Pinyin Sound Lab · Free companion
A little garden of Mandarin sounds.
Open the book, choose a sound, and listen to a young native speaker. Yaya shows the way. Bubu tries again. Your turn comes next.
Book 1 · Six Magic Vowels
Choose the page in your book.
Each printed QR code opens one of these sound stops directly. You can also explore all eight stops here.
Book 1 · Page 5
Open wide
Tongue flat and low. Keep the sound pure.
All approved tracks are ready. Choose a green “Ready” button to listen.
One sound · Three small steps
Look. Listen. Try.
No drills and no English letter names. A few playful minutes are enough.
- 1
Look
Find Yaya’s mouth shape and the story clue in your book.
- 2
Listen
Play the child speaker once before anyone copies the sound.
- 3
Try
Make the same mouth, say it once, and celebrate a brave try.
A small but important note
Let the recording be the sound authority.
Pinyin uses familiar Roman letters, but they do not always behave like English phonics. Listen before naming the letter, model once, then invite the child to copy. Accurate listening matters more than memorizing.
Meet the creator
Nong Mei Mao 浓眉猫
Playful Mandarin learning tools for curious children and the grown-ups beside them—where every careful listen and brave try becomes part of the adventure.