Pronunciation of zero initials in Pinyin
If zero initials follow a vowel sound, are they sounded/pronunced?
For example,　would　不一　be pronunced as　‘ｂù　ｙī’　instead of ‘ｂù　ī’’？
I've been saying　‘ｂù　ī’’　since I started learning Mandarin，　and I think I've been making a mistake hehe

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Pronunciation of zero initials in Pinyin
If zero initials follow a vowel sound, are they sounded/pronunced?
For example,　would　不一　be pronunced as　‘ｂù　ｙī’　instead of ‘ｂù　ī’’？
I've been saying　‘ｂù　ī’’　since I started learning Mandarin，　and I think I've been making a mistake hehe

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不一 is usually said "bú yì".

You need to study the bit where 不 and 一 change their tone.

Hmm, I think I mucked this up somewhere. 一 changes to yí, right?

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When "i" and "u" form syllables by themselves without the consonant initial, they are written as "yi" and "wu" respectively. So the pinyin of　"不一" should be written as‘ｂù　ｙī’. The pronunciation of "ｂù　ｙī" and "ｂù　ī" are same.

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Eliot, your chinese is AWFUL lol

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If you wanna correct your pronunciation by youeself, you probably could use google translate.
Or you can speak to me.

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I think  "ｂù　ｙī" and "ｂù　ī" in pinyin are the same pronunciation but "ｂù　ī"  is wrong, we don't write like this. Except 韵母"a,ao,ai,ang,o,ou,e,ei", we need a 声母(b,p,m,f, etc.) before 韵母(i,u,v, etc.)

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