Chinese Pocket Guide
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Master the Trickiest Pinyin Pronunciations ch zh ü r q x Chinese Pocket Guide Pinyin Sound English Word j “j” jeep Tip: Lips spread wide, middle of tongue at roof of mouth, tip of tongue touching back of upper teeth Tip: Lips spread wide, middle of tongue at roof of mouth, tip of tongue touching where lower and upper teeth meet Tip: Lips spread wide, middle of tongue at roof of mouth, tip of tongue touching top of lower teeth Tip: You’ll hear some variation in pronunciation of this Tip: Emphasize the “h” sound, like you’re annoyed by something (“hhhh”) Tip: Stick lower jaw out, pout a little Tip: For the Special 7 (zi, ci, si, zhi, chi, shi, and ri), the “i” is a place holder and is not sounded out as “e” Tip: Keep lips lifted, like pouting q “ch” cheese x “sh” sheet Pinyin Sound English Word z “ds” kids c “ts” its s “s” sick 1 Pinyin Sound English Word ao “ow” how/ ouch ai “eye” eye/sigh ei “ay” eight ia/ya “ya” ya/yacht an “ahn” salon/ Mulan er “ar” are/argh en “uhn” bun/taken 7 Pinyin Sound English Word ian/ yan Tip: This “a” has the “ah” sound, not the “eh” sound like in “ian” (“yen”) iang/ yang in/yin “een” bean/keen ie/ye “ye” yeah/yes iao/ yao 8 Pinyin Sound English Word iong/ yong iou/iu/ you ou “oh” oh/boat 9 Pinyin Sound English Word ui/wei “wey” way Tip: Make the Chinese “i” sound, start to round lips, keep tongue at front, against top teeth, then add an “eh” sound at the end uo/wo “wa” walk/wall üe “ü+eh” ü+eh 10 2 Pinyin Sound English Word zh “j/g” judge/ George ch “ch” church sh “sh” sheep Pinyin Sound English Word r “j/s/r” Jacques/ Asia/ measure k “k” kite h “h” hand 3 4 Tip: Make the Chinese “i” sound, start to round lips, keep tongue at front, against top teeth Pinyin Sound English Word a “ah” ah/father e “uh” under/duh/ uhh i “e” me/bee Pinyin Sound English Word o “aw” oil/aw u “oo” shoot ü “ew” ew+you ua/wa “wah” suave uai/wai “why” why/ white uan/wan “wahn” want/ juan uen/un/ wen “woo+n” w+t oon “ü+ehn” ü+ehn üan/ yuan/ uan ün/yun “ü+n” ü+n 5 6 Pinyin Sound English Word 11 12 Pinyin Sound English Word Pinyin Sound English Word Pinyin Sound English Word 13 14 stop stop stop “yah+ng” yah+ng “yawn+g” yawn+ g “yo” yoyo “yen” yen Scan the code and start studying Chinese with us now! “yow” meow
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Master the Trickiest Pinyin Pronunciations
ch zhür q
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Chinese Pocket Guide
Pinyin Sound English Word
j “j” jeepTip: Lips spread wide, middle of tongue at roof of mouth, tip of tongue touching back of upper teeth
Tip: Lips spread wide, middle of tongueat roof of mouth, tip of tongue touchingwhere lower and upper teeth meet
Tip: Lips spread wide, middle of tongue at roof of mouth, tip of tongue touching top of lower teeth
Tip: You’ll hear some variation in pronunciation of this
Tip: Emphasize the “h” sound, like you’re annoyed by something (“hhhh”)
Tip: Stick lower jaw out, pout a little
Tip: For the Special 7 (zi, ci, si, zhi, chi, shi, and ri), the “i” is a placeholder and is not sounded out as “e”
Tip: Keep lips lifted, like pouting
q “ch” cheese
x “sh” sheet
Pinyin Sound English Word
z “ds” kids
c “ts” its
s “s” sick
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Pinyin Sound English Word
ao “ow” how/ ouch
ai “eye” eye/sigh
ei “ay” eight ia/ya “ya” ya/yacht
an “ahn” salon/ Mulan
er “ar” are/argh
en “uhn” bun/taken
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Pinyin Sound English Word
ian/yan
Tip: This “a” has the “ah” sound, not the “eh” sound like in “ian” (“yen”)
iang/yang in/yin “een” bean/keen
ie/ye “ye” yeah/yes
iao/yao
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Pinyin Sound English Word
iong/yong
iou/iu/you
ou “oh” oh/boat
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Pinyin Sound English Word
ui/wei “wey” wayTip: Make the Chinese “i” sound, start to round lips, keep tongue at front, against top teeth, then add an “eh” sound at the end
uo/wo “wa” walk/wall
üe “ü+eh” ü+eh
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PinyinSoundEnglish Word
zh “j/g” judge/ George
ch “ch” church
sh “sh” sheep
PinyinSoundEnglish Word
r “j/s/r” Jacques/ Asia/ measure
k “k” kite
h “h” hand
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Tip: Make the Chinese “i” sound, start to round lips, keep tongue at front, against top teeth
PinyinSoundEnglish Word
a “ah” ah/father
e “uh” under/duh/ uhh
i “e” me/bee
PinyinSoundEnglish Word
o “aw” oil/aw
u “oo” shoot
ü “ew” ew+you
ua/wa “wah” suave
uai/wai “why” why/ white
uan/wan “wahn” want/ juan
uen/un/wen
“woo+n” w+toon “ü+ehn” ü+ehnüan/yuan/uan
ün/yun “ü+n” ü+n
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PinyinSoundEnglish Word
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PinyinSoundEnglish Word PinyinSoundEnglish WordPinyinSoundEnglish Word
1314 stop
stop
stop
“yah+ng” yah+ng
“yawn+g” yawn+g
“yo” yoyo
“yen” yen
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