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<span style="font-size:120%">Your practical, free, ''comprehensive'' online resource for Chinese pronunciation, tones, and pinyin. '''[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] pages''' and growing!</span>
  
Structural Pages:
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== Pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese is not just for Beginners! ==
* [[Tones]]
 
* [[Accent]]
 
  
[[A1]] Points:
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[[File:Pinyin-Chart-screenshot.png|200px|thumb|right|Pinyin Chart|link=Pinyin chart]]
* [[Pinyin quick start guide]]
 
* the [[Four tones]] of Mandarin Chinese
 
* [[Pinyin chart]]
 
  
[[A2]] Points:
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If you've just started learning Mandarin Chinese, you're correct to put a lot of effort into learning correct pronunciation. You really need to [[Pinyin quick start guide|learn pinyin]] right away, and we strongly recommend you take the time to familiarize yourself with our [[pinyin chart]]. If you want to know ''what pinyin is'', our article on [[Introduction to pinyin|pinyin's background]] will clear things up.
* [[Tone change rules]]
 
* [[Erhua]] 儿化
 
  
[[B1]] Points:
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But even if you're an [[A2|elementary]] learner or an [[B1|intermediate]] learner, chances are you could still gain a lot from working a bit more on your pronunciation. Below is an example of how pronunciation topics can and ''should'' be studied across various levels.
* [[Tone change Rules (part 2)]] -- push
 
* [[Tone pair]]s
 
* [[Rare syllable]]
 
 
 
[[B2]] Points:
 
* [[Tone exception]]s, irregular tones
 
* [[Tone change Rules (part 3)]] -- push
 
* [[Fanqie]] 反切 -- push
 
* [[Loanword]] -- push
 
* [[Regional tonal variation]] -- push
 
 
 
<span style="font-size:120%">Your practical, free, ''comprehensive'' online resource for Chinese pronunciation, tones, and pinyin. '''[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles''' and growing!</span>
 
 
 
==Pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese is not just for Beginners!==
 
 
 
If you've just started learning Mandarin Chinese, you're correct to put a lot of effort into learning correct pronunciation. But even if you're an [[A2|elementary]] learner or an [[B1|intermediate]] learner, chances are you could still learn to work a bit more on your pronunciation. Below is an example of how pronunciation topics can and ''should'' be studied across various levels.
 
  
 
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<th class="text-center">Level</th>
 
<th class="text-center">Level</th>
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<th>Pinyin</th>
 
<th>Tones</th>
 
<th>Tones</th>
<th>Pinyin</th>
 
 
<th>Other</th>
 
<th>Other</th>
 
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</tr>
 
<tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td class="text-center cell-large">[[A1]]</td>
 
<td class="text-center cell-large">[[A1]]</td>
<td>[[The four tones]]<br />[[Pinyin chart]]</td>
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<td>[[Pinyin quick start guide]], [[Pinyin gotchas]]</td>
<td>[[Pinyin quick start guide]]<br />[[Pinyin chart]]</td>
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<td>[[The four tones]]</td>
 
<td>-</td>
 
<td>-</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td class="text-center cell-large">[[A2]]</td>
 
<td class="text-center cell-large">[[A2]]</td>
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<td>[[Erhua]]</td>
 
<td>[[Tone change rules]]</td>
 
<td>[[Tone change rules]]</td>
<td>[[Erhua]]</td>
 
 
<td>-</td>
 
<td>-</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td class="text-center cell-large">[[B1]]</td>
 
<td class="text-center cell-large">[[B1]]</td>
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<td>[[Rare syllable]]s</td>
 
<td>[[Tone pair]]s</td>
 
<td>[[Tone pair]]s</td>
<td>[[Rare syllable]]s</td>
 
 
<td>[[Accent]]s</td>
 
<td>[[Accent]]s</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td class="text-center cell-large">[[B2]]</td>
 
<td class="text-center cell-large">[[B2]]</td>
<td>[[Tone exception]]s</td>
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<td>-</td>
<td>[[Loanword]]s in pinyin</td>
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<td>[[Pronunciation variant]]s</td>
 
<td>-</td>
 
<td>-</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
  
==We got your Textbooks Covered==
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This is just a small sample, though. Check out the [[pronunciation points by level|growing list of pronunciation points]], divided by level.
  
This is the Internet Age, but it's not yet time to throw out those textbooks!  We see the value in textbook grammar explanations and exercises, and are doing our best to link textbook to the Chinese Grammar Wiki content.  To see how it works, [[Chinese textbook grammar index#Textbooks|'''try finding your own textbook in our list''']], and then seeing what it links to. ''Purchasing these books by clicking on the textbook references linked within this website will also help to support this project.''
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== Why Do Native Speakers Pronounce Stuff Wrong?? ==
  
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There are quite a few words in modern Mandarin with multiple pronunciations floating around. Usually there is one "standard" pronunciation (in the dictionary), but in many cases that's the one no one really ever says! If you're a fairly advanced student (B1+), you'll want to check out our list of [[pronunciation variant]]s.
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== About AllSet Learning ==
 
== About AllSet Learning ==

Revision as of 01:31, 15 June 2018


Your practical, free, comprehensive online resource for Chinese pronunciation, tones, and pinyin. 599 pages and growing!

Pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese is not just for Beginners!

Pinyin Chart

If you've just started learning Mandarin Chinese, you're correct to put a lot of effort into learning correct pronunciation. You really need to learn pinyin right away, and we strongly recommend you take the time to familiarize yourself with our pinyin chart. If you want to know what pinyin is, our article on pinyin's background will clear things up.

But even if you're an elementary learner or an intermediate learner, chances are you could still gain a lot from working a bit more on your pronunciation. Below is an example of how pronunciation topics can and should be studied across various levels.

Level Pinyin Tones Other
A1 Pinyin quick start guide, Pinyin gotchas The four tones -
A2 Erhua Tone change rules -
B1 Rare syllables Tone pairs Accents
B2 - Pronunciation variants -

This is just a small sample, though. Check out the growing list of pronunciation points, divided by level.

Why Do Native Speakers Pronounce Stuff Wrong??

There are quite a few words in modern Mandarin with multiple pronunciations floating around. Usually there is one "standard" pronunciation (in the dictionary), but in many cases that's the one no one really ever says! If you're a fairly advanced student (B1+), you'll want to check out our list of pronunciation variants.

About AllSet Learning

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