What is pinyin?
Pinyin is the phonetic romanised version of Chinese.
Chinese is a tonal language. What does this mean?
Chinese has different tones for different words e.g.bā means 8, and bà means father or dad.
How many tones are there?
There are 4 tones in Chinese
Describe how your voice changes for each tone
Tone 1 - High and flat
Tone 2 - Rises
Tone 3 - Drops then rises
Tone 4 - Drops
Finish this sentence: Chinese characters don’t show how words should sound.
What does ba (tone 1) mean?
8
What does ba (tone 4) mean?
Dad
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