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Interactive pinyin chart with 3D mouth and tones

Choose an initial, a final or any syllable, pick a tone, and press play. The chart is a reference; each sound links to its full lesson.

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Initials (21)

b

Standard Mandarin

Mouth & tongue

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Vocal folds: vibrating

TongueTeethUvula

Simplified human pronunciation. The small uvula hangs from the palate; it is not the vocal folds. The wave indicates voicing.

Tone

High and level, around 55 on the five-level pitch scale.

Voice settings

The mouth starts slightly open. Movement is slowed for observation; the synthetic sound plays once at its original speed. Pause holds the current mouth shape; reset returns to the relaxed position. The panda is a symbolic teaching aid for human pronunciation, not animal anatomy. A simplified teaching model, not a measured or anatomically validated simulation. It shows the soft palate lowering for nasal sounds, but not airflow. Single syllables use eSpeak NG, a synthetic voice on your device. Its pitch range is narrower than natural speech, so use the tone diagrams and word buttons as well. Words and sentences use a voice from your browser or device when one is available. No native recordings are bundled.

Full lesson for b →Back to the syllable table

Finals

All syllables

Each row is a final and each column an initial. A blank cell means the combination is not in ordinary vocabulary. Select a syllable to hear it in the chosen tone.

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	No initial	b	p	m	f	d	t	n	l	g	k	h	j	q	x	zh	ch	sh	r	z	c	s
a
o
e
ai
ei
ao
ou
an
en
ang
eng
ong
er
-i
i
ia
ie
iao
iu
ian
in
iang
ing
iong
u
ua
uo
uai
ui
uan
un
uang
ueng
ü
üe
üan
ün

Every Mandarin sound, one lesson at a time

Initial lessons

Final lessons

References & editorial notes

PronounceKit wrote this lesson as practical guidance for English speakers, based on the references below. The comparisons are editorial teaching suggestions. It describes common Mainland Standard Mandarin patterns, not every accent or regional variety, and it has not been independently reviewed by a pronunciation specialist or Mandarin teacher.