Pinyin Initials and Quiz for Next Class Meeting

Please click here to see how each of the Pinyin initial is pronounced, pay special attention to j, q, x, zh, ch, sh, r, z, c, s

Make sure to click on the microphone icon to see the tongue position.

Wikipedia entry on Pinyin: 

Pinyin, or Hànyǔ Pīnyīn (汉语拼音）, is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese in mainland China and Taiwan. It is often used to teach Standard Chinese, which is normally written using Chinese characters. The system includes four diacritics denoting tones. Pinyin without tone marks is used to spell Chinese names and words in languages written with the Latin alphabet, and also in certain computer input methods to enter Chinese characters.

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The quiz will involve me reading one of the Pinyin initials and you circle one (out of 3) I just read. 

Example:

Mr. Shi reads: "j".      

Circle the answer.     1.    j      q     zh