[learning materials] tone and phonetics

1 tones and phonetics

http://www.easymandarin.cn/online-chinese-lessons/chinese-phonetics/

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

Finals:
a   o   e   i   u   ü

ai   ei   ui   ao   ou   iu
ie   üe   er   an   en   in
un   ün   ang   eng   ing   ong

Tones:
Tones play a very important role in Chinese. Each Chinese character has one tone, and the Chinese language has a total of four tones as well as one neutral tone. The same syllable with a different tone may have a different meaning

• The first tone is high and flat. Ā
• The second tone rises from the middle to high. Á
• The third tone curves from low to lower and then rises. ǎ
• The fourth tone falls from the top to the bottom. à

Āi (hey), bái (white), ǎi (short)， ài (love)
bā (eight), bá (pull), bǎ (grasp), bà (father)

2 tone and phonetics test

(1) quick phonetics test

http://pinyin.quickmandarin.com/learn_chinese_quiz/blue/

(2) tone recognition test

http://pinyin.quickmandarin.com/learn_chinese_quiz/tones_drill/

http://pinyin.quickmandarin.com/learn_chinese_quiz/blue/

3 pinyin table and its mp3 sounds

http://www.quickmandarin.com/chinesepinyintable/