Practice ZhuYin (BoPoMoFo)
| http://www.mdnkids.com/BoPoMo/ | Press on the zhuyin character and hear the sound. Great for parents and children to practice at home pronouncing the sounds. |
| Chinese Alphabet – Pinyin Conversion Chart |
This is a great chart for English-speakers because it shows an English-equivalent phonetic approximation.
Helpful for parents who want to practice with their child. |
Some YouTube videos
Zhuyin Individual Sounds with VocabularyZhuyin Phrase for each SoundDifferentiating between similar ZhuYin sounds
BoPoMoFo Game
There are 6 different levels corresponding to different “groups” of zhuyin characters.
LEVEL 1 and LEVEL 5 will be the hardest.
LEVEL 1 and LEVEL 5 will be the hardest.
- bo,po,mo,fo,de,te,ne,le
https://hanwenschool.org/games/2048/level1.html - ge,ke,he,ji,qi,xi
https://hanwenschool.org/games/2048/level2.html - zhi,chi,shi,ri,zi,ci,si
https://hanwenschool.org/games/2048/level3.html - yi,wu,yu
https://hanwenschool.org/games/2048/level4.html - a,o,e,ei,ai,ei,ao,ou
https://hanwenschool.org/games/2048/level5.html - an,en,ang,eng,er
https://hanwenschool.org/games/2048/level6.html
Reading Stories
| http://edu.ocac.gov.tw/biweekly/animation1/index.htm | Chinese stories with either “follow-along reading” or “animated story-telling”. Uses ZhuYin so kids can try to read along.Here is the downloadable PDF version of the stories (as of 9-20-2017) http://edu.ocac.gov.tw/biweekly/animation1/pdf/myth_Book3-web.pdf |
Mobile Apps with ZhuYin support
| Chinese Writer | App to help children practice writing Chinese characters (both Traditional & Simplified script.
Game Mode allows kids to practice writing Chinese characters before they fall to bottom of screen. |
| Pleco | This app works as a good dictionary with the ability to search in English or Pinyin.
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Mobile Apps to translate between English & Chinese
| Google Translate | Google provides a good voice translation tool. Press the microphone and speak in English or Chinese and it can translate into the other language. |
Why Learn ZhuYin
From a fellow SF Bay Area family, her analysis of why learning ZhuYin is helpful for our kids learning Chinese in the US.
http://mandarinmama.com/the-case-for-zhuyin-bopomofo/
And another article to consider.
And if you would like to know more about the history of ZhuYin (http://www.omniglot.com/chinese/zhuyin.htm)