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D y k N ho Lesson One
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New Words
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1. n you (singular)
2. ho good; fine; so
3. y one
4. w five5. b eight
6. d big
7. b not
8. ku mouth
9. bi white
10. n female
11. m horse Guo Xiao Ping
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A: ! n ho HelloB: ! n ho Hello
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A:W jio uXiopng ne?My name is Guo Xiaoping. And you?
B:W jioMy name isA: N ho m? How are you?
B: Hn hoxixie n ne?Fine, thank you. And you
A: W y hn hoxixie!
Fine, too. Thanks.
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Chinese language
Pictographic language like How to pronounce it?
Formation of Chinese syllablesA combination of the initials, finals and tones
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Initials
b p m f
d t n l
g k h
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Finals
a o e i u
ai ei ao ou
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Initials:
b p m fd t n l
g k h
Finals:
a o e i u
ai ei ao ouCombinations :
ba pa ma fa da ta na la ga ka ha
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o e i u i e i o oub b bo bi bu bi bei bop p po pi pu pi pei po poum m mo me mi mu mi mei mo mouf f fo fu fei foud d de di du di dei do dout t te ti tu ti to toun n ne ni nu n ni nei no noul l le li lu l li lei lo lou e u i ei o ouk k ke ku ki kei ko kouh h he hu hi hei ho hou
yi wu yu
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Rules of writing the transcription
i, u and may form independent
syllables. In writing they are
respectively yi, wu and yu
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TonesThe Chinese putonghua has basic tones. They are
shown by the tone-mark: (the 1st tone), (the 2nd
tone), (the 3rdtone), (the 4thtone). Different
tones may express different meanings, e.g.
b b b b m m m m
eight pull target dad mum numb horse scold
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Tone -MarksTone-marks should be placed on the
main vowels. If there two or more than two
vomwels in a sylable, the tone-mark is placedon the one which requires a bigger ( or the
biggest ) opening of the mouth, e.g. ho, mi,
lu. When the vowel I carries a tone-indicator,
the dot on i is removed, e.g. n, b
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Tonesthe 1st tone 55: the 2nd tone 35: the 3rd tone 214: the 4th tone 51:
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b p m f d t n l g k h b p m f d t n l g k h b p m f d t n l g k h b p m f d t n l g k h
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y y y y y w w w w w y y y yb b b b b d d d d d b b b b b n n n n n ku ku ku ku ku bi bi bi bi bi hi hi hi him m m m m n n n n n ho ho ho ho ho
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Modulations of tones
1When a 3rdtone is immediately followed by
another 3rdtone, the former is pronounced as the
2ndtone e.g. N ho
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2A 3rd-tone syllable becomes a half 3rd tone when
it is immediately followed by a 1st, 2nd or neutraltone syllables, i.e. only the first half (the falling part) of
the tone is articulated, and is immediately followed by
the next syllable: ho b ho
3The basic tone for is 4th tone b. Itchanges to the 2nd when it is immediately followed by
another 4th tone syllable b db q
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Modulations of tones
When a 3rdtone is immediately followed byanother 3rdtone, the former is pronounced as the
2ndtone e.g. N ho
A 3rd-tone syllable becomes a half 3rdtone when
it is immediately followed by a 1st, 2ndor neutraltone syllables, i.e. only the first half (the falling
part) of the tone is articulated, and is immediately
followed by the next syllable: ho b ho
The basic tone for is 4thtone b. Itchanges to the 2ndwhen it is immediately
followed by another 4thtone syllable b d
b q Guo Xiao Ping
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Exercises
Linx Modulations of tones
n ho mi ho wbi Bihi
gi n yf ky fdo
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Identify the initials
b p d t g k
bu pu du tu gu ku
bi pi di ti gi ki
bo po do to go ko
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Identify the finals
b bo he fop po ne mom mo de bof fo ke pobi bei po poumi mei ho houi ei ko kouhi hei o ou
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Pronunciation and tones
b p d t h f kb p d t hu fu kb p d t hi fi i kibi pi d t h f i dibi pi di ti h f u ku
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y ho b ho n ho b hod m bi m dt ytditu titu d lu t lukf kk d y d yyf l f mi ho mi li
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Syllable and Chinese characters
The characters are the written symbols of the
Chinese language. Every syllable can be written into
one or several characters, e.g.
b b b b m m m m
eight pull target dad mum numb horse scold
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Shz
y
r
sn
s
w
li
q
b
ji
sh
bi
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Useful Expression
Qng wnznme zu?Excuse me, how to get to?
ynhng jchng huchezhn Wyo q I want to go to Dusho qin How much is it?
Y kui(qin). One yuan.
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