Newbie Chinese Lesson Six

Learning Chinese for Kids and Teens is a course package specially designed for kids and schoolchildren living in non-Chinese speaking countries, mainly involving Pinyin, Chinese character, practical phrase, dialogue, and quiz.

Pinyin：Each lesson will teach 4-5 pinyin including initials and finals, which is represented visually in video. Each sentence is explained in English.

Chinese Character：Based on the study of Pinyin, each Chinese character is taught with a demonstration of stroke writing and order. Each sentence is explained in English.

New Word：Each lesson will contain 3-5 new words. Each Chinese word is explained in English.

Quiz：One hour after each lesson, we will provide a quiz to test your study level and provide your feedback.According to the YCT exam outline and sample tests, the course package has successfully fulfilled the perfect combination with YCT

拼音 Pinyin

声母Initialz

It is pronounced by putting forward the tongue to block the air with its tip against the upper teeth ridge, and then dropping the tip to release the air with friction through the narrow passage.
声母Initialc

An aspiratded blade-alveolar affricate. It is an aspirated equivalent of [z].
声母Initials

A voiceless blade-alveolar fricative. It is produced by putting forward the tongue tip to a position close to the upper teeth ridge to make a narrow passage for the air to run out through with friction.
声母Initialr

A voiced blade-palatal fricative. It is pronunced in position for "sh" ,but the friction is soft. The vocal cords vibrate.

韵母Finalei

[ei] is compound finals. In each of them, the former vowel is more open, longer and louder while the latter one is narrow, short, weak and blurred.
韵母Finalie

[ie] are compound finals. The first vowel is pronounced by making the mouth opening narrow and the sound soft and short, and then it glides quickly to the second vowel.
韵母Finalin

[in] First produce the Chinese simple vowel "i",followed by pronouncing nasal "n". This sound is similar to the "en" in engage,except Chinese "in" has smaller opening of the mouth than the "en" in engage.
韵母Finalia

This is a rising compound. Here,"rising" means the second sound of the compound is always pronounced louder and the duration of the sound is also longer than that of the first sound of the compound.