Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese

Lesson 2 Workbook

Listening and speaking

 Pronunciation and Pinyin 

1. Listen and repeat

Tones

1.1. Contour tone + contour tone

Here is a list of two syllable words and phrases in which each syllable occurs in a contour tone.
Listen and repeat each word or phrase. The third tone combinations are listed in section 1.3.

1  +  1  1  +  2  1  +  3  1  +  4

tCngshuD dAngrán dDu hFo dDu shì

fA shAo YCngguó gAokFo dDu duì

jCntiAn jCnnián shClH shCwàng

sAnkB bDlán sAnwFn shBngmìng

2  +  1  2  +  2  2  +  3  2  +  4

líkAi Déguó xuéfF xuéxiào

mái dAn xuénián nín hFo bái fàn

míngtiAn tóngxué láiwFng shénshèng

túshE cháoyáng chénglH chéngshì

4  +  1  4  +  2  4  +  3  4  +  4

shì tA àiguó fùmJ zài jiàn

fàngkAi dàxué xiàozhFng shàng kè