Chinese Pronunciation, Pinyin, and Audio Samples

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1. Pronouncing ü sound. 1 2

   By Jeremy Andrews, December 21, 2013 at 02:35 AM
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   • Jeremy Andrews
   • December 24, 2013 at 01:55 AM

2. Questions about pronunciation of various vowels/consonants/syllables

   By Devron, November 27, 2013 at 04:58 PM
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   • son828257
   • December 23, 2013 at 07:41 PM

3. Need some feedback on my tone pairs.

   By Zorlee, October 27, 2013 at 05:22 PM
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   • muyongshi
   • October 29, 2013 at 08:03 AM

4. Becoming Serious about my Pronunciation

   By Vegemighty, October 20, 2013 at 02:05 AM
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   • muyongshi
   • October 26, 2013 at 02:29 AM

5. Multiple 3rd tones in a row: when to convert to 2nd tone?

   By J.P., September 30, 2013 at 01:00 PM
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   • 陳德聰
   • October 8, 2013 at 07:11 PM

6. Mandarin affricates

   By georjungcocaine, September 8, 2013 at 09:43 AM
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   • imron
   • September 11, 2013 at 05:19 AM

7. Lip shape and tongue position for pronunciation? 1 2

   By jmido8, August 4, 2013 at 02:06 PM
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   • Snuggles
   • September 6, 2013 at 02:16 AM

8. Why does 3rd tone sandhi occur?

   By Manuel, July 19, 2013 at 03:57 PM
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   • Demonic_Duck
   • July 24, 2013 at 05:08 AM

9. Pronouncing 人 1 2 3

   By Blackfist, July 17, 2013 at 03:50 AM
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   • valikor
   • July 22, 2013 at 07:20 PM

10. 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

11. There are two ways to pronounce 3rd tone followed by neutral tone, how do we chose?

    By chajadan, May 21, 2013 at 10:35 AM
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    • 陳德聰
    • May 23, 2013 at 10:20 AM

12. Non-Chinese speakers not hearing word endings? 1 2

    By xiaojiang216, April 15, 2013 at 03:03 PM
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    • xiaojiang216
    • April 24, 2013 at 01:04 PM

13. Audio sample of individual chinese words?

    By XiaoZhou, April 13, 2013 at 10:44 AM
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    • imron
    • April 14, 2013 at 11:38 AM

14. 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

15. [Absolute Beginner] Correct Pronunciation 1 2 3 4

    By zeroByte, June 12, 2012 at 12:02 PM
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    • imron
    • April 2, 2013 at 11:13 PM

16. pronunciation of 邋遢

    By tooironic, February 21, 2013 at 10:23 PM
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    • tooironic
    • February 25, 2013 at 11:41 PM

17. pronunciation of 尽管 [儘管]

    By tooironic, January 7, 2013 at 11:19 PM
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    • DespikableMi
    • January 13, 2013 at 02:06 AM

18. 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

19. pronunciation of 相聲 in Taiwan

    By tooironic, January 1, 2013 at 09:49 AM
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    • OneEye
    • January 1, 2013 at 10:20 AM

20. 5th tone that is preceded by 2nd tone becomes 4th tone?

    By Orpheus, December 13, 2012 at 10:04 AM
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    • Orpheus
    • December 16, 2012 at 06:45 AM

21. How to improve my intonation (aka tone, rythm, 语调)?

    By ouyangjun, June 28, 2012 at 11:05 AM
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    • Hesham119
    • June 28, 2012 at 10:31 PM

22. Flashcard test pre- or post-sandhi tones?

    By roddy, June 15, 2012 at 10:06 AM
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    • laurenth
    • June 18, 2012 at 07:01 AM

23. Graded reading exercises

    By renzhe, June 10, 2012 at 03:41 PM
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    • renzhe
    • June 11, 2012 at 11:45 AM

24. fix tones and accent 1 2

    By chuasan, March 16, 2012 at 04:23 PM
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    • imron
    • May 29, 2012 at 08:46 PM

25. Retroflex sounds in Taiwan (and/or Southern China)

    By Olle Linge, January 8, 2012 at 12:34 AM
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    • DespikableMi
    • May 24, 2012 at 06:46 AM