xyz123abc Posted July 10, 2014 at 03:33 PM Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 at 03:33 PM Hey, there, This character is pronounced differently in both archchinese.com and neospeech hui16 Archchinese pronounces it more or less like hui4 (hu ì). The site also mentions an alternative pronunciation: kuai4 The voice pronounces it like huei4 (huè i) or kuei4, I am not sure. 会.mp3 Nothing matches, could you please tell me the truth about this character´s pronunciation? Keep in mind I am pretty much n00b ;) EDIT: https://translate.google.com/#zh-CN/en/会 In google translate, the character is pronounced like kuei4 or huei too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanchong Posted July 10, 2014 at 04:04 PM Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 at 04:04 PM It is pronounced differently depending on the context. When the word involves accounting, it's pronounced kuai4. So the word for accountant/accountancy - 会计 - is pronounced kuai4ji4. In all other cases, it's pronounced hui4. So the sentence 我会说中文 - I am able to speak Chinese - has 会 pronounced as hui4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xyz123abc Posted July 10, 2014 at 04:16 PM Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 at 04:16 PM Is the pronunciation in the attached file correct? (attached file in first post) In that file it is pronounced, to my ear, as huei4, but archchinese pronounces it as hui4 (http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E4%BC%9A) The are definitely different pronunciations, which one is correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
陳德聰 Posted July 10, 2014 at 04:26 PM Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 at 04:26 PM The pronunciation at archchinese is weird to me. Even though the word is written "hui" in pinyin, in everyday speech it is generally pronounced as [huei]. I have only ever heard Chinese teachers pronouncing it as [hui]. In general, the pinyin "ui" is pronounced [uei]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted July 10, 2014 at 06:13 PM Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 at 06:13 PM The final which is written "-ui" in pinyin is usually read out as "-uei". It is always written as "-ui". That said, there is quite a bit of variation, and you will hear people pronounce it more like "-ui" or more like "-uei". The latter is by far more common. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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abcdefg Posted July 11, 2014 at 10:14 AM Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 at 10:14 AM Don't sweat the small stuff. As a new learner, you have more important tasks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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