P1 Chinese hanyu pinyin practice
Singapore Primary 1 Chinese, hanyu pinyin (拼音选择): choose the correct hanyu pinyin for a word, testing initials, finals and tones — especially z/zh, n/l, the front and back nasals, and the tone change when two third tones meet. Everything here follows the MOE syllabus. You can try one set free without signing up, and it is marked as you go — get one wrong and the same point comes back asked a different way, so your child can build the foundation on hanyu pinyin. This page has 19 skill points and 496 questions.
What is tested in P1 hanyu pinyin
In P1 and P2 the hanyu pinyin question asks for the whole syllable of a character from the textbook: initial, final and tone all have to be right. A word is given with four pinyin options, and only one is correct — the other three each get one thing wrong. At this level the characters are mostly common single syllables, so the work sits in paired initials like b/p, d/t and z/zh, and in the front and back nasals an/ang, en/eng.
Common traps
- The initial is right but the tone mark is wrong — mǎ and mà differ by one stroke.
- Front and back nasals swapped: fan and fang sound alike to a child but are written differently.
- The two dots on ü: dropped after j, q and x, but kept in nǚ and lǜ.
How to practise
Have your child say the word out loud before looking at the options. Pinyin at this age rests on hearing it accurately, so reading one lesson's character list aloud each day does more than doing another worksheet.
P1 hanyu pinyin · worked examples
“红毛丹”的正确拼音是：
- ✓ hóng máo dān
- ・hóng mǎo dān
- ・hǒng máo dān
- ・hóng máo dāng
Why: The answer is "hóng máo dān". "红" is hóng (2nd tone); "毛" is máo (2nd tone); "丹" is dān (1st tone). "hóng máo dāng": "丹" takes the -ng ending ang instead of an. "hóng mǎo dān": "毛" is given the 3rd tone instead of the 2nd tone. "hǒng máo dān": "红" is given the 3rd tone instead of the 2nd tone.
“唱”的正确拼音是：
- ✓ chàng
- ・chāng
- ・càng
- ・chàn
Why: The answer is "chàng". "唱" is chàng (4th tone). "chàn": "唱" takes the -n ending an instead of ang. "càng": "唱" starts with c: c is flat, ch is curled back. "chāng": "唱" is given the 1st tone instead of the 4th tone.
“短处”的正确拼音是：
- ・duǎn cù
- ・duǎn chǔ
- ✓ duǎn chù
- ・duān chù
Why: The answer is "duǎn chù". "短" is duǎn (3rd tone); "处" is chù (4th tone). "duān chù": "短" is given the 1st tone instead of the 3rd tone. "duǎn chǔ": "处" is given the 3rd tone instead of the 4th tone. "duǎn cù": "处" starts with c: c is flat, ch is curled back.
When unsure, read the whole word aloud first and watch which final carries the tone mark.
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