Pinyin Quiz Day 5 | HSK with Panpan

1 How do "zh ch sh" differ from "z c s"?

zh ch sh are retroflex (tongue curls back); z c s are flat-tongued They are exactly the same sound zh ch sh are only used with tone 4 z c s are only used at the start of a sentence

2 How is the "i" after zhi/chi/shi/zi/ci/si actually pronounced?

A buzzed extension of the consonant, NOT "ee" Exactly like "ee" in English "see" Like the Thai vowel อี exactly Silent — it isn't pronounced at all

3 Listen and choose the correct meaning 吃

To eat China Three Hot

4 How is Mandarin "r" pronounced?

A gentle retroflex buzz — not rolled/trilled Rolled/trilled like some other languages' "r" Silent Exactly like Thai ร

5 '中国' means?

China Three To eat Hot

Pinyin — Quiz — Day 5: The Hard Checkpoint: z c s vs. zh ch sh r