A syllable in Chinese consists ofan initial, a final, and a tone

One word, one syllable› Simplified and Traditional Chinese

Characters Chinese syllables can be spelled by

several different systems:› Hanyu Pinyin or Pinyin: popular in China› Zhuyin: Popular in Taiwan

拼音字母Pinyin

國際音標IPA

拼音字母Pinyin

國際音標IPA

拼音字母Pinyin

國際音標IPA

b   [b] g    [k] s    [s]

p   [bʻ] k    [kʻ] zh    [tʂ]

m   [m] h    [x] ch    [tʂ]

f   [fʻ] j    [tɕ] sh    [ʂʻ]

d   [t] q    [tɕʻ] r    [ʐ]

t   [tʻ] x    [ɕ] y    [j]

n   [n] z    [ts] w    [w]

l   [l] c    [tsʻ] v    [v] [ü]

拼音字母Pinyin

國際音標IPA

拼音字母Pinyin

國際音標IPA

拼音字母Pinyin

國際音標IPA

a [Ą] e [ɣ] u [u]

o [o] i [i] ü [y]

拼音字母Pinyin

國際音標IPA

拼音字母Pinyin

國際音標IPA

拼音字母Pinyin

國際音標IPA

ai [ai] ing [iŋ] uai [uai]

ei [ei] ia [ia]ui （ uei

） [uei]

ao [ɑu] iao [iɑu] uan [uan]ou [ou] ian [iæn] uang [uɑŋ]

an [an] iang [iɑŋ]un

(uen ） [uən]

en [ən] ie [iɛ] ueng [uəŋ]in [in] iong [yŋ] üe [yɛ]

ang [ɑŋ] iou [iou] üan [yæn]eng [əŋ] ua [uɑ] ün [yn]ong [uŋ] uo [uo] ng [ŋ]

Definition: A final with a retroflexed end Popular in Beijing Manderin Examples: -r also writes as ɹ

shì + -r shìr (a thing)huā + -r huār (a flower)wán + -r wánr (to play)

聲調 Tones Pitch a o e i u ü

第一聲 First tone 55 ā ō ē ī ū ǖ

第二聲 Second tone

35 á ó é í ú ǘ

第三聲 Third tone 214 ă ŏ ě ĭ ŭ ǚ

第四聲 Fourth tone

51 à ò è ì ù ǜ

Neutralized Tone: short & weak ex: bā ba xué sheng

1. When a 3rd toner precedes another 3rd toner,the former changes to a 2nd toner.

lăo + lĭ láo lĭ xiăo + jiě xiáo jiě2. When 不 “ bù” precedes a 4th toner,

“bù” changes to “bú”bù + yào bú yào bù + shì bú shì

3. When 一 “ yì” precedes a 4th toner, “yì” changes to “yí”

yì + yàng yí yàng yì + gòng yí gòng

I study at Shih Hsin University in Taipei› 我 “ wŏ” (I)› 在 “ zài” (at)› 台北 “ tái běi” (Taipei)› 世新大學 “ shì xīn dà xué” (Shih Hsin

University)› 念書 “ niàn shū” (study)

Taipei is in Taiwan› 台北在台灣 tái běi zài tái wān

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