Course: Introduction to Chinese: Pronunciation and Tone

How to express thanks and apology in Chinese? Audio To express your thanks, you could say “Xièxie” (Thank you). To reply we say “Bú kèqi” (You are welcome.) When you …

“shénme” means “what”. You can ask “Nǐ hē shénme？”（What do you drink?）”Nǐ chī shénme”（What do you eat?）Audio Now let’s practice more words by answering the questions. Wǒ hē kāfēi.— I …

When a syllable starting with i u and ü, we should add a initial Y or W for them when we write. Rules as follows. When a syllable consists of …

After learning compound finals starting with i and u, let’s have a look at the last compound finals starting with ü. Compound finals starting with ü are üe üɑn ün. …

After learning initals zh ch sh r ; z c s, let’s have a look at compound finals starting with i and u. Compound finals starting with i and u …

We’ve learned that “zhè” means “this” and “shì” means “to be”. If you want to introduce “this is”, you say “zhè shì……。” Let’s practice some more words by saying “zhè …

Compared to zh, ch, sh, the sound z, c, s are pronounced slightly further forward in your mouth These require coordination between the tongue tip and the inside of the …

We now only have seven initials left to learn. To pronounce zh, ch, sh, r, you should use the raised tongue tip and the front part of the hard palate …

Thank you for following us here. We’ve already finished the first of three weeks of our Pronunciation and Tone course. Now you know how and where we use Chinese Pinyin, …

We learned how to say “love”—“ài”. Now let’s put somebody or something after to practice more words and express your love. Please listen and repeat:audio Wǒ ài nǐ。— I love …

After learning six simple finals in Pinyin, we will learn some compound finals composed of them, which start with: ɑ,o,e. When you pronounce a compound final, don’t simply pronounce one …

Let’s continue to learn some more initials：d t n l g k h j q x. “d t n l” are pronounced by the coordination of the tongue tip and …

The only alphabet in Pinyin that is not on the keyboard is ü. To insert ü in a word file, you need to press“insert”——“symbol”, then find ü. You can also …

In video 1.6 we learned a commonly used negative word“bù”(no, not). You can use it independently to answer a question. For example, audio Nǐ è ma？—— bù。 （Are you hungry?——No.) …

There are six simple finals in Pinyin: a o e i u ü. Finals are behind the initials. They should be pronounced with more power than initials. Here are tips …