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	<title>Chinese Language Now &#187; pronunciation</title>
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		<title>Will it be hard to learn both Chinese and Japanese at the same time?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am born in china so I already know how to speak chinese fluently. I just need to learn how to write. I'm currently going to take Chinese 101 in college and I was thinking about taking Japanese aswell my second semester.
I heard that the hardest part of learning Chinese is pronunciation (easy part for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Chinese characters have two pronunciations like Japanese characters?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know how Japanese kanji have a pronunciation for whether they're used alone or used to form a word? Are Chinese hanzi the same way?
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		<title>Mandarin Chinese pronunciation (pinyin)?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, I have a number of questions about Mandarin pinyin pronunciation:
1. How do you know when &#34;i&#34; in pinyin should be pronounced &#34;uh&#34; or &#34;ee&#34; or &#34;er&#34; as in the English word &#34;fur&#34; (examples of usage in chi and shi)? I've heard it as all these ways and am very confused as to which is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are there any free chinese translation sites that provide pronunciation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone,
So,I have a mini-fashion show in my school and I have to represent China by wearing traditional clothes and I would love to say something about China in chinese!!Do you all know any site that may translate and give me the pronunciation of  what I have translated?I'd love if you all can give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese pronunciation [ds&#039;] of再(zài)?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pronunciation  [ds'] of再(zài) in the phrase再见(zàijiàn) should be pronounced as [z] and how should I pronounce it?
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		<title>Mandarin Chinese Pronunciation &amp; Tutoring needed :)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[大家好!!!
Hello everyone! I'm starting my first year of Mandarin Chinese at College.
I love the language, I'm intrigued by the culture and History....I'm in simply in love with it.
My question is, would practicing Chinese conversation 2 or 3 hours a a day everyday improve my pronunciation for the next 3 months?
For the ones who have studied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Pronunciation help?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so I go to this Chinese school on Saturdays and I am trying to learn to speak Chinese, have been doing so for the past 4 years... and my teacher says I need to work on the tones and my accent, I was wondering  if there was anyone out there who would be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Chinese, what tones for PRONUNCIATION are used in wo xiang qing ni chi wan fan?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know the &#34;technical&#34; tones are Wo(3) xiang(3) qing(3) ni(3) chi(1) wan(3) fan(4). BUT, I thought the rule was that if there are 2 third tones, the first word becomes second tone. So how come when I listen to pronunciation it sounds like Wo(3) xiang(3) qing(2) ni(3) . . . ?
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		<title>Does the Chinese &#8216;read aloud&#8217; system for improving pronunciation/oral English actually work?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've tried to convince some Chinese students that reading aloud every morning to improve their pronunciation/oral English is actually a mistake. The reason is, I believe it will only form bad habits. Surely they are repeating the same pronunciation errors again and again until forms a habit. Am I right? If their pronunciation was perfect [...]]]></description>
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