mlomker Posted May 14, 2005 at 05:59 PM Report Share Posted May 14, 2005 at 05:59 PM distinguishing endings -n from -ng by ear is almost impossible for me I agree with you on -en and -eng! It took me about 10 minutes with a private tutor to resolve that one. I had to repeat (and listen to) xue2sheng many times, but I think I have it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP Micco Posted August 10, 2009 at 02:21 PM Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 at 02:21 PM I used to have a website with a voice pronunciation of every Chinese syllable and tone, but has since been lost to the dust of time! As for hardest sound? I used to have alot of trouble with "zh" and "c". Zh I mastered just from absolute repetitive practice (like looking on the Google Earth map of China and saying every city whose name ends in "zhou"), but I was quite pleased to discover that "c" was a softer version of the Hebrew letter צ "ts". Sometimes I roll out my "r" though, like a Scot, Russian or Israeli would. Being Australian, my natural "r" is alot closer to the Chinese one than the gutteral Hebrew r, but because I tried so hard at practicing my Hebrew r I have to speak very carefully not to duplicate it in my Chinese! JP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted August 10, 2009 at 03:55 PM Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 at 03:55 PM I used to have a website with a voice pronunciation of every Chinese syllable and tone, but has since been lost to the dust of time!There are plenty of others. I like this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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