Consonant....

Consonant Table:

b p m f

d t n l

g k h

j q x

z c s r

zh ch sh

y w

b - as the "b" in "book"

p - as the "p" in "pool"

m - as the "m" in "moon"

f - as the "f" in "food"

d - as the "d" in "door"

t - as the "t" in "tom"

n - as the "n" in "no"

l - as the "l" in "love"

g - as the "g" in good"

k - as the "k" in "kill"

h- as the "h" in "high"

j- as the "j" in "jeep"

q- as the "ch" in "cheese"

x- as the "sh" in "sharp"

z- as the "z" in "zero"

c- as the "ts" in "tsunami"

s- as the "s" in "sun"

r- as the "r" in "red"

zh- start with 'j' in "jeep", but then end smoothly with "r" sound. The first 2 sounds in the sample voice show such move.

ch- start with 'q' in "cheese", but then end smoothly with "r" sound. The first 2 sounds in the sample voice show such move.

sh - start with 'x' in "sharp", but then end smoothly with "r" sound. The first 2 sounds in the sample voice show such move.

( 'zh, ch, sh' are similar to, but strictly different from 'j, q, x' respectively. However, mixing them is not a too big problem for you to be understood in China.)

y- as the "y" in "yes"

w- as the "w" in "wood"