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Specially designed for those who have no foundation in Chinese language, this level concentrates on learning Chinese phonetics, tones and pronunciation rules.
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Same as y, w also special sign, can't form syllable alone. It only expresses u, and appears in some Pin-Yin joinder of standing as an alones. The vowel u can only become one Pin-Yin character in Chinese, when it forms syllable alone should add w before it, becomes [wu]. When [ua],[uai],[uo] etc. Compound vowels form syllable alone, change u to w, are written as [wa],[wai],[wo].



Initials
a o e i u ü ai ei ui ao ou iu ie üe er an en in un ün ang eng ing ong