Mandarin/Mandarin One/Lesson One/Lesson One Quiz

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[edit] Pronunciation

(5=Highest Normal Pitch, 1=Lowest Normal Pitch)

1. What is the pitch range for the High Rising tone?

5-5
→ The pitch range for High Flat is 5-5.
3-5
→ Correct! The pitch range for the High Rising tone is 3-5.
2-1-4
→ The pitch range for the Low Dropping and Rising is tone 2-1-4.
1, 2, 3, or 4
→ The pitch range for Neutral tone varies according to the preceding syllable.
None of the above

2. What tone number starts from a high of 4 and ends with a low of 3?

1
→ The pitch range for the High Flat tone is 5-5.
2
→ The pitch range for the High Rising tone is 3-5.
3
→ The pitch range for the Low Dropping and Rising tone is 2-1-4.
4
→ The pitch range for the Sharply Dropping tone is 5-1.
5
→ The pitch range for Neutral tone varies according to the preceding syllable.
None of the above
→ Correct; no tones in Mandarin correspond to those levels

3. What tone number falls from 2 to 1 and then rises from 1 to 4?

1
→ The pitch range for the High Flat tone is 5-5.
2
→ The pitch range for the High Rising tone is 3-5.
3
→ The Low Dropping and Rising tone is correct.
4
→ The pitch range for the Sharply Dropping tone is 5-1.
5
→ The pitch range for Neutral tone varies according to the preceding syllable.
None of the above

4. What initial sounds are Unaspirated (unvoiced)?

pō, tē, cī, chī, qī, kē
→ Aspirated - A puff of air is used to make all of these sounds that is stronger than in English.
bō, dē, zī, zhī, jī, gē
→ Correct! No puffs of air are produced to make these sounds. The initial b sounds like an unvoiced version of p, d is like t, and g like k.
mō, nē
fō, sī, shī, xī, hē
lē, rī
None of the above

5. The initial sound zhī sounds like what English equivalent?

The "chi" in chirp
→ used in the initial sound: chī
The "sh" in shirt
→ used in the initial sound: shī
The "j" in jeep
→ used in the initial sound: jī
the "j" in "j" in adjure
→ Correct!
None of the above

6. What group of initials are the most different from how they would be pronounced in English, are called Retroflexes, and the sound is made by rolling the tongue back?

pō, tē, cī, chī, qī, kē
→ Aspirated - A puff of air is used to make all of these sounds that is stronger than in English.
bō, dē, zī, zhī, jī, gē
→ These are unasperated
zhī, chī, shī, rī
→ Correct!
jī, qī, xī
→ These are the palatals
zī, cī, sī
→ These are the dental silibants
None of the above

7. How is the final ü written when it there is no initial?

y
→ This is not left in a syllable by itself. The "i" sound in a stand-alone syllable is spelled yi.
u
→ This is not left in a syllable by itself. The "u" sound in a stand-alone syllable is spelled wu.
wu
→ This is spelling of the "u" sound in a stand-alone syllable.
yu
→ Correct!
ü
→ This is not left in a syllable by itself. The "ü" sound in a stand-alone syllable is spelled yu.
None of the above

8. What final sounds like the first part of British English "angst"?

en
→ is like un in "women
an
→ is like ahn
ung
→ This is not a final.
eng
→ *Eng is like ung in "rung"
ang
→ Correct!
None of the above

9. What tone is voiced at one of four different pitch levels depending on the preceeding syllable?

1
→ is high flat 1-1
2
→ is high rising 3-5
3
→ is low dropping and rising 2-1-4
4
→ is sharply dropping 5-1
5
→ Correct! It is the neutral tone.
None of the above

10. What final sounds like won?

wen
→ is like wun in "won"
uan
→ is like wahn in the Spanish "Juan"
un
→ Correct!
eng
→ is like ung in "rung"
ung
→ This is not a final.
None of the above

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