grammar - How is 就 (jiù) used? - Chinese Language Stack Exchange
Pimsleur's Mandarin course teaches "I'm leaving very early tomorrow morning" as: 我明天早上很早就走 (wŏ míngtiān zăoshàng hĕn zăo jiù zŏu) It says that 就 (jiù) doesn't have a corresponding meaning in …
Why is it written LIU in Pinyin, when there's clearly an O sound?
Jan 20, 2012 · Edit: some arbitrary decision seems to have been made by choosing you instead of yu, but with other initials, the choice was: liu, niu, jiu, etc. when the phoneme /ou/ in all cases is the …
mandarin - Are there rules about the differences between pinyin ...
The pronunciations of finals do not change when used after different finals, with perhaps only one exception: 'i'. It has three variations: 'zi ci si', 'zhi chi shi ri', and all others. NOTE: Not many Chinese …
Is there a word for Chinese songs that rhyme like Jay Chou's 迷迭香 …
Oct 4, 2020 · Every single line in Jay Chou's song "Rosemary" ends with the "ao" sound: ni de zui jiao wei wei shang qiao xing gan de wu ke jiu yao xiang xiang bu dao ru ci xin tiao ni …
tones - jiu3 pronounced as jiu4 ; linked speech feature or slip of the ...
Oct 9, 2022 · Here is the intonation that is recorded in an instructional video for the clause 我已经很久都不过中秋节了 (wǒ yǐjīng hěn jiǔ dōu bú guò ...
Resources For Learning Southwestern Mandarin (西南官话)
Jul 18, 2015 · We already have: Resources for learning Mandarin Chinese Useful resources for learning Taiwanese? Resources for learning Cantonese Resources for learning Shanghainese Resources for …
orthography - Proper nouns in pinyin - Chinese Language Stack …
Sep 22, 2025 · You know that pinyin is just a learning aid to help learners know the sound of a character more quickly, right? Nobody writes articles or essays or newspapers in pinyin. It is not a language. …
meaning - How to use 一点儿 and 一下儿？ - Chinese Language Stack …
一下 is a little (time.) This makes it mostly after a verb. I believe the two most common uses are: 等一下 (děng yíxià) Wait a bit 休息一下 (xiūxi yíxià) Rest a little while It is also used as a numeral classifier …
meaning - What does 摆烂 mean? - Chinese Language Stack Exchange
Apr 14, 2022 · The meaning seems obvious but could not be expressed in an exact word of English. For example, 卡纳瓦罗为了获得赔偿金，目前看起来是在摆烂。It ...
Ideas for Chinese leetspeak/computerized speech?
Feb 5, 2023 · For the Chinese leetspeak ideas, recently I’ve been trying by using combining diacritical marks with Unicode that could show on iphones properly to create Chinese characters. Like: Ф Ẋ=中 …