This lesson introduces the initials z, c, and s, with finals introduced in previous lessons. These initials may be followed…
As you may recall from previous modules, the letter i represents different sounds in the Pinyin system. In this module,…
This lesson introduces new finals that begin with the letter i. These include ia, iao, ie, and iu. (The finals…
By this point, you have no doubt discovered that most syllables in Chinese end in a vowel sound. There are…
This lesson introduces new finals that begin with the letter u. These include ua, uo (also covered in Lesson 4),…
This lesson introduces new finals that begin with the letter ü. These include üe, üan, and ün. In these finals,…
By now, you are probably familiar with tones and almost all initials and finals in Pinyin. You already know what…
In North American English, many speakers pronounce syllables that are spelled with certain vowels followed by the letter r by…
Pinyin adopts Latin letters to render Chinese sounds with a few special spelling rules. The capitalization and punctuation with Pinyin…
In the first module on tones, we introduced tones with simple initials and finals. This module provides more practice with…