Lesson:5 谢谢 你
Thank you
A: 谢谢 你！
Thank you！
B: 不客气！
You're welcome！
Chinese Character and Word.
谢 /xiè/ 气 /qì/ 客 /kè/ 五 /wǔ/ 谢谢 /xiè xie/ 不客气 /bú kè qì/
Chinese Grammars.
1: The Neutral Tone
Apart from the four tones mentioned previously, there is another tone in Chinese, which is short and light, known as “the neutral tone”.
Read the syllables aloud and pay attention to the neutral tone.
zhuō zi，fáng zi，yǐ zi，guì zi
tā men，rén men，wǒ men，dì di
yī fu，ér zi，xǐ huan，rèn shi
xiān sheng，péng you，wǎn shang，piào liang
2: Tone marking
Tone marks in Chinese pinyin are put above vowels. When there are two or more vowels in the final of a syllable, the tone should be marked on the one that is pronounced with the mouth more wide-open, the sequence being “a,o,e,i,u,ü” in the descending order. The compound final iu is an exception to this rule, in which the tone mark is put on u rather than i as iu is the abbreviation of iou. The neutral tone is unmarked.
Read the syllables aloud and pay attention to the positions of the tone marks
xué xiào，bāng máng，lán qiú，nǚ ér
yóu yǒng，shǒu biǎo，zhōng yú，gōng sī
shí jiān，shēn tǐ，kǎo shì，guó jiā
bào zhǐ，hǎo chī，xiè xie，kè qi
3: Abbreviation
When iou， uei or uen follows as initial, they are written as iu，ui and un respectively, for example, niu, gui, lun.
Read the syllables aloud and pay attention to the abbreviated finals.
xiū xi，shuì jiào，lún chuán，niú nǎi，
pí jiǔ，áng guì，liú yán，kāi huì，
tǎo lùn，zú qiú，lún dūn，shī rùn，
cán kuì，shuǐ guǒ，táo zuì，shùn lì，
4: Tone sandhi of “不(bù)”
When “不” is followed by a syllable in the first, second or third tone. its tone doesn't change.
bù chī，bù xíng，bù hǎo，bù hē，bù néng，bù xiǎng
When “不” is followed by a syllable in the fourth tone, it changes into the second tone.
bú huì，bú shì，bú kàn
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