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Tag: hanyu pinyin

Hanyu pinyin spelling rules

Pinyin Spelling Rules

Posted on February 22, 2023January 16, 2025 by tiffany

Hanyu Pinyin is the official romanization system for Mandarin Chinese in mainland China, used to represent the sounds of Chinese characters using the Latin alphabet. Here are some basic rules for using Hanyu Pinyin: Pinyin Spelling Rules – Spacing and Capital Letters Examples: kāfēi (咖啡, coffee)míngtiān (明天, tomorrow)bùhǎoyìsi (不好意思, excuse me) Examples: Wǒ hē kāfēi. (我喝咖啡, I drink coffee.)Xībānyá yǒu hěn…

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Compound Finals

Posted on August 3, 2022August 31, 2022 by tiffany

6 Sets a piece of cake 😉 Just combine the finals together! If you are not familiar with how to pronounce 6 Chinese finals, please check this post : Simple Finals ai…ei…ao…ou tai…hei…hao…tou…gao…fei zao…chai…dao…lou…shao…bai an…en…ang…eng…ong tan…hen…hang…sheng…gong…ben gang…feng…gen…ken…kong…fan ia…iao…ie…iu*…ian…in…iang…ing…iong Remember:If there are no initials before “i”, we need to spell it as “y”.iu = iou:The main vowel…

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Simple Finals

Posted on August 1, 2022September 10, 2023 by tiffany

a 🔊 Like the “a” sound of the English word “ha“. 🔊 ha…la…ma…za…ta…fa o 🔊 Like the “o” sound of the English word “Orange”. / lips round However, when “o” compounds with initials b, p, m, and f, “o” will change the sound to “uo”. 🔊 o…bo…mo…po…fo… i (yi) 🔊 Like the “ee” sound of…

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