These are common phrases that the children are saying in class. Pin yin is listed first and then my own version of the phonetics in the next column (phonetics in parentheses for the numbers).
Key sounds to remember:
| i |
-i
is a buzzed continuation of the consonant following z-, c-, s-, zh-, ch-, sh-
or r-. Most of the time it just makes an "r" sound |
|
| a |
as in "father" |
| e |
"uh" |
| ai |
"eye" |
| ei |
"hey" |
| ao |
ow as in "cow" |
| ou |
as in "so" |
| an |
as in "ban"
in British English (a more open fronted a) |
| en |
as in "taken" |
| ang |
"angst" |
| eng |
ung and in "hung" |
| er |
ar in "bar" |
| Numbers: |
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| 1 |
yi (ee) |
11 |
shi yi |
| 2 |
er (rr) |
12 |
shi er |
| 3 |
san |
13 |
shi san |
| 4 |
si (sz) |
14 |
shi si |
| 5 |
wu |
15 |
shi wu |
| 6 |
liu (leo) |
16 |
shi liu |
| 7 |
qi (chee) |
17 |
shi qi |
| 8 |
ba |
18 |
shi ba |
| 9 |
jiu (jee
ou) |
19 |
shi jiu |
| 10 |
shi (shr) |
20 |
er shi |
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| Hello |
ni hao |
|
nee how |
| Good
Bye |
zai jian |
|
dzai jen |
| Start |
kai shi |
|
ai = long
i |
| Stop |
ting zhi |
|
zh=j, i=r |
| Come |
lai |
|
lie |
| Come
with me |
gen wo lai |
|
gun whoa
lie |
| Turn
Around (body) |
zhuan guo
lai |
|
zhwan gwo
lie |
| Right |
dui |
|
dway |
| Wrong |
bu dui |
|
bu dway |
| Good |
hao |
|
how |
| Color |
yan se |
|
yen suh |
| Color
something |
hua hua |
|
hwa hwa |
| Write
your name |
xie ni de
ming zi |
|
xie=she-yeh |
| Give
you two minutes |
gei ni
liang fen zhong |
|
gay knee
leeong fun jong |
| Turn
number around |
|
|
|
| Fast |
kuai |
|
kwigh |
| Faster |
kuai yi
dian |
|
kwigh ee
dee en |
| Slow |
man |
|
mon |
| Slow
down |
man man
lai |
|
mon mon
lie |
| Walk |
zou (yong
zou de) |
|
zo |
| Add |
jia |
|
jee ah |
| Subtract |
jian |
|
jee - en |
| Numbers |
shu zi |
|
shoe z |
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