According to the opinion of the State Language Committee Office, "O" is a single vowel with a round lip in the back half of the tongue. Pronunciation position and pronunciation method are: upper and lower lips are round, tongue retracts, and tongue position is half high. According to the Chinese phonetic scheme, the single vowel "o" can refer to the pronunciation of "oh". At the same time, "Oh" is a polyphonic word. Consultants can search for "oh" through Baidu and click on the second pinyin "?" to listen to the pronunciation.
Pinyin teaching has a basis
Professor Song Xinqiao from the Putonghua Education Research and Development Center of the Chinese University of Hong Kong was a researcher of the State Language Committee. Author of Putonghua Phonetic Training Course (3rd Edition). Song Xinqiao recently published an article in China Architecture magazine, discussing the pronunciation standard of the single vowel "O".
Song Xinqiao emphasized that pinyin teaching should be based on the scheme of Chinese pinyin. Relevant scholars from the Information Office of the Ministry of Education and the Institute of Linguistics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences support Professor Song's view. The relevant person in charge of the Language Information Management Department of the Ministry of Education also stressed that the scheme of Chinese Pinyin is the basis of Chinese Pinyin teaching.
The Chinese Pinyin Scheme is the legal Pinyin Scheme in People's Republic of China (PRC) and the only national standard adopted by the National People's Congress in language and writing. The Chinese Pinyin Scheme is an international standard for the United Nations and the International Organization for Standardization to spell special terms and words about China in world literary works.
Song Xinqiao believes that the discussion on Chinese Pinyin should be based on the scheme of Chinese Pinyin and should not be played at will. When you encounter pinyin problems, you must first consult the Chinese pinyin scheme. In daily life, if you look for a Xinhua dictionary or a modern Chinese dictionary, just turn to the attached table and you will see the Chinese Pinyin scheme.
The pronunciation standard of "O" is very clear.
Song Xinqiao noticed that the pronunciation of the Chinese phonetic alphabet "O" was also discussed more than ten years ago. There is a saying that the pronunciation of the single vowel "o" has been controversial in academic circles. He believes that the pronunciation standard of the single vowel "O" is very clear and has never been blurred. There are three foundations:
The first is the scheme of Chinese Pinyin published by 1958. Its alphabet and vowel table clearly mark "O" as ㄛ (ㄛ is a phonetic symbol).
Second, the National Standard DocumentNo. 1982339 "Phonetic Comparison Table of Chinese Phonetic Alphabet Names" jointly issued by the National Bureau of Standards and the China Character Reform Commission in 1982332. The name pronunciation of the letter "O" is not only marked with the phonetic symbol ㄛ, but also marked with the international phonetic symbol O (wide phonetic symbol is adopted here). It should be noted that vowels in Chinese Pinyin are all pronounced with vowels.
Thirdly, the first part of the Outline of Putonghua Proficiency Test (Commercial Press, 2004) compiled by the Putonghua Training and Testing Center of the State Language Committee describes the monosyllabic "O" as a "vowel with a middle lip" and adopts the international phonetic symbol (strict phonetic symbol is adopted here).