Mandarin One (Traditional)/Lesson One 第一課
Tones (音調)
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Labeled with normal pitch levels used (1=Lowest - 5=Highest)
- High flat (mā) - Pitch: 5-5. Similar to reciting the alphabet at a high even pitch.
- High Rising (má) - Pitch: 3-5. Similar to the last syllable in a question ("What?") in English.
- Low Droppping and Rising (mǎ) - Pitch: 2-1-4. Similar to expressing disbelief ("Huh?!") in English.
- Sharply Dropping (mà) - Pitch: 5-1. Similar to the last syllable of a sharp, angry command ("Don't you dare!") in English.
- Neutral (ma -Note that only the second syllable is of neutral tone, the first one is of high flat) (tone varies on the spreading out the preceding syllable) - See the table below for for the pitch range.
The previous examples are 1. mother(媽), 2.hemp(麻), 3. horse (馬), 4. "admonish" or scold(罵), and 5. a question particle 嗎.
Tone of the first syllabel | Pitch of the neutral tone | Example | Zhuyin | Pinyin | Meaning |
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1 | 2 | 玻璃 | ㄅㄛ ㄌㄧ˙ | bō li | glass |
2 | 3 | 伯伯 | ㄅㄛˊ ㄅㄛ˙ | bó bo | uncle |
3 | 4 | 喇叭 | ㄌㄚˇ ㄅㄚ˙ | lă ba | horn |
4 | 1 | 兔子 | ㄊㄨˋ ㄗ˙ | tù zi | rabbit |
Zhuyin (注音)
editZhuyin is system for type characters on keyboard and phonetick system for transcription.
Zhuyin | IPA | Pinyin | Example |
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ㄅ | p | b | 包
ㄅㄠ |
ㄆ | pʰ | p | 撲
ㄆㄨ |
ㄇ | m | m | 冞
ㄇㄧˊ |
ㄈ | f | f | 匪
ㄈㄟˇ |
ㄉ | t | d | 地
ㄉㄧˋ |
ㄊ | tʰ | t | 提
ㄊㄧˊ |
ㄋ | n | n | 你
ㄋㄧˇ |
ㄌ | l | l | 利
ㄌㄧˋ |
ㄍ | k | g | 告
ㄍㄠˋ |
ㄎ | kʰ | k | 考
ㄎㄠˇ |
ㄏ | x | h | 好
ㄏㄠˇ |
ㄐ | tɕ | j | 叫
ㄐㄧㄠˋ |
ㄑ | tɕʰ | q | 巧
ㄑㄧㄠˇ |
ㄒ | ɕ | x | 小
ㄒㄧㄠˇ |
ㄓ | ʈʂ | zhi, zh | 主
ㄓㄨˇ |
ㄔ | ʈʂʰ | chi, ch | 出
ㄔㄨ |
ㄕ | ʂ | shi, sh | 是
ㄕˋ |
ㄖ | ɻ~ʐ | ri, r | 入
ㄖㄨˋ |
ㄗ | ts | zi, z | 字
ㄗˋ |
ㄘ | tsʰ | ci, c | 詞
ㄘˊ |
ㄙ | s | si, s | 四
ㄙˋ |