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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Mandarin on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Mandarin in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
Many non-native Chinese speakers have difficulties mastering the tones of each character, but correct tonal pronunciation is essential for intelligibility because of the vast number of words in the language that only differ by tone (i.e. are minimal pairs with respect to tone). Statistically, tones are as important as vowels in Standard Chinese.
Standard Mandarin Pinyin Table The complete listing of all Pinyin syllables used in standard Mandarin, along with native speaker pronunciation for each syllable. Conversion chart (syllable level) ROC government booklet on MPS II (in English and Chinese) Taiwan's official romanization system: MPS2
Korean, Vietnamese, some Chinese dialects and minority languages (such as Zhuang and Yao) that use Chinese characters also have similar pronunciation methods for Chinese characters. In Korea, kun'yomi is called "interpretation reading" (釋讀). These phenomena also appear in Mandarin and English, such as "i.e." is read as "that is".
In China, letters of the English alphabet are pronounced somewhat differently because they have been adapted to the phonetics (i.e. the syllable structure) of the Chinese language. The knowledge of this spelling may be useful when spelling Western names, especially over the phone, as one may not be understood if the letters are pronounced as ...
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This European influence is particularly marked in the case of beer, whose modern Chinese name pijiu is a Qing-era transcription of the English beer and German Bier. Two of the principal brewers in modern China, Tsingtao and Harbin , are named for the sites of the former major German and Russian breweries.
From the archaic character 𡿨 quǎn, graphic root of the character 巛 chuān, "river" (modern 川). tɕʰ: q: chʻ: 巧 qiǎo ㄑㄧㄠˇ: ㄒ: From 丅, an ancient form of 下 xià, "under". ɕ: x: hs: 小 xiǎo ㄒㄧㄠˇ: ㄓ: From / 𡳿, archaic form of 之 zhī, a genitive marker in Classical Chinese. ʈʂ: zhi, zh-ch: 知 zhī ㄓ ...