Day 13: Beginning Discussion of Pinyin
Track 13
In Chinese, each character corresponds to one syllable (which corresponds to a part of an English word, and entire word or more than one word). Chinese syllables consist of three elements: initial sound, final sound and tone. The initial sounds are consonants and the final sounds contain at least one vowel. Some syllables consist only of an initial sound or a final sound.
The first four initials/consonants (from http://www.zein.se/patrick/chinen8p.html#dental):
|
Mandarin Pinyin |
English Equivalent |
|
b |
As in English, but with no vibrations in the vocal cords. Like an English “p” with no exhalation! |
|
p |
As in English, but with strong exhalation! |
|
m |
As in English. |
|
f |
As in English. |
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