Mandarin Chinese Pinyin Guide with Vocabulary

Pinyin in Chinese is like the alphabet in English. It will guide you on how to pronounce the vocabulary.

Below is the Pinyin guide:

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Initials (Consonants):

b (波) 波动 bō dòng - Fluctuation 爸爸 bà ba - Father 抱怨 bào yuàn - Complain	p (泼) 婆婆 pó po - Mother-in-law 跑步 pǎo bù - Jog 怕 pà - Afraid	​m (么) 什么 shén me - What 没有 méi yǒu 0 Don't Have 美元 měi yuán - Dollar	f (佛) 放心 fàng xīn - Rest Assured 乏味 fá wèi - Boring 夫妻 fū qī - Man and Wife
d (的) 了得 liǎo dé - Terrific 到底 dào dǐ - After All 得到 dé dào - Got	t (特) 特别 tè bié - Special 疼痛 téng tòng - Pain 代替 dài tì - Replace	n (呢) 能力 néng lì - Ability 牛 niú - Cow 宁静 níng jìng - Tranquility	l (了) 快乐 kuài lè - Joy 眼泪 yǎn lèi - Tears 来了 lái le - Come
g (歌) 歌声 gē shēng - Sing 过来 guò lái - Come 工作 gōng zuò - Work	k (柯) 科学 kē xué - Science 控制 kòng zhì - Control 看看 kàn kàn - Have a look	h (喝) 和好 hé hǎo - Reconciliation 后来 hòu lái - Subsequently 汉字 hàn zì - Chinese Characters	j (鸡) 鸡蛋 jī dàn - Eggs 及时 jí shí - Timely 骄傲 jiāo'ào - Proud
q (七) 期待 qī dài - Look Forward to 起床 qǐ chuáng - Get Up 气泡 qì pào - Bubbles	x (希) 希望 xī wàng - Hope 允许 yǔn xǔ - Allow 喜庆 xǐ qìng - Festive	zh (之) 值得 zhí dé - Worth it 这个 zhè ge - This 展开 - zhǎn kāi - Expand	ch (吃) 迟到 chí dào - Late 出来 chū lái - Come Out 差 chà - Bad
sh (诗) 诗词 shī cí - Poetry 商人 shāng rén - Businessman 设计 shè jì - Design	r (日) 日后 rì hòu - In the Future 然而 rán'ér - However 热点 rè diǎn - Hotspot	z (资) 资源 zī yuán - Resources 再见 zài jiàn - Goodbye 赞 zàn - Thumbs Up	c (疵) 瑕疵 xiá cī - Blemishes 因此 yīn cǐ - Therefore 餐具 cān jù - Tableware
s (斯) 思念 sī niàn - Miss 撒野 sā yě - Act Wildly 彩色 cǎi sè - Colorful	​y (一) 一个 yí gè - One 雨天 yǔ tiān - Rain 压力 yā lì - Pressure	​w (乌) 巫山 wū dǐng - Roof 腕子 wàn zi - Wrist 为什么 wèi shé me - Why

Finals (Vowels):

a (啊) 爬山 pá shān - Climb Mountains 麻烦 má fan - Trouble 慢慢来 màn man lái - Take your Time	o (哦) 弄脏 nòng zāng - Dirty 拥有 yōng yǒu - Have; Own 同意 tóng yì - Agree	e (额) 额头 é tóu - Forehead 美丽 měi lì - Beauty 陪伴 péi bàn - Companionship	i (伊) 依恋 yī liàn - Reluctant to Leave 钢琴 gāng qín - Piano 提起 tí qǐ - Mention
u (屋) 屋子 wū zi - House 母亲 mǔ qīn - Mother 图片 tú piàn - Picture	ü (雨) 女子 nǚ zǐ - Woman 法律 fǎ lǜ - Law 绿色 lǜ sè - Green

Tones：

ā 妈妈 mā mā - Mother 阿姨 ā yí - Auntie 安逸 ān yì - Comfortable

á 馒头 mán tou - Steamed Bun 情绪 qíng xù - Emotions 明白 míng bái - Understand

ǎ 马上 mǎ shàng - Now 买卖 mǎi mài - Buy and Sell 坎坷 kǎn kě - Bumpy

à 按照 àn zhào - Based on 案子 àn zi - Case 验证 yàn zhèng - Verification

a 我的 wǒ de - Mine 奶奶 nǎi nai - Grandma 舅舅 jiù jiu - Uncle

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