Hi, I’m Gogu!
Chinese Alphabet Pinyin Hanzi Chart
Click Pinyin initials, finals, tone marks, or Chinese characters
to see pronunciation, meanings, and example cards.
Pinyin Initials
Beginning sounds like b, p, m, f
Pinyin Finals
Ending sounds like a, ai, ang
Tone Marks
Four tones plus neutral tone
Hanzi
Chinese meaning characters
Chinese pronunciation
Chinese Tones
Mandarin Chinese uses tones. The same sound can change meaning when the pitch changes.
ā
First Tone
High and flat
Selected tone
First Tone ā
The first tone is high and flat. Keep the voice steady.
mā means mother.
Examples
Nǐ hǎo! I’m Gogu!
Chinese Pinyin Tones Initials Finals Hanzi
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Tones
The melody of Mandarin
Initials
Beginning sounds
Finals
Ending sounds
Syllables
Useful Pinyin words
Hanzi
Chinese characters
mā
first tone
Tone
Selected item
Tone mā
The first tone is high and flat.
Tone
mā appears in 妈 (mother).
Examples