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There you are: wandering through an unfamiliar Chinese town, lost and alone. It\u2019s a scorching summer day. Your phone is out of battery. You\u2019re staying at a nice hotel in the centre of town, one that all the locals are sure to be familiar with. You pop in the nearest convenience store and prepare to ask for directions. Here\u2019s the decisive moment: Whether or not you make it to your hotel depends entirely on your Chinese pronunciation. <\/span>
\n\"Chinese
\nNow, the first thing most people think of when they hear \u201cChinese pronunciation\u201d is tones. It\u2019s all anybody ever talks about. You might think Chinese just has tones and nothing else. Fortunately for you, I\u2019ve already covered Chinese tones<\/a> in another article, and shown why they aren\u2019t as scary as they seem. In today\u2019s article, I\u2019ll go into a few different aspects of correct Chinese pronunciation, focusing on the Mandarin variety. <\/span><\/p>\n

Why does proper Chinese pronunciation matter? <\/b><\/h2>\n

In contrast to English, most Chinese speakers aren\u2019t at all used to hearing non-native speakers attempt their language. In some places in China, you could very easily be the first Chinese-speaking foreigner the locals have met. Wouldn\u2019t you want to make a good impression? <\/span>
\nAnd besides the social aspect, if people aren\u2019t used to foreign accents it\u2019s much harder for them to understand you. The best strategy by far is to get good pronunciation habits ingrained in your speech patterns from the get-go, so that you\u2019re constantly refining your speech instead of having to correct old mistakes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Learn<\/a><\/p>\n

Pinyin: Tricky yet consistent<\/b><\/h2>\n

Mandarin Chinese<\/a> is a pretty restrictive language when it comes to syllables. The syllables have to end in a vowel, n, or ng, and there are also several rules restricting the number of initial sounds. Today I\u2019d like to tackle the trickiest of the initial sounds.<\/span>
\nThe way pinyin is written, you might think that you can just pronounce the letters like their English equivalents and get by that way. The truth is, most of the letters of pinyin don\u2019t have English counterparts at all! Instead, Mandarin differentiates sounds that English speakers hear as very similar. Learning to understand the difference is key to good Chinese pronunciation as well as good understanding of native speakers. <\/span>
\n\"Chinese
\nProbably the most troublesome sounds are the zh ch sh, j q x, and z c s initial sounds. These are the first sounds of extremely common words like Zh\u014dnggu\u00f3, x\u01d0hu\u0101n, and c\u00e8su\u01d2. The important thing to recognize is that each group follows the same pattern. I\u2019ll bring in some linguistic terminology to explain. <\/span>
\nZh, j, and z all represent <\/span>unaspirated <\/span><\/i>sounds. That means there\u2019s no puff of air accompanying them. In English, we aspirate the sounds p, t, and k at the beginning of words. Hold your hand in front of your mouth and say \u201cpit\u201d, followed by \u201cspit.\u201d Each one has the p sound, but you should be able to feel the puff of air accompanying \u201cpit.\u201d That\u2019s aspiration. The ch, q, and c sounds in Pinyin are the aspirated versions of these – they\u2019re made in exactly the same way, except they\u2019re followed by a tiny burst of air. Sh, x, and s are called <\/span>fricatives<\/span><\/i>, which means they\u2019re one smooth long sound that you can draw out. They\u2019re not aspirated either. <\/span>
\nNow, there\u2019s one more distinction being made here. Zh, ch, and sh are <\/span>retroflex <\/span><\/i>sounds, meaning they\u2019re made with the tongue curled back just a little bit. J, q, and x are <\/span>alveolo-palatal<\/span><\/i> sounds, meaning they\u2019re made with the tongue curled forward and down, just behind the bottom teeth. Finally, z c s are the <\/span>dental<\/span><\/i> sounds, meaning that the tongue is just barely touching the back of the upper teeth. <\/span>
\nIt\u2019s a lot to absorb, but understanding these distinctions is key to making these sounds correctly. Otherwise, like me when I first started learning, you\u2019ll confuse them and not be able to hear any difference. The best way to learn pronunciation, as always, is with lots of native audio to guide you. After you\u2019ve read these descriptions of the sounds, check out the introductory Mandarin activities on LingQ to tune your ear. And make sure to practice aloud!<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Learn<\/a><\/p>\n

Let the tones flow through you<\/b><\/h2>\n

The next thing I\u2019d like to cover is sentence flow. If you\u2019re going to pronounce Chinese well, you can by no means stop at the syllable. You have to learn how words are pronounced, how phrases are pronounced, and how whole sentences are pronounced. I can tell if my neighbours are speaking Mandarin or Cantonese<\/a> through my thin walls, even though I can\u2019t make out a single word. It\u2019s all in the rhythm of the muffled sentences I hear. <\/span>
\n\"Chinese
\nUnfortunately, there\u2019s no great way to convey Mandarin sentence intonation in text. Just as with any language, a good reference grammar will have a short section on general rises and falls, but it doesn\u2019t even scratch the surface of what\u2019s going on. Think about it: even if you pronounce each tone perfectly, it\u2019ll be like you\u2019re reading the sentence aloud word by word. You need to have a rhythm, a melody, a cadence. Your Mandarin needs to sound like speech, not a robot voice. <\/span>
\nIf you\u2019re stressing about how to make sure your tones <\/span>and<\/span><\/i> your sentence rhythm sound good, don\u2019t sweat it. If you can mimic any voices or accents in your native language, however poorly, you\u2019re already on the right track. Listen to an example of speech you\u2019d like to mimic and play it on repeat. Shorter segments are better for this – perhaps just a few seconds long. It\u2019s also best to do this after you have a good grounding in how to say the words individually.<\/span>
\nBut don\u2019t let that prescribed book-standard fool you. People push sounds together and glide from tone to tone far more often than you\u2019d think in natural speech. Listen to your little segment of speech over and over and eventually your tongue will start loosening up all by itself. You\u2019ll want to speak aloud. Remember, repeat what you actually hear, not what you might read aloud from a transcript. <\/span>
\nIf you add enough of this relaxed rhythm practice, natural-sounding Chinese sentences will be popping up in your speech left and right. But as I always say in pronunciation articles, you need to practice aloud. Reading this article won\u2019t change anything unless you get those mouth muscles used to natural speech. Check out LingQ to discover how to learn Chinese<\/a> from content you love!<\/span><\/p>\n

***<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alex Thomas loves the sounds of every language, but it is perhaps the Chinese varieties that excite him the most. He has visited many of China\u2019s cities, large and small, and cannot wait to return.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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