Learn Chinese Faster: Chuck PinYin in the Bin
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• PinYin is a phonetic annotation tool introduced into the Chinese language in 1958, it is NOT the language itself. HeChinese believe that you should NOT start from PinYin to learn Chinese, because it requires to remember each word's tone, which makes the learning even more difficult.
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HeChinese Tips and Tricks!
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1. Each Chinese word sound is a monosyllable, most word sounds can be decomposed to 1 initial and 1 final elementary sounds.
2. Chinese has only 23 initial and 24 final elementary sounds, which compose 413 basic sounds, and these 413 sounds are shared by all Chinese words.
3. 24 word sounds include 24 initials and 24 finals, which may include most Chinese elementary sounds. If you can speak 24 words accurately, then you can speak almost all Chinese words accurately.
Foreign students can learn 24 words pronouncing in 2 hours. So Chinese pronouncing is not too difficult to learn.
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2. A word sound is fixed, no matter in single word, in phrases or in sentences, the sound is the same, and never changes, just like piano key sounds never change.
3. In phrases and sentences, each Chinese word needs to be read separated and isolated.
Different from the English language, in a multi-syllable word, syllable sounds need to join together for pronouncing.
4. Each word sound can be pronounced long or short, laud or light, but need to be fully.
Pronouncing each word sound slowly and fully can help to pronounce accurately.
5. Chinese has no question tone. Avoid using the English question tone to speak Chinese.
6. 2-word phrase's prononucing pattern is emphasizing the first word.
7. 3-word phrase's prononucing pattern is emphasizing the middle word.
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PinYin 3rd tone definitely should not use question tone to pronounce.
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1000 frequently used words cover 90% Chinese daily usage.
Memorizing 1000 basic Chinese words "writing, pronouncing and meaning" are the main task of Chinese learning.
Memorizing word's one by one seperately is very difficult. However, reciting fixed length short sentences is an efficient way.
Monosyllabic Chinese words can easily form short sentences with fixed length, rhythm and relative meanings, there short sentences are easy to recite, this feature does not exit in other languages.
Reciting fixed length short sentences is an effective study method, which played an important role in Chinese teaching for thousands of years, it is same effective in nowadays and for foreigners.
Short sentences example:
时间几分钟呢，地点在哪里呀
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