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

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

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

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

• feeble [´fi:bəl]   a.虚弱的，无力的   (初中英语单词)
• absence [´æbsəns]   n.不在，缺席；缺乏   (初中英语单词)
• character [´kæriktə]   n.特性；性质；人物；字   (初中英语单词)
• welcome [´welkəm]   a.受欢迎的；可喜的   (初中英语单词)
• writing [´raitiŋ]   n.书写；写作；书法   (初中英语单词)
• vocabulary [və´kæbjuləri, vəu-]   n.词汇；词汇量   (初中英语单词)
• review [ri´vju:]   v.&n.复习；回顾；检查   (初中英语单词)
• neutral [´nju:trəl]   a.中立(国)的   (高中英语单词)
• syllable [´siləbəl]   n.音节；只言片语   (高中英语单词)
• definition [,defi´niʃən]   n.限定；定义；明确   (英语四级单词)
• memorize [´meməraiz]   vt.记住(录)；存储   (英语六级单词)