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77 Cards in this Set
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M
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M-- (as in "man")
pronounced the same as in English. |
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N
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N-- (as in "no")
pronounced the same as in English. |
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L
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L-- (as in "letter")
pronounced the same as in English. |
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F
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F-- (as in "from")
pronounced the same as in English. |
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S-- (as in "sheep")
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S-- (as in "sheep")
pronounced the same as in English. |
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W
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W-- (as in "woman")
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Y
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Y-- (as in "yes")
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P
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P-- (as in "pun") note: use a strong puff of breath
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K
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K-- (as in "cola") note: use a strong puff of breath
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T
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T-- (as in "tongue") note: use a strong puff of breath
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B
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B-- (as in "bum") note: no puff of breath
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D
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D-- (as in "dung") note: no puff of breath
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G
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G-- (as in "good") note: no puff of breath
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H
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H-- (as in "hot") note: slightly more aspirated than in English
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ZH
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ZH-- (as in "jeweler")
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CH
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CH-- (as in ZH above, but with a strong puff of breath)
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SH
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SH-- (as in "shoe")
pronounced the same as in English. |
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R
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R-- (as in "run")
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C
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C-- (like the "ts" in "it's high", but with a strong puff of breath)
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J
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J-- (as in "Jeff")
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Q
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Q-- (like the "ch" in "cheese")
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Z
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Z
'z' is analogous to the sound of 'ds' in the English word 'beds'. |
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X
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X-- (like the "sh" in "sheep")
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-a
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-a (as in father
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-an
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-an (like the sounds of "John" or "ahn")
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-ang
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-ang (like the sound of "an" above (ahng) with the addition of "g")
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-ai
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-ai (as in "high")
'ai' is analogous to the sound of 'y' in the English word 'by'. |
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-ao
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-ao (as in "how")
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-ar
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-ar (as in "bar")
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-o
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-o (like "aw")
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-ou
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-ou (like the "ow" in "low")
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-ong
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-ong (like the "ung" in "jungle" with a slight "oo" sound)
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-e
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-e (sounds like "uh")
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-en
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-en (like "un" in "under")
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-eng
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-eng (like the "ung" in "lung")
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-ei
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-ei (like a long "a" or the "ei" in "eight")
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-er
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-er (like the "er" in "herd")
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-i
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-i (like a long "e" or the "i" in "machine")
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-in
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-in (as in "bin")
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-ing
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-ing (like "sing")
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-u
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-u (like the "oo" in "loop")
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-un
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-un (as in "fun")
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-uai
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-uai (wai)
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-uei
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-uei (wei)
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-iao
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-iao (yao)
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-iou
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-iou (you)
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-üan
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-üan (yuan)
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-ian
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-ian (yan)
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-in
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-in (yin)
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-uen
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-uen (wen)
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-ün
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-ün (yun)
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-iang
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-iang (yang)
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-uang
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-uang (wang)
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-ing
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-ing (ying)
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-ueng
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-ueng (weng)
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-iong
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-iong (yong)
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-ei
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-ei
'ei' is analogous to the sound of 'ay' in the English word 'bay'. |
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-er
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-er
'er' is analogous to the sound of 'er' in the English word 'sister' |
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-ong
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-ong
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-eng
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-eng
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-ang
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-ang
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-en
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-en
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-ia
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-ia (ya)
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-ua
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-ua (wa)
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-uo
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-uo (wo)
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-ie
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-ie (ye)
'ie' is analogous to the pronunciation of 'ye' in the English word 'yes'. |
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-üe
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-üe (yue)
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-(ü)
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-(ü)
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-uan
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-uan (wan)
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(Initial and Final Sounds)
Ni |
Ni (sounds like "knee")
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Hao |
Hao (sounds like "how" with a little more aspiration)
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Dong |
Dong (sounds like "doong")
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Qi |
Qi (sounds like "chee")
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Gong |
Gong (sounds like "gung")
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Tai |
Tai (sounds like "tie")
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Ji |
Ji (sounds like "gee")
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Quan |
Quan (sounds like "chwan")
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