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听一听

Ting Yi Ting

Listening Makes Perfect

听一听 (Ting Yi Ting; Listening Makes Perfect) is an online guide that enables learners to hear and identify phonemic categories in Mandarin, including lexical tones, in a variety of phonetic contexts, and to associate those phonemes with correct Pinyin orthography.

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1. Romanization of Chinese Sounds (Pinyin)

January 30, 2019 Sheree Willis & Yan Li

You may take it for granted that letters represent sounds and can be used to form words that can be…

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2. Introduction to Tones

June 30, 2019 Sheree Willis & Yan Li

In English, people use pitch to indicate different sentence functions or to convey emotional nuance. Try reading these two sentences…

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3. Initials (m, n, f, l) and Finals (a, ai, ao, an, ang)

August 12, 2019 Sheree Willis & Yan Li

In Lesson 1 we examined the use of Romanization to represent Standard Chinese. We also discussed the traditional view that…

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4. Initials (b, p, d, t) and Finals (o, ou, ong, uo)

July 31, 2019 Sheree Willis & Yan Li

This lesson introduces the initials b, p, d, and t as well as the finals o, ou, ong, and uo.…

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5. Initials (g, k, h) and Finals (e, ei, en, eng)

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This lesson introduces the initials g, k, and h, and the finals e, ei, en, and eng. The first two…

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6. Initial (n, l) and Finals (i, u, ü)

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This lesson introduces the finals i, u, and ü and reviews the initials l and n. One important goal of…

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7. Initials (zh, j) and Finals (in, ing)

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This lesson introduces the initials zh and j, with finals introduced in previous lessons as well as two new finals:…

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8. Initials ch, q

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This lesson introduces the initials ch and q, with finals introduced in previous lessons as well as two new finals.…

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9. Initials sh, x

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This lesson introduces the initials sh and x as well as two new finals. This lesson also refers to the…

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10. The Initial r

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This lesson introduces the initial r, with finals introduced in previous lessons. Here are some exemplars with finals covered in…

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