Purple Bamboo Weekly Learning - hsk1: Basic Pronunciation N Exercises

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This phonetic pronunciation soundsroughly like the English 'n' sound in 'need'. This pronunciation is a nasal sound, so youneed to let your nose help you pronouncethe sound by vibrating your vocal cordswhen pronouncing the sound, and also byusing your nose and letting the air go outof your nose.

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Commonly used characters starting with 'N':
年 (nián) --year
哪 (nǎ) -- which
牛 (niú) -- cow, OX
奶 (nǎi) -- milk

Try to read this tongue twister:
Niūniu qù fàngniú, dàniú xiǎoniú gè liùtóu.
妞妞 去 放牛，大牛 小牛 各 六头。
Niuniu went to herd the cattle with six big cows and six small calves.

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