Archive for April, 2006

Two ways to type pinyin with tones - great tools to learn Chinese

Friday, April 14th, 2006

So you are learning Chinese and you know what Chinese Pinyin is, but you wonder how you can type those Pinyin tones on your computer, right? There are many ways to do that, here we introduce you two easiest solutions. Have fun learning Chinese! Have fun learning Pinyin!
Copy and paste the text for conversion: (For example: wo3 hui4 shuo1 zhong1 wen2, use v0 for ü or v1-4 for ü with tones)

 

Chinese Pinyin converted as Unicode:

  


If you are using MS Word 97 or later version, the unicode support are built in, and that will allow you type Chinese Pinyin with four tones. There are many ways to key in these tones. The most convenient way to do this that I figured out is by employing a Macro. The macro helps you to convert a combination of roman letters and arabic numbers (ex: ni3 hao3 ma1, zhang1) into correct toned pinyin automatically. You can assign a short key to your Macro, so with a click you will get your toned pinyin text.

1. Save the following macro text files:
unicodepinyin.txt(convert pinyin with numbers to unicode pinyin font)
unicodeback.txt (convert unicode pinyin font back to pinyin with numbers)
2. Use notepad to open unicodepinyin.txt
3. Edit, Select all, Copy
4. Close notepad
5. Open Word
6. Click Tool, Macro, Macros
7. Type ‘unicodepinyin’ in Macro name window
8. Click Create
9. Press Control and V at the same time to paste codes
10. Click File, Close and return to Microsoft Word
The macro unicodepinyin is created.
Follow the same procedure to create ‘unicodeback’ macro. (Name the new macro ‘unicodeback’)

You can also take advantage of our online pinyin conversion tool by clicking “online pinyin conversion” on the “pages” section of this website.

Easily confused sound-zh/x/q

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
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zh/x/q

zhī xī qī
zhān xiān qiān
zhāng xiāng qiāng
zhū xū qū

Easily confused Sound - z/c

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
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z/c

zī cī
zū cū
zāi cāi

zuī cuī
zūn cūn
zōu cōu
zuō cuō

Easily confused Sound - an/ang

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
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An/ang

Sān Sāng
Fān Fang
Pān Pāng
Cān Cāng
Chān Chāng
Bān Bāng

Dictation - Chinese numbers EZ

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
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Group A-1a
0-10
1. 0
2. 1
3. 2
4. 3
5. 4
6. 5
7. 6
8. 7
9. 8
10. 9
11. 10
Group A-1b

1. 4
2. 5
3. 6
4. 9
5. 2
6. 1
7. 0

Group A-1c

1. 3
2. 0
3. 5
4. 6
5. 7
6. 3
7. 2

Group A-1d
1. 0
2. 1
3. 0
4. 2
5. 0
6. 9
7. 1

Group A-1e
1. 3
2. 9
3. 1
4. 2
5. 3
6. 2
7. 6

Group A-2a
(10-99)

1. 10
2. 11
3. 13
4. 18
5. 20
6. 16
7. 19
8. 12
9. 13
10. 19

Group A-2b
1. 23
2. 21
3. 27
4. 35
5. 42
6. 35
7. 48
8. 96
9. 44
10. 89

Group A-2c
1. 34
2. 55
3. 45
4. 78
5. 99
6. 78
7. 56
8. 43
9. 51
10. 75

Group A-3a
Telephone numbers
1. 213 223 4511
2. 324 009 2341
3. 980 340 1562
4. 860 315 8792
5. 455 233 1272
6. 990 410 4524

Group A-3b
1. 210 345 6988
2. 869 321 8987
3. 243 991 3480
4. 214 449 2398
5. 883 243 2188
6. 233 122 8900

Group A-3c
1. 0139 224 3322
2. 0527 521 2367
3. 0513 334 1278
4. 0739 120 4690
5. 0985 244 7899
6. 0213 345 8890

Group A-4a
hundred
1. 100
2. 101
3. 102
4. 109
5. 111
6. 118

Group A-4b
1. 112
2. 217
3. 445
4. 980
5. 123
6. 445

Group A-4c
1. 889
2. 120
3. 345
4. 388
5. 983
6. 847

dictation2 toned Chinese Pinyin

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
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Bo/po/de/te
1. bō
2. pǒ
3. béi
4. dā
5. tái
6. dǎi
7. pèi
8. pā
9. dí
10. tī

zi/ci/zhi/chi
1. zà
2. zhā
3. cá
4. chǎ
5. zán
6. cān
7. zàng
8. cáng
9. zhǎng
10. zū

1. sù
2. shǔ
3. zhí
4. chī
5. zhì
6. cí
7. zuǐ
8. cuì
9. chuī
10. zhū

zhi/ji
1. zhī
2. jī
3. zhǔ
4. jú
5. juān
6. zhuán
7. zhà
8. jiá
9. jū

qi/xi

1. qì
2. xì
3. qiā
4. qián
5. xiān
6. xiā
7. qú
8. xù
9. xiē
10. qiē

an/en
1. fán
2. shān
3. shān
4. shēn
5. lán
6. jiàn
7. hēn
8. gān
9. zhēn
10. zǎn

ai/ei
1. lāi
2. dài
3. sāi
4. léi
5. béi
6. mǎi
7. gěi
8. gài
9. bái
10. gāi

ou/uo
1. lóu
2. luó
3. buō
4. sōu
5. suǒ
6. guō
7. gōu
8. hòu
9. buō
10. shǒu

u/ü

1. lū
2. lǜ
3. nū
4. nǚ
5. wū
6. yǚ

Dictation - Chinese Pinyin all 1st tone

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
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Dictation - pinyin

Bo/po/de/te
1. bō
2. pō
3. bēi
4. dā
5. tāi
6. dāi
7. pēi
8. pā
9. dī
10. tī

zi/ci/zhi/chi
1. zā
2. zhā
3. cā
4. chā
5. zān
6. cān
7. zāng
8. cāng
9. zhāng
10. zū

1. sū
2. shū
3. zhī
4. chī
5. zhī
6. cī
7. zuī
8. cuī
9. chui
10. zhū

zhi/ji

1. zhī
2. jī
3. zhū
4. jū
5. juān
6. zhuān
7. zhā
8. jiā
9. jū

qi/xi

1. qī
2. xī
3. qiā
4. qiān
5. xiān
6. xiā
7. qū
8. xū
9. xiē
10. qiē

an/en
1. fān
2. shān
3. shān
4. shēn
5. lān
6. jiān
7. hēn
8. gān
9. zhēn
10. zān
ai/ei
1. lāi
2. dāi
3. sāi
4. lēi
5. bēi
6. māi
7. gēi
8. gāi
9. bāi
10. gāi

ou/uo
1. lōu
2. luō
3. buō
4. sōu
5. suō
6. guō
7. gōu
8. hōu
9. buō
10. shōu

u/ü

1. lū
2. lǖ
3. nū
4. nǖ
5. wū
6. yǖ