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Chinese pinyin

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language. It's Mandarin and official. It’s based on Beijing phonetics and the dialect of the
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different dialects in some cases cannot understand each other, but dialects are unified by the
fact that they share a common script. The seven Chinese dialects are Northern dialect, Wu
dialect, Xiang dialect, Gan dialect, Min dialect, Hakka(spoken in northern Guangdong and
other provinces) and Cantonese. Min, Hakka and Cantonese are widely spoken among
overseas Chinese communities. In Taiwan a form of Min dialect is used, though the official
language is Mandarin. Mandarin is also widely used in Singapore, where it's known as
Huayu. Cantonese is mainly used in Hongkong, Macao and Guangdong province.There are
two system in written Chinese. One is simplified, the other is traditional.The simplified is
used in Mainland. The traditional is used by Hong Kang,Macao, Taiwan and overseas
Chinese communities. How do we learn pinyin well?

What is pinyin? Pinyin is the mark of phonetic notation for Chinese characters. It's made
of three parts: initials, finals and tones.For example, pĭnyīn, nĭ hǎo, xièxiè, zaìjìan .After
learn three parts, we should be able to pronounce every single word.We divide our pinyin
class into 10 classes. In the first or second class, firstly recognize all (three parts).
Secondly, practice group by group. Thirdly, do some exercise. Initial Sounds:21. These
initial letters have the same pronunciation as in English:(f,l,m,s,(w),(y)) ;m-- (as in "man");
n-- (as in "no");l-- (as in "letter");f-- (as in "from"); s-- (as in "student");w-- (as in "woman").
The following initial letters have slight differences as noted below. If the comment calls
for a strong puff of breath, old your open hand several inches from your mouth and make
certain that you can actually "feel" the breath as you pronounce the letter.
p-- (as in "pun" or "pop") note: use a strong puff of breath ;k-- (as in "cop") note: use a
strong puff of breath ;t-- (as in "top") note: use a strong puff of breath ;b-- (as in "bum")
note: no puff of breath ;d-- (as in "dung") note: no puff of breath;g-- (as in "good") note:
no puff of breath ;h--(as in "hot") note: slightly more aspirated than in English The
following initial letters are the more difficult for English speakers:z--(as in "friends");
c--(as in "bits");s--(almost the same as the pronounce of "s' in English);zh-- (as in "judge");
ch-- (as in "church", but with a strong puff of breath);sh-- (as in "shirt");r-- (as in "run");
j-- (as in "jeep");q-- (like the "ch" in "cheese");x-- (like the "sh" in "sheep").

Final (Ending) Sounds: 39.The finals connect with the Intitial sounds to create the one
syllable words that are the basis of the Chinese language. Although all Chinese words are
one syllable, they are often combined to create terms made from several words.
a (as in father);o (like "aw") ;e (sounds like "uh");i (like a long "e" or the "i" in "machine" or "see");
u (like the "oo" in "loop");ü (First, try to pronounce "i", and then your tongue stays here,
gradually purse your lips.

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