Pinyin Practice
Pinyin syllables are constructed with a consonant, a vowel, and a tone. The consonant is called the Pinyin Initial (声母/shēngmǔ/) , and the vowel (韵母/yùnmǔ/) is called the Pinyin Final. There are 21 initials (and 2 special initials), 38 finals (including primary single finals and compound finals), and 4 tones (4 basic tones and 1 light tone) in total.
Pinyin Finals
Primary Finals
a [a], o [o], e [ɤ] , i [i], u [u], ü [y]
Compound Finals
er [ər], ai [ai], ei [ei], ao [au], ou [ou] an [an], en [ən], in [in] ang [aŋ], eng [əŋ], ing [iŋ], ong [uŋ]......
The Tones
Basic Tones and Rules
There are four basic tones and an additional light tone in Chinese language.
The Tone Sandhi of “一”
一 as “yī”. 一 as “yì”. 一 as “yí”
The Tone Sandhi of “不”
不 as “bù”. 不 as “bú”
Spelling rules
The Special Spelling Rules
Spelling rules about “i”, “u”, “ü”, “iou”, “uei”, “uen”.