Lesson 9 Back Nasal Simple or Compound Vowels: ɑng,eng,ing,ong,iɑng,uɑng,iong,ueng
Before learning these vowels, we need to learn the back nasal “ng”. ng “ng” is a back nasal. To produce this sound, raise the root of...
Lesson 8 Front Nasal Simple or Compound Vowels:
Before learning these vowels, let us first review how the nasal sound “n” is made. n (+e) Front nasal. The major articulators involved...
Lesson 7 Compound Vowels : iɑo, iou(iu), uɑi, uei(ui)
iɑo Produced by pronouncing the Chinese simple vowel “i” first, followed by the compound “ɑo”. iou(iu) Written as “iu” after an initial...
Lesson 6 Compound Vowels : ɑi, ei, ɑo, ou, iɑ, ie, uɑ, uo, üe
In the subsequent lessons, we just use “compound” for short. ɑi Falling compound. “Falling” means that the first sound of the compound...
Lesson 5 Tones
In this lesson we will study the four basic tones and the neutral (zero) tone in standard Chinese. Different from English, Chinese is a...
Lesson 4 Initial Consonants : z, c, s, zh, ch, sh, r
In this lesson, we’ll learn another 7 initial consonants. The vowel “i” added to these initial consonants is not the same as “i”. The...