Chinese (Mandarin) - Tones, Initials and Finals
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- 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
- Caption: Diagram of the tones. Sourced from Chinesepod.com
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- Chinese (Mandarin) - Tones Flash card
- Chinese (Mandarin) - Tones Quiz
- Now learn and try the quiz!
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- 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
- Caption: All the initials, including w and y. Sourced from LearnChineseWithEase.com
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- Caption: All the Finals. Sourced from LearnChineseWithEase.com
- Finals are what make the last part of the pinyin of Mandarin.
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