3.