Phonetic teaching/correcting device for learning mandarin

A phonetic teaching/correcting device for learning Mandarin, with the Mandarin including a plurality of Chinese characters and a phonetic system that includes a first group of phonetic symbols, a second group of phonetic symbols, and a plurality of tone marks representing a plurality of tones, with the phonetic teaching/correcting device comprising:

• a book including a plurality of pages, with at least one of the plurality of pages including a first phonetic symbol component selected from one of the first group of phonetic symbols and a second phonetic symbol component selected from one of the second group of phonetic symbols, with said at least one of the plurality of pages further including a first Chinese character whose pronunciation is represented by the first and second symbol components and one of the plurality of tone marks, with said at least one of the plurality of pages further including a first mark within or beside the first phonetic symbol component and a second mark within or beside the first phonetic symbol component, with the first mark being in association with pronunciation of the first phonetic symbol component, and with the second mark being in association with pronunciation of the second phonetic symbol component;
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• a reading device including a reader for identifying the first and second marks, a processing unit, and a memory storing pronunciation information of a plurality of Chinese characters including the first Chinese character, with the processing unit receiving and processing identification result of the reader and outputting information of pronunciation of one of the first and second phonetic symbol components read by the reader, with the reading device further including an audio playing device connected to the processing unit for outputting the pronunciation of one of the first and second phonetic symbol components read by the reader.