You may take it for granted that letters represent sounds and can be used to form words that can be…
In English, people use pitch to indicate different sentence functions or to convey emotional nuance. Try reading these two sentences…
In Lesson 1 we examined the use of Romanization to represent Standard Chinese. We also discussed the traditional view that…
This lesson introduces the initials b, p, d, and t as well as the finals o, ou, ong, and uo.…
This lesson introduces the initials g, k, and h, and the finals e, ei, en, and eng. The first two…
This lesson introduces the finals i, u, and ü and reviews the initials l and n. One important goal of…
This lesson introduces the initials zh and j, with finals introduced in previous lessons as well as two new finals:…
This lesson introduces the initials ch and q, with finals introduced in previous lessons as well as two new finals.…
This lesson introduces the initials sh and x as well as two new finals. This lesson also refers to the…
This lesson introduces the initial r, with finals introduced in previous lessons. Here are some exemplars with finals covered in…