Useful Website for Learning Business Mandarin From Teacher Lucky

Cathy has found one of brilliant Mandarin Chinese teachers, called Lucky,  living in Australia. Her teaching style focuses on the situational leaning and teaching. She is a sort of teacher who Cathy likes. She produces a series of teaching videos. Cathy happily introduces her works to all of you.


http://howtochinese.com/

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Chinese Consonant g k h (3)

g	[k]	school	unaspirated k, as in school
k	[kʰ]	key	strongly aspirated k, as in kit
h	[x]	loch	roughly like Scottish ch. English h as in hay.

Chinese Vowel Initial (y-) (2)

Initial  (y-)
Pinyin	IPA	Initial	Explanation
i	[i]	yi	like English bee.
ia	[i̯ɑ]	ya	as i + a; like English "yard"
ie	[i̯ɛ]	ye	as i + ê; but is very short; e is pronounced longer and carries the main stress
iao	[i̯ɑʊ̯]	yao	as i + ao
iu	[i̯ɤʊ̯]	you	as i + ou
ian	[i̯ɛn]	yan	as i + ê + n;   sounded like English yen
in	[in]	yin	as i + n
ing	[iŋ]	ying	as i + ng
iang	[i̯ɑŋ]	yang	as i + ang

Chinese Tone

1. The first tone (Flat or High Level Tone):  ā (ɑ̄) ē ī ō ū ǖ Ā Ē Ī Ō Ū Ǖ
2. The second tone (Rising or High-Rising Tone):  á (ɑ́) é í ó ú ǘ Á É Í Ó Ú Ǘ
3. The third tone (Falling-Rising or Low Tone):  ǎ (ɑ̌) ě ǐ ǒ ǔ ǚ Ǎ Ě Ǐ Ǒ Ǔ Ǚ
4. The fourth tone (Falling or High-Falling Tone) : à (ɑ̀) è ì ò ù ǜ À È Ì Ò Ù Ǜ
5. The fifth tone (Neutral Tone):   a (ɑ) e i o u ü A E I O U Ü

 ma 1 妈: mother (n.)

ma 2 蚂 : ant (n.)

 ma3 马：horse (n.)

 ma4  骂：scold (v.)

 ma 吗：?

Chinese Vowel a e i o u (1)

Pinyin	IPA	Initial	Explanation
-i	[ɨ]	(n/a)	-i follows z-, c-, s-, zh-, ch-, sh- or r-.
a	[ɑ]	a	as in "fat"
e	[ə]	e	the unstressed syllables in Chinese use the schwa [ə] .
ai	[aɪ̯]	ai	as in "eye", but a bit lighter
ei	[eɪ̯]	ei	as in "cake"
ao	[ɑʊ̯]	ao	as in "allow"
ou	[ɤʊ̯]	ou	as in "so"
an	[an]	an	as in "ban"
en	[ən]	en	as in "taken"
ang	[ɑŋ]	ang	as in "sang"
eng	[əŋ]	eng	It sounds like en without nasal voice, and the sound is ended with the top of the tongue located at the back of the bottom teeth.
er	[ɑɻ]	er	as in "earn"

Chinese Consonant d t n l (2)

d	[t]	stop	unaspirated t, as in deer
t	[tʰ]	tick	strongly aspirated t, as in tea
n	[n]	not	as in English nick
l	[l]	lay	as in English loft

Chinese Radical 5

No.	Complicated	Vari­ants	Simplified	Pin­yin	Eng­lish	Stroke
41	寸			cun4	inch	3
42	小			xiao3	small	3
43	尢	尣		wang1	lame	3
44	尸			shi1	corpse	3
45	屮			che4	sprout	3
46	山			shan1	moun­tain	3
47	川	巛, 巜 (gui4)		chuan1	river	3
48	工			gong1	work	3
49	己			ji3	oneself	3
50	巾			jin1	turban	3