Learn Chinese with Video Podcast

Today's lesson focuses on Finals these aren't the finals you would find in competitions where you've reached the end of a knockout completion. The Finals that we are talking about are the characters which produce the sound at the end of each Chinese word. At the end of today's lesson you'll have a better understanding of the finals and how they are used. For dialogue texts, translation, grammar explanation and learning tools, please visit AtoZChinese.com.

The initial consonant also called sheng1 mu3 are placed at the beginning of all Chinese words to make the initial sound of the word. Some of the initial consonants are very difficult to pronounce such as sh as the sound doesn't exist in the English language. All of these will take practice to master, but don't worry too much as many Chinese people struggle to pronounce them all correctly. For dialogue texts, translation, grammar explanation and learning tools, please visit AtoZChinese.com.

When you study Chinese you always think of square characters. But the Chinese also adopted the English alphabet for learning pronunciation. The sounds of the alphabet are completely different. In the beginning the sounds will seem strange but once you learn all of the sounds your Chinese pronunciation will be far better. For dialogue texts, translation, grammar explanation and learning tools, please visit AtoZChinese.com.