What is pinyin?Pinyin is Chinese words with tone marks unlike Chinese characters pinyin has been around for about 50 years.
Chinese is a tonal language. What does this mean? Each letter can be said differently.
How many tones are there? There is 4 tones for each letter.
Describe how your voice changes for each tone
Tone 1 your voice stays high and flat.
Tone 2 your voice rises.
Tone 3 your voice goes down then up.
Tone 4 your goes down it kind of sounds like your angry.
Finish this sentence: Chinese characters don’t show how the words should sound.
What does ba (tone 1) mean? it means eight.
What does ba (tone 4) mean? it means dad.
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