Chinese Alphabet
· 你好 nǐ hǎo
HSK 1
第一课和第二课 · 谢谢你 xièxie nǐ
WHAT ARE WE NOT
WHAT ARE WE
LEARNING?
LEARNING?
PLACEMENT OF TONE MARK Tone Marking and Abbreviation
Tone marks in Chinese pinyin are put above vowels. When
there are two or more vowels in the final of a syllable, the tone
should be marked on the one that is pronounced with the mouth
more wide-open, the sequence being “a, o, e, i, u, u” in the
descending order. The compound final iu is an exception to this
rule, in which the tone mark is put on u rather than i as iu is the
abbreviation of iou. The neutral tone is unmarked.
拼音 AND THE SOUNDS IN MANDARIN
SIMPLE FINAL VOWELS 韵母
THE SYLLABLE 音节
INITIAL CONSONANT SOUNDS 声母
LABIAL CONSONANTS
bpmf
ALVEOLAR CONSONANTS
dt n
Initials Initials
l Initials Initials
d dà
dìdi
t tā n nà
l lǐwù
nín kuàilè
tī
VELAR
g k h
Initials Initials Initials
g gēge k kě h hěn
gǒu
kū Hànyǔ
ALVEOPALATAL CONSONANTS
jq x
Initials Initials Initials
j jiào q qī
x xiǎo
jùzi qù xūyào
RETROFLEX
z h c h sh
Initials Initials r Initials
zh zhè
Initials
ch s hshénme
chá r rén
chī rì
shí
zhīdào
DENTI-ALVEOLAR CONSONANTS
z c s
z zàijiàn
Initials Initials
Initials
c cài s sān
zì cì sì
COMPOUND FINALS
ai ei ao ou an àn
ài hēi hǎo dōu
hǎi měi gāo tóu pánzi
en mén
ang máng
eng
fēng
hěn cháng lěng
COMMON EXPRESSIONS
COMMON EXPRESSIONS
LET’S LEARN SOME MORE!
Forms of Address
Greetings
Well-wishes
Apologies
13
1
Farewell 13
4
Classroom Expressions
13
8
GRAMMAR 14
3
ADJECTIVES DESCRIBE:
美丽 měi lì
可爱 kě’ài
帅 shuài
ADJECTIVES DESCRIBE:
累 lèi
大 dà
忙 máng
Forming questions 15
6
Nǐ hǎo ma?
你好吗?
Wǒ hěn hǎo
我很
CHANGE INTO A QUESTION:
Lì li hěn měi lì
莉莉很美丽。
Lù yǔ píng nǐ hǎo ma
女:陆雨平,你好吗?
Wǒ bù máng nǐ nán péngyǒu ne
男:我 不 忙。 你男朋友 呢?
Tā hěn máng
女:他 很 忙。
dǒng bù dǒng
懂不懂?
Coca Cola Kě kǒu kě lè
可 口可 乐
kě kǒu - tasty
/ delicious The delicious, or
可 -口 kěyǐ - can
kě tasty that will make
可 you happy
lè - -happiness
乐 kuàilè
Bǎi shì
Pepsi
kě lè
Cola
bǎi - hundred
百 事
百 可 乐ways to
hundred
shì - way make you happy
事
kě - Kěyǐ -
can
可
lè - Kuàilè -happiness
乐 快乐
加油
jiā yóu