A Comprehensive Chinese Pronunciation Demonstration: Reading All Existing Pinyin Syllables

Welcome to Day 6 of our "7 Days to Learn Chinese Pinyin". In this video, I demonstrate to you all exiting Chinese Pronunciation (all possible pinyin syllables) with four tones. If you are new to Chinese, you can use this video as ultimate Chinese pronunciation practice material. Tones are too included to emphasize the melody within four tones so that it would be easier for beginners to get used to and better at tones in Mandarin Chinese.
Here I would like to share three pinyin tables you can find online and use for free (with my opinions of their pros). All these pinyin tables include audio recordings.
1. ChinesePod:
chinesepod.com... (Links to an external site.)
Pros: this pinyin chart groups all the pinyin syllables into sections by certain similarity
2. Arch Chinese：
www.archchines... (Links to an external site.)
Pros: Some pinyin syllables with certain tones do not exist in Mandarin Chinese. For example, le with third tone does not exits in Mandarin Chinese. Arch Chinese excludes pronunciation like this.
3. Yoyo Chinese：
www.yoyochines...
Pros: Yoyo Chinese include instructional videos for the pinyin syllables that are difficult to pronounce for Chinese learners.

[@samanthau9371]

Timestamps: 1:18 = a final 3:00 = ai final 4:22 = ao final 5:46 = an final 7:12 = ang final 8:47 = o final 9:09 = ong final 10:27 = ou final 11:50 = e final 13:30 = ei final 14:30 = en final 15:42 = eng final 17:08 = the lonely er final 17:18 = i final 18:07-19:16 = seven special sounds 19:37 = ia final 20:10 = iao final 21:00 = ie final 21:49 = iu final 22:47 = ian final (sounds like 'yen' after initials) 23:40 = iang final 24:14 = in final 24:54 = ing final 25:43 = iong final 26:16 = u final 27:46 = ua final 28:35 = uo final 29:44 = ui final 30:58 = uai final 31:34 = uan final 32:43 = un final 33:56 = uang final 34:36 = ueng final 35:04 = ü final 35:44 = üe final 36:15 = üan final 36:35 = ün final - thank you so much for this video, I will use it a lot!!

[@keystochinese0921]

Wow!!! Thank you for creating these timestamps!!

[@ScreenPrintR]

@@keystochinese0921 Thank you, and what do you mean by Final?

[@keystochinese0921]

@@ScreenPrintR you can check out my earlier episode teaching all the finals. A final is basically the vowel sound of a syllable

[@ScreenPrintR]

@@keystochinese0921 Thank you.

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謝謝分享，您辛苦了。 ❤ Thank you for sharing. Thank you for your hard work.❤

[@jupiter.00m31]

I very appreciate your effort to read all of these syllables for us.

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I appreciate this so much!

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[@achilles4900]

If you're new learner please trust me this is super extremly helpful to make your chinese learning journey easier and faster to learn.

[@rhatid]

Savannah, I thought I’d share with you how I have been using your videos. 24 July 2021 I started a daily drill of going through your PinYin Chart with me repeating all four tones. 4 August I included your Tone Combos as a part of my daily drill. 13 August suddenly I am able to hear the clear differences between the tones and able to voice them them as well! 16 August I also included your Differentiate Similar Pronunciations in my daily drill - that's a nice touch! Today, 28 August 2021 I continue my daily drill with all three videos. I increasingly hear more in the sounds and so am able to hone my pronunciation. I think from this daily drill I should be able to establish a solid foundation for my speaking, so I intend to continue it a while longer. My language exchange partner has noticed a stepped improvement in my speech. I cannot thank you enough for your hard and skillful work. It’s much appreciated. And it's free. Thank you! And good luck in your teaching career!

[@keystochinese0921]

I’m so glad you are making progress!! Way to go! Thank you for sharing your experience! You made my day 😊

[@Furina_-_De_-_Cuntaine]

How are you now?

[@rhatid]

@@Furina_-_De_-_Cuntaine My sounds and tones continue to progress. Occasionally, however, like today, I come back and repeat this chart to fine-tune my pronunciation. But, for sometime now, I’ve increased the playback speed to 1.5 because I find the ‘normal’ speed much too slow and I find 1.5 about right. When I first started I thought normal speed was so fast. (21 June 2022).

[@Furina_-_De_-_Cuntaine]

@@rhatid people like you inspire me to learn Chinese, but when i was motivated to learn Chinese, it was before my school started, now i have almost no time to learn any languages especially Chinese 😖

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Seeing such experiences push me to learn more as they help me get over my confusion during my language learning struggle. Thank you very much for sharing your progress!

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I'm so glad that i can watch such helpful videos and free! from you .thank you so much teacher ✨💕🤧

[@Mi-yc3oy]

I imagine this was tedious to make, but it’s very helpful. Thank you!😊

[@dmacQT]

This video is PRICELESS! Thank you so much! I plan on practicing this every day as I am having a hard time telling the difference between certain pinyin. For example: t and c, q and ch.

[@keystochinese0921]

It would be helpful to identify the key difference between them. For instance, comparing to q, ch is a curling tongue pronunciation. You should be able to hear tongue curling when listening to pinyin with ch in it. And of course, a lot of practice and input 😊 加油！

[@franklinsanchez7984]

P l ease try to use the IPA Symbols for even better clarity Thanks

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Your patience and diligence in chinese pronunciation helps me in my learning....tqvm....swamhiji

[@naaa-mi5jx]

shao 5:21 xiao 20:55 shang 8:17 xiang 24:09 jiang 24:00 zhang 8:08 I really needed this type of video

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You are the best Chinese teacher that I have ever met. Super.

[@vvkatemax]

I found your training quite helpful, thanks so much! There is now this four-tones-tune playing endlessly in my head hehe

[@keystochinese0921]

Happy to help! That's perfect. This is the reason why I do four tones for each pinyin syllable. To make it become a melody in your head :) so that you can refer to any tone when you need to. I see it as the very first step of mastering tones.

[@thomassibanda9917]

I'm doing HSK 1. Words cannot express how grateful I am for the way your videos have helped me. Keep up the great work! You are very clear and eloquent. I'm amazed !

[@jssmedialangs]

I'm back to say: all the "r" syllables are tricky for me. Also, zi, ci, si and ze, ce, se all sound alike to me... 😅😅 I'll be listening to this a few more times.

[@madelinebrennan7603]

Repeating these every day has helped me a LOT. I think this has been the most helpful online practice so thank you!!

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This video is really helpful for beginners. Thank you soo much for make this video.

[@michalbotor]

thank you. ♥ my throat hurts, but i'm so happy you made this video and helped me practice chinese sounds.

[@keystochinese0921]

谢谢你的支持！加油～

[@vaporousbreeze4503]

This is such a helpful practice video. Great demonstration of how to pronounce each tone. Best I’ve found so far. The hardest sound for me is the r sound.

[@naturalmedicinewriting5208]

Thank you for your patience with reading all the sounds! It's incredible ☺️

[@keystochinese0921]

You are very welcome. I hope it’s helpful :)

[@olgamarga]

At the beginning of learning the language we have done it, thank you for your effort, it is convenient to repeat it over and over again

[@suyatinaing3801]

thanks you for you video your video is very effective for me as a chinese language student.The video like this is so rare. Thanks for all pronunciations

[@claudedesrochers6773]

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[@ladycuack1363]

I have a Chinese exam tomorrow, I'm here to practice my listening. Thanks for the video, very helpful!!

[@keystochinese0921]

I'm glad you find it helpful! Best of luck!

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Thanks a bunch,you're the best teacher i've ever followed

[@ron_grimes]

Thank you. Very useful to just play in the background as I work to get used to hearing the tones.

[@thepchaipoo6577]

謝謝分享，您辛苦了。 ❤ Thank you for sharing. Thank you for your hard work.❤

[@hibaanwar9712]

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[@prisgarcia3647]

Thank you so much for this explanation I really appreciate it and Just so you know this really helped me with the tones. I feel like I am closer in learning Chinese ❤❤❤❤❤

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[@keystochinese0921]

不用谢～

[@ahkhoenterprise5619]

Amazing. It cleared many of my pronunciation problems. Good work, keep it up.

[@achilles4900]

Thank you a lot . Now I know how to pronounce all the pinyin. Thanks again.

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[@keystochinese0921]

不用谢☺️

[@celydealmeida]

🙌I'm very grateful to you for uploading such a helpful video. 💐

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Thank you for your effort, this makes it sooooo much easier to understand the sounds

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老师您的课很棒！谢谢教我声调。我是巴西人。我很开心找到您的视频。❤

[@amalekilawlor2922]

This was SO HELPFUL! What a great drill just to really hammer in my tones.

[@keystochinese0921]

哈哈哈exactly!! Hopefully it gets stuck in your head for a while 😁

[@xyes]

Remember to practise those vowels which she missed to read in tones, also missed to mark in the chart are ya, yao, ye, biao, biang etc

[@izzatisaffary6780]

Im glad i found this! Thank you so much!! I just started learning mandarin a week ago

[@keystochinese0921]

Welcome! Please let me know what topic you’d like to see in the channel:) I’m more than happy to help ☺️

[@estrafalario5612]

I just started like 2 weeks ago, and most has been learning the radicals to notice what's different from one character to another... The explanations of the pinyin have been very confusing until this video. I can't tell apart c from z or ch from zh, but it's OK for a first day. I'll need to watch a specific video on those sounds and the tongue position I guess... For the tones, I hope my attention will turn into it once the basic sounds start to sound like really basic. Maybe in a few weeks, hehe Xiexie!

[@estrafalario5612]

Wow, I did continue with the list and there more sounds difficult to tell apart, like -ONG and -eng, but anyway three times better than with the previous explanations from other sources. Thanks again!

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[@thoanguyenthikim711]

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[@rdr21776]

Thank you so much for this breakdown!

[@Dreams_of_travel]

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I'ved finished the course Foreign language I Mandarin . So I am preparing for Foreign language II.

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[@keystochinese0921]

Glad it’s helpful. And welcome to the community! I’ll come back with more vids soon 😊

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[@keystochinese0921]

不用谢！Glad it helps

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[@robertsnell9294]

This is really helpful. I have difficulty with (e.g.) mo vs. mou vs. muo. I will keep coming back for another listen.

[@keystochinese0921]

muo does not exist in Chinese. But uo and o are the same. We only have bo po mo and fo. For other initials such as l, g, n, etc., they go with uo

[@robertsnell9294]

@@keystochinese0921 Thank you again. I had been trying to hear the difference between o and uo!! I also need to get a handle on ang vs. eng; there seems to be some regional variation which is unsettling for a beginner.

[@keystochinese0921]

@@robertsnell9294 o and uo are very very similar and got almost no difference. Regional differences are tricky but you can try to listen to standard ones. However listening to different speakers is helpful practice to get used to the sound of the language.

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[@keystochinese0921]

Glad you like it! It made my day!♥️

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Thank you so much for this video. You make learning tones so much easier.

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[@keystochinese0921]

You are so welcome! I am glad that you find it helpful!

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[@keystochinese0921]

Thank you for your support! I appreciate it:) 谢谢你的支持

[@adnancareem1]

@@keystochinese0921 I can't pronounce pinyin chart yet please tell a guide line🙏

[@keystochinese0921]

@@adnancareem1 you might want to start from study each final and initial and then use pinyin chart as an ultimate guide. Please check my playlist called 7 days to master pinyin that provides detailed instructions for pinyin

[@adnancareem1]

@@keystochinese0921 ok mam thanks 😊❤️

[@lewhensilvar3521]

For me I definitely find the -e group as well as those special ones with -i and all the ones with -ong the most difficult as these vowel sounds are not found in my native language and whenever I try to make them they just blend in together. Also, syllables with the retroflexes and j, q and x

[@keystochinese0921]

The -ang, -eng, and -ong can be challenging for some Chinese natives too cause Mandarin Chinese is based on northern dialect and I find it unclearly pronounced by some from the south. J, q, and x will come over time. Just keep practicing. My students like to rap repeatedly ji, qi, xi to make it fun and emphasize them in the same time.

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Thank you for making this video. Very helpful

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Wonderful video! So helpful! Thank you! 👏👏👍

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thank you teacher. I'll practice hard. Have a good weekend!

[@keystochinese0921]

加油💪🏼！

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You outdid yourself! Thank you soo much!! This was very helpful 🇨🇳✨

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[@keystochinese0921]

I’m very glad you find it helpful!! Come back any time to check pronunciations or use an online pinyin chart:)

[@Mar-cr4dv]

Hello!!! Thanks for taking the time to read this chart, it is very helpful. I can play it all day long while I work. Should I worry about the meaning of the words or jut practice the pronunciation for now? Thanks

[@Tukemuth]

This is extremely helpful! I still have a problem with ang, ong and eng. Lang, long and leng sound very similar to me, if not the same 😭

[@Teacher.andrey]

pretty useful thanks a lot

[@stanhristov6191]

Hey, first of all thank you for all the hard work into putting the work to voice the whole pinyin table ^^ it's been amazing. Since right now I'm studying chinese I hope you can answer me this though. 2nd tone and 4th tone in your videos the escalating part or the lowering part seems to go a bit later than what we've studied and I'd just like to compare. Is this because of regional accent or is it something completely specific to mandarin as a lot of colleagues have been saying those quite early on? Thanks again for the vid : )

[@keystochinese0921]

Hi there! I’m not quite sure if I understand your question. You mean you learn the second and forth tones early on in your pinyin study? I think I introduced tones in the very second video which is pretty early.

[@stanhristov6191]

@@keystochinese0921 hahah I'm really sorry to confuse you with my question. I myself read that aloud and it doesn't make much sense. What I was trying to figure out back then is the high pitch in the beginning of 4th tone: does it immediately start high or is there like a mini low pitch gap before it rises and falls?

[@stanhristov6191]

@@keystochinese0921 but I also want to add in that my colleagues may have been mispronouncing the tones. Since then I trained my ear and I can catch the differences :D

[@keystochinese0921]

@@stanhristov6191 I think it is the pitch gap. Imagine a girl with relatively high pitch and a guy with lower pitch. Their starting pitches are most likely different. The same thing with the first tone. Learners are taught that first tone is high pitch, and it is really the relative high pitch for a specific learner not a fixed high pitch.

[@TheFlyingMonkey200]

I practice this everyday now thank you!

[@keystochinese0921]

加油！

[@twerpytoo5922]

Just wondering what part of China you are from as I have heard different accents of saying "ang" "o" and "yung"? Very helpful video, especially appreciate the time to go through every single pronounciation😄💯

[@keystochinese0921]

Northeast of China :)

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Good works

[@keystochinese0921]

Thank you so much 😀

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thank you very much for the video. you are so great.

[@OnemaiaStudio]

Many thanks

[@meashep]

Great Video. I have enjoyed it very much. Thumbs up. Stay connected Please continue to produce more. I am looking forward to your next video. "Like" #4

[@justemichel]

Thank you this is very helpfull. There is no biao in your table? Biao is in both Arch Chinese and Yoyo Chinese.