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Pronunciation

Exercises    

Proper pronunciation is essential in spoken Chinese. With more homonyms than any other language each mispronunciation results in another meaning.

¡ª ¡ª sh¨¡n d¨­ng
Shandong
f¨¥i j¨©
airplane
f¨¡ y¨©n
pronunciation
gu¨¡n x¨©n
to care for
 
¡ª £¯ zh¨­ng gu¨®
China
hu¨¡ ch¨¢
jasmine tea
j¨©n ni¨¢n
this year
hu¨¡n y¨ªng
welcome
 
¡ª V k¨¡i shu¨«
boiling water
g¨¡ng b¨«
fountain pen
sh¨¥n t¨«
body
j¨© ch¨£ng
airport
 
¡ª £Ü g¨­ng zu¨°
to work
ch¨© f¨¤n
to eat
y¨© yu¨¤n
hospital
sh¨¡ng di¨¤n
shop
 
¡ª t¨¡ men
they
zh¨© dao
to know
du¨­ shao
how many
g¨¥ ge
older brother
 

 

£¯ ¡ª n¨¢n j¨©ng
Nanjing
sh¨ª ji¨¡n
(peiod of) time
zu¨® ti¨¡n
yesterday
ch¨¢ng ji¨¡ng
Yangtze River
 
£¯ £¯ h¨®ng ch¨¢
black tea
t¨®ng xu¨¦
schoolmate
hu¨¢ng h¨¦
Yellow River
ch¨¢ng ch¨¢ng
often
 
£¯ V ch¨¢ gu¨£n
tea house
li¨¢ng shu¨«
cold water
ch¨ª ji¨³
lasting
r¨¦n k¨¯u
population
 
£¯ £Ü ni¨² r¨°u
beef
n¨¢n k¨¤n
ugly
b¨¢i c¨¤i
cabbage
y¨ª y¨¤ng
the same
 
£¯ m¨ªng zi
name
sh¨ª hou
point in time
xu¨¦ sheng
student
p¨¦ng you
friend
 

 

V ¡ª l¨£o sh¨©
teacher
b¨§i j¨©ng
Beijing
x¨« hu¨¡n
to like
hu¨¯ ch¨¥
train
 
V £¯ f¨£ gu¨®
France
xi¨£o sh¨ª
hour
k¨§ n¨¦ng
maybe
shu¨« p¨ªng
level
 
V V n¨« h¨£o
hello
k¨¯ng z¨«
Confucius
gu¨£ng ch¨£ng
square, plaza
b¨§i h¨£i
Beihai, North Sea
 
V £Ü m¨« f¨¤n
rice
h¨£o xi¨¤ng
it seems
zh¨³ y¨¤o
main
h¨£o h¨¤n
brave man, hero
 
V ji¨£o zi
dumplings
m¨³ qin
mother
w¨£n shang
evening
z¨£o shang
morning
 

 

£Ü ¡ª c¨¬ chu¨¡n
Sichuan
sh¨¤ng b¨¡n
to go to work
q¨¬ ch¨¥
car
k¨¨ t¨©ng
living room
 
£Ü £¯ ji¨´ xi¨¦
old shoe
p¨¤ r¨¦n
to be afraid
d¨¬ t¨²
map
s¨¬ sh¨ª
forty
 
£Ü V r¨¬ b¨§n
Japan
h¨¤n y¨·
Chinese
sh¨¤ng h¨£i
Shanghai
f¨¤n gu¨£n
restaurant
 
£Ü £Ü gu¨¬ x¨¬ng
surname
h¨¤n z¨¬
Chinese character
hu¨¤ b¨¤o
illustrated magazine
z¨¤i ji¨¤n
goodbye
 
£Ü ¨¤i ren
spouse
d¨¬ fang
place
xi¨¨ xie
thank you
b¨¤ ba
dad
 

 

-r final n¨£r
where
zh¨¨r
here
n¨¤r
over there
y¨¬ di¨£nr
a little
n¨¢n h¨¢ir
boy
n¨· h¨¢ir
girl
hu¨¤r
picture, painting
w¨¢nr
play
 

This concludes the pronunciation basics.

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