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Pinyin Initials

Posted on 2021-08-09 By admin

Chinese Pinyin like English Phonetic Alphabet,There have been many different systems of transcription used for learning to pronounce Chinese.Each Chinese character have one or more Pronunciation, This page show you Initials.

Initials

The initials are all in the chart below,there are 21 initials: A syllable in Chinese is composed of an initial, which is a consonant that begins the syllable, and a final, wich covers the rest of the syllable.

 

b p m f
d t n l
g k h
j q x
z c s
zh ch sh r

 

  • m, f, n, l, h and sh are pronounced as in English.
  • d like “d” in “bed” (unaspirated)
    j like “g” in “genius” (unaspirated)
    z like “ds” in “beds”
    zh like “j” in “job”
    b like “p” in “spin” (unaspirated)
    g a soft unaspirated “k” sound
    x like “sh” in “sheep” but with the corners of the lips drawn back
    r somewhat like “r” in “rain”
  • Particular attention should be paid to the pronunciation of the so-called “aspirated” consonants. It is necessary to breath heavily after the consonant is pronounced.
    p like “p” in “pope”
    t like “t” in “tap”
    k like “k” in “kangaroo”
    q harder than “ch” in “cheap”
    c like “ts” in “cats”
    ch (tongue curled back, aspirated)
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