Chinese is quite different from Western languages in that it has a fixed amount of possible syllables. All in all there are no more than around 400 but then each of these syllables then have up to 5 possible tones. Interestingly, there are only a few sounds that end with a consonant. These are n, ng and r.
When developing an iPhone app, I analyzed the HSK vocabulary lists with 5000 words to find which pronunciations that were possible. I found 1186 and with the help of a voice artist, we recorded these in a professional studio environment. Each of these sounds were then edited into an mp3 file and named according to the sound – for example ‘ai’ was named ‘ai5.mp3’. The app developers then linked these together based on the pinyin sound in the vocabulary list. This way, I can have an UNLIMITED amount of word combinations in the app and they all have the correct pronunciation. Some might say it sounds a bit choppy and not exactly like spoken in a sentence and I would agree. However, for the purpose of learning the exact pronunciation of a specific word then this is perfect and greatly appreciated by beginners.
Here’s a sample:
Cool huh?
a, ai, an, ang, ao
ba, bai, ban, bang, bao, bei, ben, beng, bi, bian, biao, bie, bin, bing, bo, bu
ca, cai, can, cang, cao, ce, cei, cen, ceng, cha, chai, chan, chang, chao, che, chen, cheng, chi, chong, chou, chu, chua, chuai, chuan, chuang, chui, chun, chuo, ci, cong, cou, cu, cuan, cui, cun, cuo
da, dai, dan, dang, dao, de, dei, den, deng, di, dian, diao, die, ding, diu, dong, dou, du, duan, dui, dun, duo
e, ei, en, er
fa, fan, fang, fei, fen, feng, fo, fou, fu
ga, gai, gan, gang, gao, ge, gei, gen, geng, gong, gou, gu, gua, guai, guan, guang, gui, gun, guo
ha, hai, han, hang, hao, he, hei, hen, heng, hm, hng, hong, hou, hu, hua, huai, huan, huang, hui, hun, huo
ji, jia, jian, jiang, jiao, jie, jin, jing, jiong, jiu, ju, juan, jue, jun
ka, kai, kan, kang, kao, ke, kei, ken, keng, kong, kou, ku, kua, kuai, kuan, kuang, kui, kun, kuo
la, lai, lan, lang, lao, le, lei, leng, li, lia, lian, liang, liao, lie, lin, ling, liu, long, lou, lu, luo, luan, lun, lü, lüe
m, ma, mai, man, mang, mao, mei, men, meng, mi, mian, miao, mie, min, ming, miu, mo, mou, mu
n, na, nai, nan, nang, nao, ne, nei, nen, neng, ng, ni, nian, niang, niao, nie, nin, ning, niu, nong, nou, nu, nuo, nuan, nü, nüe
o, ou
pa, pai, pan, pang, pao, pei, pen, peng, pi, pian, piao, pie, pin, ping, po, pou, pu
qi, qia, qian, qiang, qiao, qie, qin, qing, qiong, qiu, qu, quan, que, qun
ran, rang, rao, re, ren, reng, ri, rong, rou, ru, rua, ruan, rui, run, ruo
sa, sai, san, sang, sao, se, sei, sen, seng, sha, shai, shan, shang, shao, she, shei, shen, sheng, shi, shou, shu, shua, shuai, shuan, shuang, shui, shun, shuo, si, song, sou, su, suan, sui, sun, suo
ta, tai, tan, tang, tao, te, teng, ti, tian, tiao, tie, ting, tong, tou, tu, tuan, tui, tun, tuo
wa, wai, wan, wang, wei, wen, weng, wo, wu
xi, xia, xian, xiang, xiao, xie, xin, xing, xiong, xiu, xu, xuan, xue, xun
ya, yan, yang, yao, ye, yi, yin, ying, yong, you, yu, yuan, yue, yun
za, zai, zan, zang, zao, ze, zei, zen, zeng, zha, zhai, zhan, zhang, zhao, zhe, zhei, zhen, zheng, zhi, zhong, zhou, zhu, zhua, zhuai, zhuan, zhuang, zhui, zhun, zhuo, zi, zong, zou, zu, zuan, zui, zun, zuo
And here are the mp3 files that are available in the app:
a1.mp3
a5.mp3
ai1.mp3
ai2.mp3
ai3.mp3
ai4.mp3
ai5.mp3
an1.mp3
an4.mp3
ang2.mp3
ao1.mp3
ao2.mp3
ao4.mp3
ba1.mp3
ba2.mp3
ba3.mp3
ba4.mp3
ba5.mp3
bai1.mp3
bai2.mp3
bai3.mp3
bai4.mp3
bai5.mp3
ban1.mp3
ban3.mp3
ban4.mp3
bang1.mp3
bang3.mp3
bang4.mp3
bao1.mp3
bao2.mp3
bao3.mp3
bao4.mp3
bei1.mp3
bei2.mp3
bei3.mp3
bei4.mp3
ben1.mp3
ben3.mp3
ben4.mp3
beng1.mp3
beng2.mp3
beng4.mp3
bi1.mp3
bi2.mp3
bi3.mp3
bi4.mp3
bian1.mp3
bian3.mp3
bian4.mp3
bian5.mp3
biao1.mp3
biao3.mp3
bie1.mp3
bie2.mp3
bie3.mp3
bie4.mp3
bin1.mp3
bing1.mp3
bing3.mp3
bing4.mp3
bing5.mp3
bo1.mp3
bo2.mp3
bo4.mp3
bo5.mp3
bu2.mp3
bu3.mp3
bu4.mp3
bu5.mp3
ca1.mp3
cai1.mp3
cai2.mp3
cai3.mp3
cai4.mp3
can1.mp3
can2.mp3
can3.mp3
can4.mp3
cang1.mp3
cang2.mp3
cao1.mp3
cao2.mp3
cao3.mp3
cao4.mp3
ce4.mp3
ceng2.mp3
cha1.mp3
cha2.mp3
cha4.mp3
chai1.mp3
chai2.mp3
chan1.mp3
chan2.mp3
chan3.mp3
chan4.mp3
chang1.mp3
chang2.mp3
chang3.mp3
chang4.mp3
chao1.mp3
chao2.mp3
chao3.mp3
che1.mp3
che3.mp3
che4.mp3
chen2.mp3
chen4.mp3
cheng1.mp3
cheng2.mp3
cheng3.mp3
cheng4.mp3
chi1.mp3
chi2.mp3
chi3.mp3
chi4.mp3
chong1.mp3
chong2.mp3
chong3.mp3
chong4.mp3
chou1.mp3
chou2.mp3
chou3.mp3
chou4.mp3
chou5.mp3
chu1.mp3
chu2.mp3
chu3.mp3
chu4.mp3
chuan1.mp3
chuan2.mp3
chuan3.mp3
chuan4.mp3
chuang1.mp3
chuang2.mp3
chuang3.mp3
chuang4.mp3
chui1.mp3
chui2.mp3
chun1.mp3
chun2.mp3
chun3.mp3
chuo1.mp3
ci2.mp3
ci3.mp3
ci4.mp3
cong1.mp3
cong2.mp3
cou4.mp3
cu1.mp3
cu4.mp3
cuan4.mp3
cui1.mp3
cui4.mp3
cun1.mp3
cun2.mp3
cun4.mp3
cuo1.mp3
cuo2.mp3
cuo4.mp3
da1.mp3
da2.mp3
da3.mp3
da4.mp3
da5.mp3
dai1.mp3
dai3.mp3
dai4.mp3
dai5.mp3
dan1.mp3
dan3.mp3
dan4.mp3
dang1.mp3
dang3.mp3
dang4.mp3
dao1.mp3
dao3.mp3
dao4.mp3
dao5.mp3
de2.mp3
de3.mp3
de5.mp3
deng1.mp3
deng3.mp3
deng4.mp3
di1.mp3
di2.mp3
di3.mp3
di4.mp3
di5.mp3
dian1.mp3
dian3.mp3
dian4.mp3
dianr3.mp3
diao1.mp3
diao3.mp3
diao4.mp3
die1.mp3
die2.mp3
ding1.mp3
ding3.mp3
ding4.mp3
diu1.mp3
dong1.mp3
dong3.mp3
dong4.mp3
dou1.mp3
dou3.mp3
dou4.mp3
du1.mp3
du2.mp3
du3.mp3
du4.mp3
du5.mp3
duan1.mp3
duan2.mp3
duan3.mp3
duan4.mp3
dui1.mp3
dui4.mp3
dun1.mp3
dun4.mp3
duo1.mp3
duo2.mp3
duo3.mp3
duo4.mp3
duo5.mp3
e2.mp3
e3.mp3
e4.mp3
ei2.mp3
en1.mp3
en5.mp3
er2.mp3
er3.mp3
er4.mp3
er5.mp3
fa1.mp3
fa2.mp3
fa3.mp3
fa4.mp3
fan1.mp3
fan2.mp3
fan3.mp3
fan4.mp3
fan5.mp3
fang1.mp3
fang2.mp3
fang3.mp3
fang4.mp3
fang5.mp3
fei1.mp3
fei2.mp3
fei3.mp3
fei4.mp3
fen1.mp3
fen2.mp3
fen3.mp3
fen4.mp3
feng1.mp3
feng2.mp3
feng3.mp3
feng4.mp3
feng5.mp3
fo2.mp3
fou3.mp3
fu1.mp3
fu2.mp3
fu3.mp3
fu4.mp3
fu5.mp3
ga4.mp3
gai1.mp3
gai3.mp3
gai4.mp3
gan1.mp3
gan3.mp3
gan4.mp3
gang1.mp3
gang3.mp3
gang4.mp3
gao1.mp3
gao3.mp3
gao4.mp3
ge1.mp3
ge2.mp3
ge4.mp3
ge5.mp3
gei3.mp3
gen1.mp3
geng1.mp3
geng4.mp3
gong1.mp3
gong3.mp3
gong4.mp3
gou1.mp3
gou2.mp3
gou3.mp3
gou4.mp3
gu1.mp3
gu3.mp3
gu4.mp3
gu5.mp3
gua1.mp3
gua4.mp3
guai1.mp3
guai3.mp3
guai4.mp3
guan1.mp3
guan2.mp3
guan3.mp3
guan4.mp3
guang1.mp3
guang3.mp3
guang4.mp3
gui1.mp3
gui3.mp3
gui4.mp3
gun3.mp3
gun4.mp3
guo1.mp3
guo2.mp3
guo3.mp3
guo4.mp3
ha1.mp3
hai2.mp3
hai3.mp3
hai4.mp3
hai5.mp3
han2.mp3
han3.mp3
han4.mp3
hang2.mp3
hao2.mp3
hao3.mp3
hao4.mp3
he1.mp3
he2.mp3
he4.mp3
he5.mp3
hei1.mp3
hei5.mp3
hen2.mp3
hen3.mp3
hen4.mp3
heng2.mp3
heng5.mp3
hong1.mp3
hong2.mp3
hong3.mp3
hong4.mp3
hou1.mp3
hou2.mp3
hou3.mp3
hou4.mp3
hou5.mp3
hu1.mp3
hu2.mp3
hu3.mp3
hu4.mp3
hu5.mp3
hua1.mp3
hua2.mp3
hua4.mp3
hua5.mp3
huai2.mp3
huai4.mp3
huan1.mp3
huan2.mp3
huan3.mp3
huan4.mp3
huan5.mp3
huang1.mp3
huang2.mp3
huang3.mp3
huang4.mp3
hui1.mp3
hui2.mp3
hui3.mp3
hui4.mp3
hui5.mp3
huir3.mp3
hun1.mp3
hun2.mp3
hun4.mp3
huo2.mp3
huo3.mp3
huo4.mp3
huo5.mp3
ji1.mp3
ji2.mp3
ji3.mp3
ji4.mp3
ji5.mp3
jia1.mp3
jia2.mp3
jia3.mp3
jia4.mp3
jia5.mp3
jian1.mp3
jian2.mp3
jian3.mp3
jian4.mp3
jian5.mp3
jiang1.mp3
jiang3.mp3
jiang4.mp3
jiao1.mp3
jiao2.mp3
jiao3.mp3
jiao4.mp3
jie1.mp3
jie2.mp3
jie3.mp3
jie4.mp3
jie5.mp3
jin1.mp3
jin3.mp3
jin4.mp3
jing1.mp3
jing3.mp3
jing4.mp3
jing5.mp3
jiu1.mp3
jiu3.mp3
jiu4.mp3
jiu5.mp3
ju1.mp3
ju2.mp3
ju3.mp3
ju4.mp3
ju5.mp3
juan1.mp3
juan3.mp3
juan4.mp3
jue2.mp3
jue4.mp3
jun1.mp3
jun4.mp3
jun5.mp3
ka1.mp3
ka3.mp3
kai1.mp3
kai3.mp3
kai4.mp3
kan1.mp3
kan3.mp3
kan4.mp3
kang1.mp3
kang2.mp3
kang4.mp3
kao3.mp3
kao4.mp3
ke1.mp3
ke2.mp3
ke3.mp3
ke4.mp3
ke5.mp3
ken3.mp3
keng1.mp3
kong1.mp3
kong3.mp3
kong4.mp3
kou3.mp3
kou4.mp3
ku1.mp3
ku3.mp3
ku4.mp3
kua1.mp3
kua3.mp3
kua4.mp3
kuai4.mp3
kuai5.mp3
kuan1.mp3
kuan3.mp3
kuang1.mp3
kuang2.mp3
kuang4.mp3
kui1.mp3
kui3.mp3
kui4.mp3
kun1.mp3
kun3.mp3
kun4.mp3
kuo4.mp3
la1.mp3
la3.mp3
la4.mp3
la5.mp3
lai2.mp3
lai4.mp3
lan2.mp3
lan3.mp3
lan4.mp3
lang2.mp3
lang3.mp3
lang4.mp3
lao1.mp3
lao2.mp3
lao3.mp3
lao5.mp3
le4.mp3
le5.mp3
lei2.mp3
lei3.mp3
lei4.mp3
leng3.mp3
leng4.mp3
li1.mp3
li2.mp3
li3.mp3
li4.mp3
li5.mp3
lia3.mp3
lian2.mp3
lian3.mp3
lian4.mp3
liang2.mp3
liang3.mp3
liang4.mp3
liang5.mp3
liao2.mp3
liao3.mp3
liao4.mp3
lie3.mp3
lie4.mp3
lin2.mp3
lin4.mp3
ling2.mp3
ling3.mp3
ling4.mp3
ling5.mp3
liu1.mp3
liu2.mp3
liu4.mp3
long2.mp3
long3.mp3
long5.mp3
lou2.mp3
lou3.mp3
lou4.mp3
lu2.mp3
lu3.mp3
lü3.mp3
lu4.mp3
lü4.mp3
lu5.mp3
luan4.mp3
lüe4.mp3
lun2.mp3
lun4.mp3
luo1.mp3
luo2.mp3
luo4.mp3
ma1.mp3
ma2.mp3
ma3.mp3
ma4.mp3
ma5.mp3
mai2.mp3
mai3.mp3
mai4.mp3
man2.mp3
man3.mp3
man4.mp3
mang2.mp3
mang4.mp3
mao1.mp3
mao2.mp3
mao4.mp3
mao5.mp3
me5.mp3
mei2.mp3
mei3.mp3
mei4.mp3
mei5.mp3
men2.mp3
men4.mp3
men5.mp3
meng2.mp3
meng3.mp3
meng4.mp3
mi1.mp3
mi2.mp3
mi3.mp3
mi4.mp3
mi5.mp3
mian2.mp3
mian3.mp3
mian4.mp3
miao1.mp3
miao2.mp3
miao3.mp3
miao4.mp3
mie4.mp3
min2.mp3
min3.mp3
ming2.mp3
ming4.mp3
ming5.mp3
miu4.mp3
mo1.mp3
mo2.mp3
mo3.mp3
mo4.mp3
mo5.mp3
mou2.mp3
mou5.mp3
mu2.mp3
mu3.mp3
mu4.mp3
mu5.mp3
na2.mp3
na3.mp3
na4.mp3
nai3.mp3
nai4.mp3
nan2.mp3
nan4.mp3
nan5.mp3
nao2.mp3
nao3.mp3
nao4.mp3
nao5.mp3
ne5.mp3
nei4.mp3
nen4.mp3
neng2.mp3
ni2.mp3
ni3.mp3
ni4.mp3
nian2.mp3
nian4.mp3
niang2.mp3
niang4.mp3
niang5.mp3
niao3.mp3
nie1.mp3
nin2.mp3
ning2.mp3
ning3.mp3
ning4.mp3
niu2.mp3
niu3.mp3
niu5.mp3
nong2.mp3
nong4.mp3
nou4.mp3
nu2.mp3
nu3.mp3
nü3.mp3
nu4.mp3
nuan3.mp3
nüe4.mp3
nun2.mp3
nuo2.mp3
nuo4.mp3
o2.mp3
ou1.mp3
ou3.mp3
pa1.mp3
pa2.mp3
pa4.mp3
pai1.mp3
pai2.mp3
pai4.mp3
pan1.mp3
pan2.mp3
pan4.mp3
pang1.mp3
pang2.mp3
pang4.mp3
pao1.mp3
pao2.mp3
pao3.mp3
pao4.mp3
pei2.mp3
pei4.mp3
pen1.mp3
pen2.mp3
peng1.mp3
peng2.mp3
peng3.mp3
peng4.mp3
peng5.mp3
pi1.mp3
pi2.mp3
pi3.mp3
pi4.mp3
pian1.mp3
pian2.mp3
pian3.mp3
pian4.mp3
piao1.mp3
piao4.mp3
pin1.mp3
pin2.mp3
pin3.mp3
pin4.mp3
ping1.mp3
ping2.mp3
ping5.mp3
po1.mp3
po2.mp3
po4.mp3
pou1.mp3
pu1.mp3
pu2.mp3
pu3.mp3
pu4.mp3
qi1.mp3
qi2.mp3
qi3.mp3
qi4.mp3
qi5.mp3
qia1.mp3
qia4.mp3
qian1.mp3
qian2.mp3
qian3.mp3
qian4.mp3
qiang1.mp3
qiang2.mp3
qiang3.mp3
qiao1.mp3
qiao2.mp3
qiao3.mp3
qiao4.mp3
qie1.mp3
qie3.mp3
qie4.mp3
qin1.mp3
qin2.mp3
qin5.mp3
qing1.mp3
qing2.mp3
qing3.mp3
qing4.mp3
qing5.mp3
qiong2.mp3
qiu1.mp3
qiu2.mp3
qu1.mp3
qu3.mp3
qu4.mp3
qu5.mp3
quan1.mp3
quan2.mp3
quan3.mp3
quan4.mp3
que1.mp3
que2.mp3
que4.mp3
qun2.mp3
ran2.mp3
ran3.mp3
rang3.mp3
rang4.mp3
rao2.mp3
rao3.mp3
rao4.mp3
re3.mp3
re4.mp3
ren2.mp3
ren3.mp3
ren4.mp3
reng1.mp3
reng2.mp3
ri4.mp3
rong2.mp3
rou2.mp3
rou4.mp3
ru2.mp3
ru3.mp3
ru4.mp3
ruan3.mp3
rui4.mp3
run4.mp3
run5.mp3
ruo4.mp3
sa1.mp3
sa3.mp3
sai1.mp3
sai4.mp3
san1.mp3
san3.mp3
san4.mp3
sang1.mp3
sang3.mp3
sang4.mp3
sao1.mp3
sao3.mp3
se2.mp3
se4.mp3
sen1.mp3
sha1.mp3
sha2.mp3
sha3.mp3
sha4.mp3
shai1.mp3
shai4.mp3
shan1.mp3
shan3.mp3
shan4.mp3
shang1.mp3
shang3.mp3
shang4.mp3
shang5.mp3
shao1.mp3
shao2.mp3
shao3.mp3
shao4.mp3
shao5.mp3
she1.mp3
she2.mp3
she3.mp3
she4.mp3
shen1.mp3
shen2.mp3
shen3.mp3
shen4.mp3
shen5.mp3
sheng1.mp3
sheng2.mp3
sheng3.mp3
sheng4.mp3
sheng5.mp3
shi1.mp3
shi2.mp3
shi3.mp3
shi4.mp3
shi5.mp3
shou1.mp3
shou3.mp3
shou4.mp3
shou5.mp3
shu1.mp3
shu2.mp3
shu3.mp3
shu4.mp3
shu5.mp3
shua1.mp3
shua3.mp3
shuai1.mp3
shuai3.mp3
shuai4.mp3
shuan4.mp3
shuang1.mp3
shuang3.mp3
shui2.mp3
shui3.mp3
shui4.mp3
shun4.mp3
shun5.mp3
shuo1.mp3
shuo4.mp3
si1.mp3
si2.mp3
si3.mp3
si4.mp3
si5.mp3
song1.mp3
song3.mp3
song4.mp3
sou1.mp3
sou4.mp3
su1.mp3
su2.mp3
su4.mp3
su5.mp3
suan1.mp3
suan4.mp3
sui1.mp3
sui2.mp3
sui4.mp3
sun1.mp3
sun3.mp3
suo1.mp3
suo3.mp3
suo5.mp3
ta1.mp3
ta3.mp3
ta4.mp3
ta5.mp3
tai1.mp3
tai2.mp3
tai4.mp3
tai5.mp3
tan1.mp3
tan2.mp3
tan3.mp3
tan4.mp3
tang1.mp3
tang2.mp3
tang3.mp3
tang4.mp3
tao1.mp3
tao2.mp3
tao3.mp3
tao4.mp3
tao5.mp3
te4.mp3
teng2.mp3
teng5.mp3
ti1.mp3
ti2.mp3
ti3.mp3
ti4.mp3
tian1.mp3
tian2.mp3
tian3.mp3
tiao1.mp3
tiao2.mp3
tiao3.mp3
tiao4.mp3
tie1.mp3
tie3.mp3
ting1.mp3
ting2.mp3
ting3.mp3
ting5.mp3
tong1.mp3
tong2.mp3
tong3.mp3
tong4.mp3
tong5.mp3
tou1.mp3
tou2.mp3
tou4.mp3
tou5.mp3
tu1.mp3
tu2.mp3
tu3.mp3
tu4.mp3
tu5.mp3
tuan2.mp3
tui1.mp3
tui3.mp3
tui4.mp3
tun1.mp3
tuo1.mp3
tuo3.mp3
tuo4.mp3
wa1.mp3
wa2.mp3
wa3.mp3
wa4.mp3
wa5.mp3
wai1.mp3
wai4.mp3
wan1.mp3
wan2.mp3
wan3.mp3
wan4.mp3
wang2.mp3
wang3.mp3
wang4.mp3
wang5.mp3
wei1.mp3
wei2.mp3
wei3.mp3
wei4.mp3
wei5.mp3
wen1.mp3
wen2.mp3
wen3.mp3
wen4.mp3
wen5.mp3
wo1.mp3
wo3.mp3
wo4.mp3
wu1.mp3
wu2.mp3
wu3.mp3
wu4.mp3
wu5.mp3
xi1.mp3
xi2.mp3
xi3.mp3
xi4.mp3
xi5.mp3
xia1.mp3
xia2.mp3
xia4.mp3
xian1.mp3
xian2.mp3
xian3.mp3
xian4.mp3
xiang1.mp3
xiang2.mp3
xiang3.mp3
xiang4.mp3
xiao1.mp3
xiao2.mp3
xiao3.mp3
xiao4.mp3
xie1.mp3
xie2.mp3
xie3.mp3
xie4.mp3
xie5.mp3
xin1.mp3
xin4.mp3
xin5.mp3
xing1.mp3
xing2.mp3
xing3.mp3
xing4.mp3
xing5.mp3
xiong1.mp3
xiong2.mp3
xiu1.mp3
xiu3.mp3
xiu4.mp3
xu1.mp3
xu3.mp3
xu4.mp3
xu5.mp3
xuan1.mp3
xuan2.mp3
xuan3.mp3
xue1.mp3
xue2.mp3
xue3.mp3
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xun1.mp3
xun2.mp3
xun4.mp3
xun5.mp3
ya1.mp3
ya2.mp3
ya3.mp3
ya4.mp3
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yan1.mp3
yan2.mp3
yan3.mp3
yan4.mp3
yang1.mp3
yang2.mp3
yang3.mp3
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yang5.mp3
yao1.mp3
yao2.mp3
yao3.mp3
yao4.mp3
ye2.mp3
ye3.mp3
ye4.mp3
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yi1.mp3
yi2.mp3
yi3.mp3
yi4.mp3
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yin1.mp3
yin2.mp3
yin3.mp3
yin4.mp3
ying1.mp3
ying2.mp3
ying3.mp3
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ying5.mp3
yo5.mp3
yong1.mp3
yong3.mp3
yong4.mp3
you1.mp3
you2.mp3
you3.mp3
you4.mp3
you5.mp3
yu2.mp3
yu3.mp3
yu4.mp3
yu5.mp3
yuan1.mp3
yuan2.mp3
yuan3.mp3
yuan4.mp3
yue1.mp3
yue2.mp3
yue4.mp3
yun2.mp3
yun3.mp3
yun4.mp3
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zai1.mp3
zai3.mp3
zai4.mp3
zan2.mp3
zan3.mp3
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zang1.mp3
zang4.mp3
zao1.mp3
zao3.mp3
zao4.mp3
ze2.mp3
zei2.mp3
zen3.mp3
zeng1.mp3
zeng2.mp3
zeng4.mp3
zha1.mp3
zha2.mp3
zha3.mp3
zha4.mp3
zhai1.mp3
zhai2.mp3
zhai3.mp3
zhai4.mp3
zhan1.mp3
zhan3.mp3
zhan4.mp3
zhang1.mp3
zhang3.mp3
zhang4.mp3
zhao1.mp3
zhao2.mp3
zhao3.mp3
zhao4.mp3
zhe1.mp3
zhe2.mp3
zhe3.mp3
zhe4.mp3
zhe5.mp3
zhen1.mp3
zhen3.mp3
zhen4.mp3
zheng1.mp3
zheng2.mp3
zheng3.mp3
zheng4.mp3
zhi1.mp3
zhi2.mp3
zhi3.mp3
zhi4.mp3
zhi5.mp3
zhong1.mp3
zhong3.mp3
zhong4.mp3
zhou1.mp3
zhou4.mp3
zhu1.mp3
zhu2.mp3
zhu3.mp3
zhu4.mp3
zhua1.mp3
zhuai4.mp3
zhuan1.mp3
zhuan3.mp3
zhuan4.mp3
zhuang1.mp3
zhuang4.mp3
zhui1.mp3
zhui4.mp3
zhun3.mp3
zhuo1.mp3
zhuo2.mp3
zi1.mp3
zi3.mp3
zi4.mp3
zi5.mp3
zong1.mp3
zong3.mp3
zong4.mp3
zou1.mp3
zou3.mp3
zou4.mp3
zu1.mp3
zu2.mp3
zu3.mp3
zuan1.mp3
zuan4.mp3
zui3.mp3
zui4.mp3
zun1.mp3
zuo1.mp3
zuo2.mp3
zuo3.mp3
zuo4.mp3
A couple of notes:
Syllables spelled with “u”, but pronounced with “ü”:
ju, juan, jue, jun
qu, quan, que, qun
xu, xuan, xue, xun
yu, yuan, yue, yun
Syllables where “u” and “ü” must not be mixed up:
lu, lü, lüe
nu, nü, nüe
Notice, no “th” “tr” “sl” “sk” …. consonant clusters are not available while other languages use them a lot.
What about the alterations in tone due to combinations? Secondly, what about the alternatives to such alterations, due to the pauses which negate those alterations? Thirdly, did you just use the analysis of phonemes according to pinyin, and do you regard this as sufficient?
Hi,
The words come from vocabulary lists where the pinyin pronunciation has already been decided (for the user/student). The flashcard will not teach different pronunciations for a character (f.e. 不 that could have different tones in different combinations). I believe this also answers questions 2 & 3. If not, please let me know.
David
Hi David,
Previous user was perhaps referring to “tone sandhi” (e.g. 你好, pinyin: ni3hao3, is actually pronounced as ni2hao3).
Did the developers take that into account when playing a sentence?
Also, I’d be pretty interested in downloading the full sounds but didn’t find a link in this post.
Finally, you can check this project out: https://github.com/hugolpz/audio-cmn/, which is similar to what you had achieved a few years back.
Cheers!
(PS: I know I’m unearthing a really old post, sorry about that, curiosity killed the cat.)
Hello David, is it possible to use the sounds you recorded in a free app we’re developing?
Thank you
Yes! Happy to share.
Oooh. Those sound nice.
I’m pretty sure I’ve compiled the exact same list, but I lack the professional and the recording studio. Found a couple recording sets online but they lack the critical 5th tone recordings. I’d love to have this set for my own study.
May I use your tone recordings in my App? If yes, where could I find it. Thank you.
Tom,I have been studying Rosetta Stone Chinese Mandarin pettry regularly for 2 months now. I enjoy the software but it helps having someone who knows the language to help with the fill in words. I am going to Beijing in January for 14 days during the Spring Festival and will be staying with a girl who grew up in the Hunan region and has been living in Beijing for 7 years. She helps me by talking to me in Chinese and I answer back. The software absolutely does work as I can speak with Chinese folks here in the east coast of NJ.