Lesson 01 - Enhanced - Dimsum Hanyu Pinyin

In this episode we will introduce the basic framework of hanyu pinyin, and focus on producing the tones in Mandarin.

Posted on 2017-05-26 02:19:18

Introduction

In this lesson, we will learn

• how each Chinese character is one syllable;
• each syllable consists of an initial, a final, and a tone; and
• how to produce the Mandarin tones using intonations we are familiar with in English.