The IPA is a globally recognized system of phonetic notation, used by linguists, phoneticians, and language teachers to represent sounds accurately. It consists of a unique symbol for each distinct sound in a language, regardless of its spelling. This standardized system eliminates ...
Wondering when to add “-s” or “-es” when making singular nouns plural? Follow these two simple rules, so your writing always looks polished.
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Use all caps for the stressed syllable; use a hyphen between syllables. Enclose the phonetic spelling in quotation marks. WYSIWYG (pronounced “WIZ-zee-wig”) This style guide provides pronunciation keys for many acronyms. Don’t invent your own pronunciation key unless this guide doesn’t show...
Most of the phonetic symbols I use here are from San Duanmu’s The Phonology of Standard Chinese, a book I thoroughly recommend. I have included some samples here as well, thanks to Zoe for those! In case you’re curious about the dialect, she’s a teacher from Beijing. ...
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To help you learn pronunciation, we designed a special software called Pronunciation Player. It has several unique features:Slow-motion playback with stretched natural-sounding audio Display of several types of subtitles, including word spelling and phonetic transcription, with all subtitles possible to...
Most of the phonetic symbols I use here are from San Duanmu’s The Phonology of Standard Chinese, a book I thoroughly recommend. I have included some samples here as well, thanks to Zoe for those! In case you’re curious about the dialect, she’s a teacher from Beijing. ...
inogolo Pronunciation Guide to the Names of People, Places, and Stuff
Each romanization system has different spelling and pronunciation rules that attempt to get as close as possible to the actual pronunciation of the characters. Even Pinyin isn’t perfect, so you’ll still have to learn how to pronounce each character when learning Chinese!