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Beginner Test - Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of sounds - Test 3

The third test in our series 'Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of sounds' that test your knowledge of pinyin and the ability to recognize different sounds. The purpose of the test is to help you distinguish similar sounds, such as: j-zh, t-d, z-zh, etc. For Finals, the hardest part is to make a distinction between in-ing, en-eng, an-ang and so on.

How it works: You will hear the sound of a word in chinese and you have to select the right pinyin spelling from a number of options. For each question only one option is correct.

Beginner Test - Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of sounds - Test 2

The second test in our series 'Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of sounds' that test your knowledge of pinyin and the ability to recognize different sounds. The purpose of the test is to help you distinguish similar sounds, such as: b-p, q-p, z-zh, c-ch and etc. For Finals, the hardest part is to make a distinction between in-ing, en-eng, an-ang and so on.

How it works: You will hear the sound of a word in chinese and you have to select the right pinyin spelling from a number of options. For each question only one option is correct.

Beginner Test - Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of sounds - Test 1

The first test in our series 'Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of sounds' that test your knowledge of pinyin and the ability to recognize different tones.

In mandarin chinese it is not only difficult to distinguish tones. Certain syllabes in pinyin sound quite similar. Take as an example 知道 - zhī dao - to know and 迟到 - chí dào - to be late. To the untrained ear they sound the same but actually they have a slighly different sound. That's why it is important that you try this exercise and see whether you can differenciate the different sounds in pinyin.

How it works: You will hear the sound of a word in chinese and you have to select the right pinyin spelling from a number of options. For each question only one option is correct.

Beginner Test - Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of tones - Test 2

The second test in our series 'Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of tones' that tests your knowledge of pinyin and the ability to recognize different tones.

In mandarin there are 4 basic tones and a neutral tone.
The first tone is a high level tone with an horizontal pitch. The second tone is, also called rising tone that has a sound that rises from mid-level to high. The third tone is a dipping tone that starts mid-low, lowers to the bottom of your voice and then followed by a rising pitch. Finally, the fourth tone, perhaps the easiest of all to recognise(in pair with the first tone) has a sharp falling pitch. It starts high and ends low.

The more you practice at recognizing tones the more you realise how tricky it can be to distinguish the third tone from the second tone.

How it works: You will hear the sound of a word in chinese and you have to select the right pinyin spelling with the right tone from a number of options. For each question only one option is correct.

Beginner Test - Learn Pinyin and Tones - Initials and Finals - Test 1

The first test in our series 'Learn Pinyin and Tones - Initials and Finals' that tests your knowledge of pinyin and the ability to recognize different Finals.

Initals and finals are the most important elements of chinese pinyin. Nearly every single word in mandarin is composed of a initial followed by a final. Because some initial have deceivingly simlar sounds, it is important that you practice as much as you can on how distinguish their sounds.

Pinyin is the most commonly used Romanization system for Standard Mandarin. Literally, it means to spell sound. It was designed to look up unknown Chinese characters in dictionaries, as well as teaching Chinese learners the standard pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese. Once you’ve learnt Pinyin, you will be able to pronounce any of the words in Mandarin using a Chinese dictionary.

The aim of this test is to examine your knowledge of Hanyu Pinyin. The exercise set includes 15 questions, and each one contains a Pinyin sound with one relevant Pinyin character. Please listen to the sound and select the most appropriate answer from A, B, C and D. Repeat the exercise as much as you can. It will help you to learn how to distinguish the different pinyin tones.

Beginner Test - Learn Pinyin and Tones - Initials and Finals - Test 2

The second test in our series 'Learn Pinyin and Tones - Initials and Finals' that tests your knowledge of pinyin and the ability to recognize different Initials and Finals.

Beginner Test - Learn Pinyin and Tones - Initials and Finals - Test 3

The third test in our series 'Learn Pinyin and Tones - Initials and Finals' that tests your knowledge of pinyin and the ability to recognize different Initals and Finals.

Beginner Test - Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of tones - Test 1

The first test in our series 'Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of tones' that test your knowledge of pinyin and the ability to recognize different tones. Pinyin is the most commonly used Romanization system for Standard Mandarin. Literally, it means to spell sound. It was designed to look up unknown Chinese characters in dictionaries, as well as teaching Chinese learners the standard pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese. Once you’ve learnt Pinyin, you will be able to pronounce any of the words in Mandarin using a Chinese dictionary.

The aim of this test is to examine your knowledge of Hanyu Pinyin. The exercise set includes 10 questions, and each one contains a Pinyin sound with one relevant Pinyin character. Please listen to the sound and select the most appropriate answer from A, B, C and D. Repeat the exercise as much as you can. It will help you to learn how to distinguish the different pinyin tones.

Beginner Test - Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of tones - Test 3

The third test in our series 'Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of tones' that tests your knowledge of pinyin and the ability to recognize different tones.

Pinyin is the most commonly used Romanization system for Standard Mandarin. Literally, it means to spell sound. It was designed to look up unknown Chinese characters in dictionaries, as well as teaching Chinese learners the standard pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese. Once you’ve learnt Pinyin, you will be able to pronounce any of the words in Mandarin using a Chinese dictionary.

The aim of this test is to test your knowledge of Hanyu Pinyin. The exercise set includes 10 questions, and each one contains a Pinyin sound with one relevant Pinyin character. Please listen to the sound and select the most appropriate answer from A, B, C and D. Repeat the exercise as much as you can. It will help you to learn how to distinguish the different pinyin tones.

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