Mandarin Chinese Pinyin Flashcards
How do you pronounce “p” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “p” in “top”.
How do you pronounce “m” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “m” in “mat” or “may”.
How do you pronounce “f” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “f” in “fat” or “food”.
How do you pronounce “d” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “d” in “down”.
How do you pronounce “t” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “t” in “top” or “toy”.
How do you pronounce “n” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “n” in “name”.
How do you pronounce “L” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “L” in “Look”.
How do you pronounce “g” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “g” as in “go”.
How do you pronounce “k” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “k” in “kiss”.
How do you pronounce “h” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “h” in “hope” with a slight growl like the “ch” in “loch”.
How do you pronounce “j” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “j” in “jeep”.
How do you pronounce “q” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “ch” in “cheap” with tongue tip below the bottom teeth.
How do you pronounce “x” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “sh” in “sheep”. More pronounced in the front of your mouth.
How do you pronounce “zh” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “j” in “jam”.
How do you pronounce “ch” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “ch” in “cheap” but pronounced in the middle of your mouth.
How do you pronounce “sh” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “sh” in “ship” pronounced in the middle of your mouth.
How do you pronounce “r” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
A mix between “z” in “azure” and “r” in “run”.
How do you pronounce “z” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “ds” in “woods”.
How do you pronounce “c” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “ts” in “bits” pronounced more in the middle of your mouth.
How do you pronounce “s” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “s” in “see” pronounced in the middle of your mouth.
How do you pronounce “(y)i” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “ee” in “bee”
How do you pronounce “(w)u” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “oo” in “room”
How do you pronounce “yu” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
Purse your lips and keep your tongue high and foreword. Like the “ou” in “you”.
How do you pronounce “a” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
Like saying “ah” when you suddenly understand something. Like the “ah” in “ah-hah”.
How do you pronounce “(w)o” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
Like the “or” in “bore” but more slurred.
How do you pronounce “e” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “er” in “hers”.
How do you pronounce “(y)e” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
Like “yay” but more slurred.
How do you pronounce “ai” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
Like “eye” but with an “a” sound at the beginning. “Aye”.
How do you pronounce “ei” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “ei” in “weigh”.
How do you pronounce “ao” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “au” in “sauerkraut”.
How do you pronounce “ou” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “ou” in “dough”.
How do you pronounce “an” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “an” in “fan”.
How do you pronounce “en” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “un” in “under”.
How do you pronounce “er” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
Like the mandarin “e” but with the tongue curled back.
How do you pronounce “b” in Mandarin Chinese pinyin?
The “b” as in “boat”.
