Chinese
Word info
Global dictionary of words that are found in articles, explanations of words.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Pinyin | letters from the Roman alphabet used to represent Chinese sounds. |
| Tone | Tone refers to the spoken quality (for example, the highness or lowness) of a syllable. In tonal languages (like Chinese), tone can change the meaning of a word. |
| Adjectives | (such as “red”, “funny”, “interesting”) describe people, places, or things. |
| Noun | A noun is the name of something, such as a thing (“spoon”, an idea “love”, a place “Atlanta”, or a person “John”. |
| syllable | A syllable is a sound chunk that contains one vowel. In Chinese, each character represents a syllable. |
| initial | An initial is a sound that begins a syllable. Most Chinese initials are consonants (like “p”, “k”, “s”). |
| final | A final is a sound that ends a syllable. All Chinese finals contain at least one vowel (like “a”, “ao”, “ing”) |
| vowel | Vowels are sounds like “a”, “e”, “i”. They are pronounced with air flowing freely through your mouth. |
| tone | Tone refers to the pitch (for example, the highness or lowness) of a sound. In Chinese, tone can change the meaning of a word. |
| Verb | A verb expresses an action ("Luis cooks every day" or a state of being ("I am sick"). |
| Negate | Negatives say something is not so. In Chinese, negative sentences generally use "不". |
| plural | more than one |
| singular | one |