Chinese Pronunciation, Pinyin, and Audio Samples

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1. Post a sample of your pronunciation here! 1 2 3 4 26

   By mandarina, January 16, 2009 at 12:16 PM
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   • its_me
   • July 28, 2022 at 07:00 AM

2. How could I get better at tones? 1 2 3 4 5

   By Kong Junrui, November 6, 2005 at 03:51 AM
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   • MTH123
   • April 21, 2022 at 01:27 AM

3. Using video to work on spoken Chinese (life in China vlogs)

   By suMMit, January 29, 2026 at 01:51 PM
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   • suMMit
   • February 17, 2026 at 05:14 AM

4. audio for textbook "Shifting tides: culture in contemporary China"

   By Kechen, July 4, 2025 at 08:08 AM
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   • TheBigZaboon
   • July 8, 2025 at 05:39 AM

5. Speaking AI Chinese Tutor

   By william jacob, April 17, 2025 at 07:30 AM
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   • abdessamedgtumsila
   • May 4, 2025 at 08:53 AM

6. What is being said here?

   By Raymie, October 17, 2023 at 07:20 AM
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   • sunwubob
   • October 29, 2023 at 07:56 PM

7. About the final -ong in Mandarin

   By hqk945, June 10, 2023 at 12:20 PM
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   • hoshi
   • June 11, 2023 at 02:24 PM

8. Is he saying "天真"？

   By sanchuan, November 17, 2022 at 03:01 PM
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   • Guest
   • November 18, 2022 at 09:24 AM

9. Software or Apps for Learning Pinyin/Tones

   By Xadma, January 23, 2021 at 05:37 PM
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   • kailoh
   • November 9, 2022 at 11:00 PM

10. What are the vocal differences between shēng and shāng?

    By doudagkan, July 16, 2022 at 03:24 PM
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    • 889
    • July 19, 2022 at 02:08 AM

11. How to unvoice zh?

    By urnammu, June 22, 2022 at 11:27 AM
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    • Demonic_Duck
    • June 28, 2022 at 05:48 PM

12. third tone sounding like fourth tone?

    By wibr, June 12, 2022 at 12:18 PM
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    • Guest
    • June 13, 2022 at 01:47 PM

13. Tones for 可不可以？

    By Guest realmayo, May 3, 2022 at 01:23 PM
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    • Guest
    • May 6, 2022 at 06:17 AM

14. speakgoodchinese 1 2 3 4

    By newyorkeric, August 2, 2007 at 06:41 PM
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    • Flickserve
    • April 10, 2022 at 01:45 AM

15. Any way to add lines of audio into a word doc or other similar software?

    By Moki, March 30, 2022 at 02:40 AM
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    • pon00050
    • March 30, 2022 at 10:32 PM

16. Second tones usually start level or with a dip

    By Guest realmayo, March 20, 2022 at 11:46 AM
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    • Guest
    • March 26, 2022 at 10:13 AM

17. Tones question 1 2

    By Guest realmayo, March 12, 2022 at 08:50 AM
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    • alantin
    • March 20, 2022 at 10:31 AM

18. Paying native Chinese to read & record texts 1 2

    By Jan Finster, June 24, 2019 at 04:41 PM
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    • Jan Finster
    • February 4, 2022 at 08:38 AM

19. Mixing up Tones 1 & 4 in spoken speech. Exercises to remedy? 1 2

    By calibre2001, September 20, 2016 at 03:35 AM
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    • malazann
    • December 21, 2021 at 07:55 AM

20. TONES Listing issue

    By omar B, October 18, 2021 at 03:34 PM
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    • stefangrim
    • October 29, 2021 at 06:38 PM

21. Audio Player for MacBook

    By suMMit, March 27, 2021 at 11:04 AM
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    • Jane98
    • September 28, 2021 at 01:56 PM

22. how can they not hear the tone change?

    By suMMit, July 31, 2021 at 06:14 PM
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    • Demonic_Duck
    • August 2, 2021 at 10:27 PM

23. Thai vs Chinese Tones 1 2

    By leosmith, March 9, 2006 at 06:21 PM
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    • Takeshi
    • July 8, 2021 at 04:45 AM

24. Where did the idea of pronouncing Pinyin ⟨x⟩ as /⁠ʒ⁠/ come from?

    By Demonic_Duck, June 24, 2021 at 04:26 PM
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    • markhavemann
    • June 29, 2021 at 01:46 AM

25. most accurate translation of pinyin

    By whatisalot, June 14, 2021 at 08:06 PM
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    • Lu
    • June 15, 2021 at 08:57 AM