CLO_126: Reading an Address
Vocabulary: Numbers
Address:
Tai2zhong1 shi4, bei3 qu1, Wu3 quan2 xi1 lu4, 192 hao4. 7 lou2 – 12 hao4
Directions:
bei3
nan2
dong1
xi1
Vocabulary: Tones
Address:
Tázhōng shì, běi qū, Wǔ quán xī lù, 192 hào. 7 lóu - 12 hào
Directions:
běi
nán
dōng
xī
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July 29th, 2007 at 9:27 pm
What’s with the funny sounding 2? I only hear this from people who’s speak Mandarin as a second language.
July 29th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
Hmmn… “èr” sounds pretty normal to me. I’ve heard it pronounced as “àr” by some Chinese speakers - is that the sound you are more accustomed to hearing?
July 30th, 2007 at 12:59 am
It sounds like “ah” to me. This is what I hear from many of the southern Chinese who transplant up north. Then again, I’m so used to hearing Northern (Bei Jing) Mandarin, that everything else sounds foreign to me. Don’t get me wrong, I think her pronuciation is excellent, but if I were in a conversation with her, that 2 would have taken me aback. I would probably have to stop and ask her where she was from.
July 30th, 2007 at 4:07 am
Hi Adam
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Regards
July 30th, 2007 at 6:01 am
Thanks Tom - silly Adam forgot to close a bracket.!
October 27th, 2008 at 4:51 am
I live in Beijing and ‘àr’ seems to be the norm here, I’ve never heard ‘ér’.
One other thing about numbers, where I am 一 is pronounced ‘yo’ when it’s used in strings of numbers (e.g. phone numbers). Is this a regional thing?
October 27th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Hi Edward,
一can sometimes be pronounced as “yao”, so that it isn’t confused with “七”. Whether the “yao” is pronounced as “yo” could be a regional difference (similar to the “ar” and “er” difference).
October 28th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Hello Edward,
After living in Beijing for some time, I noticed that many differences in pronunciation only occur there. They have a very distinct accent which includes the words you mention above and many more. Even though I am a native Mandarin speaker, I am still sometimes surprised by what I hear in conversations with my Beijing friends. Every region or area in China has different accents, though you will find that the foundation of the language is same across the country. Hope that can help you… let me know what you find as you travel around more.