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Initials
Specially designed for those who have no foundation in Chinese language, this level concentrates on learning Chinese phonetics, tones and pronunciation rules.
a o e i u ü ai ei ui ao ou iu ie üe er an en in un ün ang eng ing ong

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 suí biàn     shuǐ píng
 
Skills:
[ai],[ei],[ui] are all 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. It is imperative to have a natural glide but not a sudden change from the former to the latter.



Consonants
b p m f d t n l g k h j q x zh ch sh r z c s y w