Dimsum Hanyu Pinyin - Learn Mandarin Chinese

In this episode, we will learn:


how to voice the nasal finals ending in “n”: an, en, uan, uen, ian, in, üan, ün;

how to voice the nasal finals ending in “ng”: ang, eng, ong, uang, ueng, iang, ing, iong;

the writing rule when Group 4 finals combine with the initials j, q, x;

the abbreviation rule for uen;

how to differentiate the finals uan and üan, and between uen and ün, when they are used with initials;

the writing rule when these finals are used without initials;

how to voice the retroflex final er;

five new Mandarin words: Zhōngguó, Shànghǎi, Hángzhōu, xiānsheng, zàijiàn; and

the possible pinyin combinations for these finals.

In this episode, we will learn:


how to voice the initials (j, q, x);

how to get the ju, qu, xu sounds from ji, qi, xi;

how to voice the finals (ia, iao, ie, iou, üe);

the abbreviation of iou when it is used with initials;

five new Mandarin words: xièxiè, xiǎojiě, shǒujī, píjiǔ, yóutiáo; and

the combinations between these initials and the finals.

In this supplement podcast, we will be practicing tone pairs using some of the possible pinyin combinations between the initials (zh, ch, sh, r, z, c, s) and the finals that we’ve learnt.

In this episode, we will learn:


how to voice the initials (zh, ch, sh, r, z, c, s);

the phantom-i final;

five new Mandarin words: chūzūchē, shīfu, lǎoshī, cèsuǒ, shuàigē; and

the combinations between these initials and the finals we’ve learnt.

In this podcast, we will practice the following pinyin combinations:


bai, bei, bao

pai, pei, pao, pou

mai, mei, mao, mou

fei, fou

dai, dei, dao, dou, duo, dui

tai, tao, tou, tuo, tui

nai, nei, nao, nou, nuo

lai, lei, lao, lou, luo

gai, gei, gao, gou, gua, guo, guai, gui

kai, kei, kao, kou, kua, kuo, kuai, kui

hai, hei, hao, hou, hua, huo, huai, hui

zero initials: ai, ei, ao, ou, wa, wo, wai, wei