P5 Chinese hanyu pinyin practice
Singapore Primary 5 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 push towards the PSLE on hanyu pinyin. This page has 17 skill points and 569 questions.
What is tested in P5 hanyu pinyin
In P5 and P6 the pinyin question is a fixed pair in the language-use section, going by our five-year count. The words come from high-frequency textbook vocabulary and the testing sits on front and back nasals, n/l, retroflex against plain initials, and the tone change when two third tones meet. The options are built to look alike — often four choices differing by one mark or one letter.
Common traps
- Two third tones in a row: the first is read as a second tone but still written as a third, so a child who marks what they hear gets it wrong.
- The second character of a neutral-tone word carries no tone mark, and adding one makes the answer wrong.
- One option hides two faults at once — a wrong initial on one character and a wrong tone on the other.
How to practise
At this level there is no need to drill all of pinyin. Work the words that actually come up: take twenty each from the front-and-back-nasal, n/l and retroflex groups and go through them once a week. When answering, mark the character you are unsure of first, then read the options — do not guess the word as a whole.
P5 hanyu pinyin · worked examples
“拥抱”的正确拼音是：
- ・yóng báo
- ・yóng bào
- ✓ yōng bào
- ・yōng bāo
Why: The answer is "yōng bào". "拥" is yōng (1st tone); "抱" is bào (4th tone). "yóng bào": "拥" is given the 2nd tone instead of the 1st tone. "yōng bāo": "抱" is given the 1st tone instead of the 4th tone. "yóng báo": "拥" is given the 2nd tone instead of the 1st tone.
“坚固”的正确拼音是：
- ・jián gù
- ・jiān gū
- ✓ jiān gù
- ・jiāng gù
Why: The answer is "jiān gù". "坚" is jiān (1st tone); "固" is gù (4th tone). "jián gù": "坚" is given the 2nd tone instead of the 1st tone. "jiān gū": "固" is given the 1st tone instead of the 4th tone. "jiāng gù": "坚" takes the -ng ending iang instead of ian.
“胸”的正确拼音是：
- ✓ xiōng
- ・xióng
- ・xiòng
- ・xiǒng
Why: The answer is "xiōng". "胸" is xiōng (1st tone). "xióng": "胸" is given the 2nd tone instead of the 1st tone. "xiǒng": "胸" is given the 3rd tone instead of the 1st tone. "xiòng": "胸" is given the 4th tone instead of the 1st tone.
When unsure, read the whole word aloud first and watch which final carries the tone mark.
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