Day 18: Further discussion of pinyin
Track 18
Chinese: 大家
COE: Big family
English: Everyone
Pinyin: dà jiā
e.g.
大家好 (dà jiā hǎo)
[Hi, everyone!]
Palatal: formed with the back and middle of the tongue close to or touching the roof of the mouth.
The syllables “ji“, “qi” and “xi” all contain similar “ch”-like sounds (from http://www.zein.se/patrick/chinen8p.html#dental):
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Mandarin Pinyin |
English Equivalent |
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j |
Sounds like the “dj”-sound in “jam”, “jump”, with minimal exhalation. Similar to the Pinyin letter “q“, but without exhalation! |
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q |
Similar to the Pinyin letter “j“, but with strong exhalation! As the ending sound in “watch“, “switch” and the “ch” in “cheese”. |
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x |
Sounds like the English “ch” as in “church“, but without the “t”-sound at the beginning. Also comparable with the “ch” in “chock”. In some Chinese dialects pronounced just as “s“. |
Dental sibilant: formed with the tip of the tongue close to or touching the back of the upper front teeth (from http://www.zein.se/patrick/chinen8p.html#dental):
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Mandarin Pinyin |
English Equivalent |
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z |
Pronounced as the Pinyin letters “d” + “s“. Similar to the Pinyin letter “c“, but with no exhalation! Compare with English words such as “cats“, “hats“. |
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c |
Pronounced as the Pinyin letters “t” + “s“. Similar to Pinyin “z“, but with strong exhalation! Comparable with the “tsh”-sound in “it’s heavy”. |
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s |
As in English. |
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