Communicate in Chinese-Phonetics 1

yǔ yīn 语音 Phonetics

To begin with, we'll learn how to utter the Chinese sounds.
Syllables composed of vowels and consonants are the smallest units in the Chinese phonetic system.
Initials and vowels are formed with syllables. A character, the written form of the Chinese language,stands for a syllable. But Chinese is not a truly phonetic language. To help learners read Chinese characters a pinyin system has been designed for transliterating them into a phonetic alphabet.
The letters thus adopted are identical to the English ones, but they are not phonetically equal to each other. Therefore it is advisable for learners to take note of the difference between them.
A Chinese syllable is composed of an initial that forms its beginning part, and a final that covers its remainder, in addition to a tone mark that indicates a variation of speech pitch. Most of the initials are consonants, and the finals consist of the vowels or is the combination of vowels and consonant.
1) Initials声母
There are 21 initials and Chinese: b p m f d t n l g k h j q x zh ch sh r z c s
2) Finals 韵母
There are 35 Chinese finals given below:

韵 母 表