Mandarin Chinese/Pinyin/Consonants

Lesson
In pinyin, there are 23 consonants. Do not be alarmed by this number, many are pronounced as they are in English.

Here is a list.

b p m f d t n l g k h j q x zh ch sh r z c s w y The pronunciations of all these consonants, except for q, x, zh and c, are similar to those in English.
 * q - ch as in "cheese"
 * x - sh as in "sheet"
 * zh - j as in "jack"
 * c - ts as in "hats"

See, Chinese is easier than people say it is.

In Short...

 * 23 consonants
 * b p m f d t n l g k h j q x zh ch sh r z c s w y
 * Most are like English
 * "q" and "x" are "ch" and "sh" respectively
 * "c" is "ts"
 * "zh" is like "jack"