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    PRONUNCIATION MASTERY

    INITIALS

    34 syllables in Chinese do not contain any initial. These are indicated with a ø symbol. They
    are listed below:

    a, ai, ao, an, ang, e, en eng, er, o, ou, yi, ya, yao, ye, you, yan, yang, yin, ying, yong, wu, wa, wo,
    wei, wai, wan, wang, weng, yu, yue, yuan, yun

    EASY INITIALS
    The easy initials have no major distinguishable difference from English, which means there is
    not much need to put nearly as much attention on them compared to the “Tougher” or
    “Problem” initials. They are listed below along with every simple final they can be combined
    with:

    M
    PRONUNCIATION MASTERY
    INITIALS

    ma, mo, me, mi, mu


    F
    fa, fo, fu
    N
    na, ne, nu, ni, nü
    L
    la, lo (very rare), le, li, lu, lü
    S
    sa, se, su, si

    TOUGHER INITIALS
    These initial sounds do all exist in English, but they are not pronounced as you might think.
    They are worth spending some extra time on to get right. They are listed below along with
    every simple final they can be combined with:

    B
    ba, bo, bi, bu
    D
    da, de, di, du
    G
    ga, ge, gu
    T
    ta, te, ti, tu
    P
    pa, po, pi, pu
    K
    ka, ke, ku
    H
    ha, he, hu

    PROBLEM INITIALS
    These are the ones we will focus on most throughout this course. Why? They don’t exist in
    English! Not to worry though, we know exactly how to train you on the 3 new tongue positions

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    PRONUNCIATION MASTERY
    INITIALS

    you’ll need to master to say these just like a native speaker. They are listed below along with
    every simple final they can be combined with:

    Z
    za, ze, zi, zu
    C
    ca, ce, ci, cu
    ZH
    zha, zhe, zhi, zhu
    CH
    cha, che, chi, chu
    SH
    sha, she, shi, shu
    R
    re, ri, ru
    J
    ji, jü
    Q
    qi, qü
    X
    xi, xü

    Many of these pronunciations are not pronounced how you might assume they are. All will
    become clear as we progress through the course together.

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