80/20 Guide to Chinese Pronunciation -- Part 2
To continue with Chinese pronunciation...
1. Consonants
There are 24 consonants in pinyin which are pronounced a lot
like in English.
b, p, m, f, d, t, n, l, g, k, ng, h, j, q, x, zh, ch, sh, r, z,
c, s, y, w
Chinese pronunciation of Consonants
b as in boy p as in pine m as in mother f as in food d as in
dig t as in talk n as in none l as in loud g as in good k as in
kid ng as in song h as in hot j as in jeep q like "ch" in cheat
x like a sound between the "s" in see and the "sh" in she zh
like "dg" in sludge ch as in children sh as in shake r as in raw
z like "ds" in words c like "ts" in eats s as in son y as in Yao
Ming w as in we
2. Vowels
There are 6 simple vowels.
a, o, e, i, u,