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SPOKEN CHINESE
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The common language of the Han nationality in the People's Republic of China is
Mandarin Chinese. Beijing phonetics
axe
regaded as the standard pronunciation and the basic
dialect is the dialect of the northern part of the country. The standard modem Chinese writter
works become grammar examples.
EeiFtr, -ffireii,, -^n+€-+g'15" {riFB9€$f4iElt&ffiS, ..&6
FS. ffiAfflFffirEfr. F4ag.$dittJ<, *A21^" F4EEAI*FTI€ffi€, n
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Afi€eBgt4/EBrffid " - ,''" Efiffi€**zrFiE.
Gerrelally speaking, a sing,le chincse character is equal to a syllable. The stluctule of
an "initial" and a "final"
with a tone. An "initial" is the first part of a syllable and thsre are 2l in total, Following
the "initial" is the "final" , which can be classified into three types: the simple final,
a Chinese syllable is quite simple, usually being composed
of
compound final and final with a nasal ending. Tones can distinguish meanings in Mandarin
Chinese. The Chinese phonetic alphabet have four tone
placed on the major vowels of
o
7n
the "final"
t
Pr '
t
n
q,
X
,Sh
t
marks,
"
, which are
ELEMENTARY SPOKEN CHINESE
-/v\
FWzTHK;
Fififili,E€fiiE$-ffffit4n$t, nF/+-ftX,.o
oe
iu ij,,.
Tone marks are marked on the main vowels of the syllable, and
tfte order normally as
iui.i".
d6dd
666d
666d
iiii
0[ut
6-: !'
la\
iel
Ldpl
i#l
L:i
b6
00il
,.
oo
e
H-fi
b
bo
bo
bu
p
po
po
PU
m
mo
mo
mu
I
lo
lo
fu
d
do
t
n
no
I
lo
s
go
k
ka
h
h0
;n
iFtfrE
dl
du
ll
IU
nl
.nu
nu
u
lu
ju
q
qi
qu
z
zo
ze
c
co
ce
s
so
se
si
zh
zho
zne
znl
zh!
ch
cho
cnl
chu
sh
sho
sne
shl
shu
re
rl
ru
I
:
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z\)
Icg
,
sLl
(-)
1
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ELEMENTARY SPOKEN CHINESE
i4TEfi1:*S
(-)
w6
(.:)
bi
Read the following syllables
(1\.)
nI
(4,t)
(€)
ch6
$"
shD
t6 (.t&)
(4)
(6)
(a)
'snu (d).
snl
.
$r
(Al)
h6
(€)
(r4)
zhu
k0 ( 9t)
nU
.ji
bd
(4f
(J.
chi (pa)
)
)
m6
(4)
cho
(4)
trri*rm*fi, flimlii*
! First
read the following syllables aloud, then distinguish the syllables
(-) md md md md
l0 16 ru
rD
la
f6 fd
fd
qr qr
ql
I
I
i
I
H-+n ;lmAiE (-)
(:)
l.
b
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l
ld(
li
I
n0
I
lnil
]
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zhr
4.[,t
str*ct
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ch
chd
]cf
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l
i
I
chrj
d1
)
huxr ( *'i. )
sli ( sJir)
Itisd ( 46 )
4ti4+!
ru
]cd chl
Listen and read
4++Tl
ld
F"-3
I
zd znd
I
zr zhI
I
chizUch6 (
|
Fl,l
nI
)
zh
qiche ( i{.4
l
I
f6
]m6
mu tu
tu
f0
Imu t0
[,85i*
k
tdurlLJ
2. n
(=) 1.m I
r---: fdro.imo
lo
lzi
g
td
l" t6.'
(E) I. z
3.
*fi4
nji ( s.rL )
dddT
(*rii)
fs6 (x&)
dishu
nUti
*z
piru ( Ax*.
lzne \ aLa
(
.r
)
v' Mndor
ziji ( 6 e)
How are
Xidxiel
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Du)buqll
Sony/Ex{use me!
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t
)
r
F'
on
ton
uon
ln
qng
Uon
UN
.
eng
ueng
ong,
SEifi4'.H
er t er;
ft,fi AiB.FTffiF4, btrfl
":
The syllables consisting of er [er] do not have an
two). JL (6r, son). 4 (6r, ear)', andsoon.
'tyiffE4q4Ffrat
WrnL#EAtFffi fr,
"
(dr),
"initial"
(6r). B (6r) " 4F.
,, : (ilr,
, for exampte:
JL
)LiLffi-, tn,
Reftoflex-the rolling of the tongue can be used to pronounce
some syllables in Chinese.
For example:
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(,l.tirL kd).
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(
-dtL
a
little
) , t6ur()fJLleader), w6nr(rA
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5
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3
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ii
Exercises
rii
I
! i*lma.:et Read ihe following sy abtes
bdi (E
r6n
f6i (-()
IAna (irt)
)
(A)
l6ng (,+
h6ng'"(,!
)
nl[ (f)
(5)
fdn (ff,)
d6u (*F)
( .{S )
)
.jid ( a)
jln (!t )
nido (!l)
xi€
lidns
qlng (-it)
qi6ng ( f'
shul
( zK )
sudn
(&)
kin (6)
chu6ng (,4. )
xu6
(*)
xudn
(
jun (F)
A. /-l
( ffi )
shudl ( /f
)
qt) (*)
!
mdo
txei*r-mm*fi,
'6
qi6n
hud
)
)
( 4{, )
(it
zud
)
(4)
r*trri+H
First read the following syllables aloud, then distinguish the syllables
(-) cdi c6i cdi cdi
sh6u sh6u sh6u shdu
jido ji6o jido jido
tdng t6ng tdng tdng
gud gu6 gu6 gud
xud xu6 xu6 xud
(I) l. oo,/ ou
2. ot / el..
3. B /
(a)
1.
on
/
ong
2.
en
/
ue
m di
xue
pd I
ju6
h6 I
qu6
tel
tud
eng
3.
ln ,/ ing
4. iong
,/ long
son
song
fdn
l6n
l6ng
ch6n ch6ng
min ming
qi6ng qi6ne
mdn
mdng
bEn bdng
iln
irns
iidns
bdn
bdng
hdn
bin
bing
f6ng
hdng
xTn
xrng
xiong
xi6n€l
jiSng
fr:x tE#F (-)
ddxu6
jiddn ( 4&
shit6ns
(
pi)iu ( 'giE
)
Af
)
(
xidngjido
)
shulgtr6 ( ,FX
)
*.*
(
)
6fi
xYzdo ( 4R
)
lonqt
)
wffi
shdnSdidn ( 6E
)
(
^'1"
-'-)ll
,0
/.
0;
t
i6nqi[ ( fir*
ni(ndi ( +4ri
)
ns (4t4i
\
ch0zuph6 (
ndini0 ( 4't*
)
*tE+
)
)
)
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E
I
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ELEMENTARY SPOKEN CHINESE
(&6)
midnbdo
F'
I
tido
wU ( th#
hDzhdo ( #ts,
)
)
Z
I
r
lri
$
iiI
nl
gongsdnd
(:)
Sche ( z,}+,i+
hudr ( it,)L
w6
)
(fr,)l>
gudzhir' ( X.'f
10
.rL )
)
bdngdngshi ( r+a\E
)
gdir (.#..rt )
cdiddnr ( *.+rL )
binggDnr ( }F*!?lL )
xidoh6ir ( d.i*rL
kdim6nr
(f il/L)
hudr ( ,4rL )
)
H:*
xiF#g (-)
Po!!yIslffEffi:[
t'tk:(ft,.
2 9,r1h2
3 +\"tr'Xtt.
4 ti'.6tt,-iA.
5 qAAl .
M6lgudnxi.
Du6shoo qi6n?
How riluoh?
Wd tTng bu d6ng.
I can't catch it.
QYng zdi shu6 yi bidn.
I beg your pardon.
Ny'ingbaile.
I got it.
It doesE't matter,
i
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