How to Learn Chinese Pinyin Quickly
The way to know how to speak Chinese is by learning the phonetic or Pinyin system., Know the Pinyin system, remember each vowel / consonant, and master the sounds by heart., Understand Chinese tones, know the four tones---But don't worry about this...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: The way to know how to speak Chinese is by learning the phonetic or Pinyin system.
Over the years, many different Romanization systems have been devised to pronounce Chinese characters.
The most commonly used Romanization system for speaking Chinese is Pinyin. -
Step 2: Know the Pinyin system
Spend enough time on practicing until you can memorize and pronounce each sound properly.
Trust me, that will save you a lot of time in the long run.
A good method to learn pinyin is by listening to songs and following the lyrics.
There is a pinyin song with lyrics that almost every kid in China knows, and it is certainly an easier and quicker way to remember and learn Pinyin. a o e i u ü g k h j q x a o e i u ü z c s zh ch sh b p m f d t n l b p m f d t n l a o e i u ü g k h j q x z c s zh ch sh a o e i u ü g k h j q x a o e i u ü z c s zh ch sh b p m f d t n l b p m f d t n l a o e i u ü g k h j q x z c s zh ch sh a o e i u ü g k h j q x b p m f d t n l a o e i u ü g k h j q x b p m f d t n l a o e i u ü g k h j q x b p m f d t n l a o e i u ü g k h j q x b p m f d t n l ai ei ui ang eng ing ie ue er an en in un ün ā á ǎ à ō ó ǒ ò ē é ě è ī í ǐ ì ū ú ǔ ù ǖ ǘ ǚ ǜ , Tone is the variation of pitch, it can be rising, falling or continuing.
Chinese is a tone language.
In Mandarin, there are four distinct tones, five if the neutral Chinese tone is included.
Since there are only about 430 basic monosyllables which can be combined to pronounce Chinese characters, the use of tones is one way to substantially increase the number of available monosyllables.
Look at the table below for detailed explanation about the four Chinese tones: , they are pronounced weakly, like unstressed syllables in English. -
Step 3: remember each vowel / consonant
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Step 4: and master the sounds by heart.
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Step 5: Understand Chinese tones
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Step 6: know the four tones---But don't worry about this
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Step 7: you will be understood by Chinese people most of time even if your tones or accents are not correct!
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Step 8: Neutral Tone Some syllables in Chinese Tones are in the neutral tone or toneless
Detailed Guide
Over the years, many different Romanization systems have been devised to pronounce Chinese characters.
The most commonly used Romanization system for speaking Chinese is Pinyin.
Spend enough time on practicing until you can memorize and pronounce each sound properly.
Trust me, that will save you a lot of time in the long run.
A good method to learn pinyin is by listening to songs and following the lyrics.
There is a pinyin song with lyrics that almost every kid in China knows, and it is certainly an easier and quicker way to remember and learn Pinyin. a o e i u ü g k h j q x a o e i u ü z c s zh ch sh b p m f d t n l b p m f d t n l a o e i u ü g k h j q x z c s zh ch sh a o e i u ü g k h j q x a o e i u ü z c s zh ch sh b p m f d t n l b p m f d t n l a o e i u ü g k h j q x z c s zh ch sh a o e i u ü g k h j q x b p m f d t n l a o e i u ü g k h j q x b p m f d t n l a o e i u ü g k h j q x b p m f d t n l a o e i u ü g k h j q x b p m f d t n l ai ei ui ang eng ing ie ue er an en in un ün ā á ǎ à ō ó ǒ ò ē é ě è ī í ǐ ì ū ú ǔ ù ǖ ǘ ǚ ǜ , Tone is the variation of pitch, it can be rising, falling or continuing.
Chinese is a tone language.
In Mandarin, there are four distinct tones, five if the neutral Chinese tone is included.
Since there are only about 430 basic monosyllables which can be combined to pronounce Chinese characters, the use of tones is one way to substantially increase the number of available monosyllables.
Look at the table below for detailed explanation about the four Chinese tones: , they are pronounced weakly, like unstressed syllables in English.
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