Learning Mandarin Chinese Pinyin and Tones with interactive ebook. To download the free ebook, please visit http://mandarinchinesewebquest.blogspot.com/2013/05/learning-pinyin-and-tones.html

1. Chapter 1:
Pinyin & Tones
H. Wu
hhw232@nyu.edu

2. (+ o) (+ e) (+ e) (+ i) (+ i) (+ i)
(+ i)
(+ u)
b d g j zh z y
p t k q ch c w
m n h x sh s
f l r
Initial Alphabets
Listen to a song

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4. i a ai an er
u o ei en
ü e ao ang
ie ou eng
Vowels
Listen to a song

5. Video
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6. --------------------
w + eng → weng  ong
i + an → ian  yan
i + ang → iang  yang
i + ong → iong  yong
----------------------
i + en → in
i + eng → ing
i + ou → iu
u + ei → ui
u + en → un
ü + en → ün  j q x y
Combinations
Let’s go to practice

7. Practice
Click the numbers to listen to the words and spell their Pinyin.
1
2
3
 can zhuo
 mei mao
 ling qian
Level 1: Matching
Answer

8. 1
2
3
 can zhuo
 mei mao
 ling qian
Level 1: Matching
Next
Practice
Click the numbers to listen to the words and spell their Pinyin.

9. 1
2
3
Level 2: Spelling
Answer
Practice
Click the numbers to listen to the words and spell their Pinyin.
4
5
6

10. 1
2
3
Level 2: Spelling
Next
Practice
Click the numbers to listen to the words and spell their Pinyin.
4
5
6
da xiang
xian hua
fei ji
jin tian
kai xin
xue xi

11. a e i o u
Tones
1st Tone
—
2nd Tone
∕
3rd Tone
√
4th Tone
╲
Try to read these vowels with Mandarin’s four tones.
Click the tone box to hear the sounds of the tones.

12. 1st Tone
—
2nd Tone
∕
3rd Tone
√
4th Tone
╲
Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4 Example 5
Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4 Example 5
Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4 Example 5
Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4 Example 5

13. 1
2
3
Level 3: Spelling with Tone Marks
Answer
Practice
Click the numbers to listen to the words and spell their Pinyin with tone marks.
4
5
6

14. 1
2
3
Level 3: Spelling with Tone Marks
Practice
Click the numbers to listen to the words and spell their Pinyin with tone marks.
4
5
6
méi máo
shuǐ
chú fáng
liú xíng
fàng jià
lǜ sè
End

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