Chinese Part 02: Phonetics, Thankyou

Neutral Tone

In Chinese there are a number of syllabes wich are unstressed and take a feeble tone. This is known as the neutral tone wich is shown by the absence of tone-graph.



māma 妈妈 : mum                         àiren 爱人 : husband, wife

bàba 爸爸 : dad                            háizi 孩子 : child, children

gēge 哥哥 : elder brother               guānxi 关系 : relation

dìdi 弟弟 : younger brother            xièxie 谢谢 : thank you

jiějie 姐姐 : elder sister                  kèqi 客气 : polite

mèimei 妹妹 : younger sister          xiūxi 休息 : have a rest

Retroflex Final

The final 儿 "er" is sometimes attached to another final to form a retroflex final and when thus used, it is no longer an independent syllable. A retroflex final is represented by the letter "r" added to the final.


huì + er -> huìr            yíhuìr 一会儿 : a moment

diǎn + er -> diǎnr        yìdiǎnr 一点儿 : a little

nǎ + er -> nǎr             naǎr 哪儿 : where

zhè + er -> zhèr          zhèr 这儿 : there



Conversation


- Duì bù qǐ！

对不起!


- Méi guānxi！


没关系!


- Xièxie！

谢谢!


- Bú kèqi！


不客气!


- Míngtiān jiàn！

明天 ! 见!


- Míngtiān jiàn！

明天 ! 见!


- xiū xi yí huìr！

休息一会儿!


- hǎo ba！


好吧!

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对不起 Duì bù qǐ I'm sorry!


没 méi (adv) not

关系 guānxi (n) relation

没关系 Méi guānxi! That's all right

谢谢 Xièxie Thank you !

不 bú (adv) not

客气 kèqi (adj) polite

不客气！ Bú kèqi ! You're welcome !

明天 míngtiān (adv) tomorrow

见 jiàn (v) see

明天见！ Míngtiān jiàn! See you tomorrow!

休息 xiūxi (v) have a rest

一会儿 yíhuìr (n) a moment

休息一会儿！ xiūxi yíhuìr! Have a rest!

好 hǎo (adj) good

好吧！ hǎo ba All right!

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