Basic Level 1
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| 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
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| What are consonants called? | Initials
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| What are vowels called? | Finals
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| What are the third parts of pronunciation? | Tones
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| How many simple finals are there in Chinese? | 6
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| What are the simple finals? | a o e i u ǖ
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| What is the prononciation key for the last simple final? | ǖ i______
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| What are the lengths of prononciation per syllable? | Equally long
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| What do the order of finals symbolize? | From large mouth opening to small
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| What are all Chinese tones based upon? | A support core or resting tone
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| Spelling rules for i | change to y if there is no initial(consonant)
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| Spelling rules for in, ing, o | add y (yin, ying, yo)
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| Spelling rules for u: | add y and drop umlet when no intial (yu, yuan, yue, yun)
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| Spelling rules for u | change to w if no intial
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| Spelling rules for ueng | is written as ong if preceded by an initial (tong)
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| What is used to separate two syllables with connecting vowels? | an apostrophe ( ' )
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| Prononciation of " Q " | like "ch" in English but teeth touch lower incisors
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| 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
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| pronounciation of " ou " | begin with open round mouth and slightly close, like "toe" in English
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| How much space in Chinese is taken up by finals? | 95%
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| How many initials are there? | 21 + w and y (u,i)
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| 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
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| What are the rules for a neutral tone? | First syllables are not neutralized
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| Where do tone marks fall on compound syllables? | They fall according to the order of aperture: first(a, o, e, i, u, u:)last
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| What is the exception to the order of tone marks rule? | The iù because the ù stands for ou
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| Which compound final is longer? | The second
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| Which compound final is emphasized? | The first
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| Which letters do not need a umlet when placed with ü? | j, q, y (beware that pronunciation still has an i sound)
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| How do ua, uan, uang change when no initial is present? | wa, wan, wang
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| How does u change when no initial is present? | wū
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| How do ia, ie, iao, ian, iang change when there is no initial? | ya, ye, yao, yan. yang
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| How does i change when there is no initial? | yi
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