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语音1,语音特点---phonic features 1,Every Chinese character has a certain phonic combination named as PINYIN. And every PINYIN is a syllable containing a vowel or a diphthong . 2,You can not find a combination of two consonants in a PINYIN except for some certain combination such as zh , ch, sh. 3,Chinese is a kind of language with tones .Chinese phonic system have 4 tones, and the same syllable with different tones usually has totally different meanings. For example, 妈mā 麻má 马mǎ骂mà ,for some character ,they even do not need to appear with tone such as 吗ma.

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语音1,语音特点---phonic Phonetic 1 Features

 

1.  Every Chinese character has a certain phonic phonetic combination named known as PINYIN. Pinyin. And every PINYIN Each one is a syllable containing a vowel or a diphthong.

 
2. You can not will not find a combination of two consonants in a PINYIN it except for some certain combination exceptions such as zh , ch, sh.


3.  Chinese is a kind of tonal language2 with tones.Chinese phonic The Mandarin 3 system have 4 four tones.   and the same A syllable with different tones usually has totally different meanings. For example, 妈 4 (mother) mā 麻 (hemp) má 马mǎ (horse) 骂 (scold) mà and  ,for some character ,they even do not need to appear with tone such as 吗 (a final, an interogative mark) ma. Notice, there is no tonal mark. You need to explain why.

 

1.  Phonics is a system or method for reading and writing.  Rote memory is also phonics besides pinyin.  Phonetics is the study of human speech and languages.

 

2.  Other tonal languages include, Thai, Vietnamese, Cambodian, etc.

 

3.  You need to be specific and neutral.  You are impling that Cantonese, Wu are not part of the Chinese language.  Thus gives you an impression of being biased and not scholarly at all.

 

4.  When you include a different language from the one you are writing, provide a translation.  Otherwise don't include them.  Just use the transliteration.

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