Chinese Pronunciation, Pinyin, and Audio Samples

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1. Post a sample of your pronunciation here!

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   By mandarina, January 16, 2009
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   • Ruky
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2. How could I get better at tones?

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   By Kong Junrui, November 6, 2005
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3. 都 said with second tone

   By Tomsima, November 27
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4. Pronunciation of two-syllable words

   By flautert, November 7
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5. I can't hear the T sound in jintian, only a P sound

   By Pietro Pedrini, August 7
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   • Michaelyus
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6. Auto transcribing Mandarin audio files

   By Tianjin42, September 18
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   • Tianjin42
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7. Help me translating a 40 seconds audio

   By wngjiongyi, September 2
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   • Jim
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8. Pinyin transcription and its pronunciation

   By vivea, August 20
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9. Is 一 pronounced as 'yi' or 'yao'?

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   By Amdir_Flassion, January 5, 2004
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10. What organisation in China decides what is "officially" correct in terms of tones?

    By Christa, June 20
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11. Audio players now embedded in posts.

    By roddy, June 21
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12. International News with simplified subtitles

    By i__forget, June 19
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13. Does 过 always become neutral when added to a verb?

    By Christa, June 5
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    • SongSongSong
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14. Pinyin conventions - tone changes

    By Christa, May 24
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    • Publius
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15. How do you pronounce "晚上"?

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    By Christa, May 22
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    • somethingfunny
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16. Correct pronunciation of 去

    By Christa, May 22
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    • Christa
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17. Mandarin Speech Contest

    By MarkusGlen, April 30
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    • Shelley
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18. Remembering tones while speaking

    By i__forget, April 22
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    • LuDaibola
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19. pronunciation of pinyin k and g

    By 永鈞, March 19
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    • Wippen (inactive)
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20. Chinese audio with Pinyin subtitles

    By Zen Lo, March 10
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    • Shelley
    • March 10

21. Can you actually understand Chinese songs through listening?

    By RogerGe, March 2
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    • Lu
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22. Chinese hurting your ears

    By i__forget, June 29, 2017
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    • HuayangAcademy
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23. Which accent features? Tourist guide filmed doing aggressive selling

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    By Wippen (inactive), February 16
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    • Lu
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24. The pronounciation of 逼婚

    By i__forget, February 12
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    • Lu
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25.  Tone and active vocabulary problems at more advanced level

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    By Wippen (inactive), February 9
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    • Angelina
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