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.

[@thepchaipoo6577]

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

[@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

[@naturalmedicinewriting5208]

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

[@keystochinese0921]

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

[@gandamar799]

This teaching method is what I'm searching for a long time😍OMG! Thank you so much, teacher🙏😚💙

[@keystochinese0921]

不用谢～

[@mspaceadraft]

Another awesome addition to the tools you provide for learning. Thanks so much for your effort. Can't wait for the next one.

your video is good for me, thank you very much.

[@thepchaipoo6577]

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

[@rhatid]

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

[@subiorumino]

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

[@keystochinese0921]

加油💪🏼！

[@Teacher.andrey]

pretty useful thanks a lot

[@djmono9981]

Thank you for making this video. Very helpful

[@Jânio丁]

This is amazing! Thank you for the effort! 谢谢！

[@normamartinez4132]

Hi I love this languague I am beginner I am fall in love I just think to learn this languague is to be like a little baby❤😊😮

[@keystochinese0921]

加油！🥰

[@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.

[@FABGallery]

Thank you 👍

[@minhmeo666]

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[@kishauthayasooriyan4279]

This is very useful. ...thank you

[@TheHuYao]

thank you so much

[@keystochinese0921]

不用谢🥰

[@oldally8869]

thank you so much!

[@keystochinese0921]

不用谢～

[@adnanrajput4374]

Good

[@tobiaswolf6630]

I don´t learn Chinese (yet), just curious - does the third tone have to be as low as you pronounce it, or is the pronunciation ok as long as it goes down-up? Great video by the way, I think this is very helpful to immerse oneself with the basic word stems.

[@keystochinese0921]

Thank you for your question. Actually when we speak, it doesn’t sound as low and when the third tone is in the middle of the sentence, the going up part can be admitted so that the flow is smoother. When a word consists of two third tones, the first third tone automatically becomes second tone. You can find tone related information in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6O1ZWupnbh6pJIsi=Lhhn-aibO9oogfhr

[@matheusrickenmarques6168]

老师谢谢您

[@keystochinese0921]

不用谢😊

[@geremygonzalessleepwalkerr2900]

Why there are no Chinese consonant blends like BL, BR, CL, CR, DR, FL, FR, GL, GR, PL, PR, SC, SK, SL, SM, SN, SP, ST, SW, TR, TW?

[@keystochinese0921]

Good catch! We do not have this type of consonant in Chinese. I don’t think there are specific reasons to explain why, cause this is the way Chinese is.

[@ChillandVersatile]

My mouth is sore 😂 谢谢

[@keystochinese0921]

Trust me. My mouth was sore after filming this video lol. Good practice!

[@varunkanojiya1503]

Awesome vido 💖

[@laszlonagy9882]

intimidating :) but useful

[@PidongCasiple-bg9vw]

Xiang yao xue´

[@tobiaswolf6630]

20:23

[@jupiter.00m31]

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

[@dbendele]

I appreciate this so much!

[@idkwhatimdoingbutjoinmeifu7349]

Thank you!!!

[@keystochinese0921]

You're welcome!

[@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

[@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 😖

[@iforgotitatmars]

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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@samm8654]

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[@安然-x9t]

Thank you so much, this is exactly what I was looking for ❤️

[@keystochinese0921]

不用谢☺️

[@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 !

[@TheAnnonymous000]

Thank you so much for this video. Its so helpful!

[@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～

[@balbirrawat3351]

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

[@mohammadrazu6645]

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

[@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 ❤❤❤❤❤

[@dapostop7384]

Tone order: neutral, up, down up, down

[@gurujiswaminaluck7103]

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

[@cornelioescipion9930]

I am a beginner Chinese student and I just had a Chinese language Test last week, where a question requested that the student know all the combinations (in memory) of this table. I guess that such questions aren´t pedagogycaly helpful for Chinese students. What do you think about it?

[@Mieayam95]

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTTTTT i kneww it theres no way i make it by myself theres so many 😂😂😂

[@ahkhoenterprise5619]

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

[@zseko77]

Very good and useful, but you don't say what the tones order. I think the order: neutral, down up, down, up.

[@AndriyAndriyAndriy]

Thank you, Savannah, it's very useful. I'll definitely subscribe for more tips and lessons from you! ❤️

[@keystochinese0921]

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

[@AndriyAndriyAndriy]

@@keystochinese0921 It's been a while, but I'm still returning from time to time to check pronunciation. It's far better thanks to you and this video ❤️

[@KevinNahm]

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

[@madelinebrennan7603]

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

[@hoshi180]

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[@watthieu3586]

🙋

[@авиАви-э6н]

Me

[@claudedesrochers6773]

My wife and I are working very hard on this,we just asking ourselve where to go for languages exchange like english for mandarin ,everybody want to teach,but we need to talk,speak,any advices out there. But so far this is the best video We give 10 on 10

[@hoshi180]

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[@cliffordnelson8454]

I would redo this video where you zoom into the general area of where you are working, and move the frame as you proceed. This video is not as useful because things are so small, and also not sure where you are.

[@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

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Thats some real chinese class,not the "top10 tips to learn chinese in a week" tiktoker bulshit

[@rdr21776]

Thank you so much for this breakdown!

[@hassandubai9109]

GREAT CLASS！ IF YOU COULD MAKE A VIDEOS WITH WORDS ， I MEAN A BIGGGG LIST OF CHINESE WORDS FOR US TO LEARN THIS REALLY WOULD BE GOOD， AND WE'D THANK YOU MON AMI

[@HanhTran-i8i]

This is exactly what i am looking for, thank you soooo much ❤❤❤

[@claudedesrochers6773]

She is a good teacher,but where can we go to help mandarin speaking who want to improve their english in we want to help them with their english?

[@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.

[@_PerfectDay_]

Всё отлично, только неужели все китайцы говорят с таким диким штробасом на третьем тоне?) Как ржавой отверткой в ухо...

[@realkellymc]

I love this so much thank you so much your amazing ❤

[@ChillandVersatile]

I really like this video, but I noticed you’re missing Y and W on the chart. There’s a pinyin chart just like this, and has Y and W included. I know it’s a lot to ask, but do you think you could film this video again with that chart that looks just like this one, but has Y and W included 😅

[@keystochinese0921]

Thank you for noticing it! Y and W in Chinese pinyin are actually replacements of “i” and “u” and I explained why and how it works in this video (kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKGVqHWXbtKtjpIsi=gjt9OnKq30ouxy2D). Feel free to check it out:)

[@TalaySeedam]

In Republic of China Taiwan they teach you 注音符號 and standard characters, while in Communist China you can only learn weird broken characters and English letters, and they claim it's "real" Chinese lol.

[@keystochinese0921]

Honestly 注音 and pinyin function the same. As long as it helps learning, people choose whichever comes in handy. Regarding characters, I wish China taught traditional characters. But if people want to learn calligraphy, it’s always traditional characters. However I don’t consider them broken characters, they got simplified for a reason (to help increase literacy) and with certain rules set by linguists.

[@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!

[@meehangrai7051]

Thank you mam...Xiexie....😅😅❤️❤️.. Ur sound table helps us to learn Chinese speaking more easily ....

[@keystochinese0921]

Happy to hear that!

[@engmohmd6470]

Thanks you so much there is way to find word as example from each Voice

[@garden2356]

ā Singing tone. 🎼 🎵 á Questioning tone. ? ă Thinking tone. 🤔 à Rejection tone. N😡! NO! 👎

[@garden2356]

ā Singing tone. 🎼 🎵 á Questioning tone. ? ă Thinking tone. 🤔 à Rejection tone. N😡! NO! 👎

[@mrbankerofficial5694]

This is the video I refer to my friendssssss 🎉🎉🎉🎉. Please make more videos

[@Surgehero5136]

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

[@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 :)

[@TasPraram5]

Sorry..No word: biao, me, ya, yao, ye thank you lao shi

[@celydealmeida]

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

[@murphy903]

Fantastic practice!! Thank you!!

[@oredspider_lilyo]

Such effort put into this! Thank you so much :)

[@achilles4900]

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

[@pbasoaltot]

gracias. as a spanish speaker c,s,z, ch, zh, sh. Thank you

[@clement2780]

please clarify mandarin hokkien cantonese do not say chinese

[@sabbirmiah2622]

hi

[@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!

[@mentalno1377]

Who is from India ?

[@Kdndkns]

Apparently no one

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❤ you are the Best teacher dear. Can we be friends please

[@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 ☺️

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[@nasdanrose4802]

Kudos! You are the best and this helps a lot :)

[@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

[@thepchaipoo6577]

熟能生巧 practice makes perfect

[@yusufang6385]

Laoshi, may i ask, why "in" i hear at other youtube is sound like "ing" in english?

[@keystochinese0921]

Sometimes people from southern China may pronounce in and ing differently from northern Chinese people. My mom's best friend from Sichuan has 玲ling (second tone) in her name but she always pronounces it as lin(second tone). This is usually common for older generation considering mandarin Chinese (based on northern dialec) was not taught well in some areas. Also, it may sound different when it is spoken fast. The reality is that you want to use the language in real world which means you need to understand people with slight accent (affected by their regional dialect), so I would recommend having input from different sources such as tv shows, reality shows, movies, etc. When you get more comfortable with the pronunciation, you will still understand it even though it may be pronounced slightly different among people. When my English was not very good, I found it very very difficult understanding British English (I watch a lot of American TV shows, so I was used to American accent), BUT after I got much better at English, I realized not only could I understand American TV shows better but I also understand a lot more British English! It only takes effort and time. Good luck to you! Let me know if you have any questions. I am more than happy to help.

[@azertytores]

You're truly freaking precious!

[@psychogenesis6755]

Extremely helpful. Thank you so much

[@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

[@Buckzoo2030]

Men, sounds of all Chinese words are here. 🎉

[@dildorajurayeva5958]

I want to take your class, how can I contact you?

[@sadiamahmood4634]

I just wanna say love you for uploading such a great video along with the pronunciation + tones. great work. Thanks a lot for your kind time and great work. it's really helpful in learning Chinese. xie xie ni laoshi

[@keystochinese0921]

不用谢！Glad it helps

[@WanderingSlav7]

My throat muscles hurt after pronouncing the ones with the ü 😅haha

[@keystochinese0921]

hahaha keep practicing :) that means your throat muscles are getting stronger 💪🏼 😆

[@midnightaustin9287]

thank you very much