sР4РOther VowelsР5РChinese Pinyin IntroductionРSyllable = Initial Consonant + Vowel +ToneРmā = m + a + ˉРInitial Consonant:21РVowel:38РTone:4Р1Рn ǐ hǎo ?你好РhanziРpinyinРn ǐРshengmuРyunmuРshengdiaoР汉语拼音 Chinese PīnyīnРFunction:Just like the ic alphabets in English, Pīnyīn helps us to read Chinese words.?Formation: ? Initials 声母 shēng mǔ? Finals 韵母 yùn mǔ? Tones 声调 shēng diào?e.g. 你(you) n-i-ˇ nǐ? 好(good,fine) h-ao-ˇ hǎoР声调 shēng diàoРmā má mǎ màР声调 shēng diàoР1. The tone-mark should be placed over the vowels,eg: nǐ, gē,bà?2. When a tone-mark is placed above the vowel i, the dot over it must be left out,eg: bǐ,wén jiàn jiá?3. pound final carries two or more vowels, the tone-mark is placed over the vowel which pronounced with the mouth opening wider and louder,usually a,o,e,eg: lái, piào, dōu