Mandarin Chinese Pinyin

Question 1

How do you pronounce “p” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 1

The “p” in “top”.

Question 2

How do you pronounce “m” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 2

The “m” in “mat” or “may”.

Question 3

How do you pronounce “f” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 3

The “f” in “fat” or “food”.

Question 4

How do you pronounce “d” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 4

The “d” in “down”.

Question 5

How do you pronounce “t” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 5

The “t” in “top” or “toy”.

Question 6

How do you pronounce “n” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 6

The “n” in “name”.

Question 7

How do you pronounce “L” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 7

The “L” in “Look”.

Question 8

How do you pronounce “g” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 8

The “g” as in “go”.

Question 9

How do you pronounce “k” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 9

The “k” in “kiss”.

Question 10

How do you pronounce “h” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 10

The “h” in “hope” with a slight growl like the “ch” in “loch”.

Question 11

How do you pronounce “j” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 11

The “j” in “jeep”.

Question 12

How do you pronounce “q” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 12

The “ch” in “cheap” with tongue tip below the bottom teeth.

Question 13

How do you pronounce “x” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 13

The “sh” in “sheep”. More pronounced in the front of your mouth.

Question 14

How do you pronounce “zh” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 14

The “j” in “jam”.

Question 15

How do you pronounce “ch” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 15

The “ch” in “cheap” but pronounced in the middle of your mouth.

Question 16

How do you pronounce “sh” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 16

The “sh” in “ship” pronounced in the middle of your mouth.

Question 17

How do you pronounce “r” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 17

A mix between “z” in “azure” and “r” in “run”.

Question 18

How do you pronounce “z” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 18

The “ds” in “woods”.

Question 19

How do you pronounce “c” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 19

The “ts” in “bits” pronounced more in the middle of your mouth.

Question 20

How do you pronounce “s” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 20

The “s” in “see” pronounced in the middle of your mouth.

Question 21

How do you pronounce “(y)i” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 21

The “ee” in “bee”

Question 22

How do you pronounce “(w)u” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 22

The “oo” in “room”

Question 23

How do you pronounce “yu” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 23

Purse your lips and keep your tongue high and foreword. Like the “ou” in “you”.

Question 24

How do you pronounce “a” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 24

Like saying “ah” when you suddenly understand something. Like the “ah” in “ah-hah”.

Question 25

How do you pronounce “(w)o” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 25

Like the “or” in “bore” but more slurred.

Question 26

How do you pronounce “e” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 26

The “er” in “hers”.

Question 27

How do you pronounce “(y)e” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 27

Like “yay” but more slurred.

Question 28

How do you pronounce “ai” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 28

Like “eye” but with an “a” sound at the beginning. “Aye”.

Question 29

How do you pronounce “ei” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 29

The “ei” in “weigh”.

Question 30

How do you pronounce “ao” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 30

The “au” in “sauerkraut”.

Question 31

How do you pronounce “ou” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 31

The “ou” in “dough”.

Question 32

How do you pronounce “an” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 32

The “an” in “fan”.

Question 33

How do you pronounce “en” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 33

The “un” in “under”.

Question 34

How do you pronounce “er” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 34

Like the mandarin “e” but with the tongue curled back.

Question 35

How do you pronounce “b” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?

Answer 35

The “b” as in “boat”.