pinyin review

What is Pinyin拼音？

• Chinese characters

• Chinese words on the bone

• Calligraphy

• A way to transliterate the pronunciation of Chinese characters using Roman letters

What are the elements of a pinyin syllable?

• Initial + Finals
• Initial+Tone
• Syllable+Vowels
• Initial+Final(s)+Tone

I can spell out Pinyin just like English.

• True 
• False 

True or False
There are five tones in modern Mandarin namely, the 1st tone, the 2nd tone, the 3rd tone, the 4th tone and the neutral tone.

• True
• False

Which tone is called the dip and rise tone?

• 1st tone
• 2nd tone
• 3rd tone
• 4th tone

Which tone is called the down tone?

• 1st tone
• 2nd tone
• 3rd tone
• 4th tone

How often is the tone mark placed above a vowel?

• Never
• Sometimes
• Always
• When there is no initial

True or False
There are 5 vowels in Chinese pinyin. It is the same that  there are 5 vowels in English.

• True
• False

How to say 11 years old in Chinese?

• shí yī
• shí yī suì
• shí yī nián jí
• shí suì

"Zàijiàn" means

• Thank you!
• You are welcome!
• Sorry!
• Goodbye.