Sensible Pinyin Course – Sensible Chinese

This is part of our Sensible Pinyin Course. To see an overview of the course check out this Sensible Pinyin Course homepage!  Nasal sounds are those pronounced through the nose. There are two types in Chinese – front nasals and back nasals. The front nasals are formed with the tongue in the front of the […] The post Pinyin Course: Nasal Compounds appeared first on Sensible Chinese.

This is part of our Sensible Pinyin Course. To see an overview of the course check out this Sensible Pinyin Course homepage!  In this lesson we’ll be moving rapidly through the basic (non-nasal) compound finals. If you missed the introduction to compounds be sure to read it first so that we are all on the same […] The post Sensible Pinyin Course: Basic Compounds appeared first on Sensible Chinese.

Z, C and S are the final pinyin consonants we’ll be covering. In the last section on Zh, Ch, Sh we looked at the following relationship: Zh = J Ch = Q Sh = X But with the tongue tip curled back in a higher, curled position against the hard palate Using Chinese sounds to […] The post Sensible Pinyin Course: Tricky Consonants Z, C, S appeared first on Sensible Chinese.

This is part of our Sensible Pinyin Course. To see an overview of the course check out this Sensible Pinyin Course homepage!  Still with us? Believe me you are doing well. We’ve covered all the basics and a lot of the slightly weird sounds in Chinese. This is the home stretch! In this section we’re going […] The post Sensible Pinyin Course: Tricky Consonants Zh, Ch, Sh and R appeared first on Sensible Chinese.

This is part of our Sensible Pinyin Course. To see an overview of the course check out this Sensible Pinyin Course homepage!  Pinyin we’ll going to cover this time – g, k, h, j, q, x. This section introduces some of the more difficult consonant final sounds. These are similar to sounds found in English […] The post Sensible Pinyin Course : Medium Consonants appeared first on Sensible Chinese.

This is part of our Sensible Pinyin Course. To see an overview of the course check out this Sensible Pinyin Course homepage!  The 6th Vowel Previously we looked at the basic vowels a, i ,e , o, u. The sixth and final simple vowel final in Chinese is ü. Those little dots are an “umlaut” […] The post Sensible Pinyin Course: The Second U – U vs. Ü appeared first on Sensible Chinese.

This is part of our Sensible Pinyin Course. To see an overview of the course check out this Sensible Pinyin Course homepage!  The basic pinyin consonant set in Chinese is: B,  p, m, f, d, t, n, l Why am I calling these consonants “basic”? Because they are roughly equivalent to the English sounds. This […] The post Pinyin Course: Basic Consonants appeared first on Sensible Chinese.