Practice
Familiarize yourself with the pinyin spellings for the following sounds. Listen carefully to the differences between the tones. Practice by repeating the sounds aloud.
Remember from your reading that the -i in
ri
serves as a place-holder for the tone mark--it has no associated sound.
Notice also that not all spellings for the
ü
sound contain the umlaut. Do not use an umlaut for pinyin syllables that begin with an
i
sound (
y
,
j
,
q
,
x
).
r
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
rāo
 
ráo
 
rǎo
 
rào
 
rōu
 
róu
 
rǒu
 
ròu
 
rān
 
rán
 
rǎn
 
ràn
 
rēn
 
rén
 
rěn
 
rèn
 
rāng
 
ráng
 
rǎng
 
ràng
 
rēng
 
réng
 
rěng
 
rèng
 
rōng
 
róng
 
rǒng
 
ròng
 
 
 
 
 
ruō
 
ruó
 
ruǒ
 
ruò
ü
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ei
 
ēi
 
éi
 
ěi
 
èi
 
bēi
 
béi
 
běi
 
bèi
 
pēi
 
péi
 
pěi
 
pèi
 
mēi
 
méi
 
měi
 
mèi
 
fēi
 
féi
 
fěi
 
fèi
 
dēi
 
déi
 
děi
 
dèi
 
nēi
 
néi
 
něi
 
nèi
 
lēi
 
léi
 
lěi
 
lèi
 
gēi
 
géi
 
gěi
 
gèi
 
kēi
 
kéi
 
kěi
 
kèi
 
hēi
 
héi
 
hěi
 
hèi
 
zhēi
 
zhéi
 
zhěi
 
zhèi
 
shēi
 
shéi
 
shěi
 
shèi
ong
 
dōng
 
dóng
 
dǒng
 
dòng
 
tōng
 
tóng
 
tǒng
 
tòng
 
nōng
 
nóng
 
nǒng
 
nòng
 
lōng
 
lóng
 
lǒng
 
lòng
 
gōng
 
góng
 
gǒng
 
gòng
 
kōng
 
kóng
 
kǒng
 
kòng
 
hōng
 
hóng
 
hǒng
 
hòng
 
zhōng
 
zhóng
 
zhǒng
 
zhòng
 
chōng
 
chóng
 
chǒng
 
chòng
 
rōng
 
róng
 
rǒng
 
ròng
Zhōngguó rén
 
Zhōng
 
Zhóng
 
Zhǒng
 
Zhòng
 
guō
 
guó
 
guǒ
 
guò
 
rēn
 
rén
 
rěn
 
rèn
Zhōngguó rén
Hànyǔ lǎoshī
 
Hān
 
Hán
 
Hǎn
 
Hàn
 
 
 
 
 
lāo
 
láo
 
lǎo
 
lào
 
shī
 
shí
 
shĭ
 
shì
Hànyǔ lǎoshī
Activity
Read and record the following dialog.
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Read and Record
Read and record the following dialog:
Nà shì shéi?

Nà shì wǒmen lǎoshī.

Tā shì nǎ guó rén?

Tā shì Zhōngguó rén.

Tā shì Hànyǔ lǎoshī ma?

Tā shì Hànyǔ lǎoshī.