FLS 3A Lesson 1

literally means the “common language”.

• 普通话

  pǔ tōng huà

• 汉语

  hàn yǔ

• 华语

  huá yǔ

• Mandarin

(a)   is the phonetic system of Chinese language.

• The (a)   tone is a shorter, lighter tone that is less emphasized. It is often unstressed and pronounced with a neutral pitch. In Pinyin, it is indicated by not placing any diacritic mark above the vowel.

In modern Chinese phonetics, ________ refers to the height and rise and fall of sounds inherent in Chinese syllables that can distinguish meaning.

• final sound

• pinyin

• syllable

• tone

Mandarin's tones give it a very distinctive quality, but the tones can also be a source of miscommunication if not given due attention.

• True

• False

• Maybe

• I don't know

A syllable in Chinese consists of three parts: tone, initial, and final. Initial is a vowel sound while final is a consonant .

• True

• False

• Maybe

• I don't know

Initials are the initial consonant sounds of a syllable in Mandarin Chinese.

There are 21 initials in Mandarin Chinese Pinyin system.

• True

• False

• Maybe

• I don't know

The four tone marks are 1st (“ - ”), 2nd (“ / ”), 3rd (“ ✓ ”) and 4th (“ \ ”).

• False

• Maybe

• True

• Unsure

Mandarin Chinese is a tonal language, which means the tone in which a syllable is pronounced can change its meaning. There are five main tones and one neutral tone in Mandarin Chinese.

• False

• Maybe

• True

• Unsure

Final Tones are made up of....

• Calligraphy

• Consonants

• Strokes

• Vowels