| Question |
Answer |
| tones |
ā á ǎ à ō ó ǒ ò ē é ě è ī í ǐ ì ū ú ǔ ù ǖ ǘ ǚ ǜ ü Ā Á Ǎ À Ō Ó Ǒ Ò Ē É Ě È |
| What are consonants called? |
Initials |
| What are vowels called? |
Finals |
| What are the third parts of pronunciation? |
Tones |
| How many simple finals are there in Chinese? |
6 |
| What are the simple finals? |
a o e i u ǖ |
| What is the prononciation key for the last simple final? |
ǖ i______ |
| What are the lengths of prononciation per syllable? |
Equally long |
| What do the order of finals symbolize? |
From large mouth opening to small |
| What are all Chinese tones based upon? |
A support core or resting tone |
| Spelling rules for i |
change to y if there is no initial(consonant) |
| Spelling rules for in, ing, o |
add y (yin, ying, yo) |
| Spelling rules for u: |
add y and drop umlet when no intial (yu, yuan, yue, yun) |
| Spelling rules for u |
change to w if no intial |
| Spelling rules for ueng |
is written as ong if preceded by an initial (tong) |
| What is used to separate two syllables with connecting vowels? |
an apostrophe ( ' ) |
| Prononciation of " Q " |
like "ch" in English but teeth touch lower incisors |
| If two third tone syllables are spoken in succession... |
the first third tone becomes a second tone sound, this is not done in writing, called a tone sandhi |
| pronounciation of " ou " |
begin with open round mouth and slightly close, like "toe" in English |
| How much space in Chinese is taken up by finals? |
95% |
| How many initials are there? |
21 + w and y (u,i) |
| What are the hardest initials to pronounce? |
s s as in sun , c = ts, z = beds x = huge, q = church, j = ajar, sh = shinbone, ch = nuture, zh = merger |
| What are the rules for a neutral tone? |
First syllables are not neutralized |
| Where do tone marks fall on compound syllables? |
They fall according to the order of aperture: first(a, o, e, i, u, u:)last |
| What is the exception to the order of tone marks rule? |
The iù because the ù stands for ou |
| Which compound final is longer? |
The second |
| Which compound final is emphasized? |
The first |
| Which letters do not need a umlet when placed with ü? |
j, q, y (beware that pronunciation still has an i sound) |
| How do ua, uan, uang change when no initial is present? |
wa, wan, wang |
| How does u change when no initial is present? |
wū |
| How do ia, ie, iao, ian, iang change when there is no initial? |
ya, ye, yao, yan. yang |
| How does i change when there is no initial? |
yi |
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