Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese

Lesson 1 Workbook

Listening and speaking

 Pronunciation and Pinyin 

1. Listen and repeat

Tones

1.1. The four contour tones

Here is a table of the four contour tones of Mandarin, along with examples, focusing on
words that are introduced in Lesson 1. Listen to the recording and repeat each word aloud.

First tone (1st tone, level tone)

GAo

(lFo)shC

shBng

tA

ZhAng

Second tone (2nd tone, rising tone)

xué(sheng)

lái

dé

guó

hé