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ICANN 46 - Beijing Playing Card Deck (view source)
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A special one-off Chinese language and culture card deck designed by [[ICANNWiki]] staff member [[Vivian Hua]].
===MANDARIN CHINESE & PINYIN===
Chinese words are romanized throughout this deck with a system called pīnyīn (拼音), the official system of translating Chinese characters into Latin script in China, Taiwan, and Singapore. Below are some introductory ideas.
'''Mandarin's Four Accent Tones'''
* First tone (Flat / High Level)
* Second tone (Rising / High-Rising)
* Third tone (Falling-Rising / Low)
* Fourth tone (Falling / High-Falling)
* Fifth tone (Neutral)
{| class="wikitable"
+ Pronunciation Guide
|-
| q
| As in “pun<u>ch you</u>rself” (no English equivalent)
|-
| x
| As in “pu<u>sh you</u>rself” (no English equivalent)
|-
| zh
| With a sharpness found in words like “choke”
|-
| z
| Unaspirated c, like a mix of “suds” and “cats”
|-
| c
| Strongly aspirated c, as in “hats”
|-
| i
| As in “bee”, but if proceeded by z-, c-, s-, zh-, ch-, sh-, or r-, those sounds are extended
|-
| ei
| As in “hey”
|-
| ou
| As in “so”
|-
| ang
| As in the German “Angst”
|-
| ua
| Like “wa”
|-
| ui
| Like “wei”
|}
===MANDARIN CHINESE & PINYIN===
Chinese words are romanized throughout this deck with a system called pīnyīn (拼音), the official system of translating Chinese characters into Latin script in China, Taiwan, and Singapore. Below are some introductory ideas.
'''Mandarin's Four Accent Tones'''
* First tone (Flat / High Level)
* Second tone (Rising / High-Rising)
* Third tone (Falling-Rising / Low)
* Fourth tone (Falling / High-Falling)
* Fifth tone (Neutral)
{| class="wikitable"
+ Pronunciation Guide
|-
| q
| As in “pun<u>ch you</u>rself” (no English equivalent)
|-
| x
| As in “pu<u>sh you</u>rself” (no English equivalent)
|-
| zh
| With a sharpness found in words like “choke”
|-
| z
| Unaspirated c, like a mix of “suds” and “cats”
|-
| c
| Strongly aspirated c, as in “hats”
|-
| i
| As in “bee”, but if proceeded by z-, c-, s-, zh-, ch-, sh-, or r-, those sounds are extended
|-
| ei
| As in “hey”
|-
| ou
| As in “so”
|-
| ang
| As in the German “Angst”
|-
| ua
| Like “wa”
|-
| ui
| Like “wei”
|}