Learn Mandarin Chinese Lesson #2: Pinyin

We will learn a great resource that is used worldwide for learning the Mandarin Chinese, the Pinyin; why its importance and how to apply it in our learning.

We will also give some tips for the correct application and the real benefit that we can give you.

How does it work?

Chinese writing works in a different way, each character represents a syllable and pinyin is the phonetic transcription of that syllable to our Romance writing system. But its reading implies mastery of the shades and the correct pronunciation of some sounds that do not exist in Western languages.

Although the letters are the same in our Romanesque reading system, they are not all pronounced in the same way. It is necessary to learn the adaptation of these letters that we know to the sounds and tones of Mandarin.

Importance of Pinyin

Its main use is directed towards the learning of people who speak languages of Romance writing, however Pinyin is taught in Chinese education from an early age as an indispensable resource, because to write in Mandarin with electronic means it is necessary to make use of of the Romance letters, for which the pinyin took a leading role.

Pinyin is key when it comes to the pronunciation of words, it indicates in a more or less exact way the sound translated into our letters. In the study of the language it is one of the most important parts because only through this system can we know the sound of the characters when learning new vocabulary.

BoPoMoDo table

There are different systems to learn the correct reading of pinyin, but today we will learn the BoPoMoDo because it is one of the simplest to learn the sounds of Mandarin and the one that we implement in the programs of our institute.

There are factors that are key to reading pinyin such as the position of the lips and tongue, the amount of air that you let out with certain words and the correct use of the shadesIf we do not correctly apply these factors in the pinyin reading, this great tool will not do any good. Below we will explain in detail the reading of each part of the BoPoMoDo table.

Advice

 Regarding pronunciation, it is very important to be clear from the beginning about the relationship between the movement of the mouth and any sound that we are going to emit in Chinese. Also some sounds in the table have a certain very particular vibration that we must learn to identify from the beginning.

Learning the pinyin It must be used in conjunction with Chinese characters, since the correct purpose of pinyin is to guide the learning of the characters themselves, if we do not make this correct use we will not be taking advantage of this great resource that is pinyin correctly.

Remember, the goal of learning is characters, pinyin is a great tool, but not the goal.

We have analyzed the great importance and usefulness of pinyin in learning Mandarin Chinese and all the factors that intervene in the application of this great didactic tool for your learning, now it is your turn to make an effort and make use of the facilities that this offers you. resource.

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