Lesson 02
Rules of phonetic spelling Sound discrimination Tone drills Neutral tone Retroflex final Conversation Calligraphy exercises
Rules of phonetic spelling
1 zi ci si = z c s
2 zhi chi shi = zh ch sh
3 ju jue juan jun
qu que quan qun
xu xue xuan xun		 =
=
=		 jü jüe jüan jün
qü qüe qüan qün
xü xüe xüan xün
4 yu yue yuan yun = ü üe üan ün
5 ya ye yao you
yan yin ying yang
yong		 =
=
=		 ia ie iao iou
ian in ing iang
iong
6 wu wa wo wai
wei wan wen wang
weng		 =
=
=		 u ua uo uai
uei uan uen uang
ueng
Anexe : Table of Pinyin Pronunciation
Sound discrimination
1 bo po ba pa bi pi
2 de te da ta di ti
3 ge ke ge ka gu ku
4 ji qi jia qia jiu qiu
5 zi ci za ca ze ce
6 zhi chi zha cha zhe che
7 yin ying lin ling jin jing
8 yan yang gan gang kan kang
9 gen geng men meng fen feng
Anexe : Table of Pinyin Pronunciation
Tone drills
bā bá bǎ bà bū bú bǔ bù
kē ké kě kè qī qí qǐ qì
xiē xié xiě xiè mēi méi měi mèi
guān guán guǎn guàn xī xí xǐ xì
duī duí duǐ duì mīng míng mǐng mìng
tiān tián tiǎn tiàn yī yí yǐ yì
huī huí huǐ huì xiū xiú xiǔ xiù
Anexe : Table of Pinyin Pronunciation
Neutral tone In Chinese there are a number of syllabes wich are unstressed and take a feeble tone. This is known as the neutral tone wich is shown by the absence of tone-graph.

māma 妈妈 : mum àiren 爱人 : husband, wife
bàba 爸爸 : dad háizi 孩子 : child, children
gēge 哥哥 : elder brother guānxi 关系 : relation
dìdi 弟弟 : younger brother xièxie 谢谢 : thank you
jiějie 姐姐 : elder sister kèqi 客气 : polite
mèimei 妹妹 : younger sister xiūxi 休息 : have a rest

Calligraphy exercices (Click on the character for details)

爸 妈 哥 弟 姐 妹


Retroflex final The final 儿 "er" is sometimes attached to another final to form a retroflex final and when thus used, it is no longer an independent syllable. A retroflex final is represented by the letter "r" added to the final.

huì + er -> huìr yíhuìr 一会儿 : a moment
diǎn + er -> diǎnr yìdiǎnr 一点儿 : a little
nǎ + er -> nǎr naǎr 哪儿 : where
zhè + er -> zhèr zhèr 这儿 : there
Conversation
- Duì
对
bù
不
qǐ
起
!
！
- Méi
没
guānxi
关系
!
！
- Xièxie
谢谢
!
！
- Bú
不
kèqi
客气
!
！
- Míngtiān
明天 !
jiàn
见
!
！
- Míngtiān
明天 !
jiàn
见
!
！
- xiū xi
休息
yí huìr
一会儿
!
！
- hǎo
好
ba
吧
!
！
对不起 Duì bù qǐ I'm sorry!
没 méi (adv) not
关系 guānxi (n) relation
没关系 Méi guānxi! That's all right

谢谢 Xièxie Thank you !
不 bú (adv) not
客气 kèqi (adj) polite
不客气！ Bú kèqi ! You're welcome !

明天 míngtiān (adv) tomorrow
见 jiàn (v) see
明天见！ Míngtiān jiàn! See you tomorrow!

休息 xiūxi (v) have a rest
一会儿 yíhuìr (n) a moment
休息一会儿！ xiūxi yíhuìr! Have a rest!
好 hǎo (adj) good
好吧！ hǎo ba All right!
Calligraphy exercises

20 new characters. Click on the character to open its page (calligraphy, writing rules, etymology...)

爸 妈 哥 弟 姐 妹 对 不 起 没 关 系 谢 明 天 休 息 会 儿 吧


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