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As an elementary (A2) learner, many of the sounds of pinyin should be getting more familiar and easier to pronounce, but inevitably, [[pinyin gotchas|''some'' of them]] are going to trip you up a lot more than others. It's likely words which contain the "more foreign" consonant and vowel sounds that give you the most trouble. These "tough sounds" need to be regularly practiced as an elementary learner until you can really nail them. Your future, fluent Mandarin speaker self will thank you!
 
As an elementary (A2) learner, many of the sounds of pinyin should be getting more familiar and easier to pronounce, but inevitably, [[pinyin gotchas|''some'' of them]] are going to trip you up a lot more than others. It's likely words which contain the "more foreign" consonant and vowel sounds that give you the most trouble. These "tough sounds" need to be regularly practiced as an elementary learner until you can really nail them. Your future, fluent Mandarin speaker self will thank you!
  
== Tough Sounds: Consonants ==
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== Tough Sounds ==
  
=== Tough Sounds: c- / s- / z- ===
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=== Tough Sounds c-s-z ===
  
=== Tough Sounds: s- / sh-, c- / ch-, z- / zh- ===
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=== Tough Sounds s-sh, c-ch, z-zh ===
  
=== Tough Sounds: x- / sh-, q- / ch-, j- / zh- ===
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=== Tough Sounds x-sh, q-ch, j-zh ===
  
=== Tough Sounds: r- ===
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=== Tough Sounds r- ===
  
== Tough Sounds: Vowels ==
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=== Tough Sounds an-ang ===
  
=== Tough Sounds: -an / -ang ===
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=== Tough Sounds -e ===
  
=== Tough Sounds: -e ===
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=== Tough Sounds ou-uo ===
  
=== Tough Sounds: -ou / -uo ===
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=== Tough Sounds ü-u ===
  
=== Tough Sounds: yu / -ü / -u ===
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=== Tough Sounds -un ===
  
=== Tough Sounds: yun / -un ===
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=== Tough Sounds -uan ===
 
 
=== Tough Sounds: -uan / yuan ===
 
  
 
[[Category:Pinyin]]
 
[[Category:Pinyin]]
 
{{Basic Pronunciation|A2|1|Certain sounds and sound combinations need extra attention.|pinyin|ASP91730}}
 
{{Basic Pronunciation|A2|1|Certain sounds and sound combinations need extra attention.|pinyin|ASP91730}}
 
{{Related|Tough sounds (advanced)}}
 
{{Related|Tough sounds (advanced)}}

Revision as of 09:23, 7 May 2020

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As a beginner learner of Mandarin Chinese, you need to learn all of the syllables of pinyin. You may not pronounce them like a native speaker at all, but you at least need to know "what's out there."

As an elementary (A2) learner, many of the sounds of pinyin should be getting more familiar and easier to pronounce, but inevitably, some of them are going to trip you up a lot more than others. It's likely words which contain the "more foreign" consonant and vowel sounds that give you the most trouble. These "tough sounds" need to be regularly practiced as an elementary learner until you can really nail them. Your future, fluent Mandarin speaker self will thank you!

Tough Sounds

Tough Sounds c-s-z

Tough Sounds s-sh, c-ch, z-zh

Tough Sounds x-sh, q-ch, j-zh

Tough Sounds r-

Tough Sounds an-ang

Tough Sounds -e

Tough Sounds ou-uo

Tough Sounds ü-u

Tough Sounds -un

Tough Sounds -uan