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Consonants

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Consonants

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  1. Consonants The following consonants: p, f, t, k, h, q, x, c, s, ch and sh are aspirated sounds. If you put your palm in front of your mouth when you are reading out these letters, you will feel the air being exhaled. Read the following consonants after me in the first tone - you will be practising your vowels as well.

  2. Consonants bō

  3. Consonants pō

  4. Consonants mō

  5. Consonants fō

  6. Consonants dē

  7. Consonants tē

  8. Consonants nē

  9. Consonants lē

  10. Consonants gē

  11. Consonants kē

  12. Consonants hē

  13. Consonants jī

  14. Consonants qī

  15. Consonants xī

  16. Consonants When you read out the following letters close your teeth, but not too tightly. Place your tongue so that it is just vibrating against the back of your upper front teeth. N.B: the vowel “i” should NOT be pronounced in this case. The (here soundless) letter “i” is placed after z, c and s in written Pinyin as a vehicle for indicating the tones.

  17. Consonants zī When you say z you should feel a buzz behind your upper front teeth.

  18. Consonants cī Blow the air out as you make a short buzzing sound. Your tongue should be looser than in “z”.

  19. Consonants sī Close your teeth and blow over your tongue.

  20. Consonants N.B: the vowel “i” should NOT be pronounced in this case. The (here soundless) letter “i” is placed after zh, ch and sh in written Pinyin as a vehicle for indicating the tones.

  21. Consonants r rī Roll your tongue back in the roof of your mouth. It should just touch your hard palate as you say “r”.

  22. Consonants zh zhī Roll your tongue back in the roof of your mouth. The tip of your tongue should stay pressing up towards your hard palate. Squeeze the air out over your tongue.

  23. Consonants ch chī Roll your tongue back in the roof of your mouth. The tip of your tongue should stay pressing up towards your hard palate. Blow the air out over your tongue, making a slightly harder sound than in zhi.

  24. Consonants shī Roll your tongue back in the roof of your mouth so that it just touches your hard palate as you say “sh”. sh

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