How to Speak 1 to 10 in Chinese

The 1.3 billion people of China speaks many different dialects, or variations of Rosetta Stone software Mandarin, which is one of the most popular languages in the country. Counting in Mandarin requires practicing the sounds and pitch of each word. Listen to native speakers for the most accurate and correct pronunciations. Challenging Instructions 1Master the four inflections or pitches used in Mandarin Rosetta Stone Italian Chinese. Learn each spoken word with the correct pitch. Assign the pitches a number, 1 to 4.2Remember the Pitch 1 as steady with no fluctuations. Note that Pitch 2 has an upward rise in tone while Pitch 3 rises and falls in the same word. Think of Pitch 4 as the most emphatic and abrupt. Compare it to the pitch of an angry "No!"3Make the sound "yee" with Pitch 1 for the word "one." Sound an elongated "urr" with Pitch Rosetta Stone Japanese 4 for the word "two."4Say "three" and "four" as "sahn" and "ssuh" respectively. Make a hissing sound followed by "uh" when speaking "ssuh" ("four"). Use Pitch 1 with both sahn and ssuh.5Use Pitch 3 when forming the sound for "five." Pronounce "woo" as one syllable with the quick rise and fall of the pitch. Say "lyo" for "six" with the emphasis of Pitch 4.6Form the sounds for "seven," "eight," and "nine," by saying "chee," "bah," and "jyo." Say [ Rosetta Stone Software ] "ten" as "shi. Use Pitch one for all four.7Create numbers up to 99 by first saying the number of the tens place. Add the number of the ones place to create the two-digit number. Use the correct pitch for each syllable.