50 Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Level 1
2.3. The initials z, c, and s
Listen to the recording and complete each syllable by adding the initial that is read.
a. C h. èng
b. A i. è
c. ài j. An
d. è k. ài
e. Fo l. òng
f. An m. uI
g. Ang n. ù
2.4. zh, ch, sh and z, c, s in single syllables
Listen to the recording and circle the syllable that is read.
a. cháng cáng b. sè shè c. zhDng cDng
d. cAn shAn e. shBng sBng f. zhè cè
g. shDu sDu h. zhàn zàn i. cE shE
j. cái chái k. sú shú l. cFo chFo
2.5. zh, ch, sh and z, c, s in two-syllable words
Listen to the recording and circle the two-syllable word that is read.
a. zhJlì zJlì b. sCshì shCshì c. chEbù cEbù
d. zhuFnzài zhuFn zhài e. sAnjiFo shAnjiFo f. chúnchéng cúnchéng
g. zAihuA zhAihuA h. zhìxù zìxù i. cAoshIu chAoshIu
j. zànzhù zhànzhù k. shàngshBn sàngshBn l. shAnsè sAn sè
2.6. Tone practice
Complete each syllable by writing in the tone that is spoken in the recording.
a. shan b. zi c. cong d. jing
e. niao f. ze g. zong h. chuang
i. qiang j. xiong k. shi l. xue
m. zan n. zhuang o. qiao p. cheng