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...
Lesson 3 Initial Consonants : d, t, n, l, g, k, h, j, q, x
d (+e) Unvoiced plosive. The articulators involved in producing this sound are the tongue tip and the upper gum. First, block the air...
Lesson 2 Simple Vowels : ɑ, o, e, er, i, u, ü
Simple Vowels ɑ Open your mouth widely with tongue in the middle and its position in the lowest vertically. Let the air stream out...
Lesson 1-2 How to pronounce vowels and consonants
How to pronounce vowels The pronunciation of vowels is basically determined by the position of the tongue and the shape of the mouth. ...
Lesson 1-1 Chinese Pinyin
An overview of Chinese Pinyin Chinese Pinyin uses Roman alphabetical letters as its written form, but having different pronunciation...
