0. preparation 0.1 introduction to phonetics sructure of syllables initials finals tones corresponding phonetic symbols table of syllables in chinese 0.2 conversation phonetics initials: b p m f d t n l finals: a o e i u ü tones 0.3 conversation phonetics initials: g k h finals: ai ei ao ou an en ang eng ong neutral tone 0.4 conversation phonetics initials: j q x final: ia ie iao iou ian in iang ing iong üe üan ün the 3rd tone sandhi 0.5 conversation phonetics initials: z c s finals: ua uo uai uei uan un uang 0.6 conversation phonetics initials: zh ch sh r er final: -i retroflex final 0.7 conversation phonetics chinese grammar terms stylistic rules and layout list of characters 第一課 你貴姓 phonetics: tone changes of “不bù” …… 第二課 認識你很高興 第三課 你家有幾口人 第四課 這張地圖是英文的 第五課 能不能試一試 第六課 明天打算干什么 第七課 你什么時候回來 第八課 附近有沒有銀行 supplementary text two chinese folk songs index of vocabulary index of grammatical items index of functional items