The syllable is the most natural structural unit in speech. To be precise, syllable is the smallest unit of phonetic structure composed of phoneme combinations. It is composed of three parts: head, abdomen and tail, so there are obvious perceptible boundaries between syllables.

In Chinese, generally the pronunciation of a Chinese character is one syllable. The commonly used basic atonal syllables in Mandarin are 400, and the number of tonal syllables (excluding soft tones) is more than 1,300.

Syllables are not the same as musical measures. Many people confuse them and they should be distinguished.

In Chinese phonology, a Chinese syllable includes initial consonants and finals. In Chinese, generally one Chinese character represents one syllable.

Initial consonants: b p m f d t n l g k h j q x zh ch sh r z c s

Final consonants: a o e i u ü ai ei ui ao ou iu ie üe er an en in un ün ang eng ing ong

Recognize and read the syllables as a whole: zhi chi shi ri zi ci si ye yi yin ying wu yu yue yun yuan

Commonly used spelling methods:

Two spellings of sound and rhyme - treat the finals as As a whole, use it to compete with the initial consonant. Such as: h-ào→ (hao).

How to spell the two initial consonants - first find the place where the initial consonant is pronounced, get into the posture of pronunciation, then pronounce the finals in one breath and spell them into syllables. For example: to spell bā (巴), first close your lips, hold your breath, and position yourself to pronounce the b sound, and then pronounce a in one breath to become a syllable.

The three-pin concatenated pronunciation method is to analyze the syllables with medial sounds into three components: sound, medial and rhyme, and pronounce them into one syllable in Pinyin. For example: q-i-áng→qiáng (strong)

The consonant consonant consonant and final consonant connection method - is to combine the initial consonant and the medial consonant (medial consonant) to form a pinyin component, and then combine it with the subsequent finals Fight together. Such as: gu-āng→guāng (light).