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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>
  
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<span style="font-size:120%">Truly mastering Chinese pronunciation takes some time. Follow our '''three level''', '''two-track approach''' (pinyin and tones) to effectively acquire ''all of the difficult sounds'' of Mandarin Chinese.</span>
  
<span style="font-size:120%">Your practical, free, ''comprehensive'' online resource for Chinese pronunciation, tones, and pinyin. '''[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles''' and growing!</span>
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== [[A1|Beginners, start here!]] ==
  
==Beginners Start Here!==
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[[File:A1-Pinyin-Track.png|350px|link=Pinyin quick start guide|Learn that PINYIN!]]
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[[File:A1-Tones-Track.png|350px|link=ASP00014|Learn those 4 TONES!]]
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If you've just started learning Mandarin Chinese, you're probably confused by all the conflicting information out there. Well, you've come to the right place. We'll give you all the information you need at each stage of your learning progress and help dispel some of the misinformation out there. Pinyin is definitely the place to start!
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As a beginner, your top priorities should be:
  
===[[Learn Pinyin]]===
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# Learning all of the [[Pinyin quick start guide|sounds represented by pinyin]] ([[Pinyin chart|chart]])
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# Getting familiar with the [[four tones]]
  
===[[The Four Tones]]===
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== [[A2|Elementary learners, this is what you need]] ==
  
===[[Pronunciation Misconceptions]]===
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[[File:A2-Pinyin-Track.png|350px|link=ASP91730|Focus on TOUGH SOUNDS!]]
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[[File:A2-Tones-Track.png|350px|link=ASP00016|Master those TONE CHANGE RULES!]]
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==Have you Learned Pinyin?==
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As an elementary learner, you should know your pinyin and four tones pretty well. Now your priorities should be:
  
[[File:Popup-Plugins-3.png|link=Tools#Browser Extensions: Pinyin Popups|left|Pinyin Popup Plugins]]
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# Focus on perfecting the [[Tough sounds (basic)|tough sounds]] of Mandarin
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# Master the three basic [[tone change rules]]
  
Congratulations! That's the first major step to learning Chinese. With the right '''[[Tools#Browser Extensions: Pinyin Popups|free browser plugins]]''' installed, you can now start making sense of any Chinese text you encounter on the web.
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== [[B1|"Intermediate" doesn't mean perfect tones...]] ==
  
Try it out with this: <span class="liju">你 会 中文 吗 ?</span><br clear="all" />
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[[File:B1-Pinyin-Track.png|350px|link=Tough sounds (advanced)|Those TOUGH SOUNDS aren't going to learn themselves!]]
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[[File:B1-Tones-Track.png|350px|link=Tone pairs|Only 20 TONE PAIRS!]]
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==[[Pinyin Syllables]]==
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OK, so you know pinyin and you know the tones pretty well. But are you really good at all touch sound combinations and all tone pair combinations? Time to focus on:
  
Certain Chinese words appear in lots of different grammar points. Get clear on how these words work in different ways by examining the keyword pages. Here are some examples to get you started:
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# [[Tough sounds (advanced)|Difficult tough sound combinations]]
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# All 20 [[tone pairs]]
  
==[[Translations|English Translations]]==
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== [[Tone pairs|Practice Your Tone Pairs Here!]] ==
  
Sometimes it's useful to start with English words and look at the different ways those English words can be translated into Chinese. Here are some English words worth a closer look in translation:
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(There is lots more video on our [[tone pairs]] pages)
  
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There are about [[Translations|100 English translation words in the full list]]. Check it out.
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== Why Do Native Speakers Pronounce Stuff Wrong?? ==
  
==We got your Textbooks Covered==
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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.
 
 
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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== About AllSet Learning ==
 
== About AllSet Learning ==
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[http://www.allsetlearning.com/ AllSet Learning] is a Shanghai-based learning consultancy dedicated to helping foreigners better learn Mandarin Chinese.  This wiki is maintained by [https://plus.google.com/104115976790023245464/?rel=author John Pasden] and the rest of the team at AllSet Learning.  While many of the company's services are only available to clients physically in Shanghai, this wiki is open to the public through a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons license].
 
[http://www.allsetlearning.com/ AllSet Learning] is a Shanghai-based learning consultancy dedicated to helping foreigners better learn Mandarin Chinese.  This wiki is maintained by [https://plus.google.com/104115976790023245464/?rel=author John Pasden] and the rest of the team at AllSet Learning.  While many of the company's services are only available to clients physically in Shanghai, this wiki is open to the public through a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons license].
  
You can also find us [http://www.facebook.com/AllSetLearning on Facebook], [http://www.twitter.com/allsetlearning on Twitter], and [https://plus.google.com/b/113862655455378800247/113862655455378800247/about on Google+].
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Latest revision as of 09:35, 9 October 2020

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

Truly mastering Chinese pronunciation takes some time. Follow our three level, two-track approach (pinyin and tones) to effectively acquire all of the difficult sounds of Mandarin Chinese.

Beginners, start here!

Learn that PINYIN! Learn those 4 TONES!

As a beginner, your top priorities should be:

  1. Learning all of the sounds represented by pinyin (chart)
  2. Getting familiar with the four tones

Elementary learners, this is what you need

Focus on TOUGH SOUNDS! Master those TONE CHANGE RULES!

As an elementary learner, you should know your pinyin and four tones pretty well. Now your priorities should be:

  1. Focus on perfecting the tough sounds of Mandarin
  2. Master the three basic tone change rules

"Intermediate" doesn't mean perfect tones...

Those TOUGH SOUNDS aren't going to learn themselves! Only 20 TONE PAIRS!

OK, so you know pinyin and you know the tones pretty well. But are you really good at all touch sound combinations and all tone pair combinations? Time to focus on:

  1. Difficult tough sound combinations
  2. All 20 tone pairs

Practice Your Tone Pairs Here!

(There is lots more video on our tone pairs pages)

Pronunciation-Test-Ad 01.jpg

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

AllSet Learning is a Shanghai-based learning consultancy dedicated to helping foreigners better learn Mandarin Chinese. This wiki is maintained by John Pasden and the rest of the team at AllSet Learning. While many of the company's services are only available to clients physically in Shanghai, this wiki is open to the public through a Creative Commons license.

You can also find us on Facebook and on Twitter.

All content on this wiki © AllSet Learning, and may not be reproduced without attributions or used for commercial purposes.