韵母 (yùn mǔ) Finals 声母 (shēng mǔ) Initial consonants 声调 (shēng diào) tones
A syllable in the Modern Chinese is composed of an initial, a final and a tone. After learn three parts, we should be able to pronounce every single word.
ān
áng
安
昂
peace
high
CVC
bān jí 班级
class
**CCV the
bàng zi 棒子 stick
sēn lín 森林 forest
bāng máng 帮忙
give a hand
This is a system of symbols used to annotate Chinese characters just like the phonetic alphabets in English.
lù
gāo huáng lǚ xiè
yī(one) èr(two) sān(three) sì(four) wǔ(five) liù(six) qī(seven) bā(eight) jiǔ(nine) shí(ten) líng(zero) bǎi(hundred)
bàba dìdi xièxie
iào iǎo dà tù tsi de dà dù tsi (will bite the big rabbit’s belly) 要 咬 大 兔子 的 大 肚 子
sìshìsì, shíshìshí 四 是 四,十 是 十 (four is four, ten is ten)
