THE 40 ELEMENTAL SOUNDS MANDARIN CHINESE CHECKLIST
DIRECTIONS: Use this checklist & the audio word lists to identify which of these sounds of Mandarin conversation that you currently struggle with. Vowels /a/ a, ba, ca, cha, da, fa, ga, wa, ha, ka, la, ma, na, pa, sa, ta, sha, ya, za, zha /i/ bi, di, ji, mi ni, pi, qi, ti, xi, yi /u/ bu, chu, cu, du, fu, gu, hu, ku, lu, mu, n, pu, ru, shu, su, tu, wu, zhu, zu /ə/ ne, de, le /ɛ/ bie, die, jie lie, mie, nie, pie, qie, tie, xie, xuan, xue, ye, yuan, yue, qian /ɔ/ bo, fo, mo, po, wo /ʊ/ chong, cong, dong, gong, hong, kong, long, nong, qlong, rong, shong, song, tong, xiong, yong, zhong, zong
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/y/ ju, lü, nü, qu, xu, yu /ɤ/ ce, che, e, ge, he, ke, re, se, she, te, ze, zhe /ɯ/ ci, ri, si, zi /ɚ/ chi, shi, zhi, er /ei/ bei, ei, fei, gei, hei, mei, nei, pei, sei, shei, we, zei, zhei /ai/ ai, bai, cai, chai, dai, gai, hai, kai, lai, mai, nai, pai, sai, shai, tai, wai, yai, zai, zhai /ao/ ao, bao, cao, chao, dao, gao, hao, kao, lao, mao, nao, pao, rao, sao, shao, tao, yao, zao, zhao /ou/ chou, cou, dou, fou, gou, hou, lou, mou, nou, ou, pou, rou, shou, sou, tou, you, zhou, zou
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MIMICMETHOD.COM Consonants /m/ ma, mai, man, mang, mao, mei, men, meng, mi, min, ming, mo, mou, mu /p/ ba, bai, ban, bang, bao, bei, ben, beng, bi, bin, bing, bo, bu /ɯ/ /p*/ ci, ri, si, zi pa, pai, pan, pang, pao, pei, pen , peng, pi, pin, ping, po, pou, pu
/f/ fa, fan, fang, fei, fen, feng, fo, fou, fu /n/ Na, nai, nan, nang, nao, ne, ni, nin, ning, nong, nou, nu, nü /t/ da, dai, dan, dang, dao, de, deng, di, dong, dou, du /t*/ ta, tai, tan, tang, tao, te, teng, ti, ting, tong, tou, tu /t͡ s/ za, zai, zan, zang, zao, ze, zei, zen, zeng, zi, zong, zou, zu /t͡ s*/ ca, cai, can, cang, cao, ce, cen, ceng, ci, cong, cou, cu
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MIMICMETHOD.COM Consonants /s/ sa, sai, san, sang, sao, se, se, sen, seng, si, song, sou, su /l/ la, lai lan, lang, lao, le, lei, leng, li, lin, ling, long, lou, lu, lü /ʈ͡ ʂ/ zha, zhai, zhan, zhang, zhao, zhe, zhei, zhen, zheng, zhi, zhong, zhou, zhu /t͡ ʂ*/ cha, cha, chan, chang, chao, che, chen, cheng, chi, chong, chou, chu /ʂ/ sha, shai, shan, shang, shao, she, shei, shen, sheng, shi, shong, shou, shu /ɻ/ ran, rang, rao, re, ren, reng, ri, rong, rou, ru /t͡ ɕ/ ji, jin, jing, ju /t͡ ɕ*/ qi, qia, qian, qiang, qiao, qie, qin , qing, qiong, qiu, qu /ɕ/ xi, xin, xing, xu
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MIMICMETHOD.COM Consonants /k/ ga, gai, gan, gang, gao, ge, gei, gen, geng, gong , gou, gu /k*/ ka, kai, kan, kang, kao, ke, ken, keng, kong, kou, ku /ɥ/ jue, lüe, nüe, que, xue, yue /j/ ya, yai, yan, yang, yao, ye, yin, ying, yong, you, yu /w/ wa, wai, wan, wang, wei, wen, weng, wo, wu /x/ ha, hai, han, hang, hao, he , hei, hen, heng, hong, hou, hu
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