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Pinyin Alphabet
Initial and final
There is __ letters, some do sound like __ pronunciation but others do not.
26, English
Initial is…
consonants
Finals are…
vowels (vowels + …)
Initials contains…
b p m f d t n l g k h j q x zh ch sh r z c s
Formal initials, not real initials
y and w
Pinyin has three categories of finals
simple finals, compound finals, nasal finals
Simple finals are a…
single vowel (a o e I u u(with the two dots above))
Compound finals (2 or 3 vowels)
ai ei ao ou ia ie ua uo u(two dots)e iao iou uai uei
Nasal finals (vowels + nasal consonant)
an en in u(two dots)n ian u(two dots)an uan un ang eng ong ing iang iong uang ueng
Special final is…
er (by itself, r = curled tongue)
Pinyin syllable can contain
initial, final, tone, and sometimes no initial
Pinyin tones have…
Four tones (mā, má, mǎ, mà, and neutral tone)
