How to Practice Your Chinese Pinyin Pronunciation

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Post published:November 27, 2017
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Speaking a language is essentially a behavior, and how do we learn behavior? By mimicry. A lot of the time when we can’t seem to get pinyin right, it’s because we’re not shaping our mouths or using our tongues the same way that native speakers do. Seeing and picturing the mouth movements of a fluent speaker is a visual lesson that everyone can use to get rid of English-speaking habits that challenge their progress.

Chinese Pronunciation: Tones of Pinyin

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Post published:May 23, 2017
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All Chinese words have a tone of some sort. The Chinese language has four pronounced tones, which in pinyin are marked with a little symbol above the vowel to which they relate, and a short, less pronounced tone, called the ‘light tone’, which is given no tonal marker (see table below).Tone plays a very important role in the meaning of the characters. Different tones in pinyin will lead to different character and meaning of each Chinese word.