Chinese (Mandarin) - Tones, Initials and Finals

Tones

• There are 5 tones to Chinese, that act as "accents" and can change the definition and pronunciation of a certain word.
• First Tone (1): -
• Second Tone (2): /
• Third Tone (3): v
• Forth Tone (4): \
• Fifth Tone (5): Neutral
• Tones can, and are often, written as the number next to the pinyin.
• E.g; Ma from Mother or Mom has the first tone (-) so we can write it as Ma 1
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• Caption: Diagram of the tones. Sourced from Chinesepod.com

Tones - Flash Card and Quiz

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Initials

• Initials are what make the first part of the pinyin of Mandarin.
• In this table there are 23 characters, however w and y are not 'officially' initials, but instead are called 'half-vowels'.
• They are only used when there are no other initials present with the finals: "i", "u" and "ü".
• E.g: yi, wu and wü​​
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• Caption: All the initials, including w and y. Sourced from LearnChineseWithEase.com

Initials

Finals

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• Caption: All the Finals. Sourced from LearnChineseWithEase.com
• Finals are what make the last part of the pinyin of Mandarin.