Purple Bamboo Weekly Learning - hsk1: Basic Pronunciation L Exercises

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· L
This phonetic pronunciation soundsroughly like the English 'l' sound in 'like'. When pronouncing the sound, the lips areslightly opened, the tip of the tongue ispressed against the upper jaw, and thevocal cords vibrate, with the air flowing outfrom both sides of the tip of the tongue.

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Commonly used characters starting with 'L':
来 (lái) -- come
里 (lǐ) -- inside
辣 (là) -- spicy
冷 (lěng) -- cold

Try to read this tongue twister:
Liùshíliùsuì Lù lǎotóu gài le liùshíliù dòng lóu.
六十六岁 陆老头，盖了 六十六 栋 楼。
Meaning:
The old man called Lu has built sixty-six buildings.

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