atitarev Posted July 27, 2009 at 02:05 AM Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 at 02:05 AM Copying from my post in China, Taiwan - to use the same language? Pineapple: PRC: trad. 菠蘿, simpl. 菠萝 (pinyin: bōluó) Taiwan: trad. 鳳梨, simpl. 凤梨 (pinyin: fènglí) Kindergarten: PRC: 幼兒園 / 幼儿园 (yòu'éryuán) Taiwan: 幼稚園 / 幼稚园 (yòuzhìyuán) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hofmann Posted July 28, 2009 at 12:43 PM Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 at 12:43 PM About 誼, one would expect yi4 in Mandarin. Homophones with 誼 in Middle Chinese are all yi4 in Standard Mandarin. 擊, looks pretty random, but ji2 would be what I would expect out of ji2 and ji1. 期, one would expect qi2. 企, one would expect both qi4 and qi3, but more likely qi4. 灸, one would expect jiu4 and jiu3. No support for jiu1. 肖, one would expect xiao4. 跌, one would expect die2. 鄙, one would expect bi3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doezeedoats Posted August 13, 2009 at 04:19 AM Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 at 04:19 AM In Taiwan you hear 說服 pronounced shui4fu2 as well as shuo1fu2. Any mainland takers for the shui4 pronunciation? Also, why is there sometimes a different "讀音" in dictionaries? Why would you generally read a word one way but say the same thing another way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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