Tag: Pronunciation

婚礼Wedding

Related News: Over 100 foreign students from 26 countries experience a Qing Dynasty-style wedding at a folk museum in the ancient city of Huizhou, east China’s Zhejiang province on January 18, 2015.

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How to Correct Chinese Pronunciation 纠正中文发音

The tones of Mandarin Chinese are undoubtedly a challenge, but they can be learned with the proper approach. The one I propose is simple: consider a whole sentence and listen to it, try to figure out how it sounds as a whole without focusing on the tones. You’ll find that it is an efficient approach to acquiring tones in a natural way.

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How to Read the Finals of Pinyin

Many foreigners say that Chinese pinyin is quite difficult to pronounce. There are some tips on how to pronounce the base 6 simple finals of pinyin. After your reading, you would find Chinese pinyin’s pronunciation is not so hard as you thought before. “a”
Keep your tongue flat
Open your mouth
Keep your lip unrounded

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Lesson 087 – Bank (2)

YJ:  Welcome to Chinese Studio.  Wo shi Yajie. 
Cam:  Dajia hao, Wo shi Cam.  I’m enjoying these banking lessons Yajie… and I really appreciate knowing how to make transactions when I’m speaking to a bank teller.
Yajie:  Well, we aren’t finished yet!

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每日一词:绕口令(ràokǒulìng)tongue twister

绕口令(ràokǒulìng)tongue twister 释义 “绕口令”是一种语言游戏。它是用拼音和声调容易混同的字或词编成的句子,要求很快读完,不能停顿。口齿不清的人很容易读错。例如“扁担长,板凳宽,板凳没有扁担长,扁担没有板凳宽。扁担要绑在板凳上,板凳偏不让扁担绑在板凳上”。 Meaning “绕口令(ràokǒulìng)” is a kind of language game. It is composed by the words or phrases

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