Chinese Pronunciation, Pinyin, and Audio Samples

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1. Post a sample of your pronunciation here! 1 2 3 4 26

   By mandarina, January 16, 2009 at 12:16 PM
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   • its_me
   • July 28, 2022 at 07:00 AM

2. How could I get better at tones? 1 2 3 4 5

   By Kong Junrui, November 6, 2005 at 03:51 AM
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   • MTH123
   • April 21, 2022 at 01:27 AM

3. 朗读-A-Day 1 2 3 4 16

   By heifeng, April 8, 2009 at 03:53 AM
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   • heifeng
   • July 8, 2013 at 06:16 PM

4. Online pinyin dictionary with audio pinyin prnunciation

   By Occipital, February 3, 2005 at 01:44 PM
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   • trevelyan
   • April 30, 2006 at 05:39 AM

5. The difference between 'q' and 'ch' 1 2

   By jiasen, November 20, 2007 at 03:16 AM
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   • AthenaLaFay
   • July 5, 2016 at 08:41 PM

6. Visualizing Pinyin Tones 1 2 3

   By HerrPetersen, February 2, 2009 at 07:03 PM
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   • imron
   • May 14, 2014 at 10:19 PM

7. Is 一 pronounced as 'yi' or 'yao'? 1 2 3

   By Amdir_Flassion, January 5, 2004 at 11:44 AM
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   • ender_CN
   • July 2, 2018 at 10:14 AM

8. Characters with different pronunciations on Mainland / Taiwan 1 2 3 4 5

   By skylee, December 22, 2005 at 12:39 PM
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   • doezeedoats
   • August 13, 2009 at 04:19 AM

9. Pronouncing 'r' 1 2

   By Mike, October 9, 2005 at 09:01 PM
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   • Ash Blue
   • January 8, 2013 at 11:16 PM

10. speakgoodchinese 1 2 3 4

    By newyorkeric, August 2, 2007 at 06:41 PM
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    • Flickserve
    • April 10, 2022 at 01:45 AM

11. Hardest sound to pronounce? 1 2

    By andreabt, June 6, 2003 at 03:33 AM
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    • imron
    • August 10, 2009 at 03:55 PM

12. How many sounds in pinyin (for example, a ai an ang ao = 5)? 1 2 3

    By realmayo, January 9, 2008 at 04:26 PM
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    • 889
    • July 26, 2020 at 06:13 PM

13. How do you pronounce "shi?"

    By Guest shinjo17, February 14, 2004 at 01:47 AM
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    • smithsgj
    • February 23, 2004 at 03:56 AM

14. how is wu pronounced? 1 2 3

    By Smoothie, March 28, 2004 at 06:24 AM
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    • i__forget
    • October 23, 2020 at 06:17 PM

15. The hardest tone in Chinese 1 2 3 4 5

    By tooironic, August 7, 2009 at 09:15 AM
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    • Meng Lelan
    • April 9, 2013 at 10:17 PM

16. Mandarin tone sandhi 1 2 3

    By fenlan, August 9, 2005 at 11:12 PM
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    • renzhe
    • February 21, 2010 at 01:31 AM

17. Is 不 bu4 or bu2? 1 2

    By xuefang, May 27, 2004 at 04:24 PM
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    • sandra_49202@yahoo.com
    • September 20, 2004 at 11:31 AM

18. aspirated vs. unaspirated b, d, g

    By newyorkeric, July 8, 2007 at 07:15 PM
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    • Altair
    • August 12, 2007 at 01:17 PM

19. Audio file: please criticise my pronunciation 1 2 3 4

    By fenlan, August 11, 2005 at 08:38 PM
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    • xiaocai
    • August 19, 2005 at 08:32 AM

20. Should Japanese names be read with Japanese pronunciation? 1 2 3

    By bathrobe, January 13, 2004 at 01:20 PM
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    • atitarev
    • August 14, 2005 at 09:55 AM

21. Accent improvement: more natural-sounding tones 1 2

    By Tamu, February 18, 2014 at 11:59 AM
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    • Flickserve
    • January 27, 2015 at 07:09 PM

22. Thai vs Chinese Tones 1 2

    By leosmith, March 9, 2006 at 06:21 PM
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    • Takeshi
    • July 8, 2021 at 04:45 AM

23. Mandarin, no voiced consonants? 1 2

    By HSC, September 27, 2005 at 12:49 PM
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    • Altair
    • February 5, 2006 at 10:39 PM

24. Pronunciation of pinyin "jiu" 1 2

    By jhargett, March 31, 2004 at 12:58 AM
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    • Alleluia
    • May 6, 2004 at 07:04 AM

25. Pronunciation of "w" and "r" 1 2 3 4 5

    By Shui, May 13, 2006 at 03:23 AM
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    • BanZhiYun
    • May 9, 2016 at 10:12 PM