McGraw-HilI's CHINESE PRONUNCIATION McGraw-HilI's PRONUNCIATION Your comprehensive, interactive guide to mastering sounds and tones in Chinese New York Chicago San Francisco Li sbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan New Delhi San Juan Seoul Singapore Sydney Toronto Copyright © 20 10 by LiveABC. All ri ghts reserved. Printed in China. 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Locate the recordings on yo ur iPod by following th is path: Main menu: Menu Music menu: Artists Artist menu : Chinese Pronunciation: Topics (follows track order) (for page· by· p age ordering of all ent ri es) The McGraw·HiII Companies ~ Preface 10 (; Letter from the Editor 1 1 "" ~ How to Use This Book 12 How to Use the CD-ROM 14 Introduction 16 Unit 1 22 Unit 2 28 Unit 3 32 Review 1 36 Unit 4 b p + a aI ao an ang 40 Unit 5 d t + a al ao an ang 44 Unit 6 g k h + a al ao an ang 48 Review 2 52 Unit 7 a aI ao an ang 54 Unit 8 + a aI ao an ang 58 Unit 9 aI ao an ang 62 Review 3 66 /1 Unit 10 b P m f d t n 1 g k h z c s zh ch sh r + 0 70 Unit 11 b P m f d t n 1 g k h z c s zh ch sh r + 74 Unit 12 b P m f d t n 1 g k h z c s zh ch sh r + 78 Review 4 ~ ~ 82 [...]... the best possible results o This unit focuses on specific pinyin combinations, showing learners how to combine pinyin using the four Chinese tones Unit Name Unit Introducing Pinyin Combinations tIlImoo +CII :: UNIT 2 rm COMBINING SOUNDS Listen 10 the audio trnck Prnctice pronunciation aOO tones n fl -~-+ (Dm - I c , SIMPLE PINYIN SOUNDS m + ai = mai Imii mili mai ITIai V.I" My o BBo lAoshT yoo mai nilimli... Terms that specifically relate to Chinese are also used Abbreviations for these terms are listed in the table on the right: l 1 ' :::::-~ , adv Adverb m Measure Word n Noun nu Number prep Preposition Example words are featured and then used in practical sentence patterns pron Pronoun SV Stative Verb t Time Word v Verb Using chants and songs, learners can practice pronunciation in a relaxing manner... Click on the microphone icon to listen to the question Then, choose the correct answer BIII1I1 Go to the next question Introduction 1 The basic structure of the Chinese syllables , 2 Finals and initials There are 21 initials and 37 finals in Chinese 2.1 Initials b ill f d t n I g k h J q x zh ch sh z 16 p c s r 2.2 Finals e a 0 e 1 u ti m el ao ou an en ang eng la Ie lao iu G Ian m lang mg ua uo um... Tones Tones are the pitch of a syllable They are an important element of the Chinese syllable The main function of the tones is to distinguish the meanings of the characters For example, shuljiao (dumplings) and shuijiao (to sleep) Their initials and finals are the same, but with different tones, the meanings are different Chinese has four basic tones and a neutral tone: basic tones 15 t 2 neutral tone... + a = la la la la la la v to pull o J Ta wangle la chuanglian J He forgot to pull the window curtains closed ~~ ~ - ~ NOTES When we refer to "hair," there are two different pronunciation ways in Chinese When we say fa, it is 4th tone; however, when we say t6ufa, it becomes neutral tone ) - 24 rmmoo+llom rn+l=rnl rnl rnl rnl rnl _ / V baorni o , v to keep the secret... Give It a Try All six components are designed to help learners better understand pinyin Simple Pinyin Sounds ,0 ShJ!yourllpe lightly Then IIIl81f0\Jl through lheM!IaI ~'" The demonstration videos and pronunciation position pictures help learners pronounce the sounds correctly o Thetloollhelongue\l:lO.letle$ lhe~rlGgeoflheleelh Letlheelroullt.oughlhe G lllinnlgnl A ~ Click on the pinyin symbol to... first word in a sentence For example, "Pingguo yi jin duoshao qhin?" (How much for one kilogram of apples ?) 2 Pinyin basically follows the punctuation rules of English The only difference is th at, in Chinese, we use '\ " to separate the items For example, "WO xlhuan pingguo, xiangjiao he mugua." (I like apples , bananas, and papayas.) 3 In order to avoid confusion, an apostrophe ( , ) is used to divide... following finals do not combine with the following initials: Initials Finals m n f I a X 0 8 X X If there is no initial before i, it is spelled yi 23 UNITO COMBINING SOUNDS Listen to the audio track Practice pronunciation and tones , - - - rn+a rna rna rna rna rna _ / rnarna o V " n mother We ai mama I love my mom ) ~ ~ n + a = na na na na na na v to take / V " / o We llC:i xlgua I... pinyin •• ~ R . understanding of Chinese pronunciation. The book uses diagrams as well as text to describe Chinese phonetic pronunciation and clearly shows the four tones of Chinese. The illustration. Chinese, but if the learner doesn't first start with pronunciation and pinyin, it will lead to a lot of embarrassment and misunderstandings. Chinese Pronunciation uses Chinese. 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