Teach yourself to speak Mandarin Chinese using Pīnyīn
—to teach others the Truth
Tōngguò yīngyǔ zìxué
zhōngwén; jiàodǎo
biérén zhēnlǐ
通过英语自学中文,教导别人真理
The language files listed below are for use
on recent computers that use the Unicode
character system.
For older
computers limited to the small ASCII character set see “Old Font” below.
LEARNING
TECHNIQUE
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ROMANIZED
SCRIPT
Pīnyīn—the approved Mandarin Chinese
Romanized script.
FONTS
USED
·
For
newer computers the files on this page are written in Unicode character fonts.
·
For
old computers without Unicode fonts different files are provided. See “Old font” below.
PRONUNCIATION—INTERACTIVE
GUIDES
This interactive htm
file used online calls characters’ sounds automatically.
· Online
pronunciation guide or [Print a pdf] pinyin_introductory/pinyin_pronunciation02.htm—8 September 2017
· Sound files
Interactive
files used online can access sound files automatically.
If you
download the guides, you will need to download the sound files also—see “Sound files” below.
· Introductory
Course online or Print a
pdf pinyin_introductory/pinyin_introductory01_online3_unicode.htm—10 September 2017
·
Language
exercises online or Print a pdf pinyin_introductory/pinyin_introductory_exercises02.htm—8 September 2017
·
Discussions using
incremental phrases online or Print a pdf pinyin_introductory/pinyin_incremental_discussions.htm—8 September 2017
DICTIONARIES
· English
to Mandarin Chinese online:htm or Print a
pdf pinyin_introductory/pinyin_dictionary_e_to_m_a5c1_20170909.htm—9 September, 2017
· Mandarin
Chinese to English online (in Pinyin Order) or Print a
pdf pinyin_introductory/pinyin_dictionary_m_to_e_a5c1_20170909.htm— 9 September, 2017
SOUND FILES FOR DOWNLOADED PRONUNCIATION GUIDES
· If you download the guides containing links to sound files,
you will need to download the sound files also.
You need to
create a folder called “pinyinsounds” in the
same location as the language file; download the sounds into that folder.
o
Download Mandarin
Chinese sounds.
OLD FONT FOR JASPELL FILES TO WORK ON OLD COMPUTERS
If you are using a computer
with an old operating system that does not enable Unicode character fonts, you
need to download Jaspell’s ASCII font and use
our old language learning aids.
·
Work
with old ASCII Fonts and old language files learn_mandarin_language_ascii.htm
·
Manage or convert ASCII and Unicode learn_mandarin_language_font_management.htm
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