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372 <!-- /nav-wrap --> 373</div> 374 375</header> 376 377<!-- end-header --> 378<section id="headline" style=""> 379 <div class="container"> 380 <h2 style="">Chinese Pronunciation</h2> 381 </div> 382</section> 383 <div class="breadcrumbs-w"><div class="container"><div id="crumbs"><a href="https://www.sinosplice.com">Home</a> » <a href="https://www.sinosplice.com/learn-chinese">Learn Chinese</a> » <span class="current">Chinese Pronunciation</span></div></div></div> 384 385<section id="main-content" class="container"> 386<!-- Start Page Content --> 387<section class="col-md-9 cntt-w"> 388 <article> 389 390<div class="row-wrapper-x"><h3>Introduction</h3> 391<p>The purpose of this section is to clarify some important issues regarding the pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese. I have noticed over the years that some sources are publishing incorrect information about Mandarin pronunciation. It is my intent to identify a few of the misconceptions and to make the reality of the pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese crystal clear, both in linguistic terms and in everyday language.</p> 392<p>Please note that the criticisms I make are based on linguistic science. I have earned a master’s in applied linguistics here in China, and the facts which I present here are not in dispute among linguists, there are simply not widely understood by many students of Chinese. (If you would like to learn more about the phonetics of Mandarin Chinese, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Phonetics">Wikipedia page on pinyin</a> is a good place to start.)</p> 393<p>I have a <a href="learn-chinese/pronunciation-of-mandarin-chinese/6">unique history</a> with regards to my linguistic development (in English), but I have also successfully learned to produce all of these sounds myself as an adult. For these reasons I feel that I know what I’m talking about from a practical standpoint (the learner’s view) as well as from a technical standpoint (the linguist’s view).</p> 394<p>In short, a lot of the websites out there which offer instructions on the pronunciation of Mandarin are <em>wrong</em>. This section aims to help rectify that situation.</p> 395<p>The different pages of this feature can be navigated via the links at the bottom of each page. They are:</p> 396<ul> 397<li><strong>Intro</strong> – this page</li> 398<li><strong><a href="/learn-chinese/pronunciation-of-mandarin-chinese/2/">Background</a></strong> – some important things to know about Mandarin in general and <em>pinyin</em> specifically</li> 399<li><strong><a href="/learn-chinese/pronunciation-of-mandarin-chinese/3/">Misconceptions</a></strong> – an overview of “bad information” I found on the web, and the reasons why I created these pages on pronunciation</li> 400<li><strong><a href="/learn-chinese/pronunciation-of-mandarin-chinese/4/">Phonetics</a></strong> – some of Mandarin’s unique pronunciation features, described simply, in linguists’ terms</li> 401<li><strong><a href="/learn-chinese/pronunciation-of-mandarin-chinese/5/">How To</a></strong> – a guide to Mandarin’s difficult consonant sounds for the beginner</li> 402<li><strong><a href="/learn-chinese/pronunciation-of-mandarin-chinese/6/">My Story</a></strong> – my unique set of circumstances which led to an above average awareness of phonetics from an early age</li> 403</ul> 404<hr width="50%" /> 405<p><strong>NOTE:</strong> John’s more recent efforts at pronunciation practice are available on the <a href="https://store.allsetlearning.com/">AllSet Learning Store</a>. 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633<script type="text/javascript"> 634 635 let isGutenberg = true; 636 let miniAudioPlayer_replaceDefault = 1; 637 let miniAudioPlayer_excluded = "map_excluded"; 638 let miniAudioPlayer_replaceDefault_show_title = 1; 639 640 let miniAudioPlayer_defaults = { 641 inLine:true, 642 width:"85%", 643 skin:"gray", 644 animate:true, 645 volume:.2, 646 autoplay:false, 647 showVolumeLevel:true, 648 allowMute: true, 649 showTime:true, 650 id3:false, 651 showRew:true, 652 addShadow: false, 653 downloadable:true, 654 downloadPage: null, 655 swfPath:"https://www.sinosplice.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-miniaudioplayer/js/", 656 onReady: function(player, $controlsBox){ 657 if(player.opt.downloadable && player.opt.downloadablesecurity && !false){ 658 jQuery(".map_download", $controlsBox).remove(); 659 } 660 } 661 }; 662 663 function initializeMiniAudioPlayer(){ 664 jQuery(".mejs-container a").addClass(miniAudioPlayer_excluded); 665 jQuery("a[href *= '.mp3']").not(".map_excluded").not(".wp-playlist-caption").not("[download]").mb_miniPlayer(miniAudioPlayer_defaults); 666 } 667 668 //if(1) 669 jQuery("body").addClass("map_replaceDefault"); 670 671 jQuery(function(){ 672 // if(1) 673 setTimeout(function(){replaceDefault();},10); 674 675 initializeMiniAudioPlayer(); 676 jQuery(document).ajaxSuccess(function(event, xhr, settings) { 677 initializeMiniAudioPlayer(); 678 }); 679 }); 680 </script>
680 681 <!-- end miniAudioPlayer initializer --> 682 683 <iframe src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/master.html?ver=20261002#ver=20261002' scrolling='no' id='likes-master' name='likes-master' style='display:none;'></iframe> 684 <div id='likes-other-gravatars' role="dialog" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="likes-text"><span>%d</span></div><ul class="wpl-avatars sd-like-gravatars"></ul></div> 685 </body> 686</html>
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