Learn to Speak Chinese: Beginning Mandarin Chinese for Native English Speakers (with Chinese Characters) by Brickman Suzanne

Author:Brickman, Suzanne [Brickman, Suzanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-09-03T04:00:00+00:00

Overview of PinYin: the Initials

The initials are very similar to consonants in English! You will see the names of the initials below. The initial is the “sound” that it makes, while its name is the combination of the initial with the final that follows it in parenthesis.

Here’s what I mean. When you say the letters, “b,” “c,” and “d” in English, you actually say “bee,” “cee,” and “dee.” But, when you say the sound of the letter at the beginning of the word, you only hear the consonant “b” instead of “bee.” (Imagine trying to read “boat” as “bee+oat”)!

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