Chinese pinyin is not difficult to learn. It mainly includes three parts: initials, vowels and tones. In our lessons, you will be introduced to some basic knowledge of pinyin, pronunciations, differences between pinyin and English phonetics, and ways to remember them, so that you can read and pronounce pinyin easily. This will help you to study Chinese by yourself along with audios.

 

In Chinese, a syllable is composed of an Initial consonant, a Vowel and a tone. At the beginning of consonant is called Initial, the rest of parts are called Finals. Mandarin Chinese has four tones standard.

 

声母（initial）+ 韵母（final）+声调（tone）=音节（syllable）

           m                  a                                          mā

 

See Pinyin Table Below: