Tuesday, February 10, 2009

how do i pronounce that?

here's the website i mentioned:

http://www.mandarintools.com/worddict.html

to lookup pronunciation or Chinese translation:
1. enter the word (e.g. "Zhao")
2. select "Pinyin" for pronunciation or "Chinese" for translation.
3. make sure you check "Include pronunciation links"
4. because there are so many homonyms in Mandarin, you'll probably have to select one of the many entries. (Select surname for Zhao, the author of last week's journal article).

to overcome homonymobia -- here's another resource:
Mandarin Practice Handbook Series: Chinese Homonyms Without Tears MA Yanhua & ZHUANG Ying

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