Questions tagged [ipa]
For questions concerning the International Phonetic Alphabet and its usage in Chinese phonology
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A Cantonese-influenced Old National Pronunciation (老國音) system
I need advice/help on creating a system similar to the Old National Pronunciation system/language for a worldbuilding project called Roses, Tulips, and Liberty.
Some background: Imagines, it's a world ...
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What phonetic sounds are there in Chinese?
What are the IPA symbols for sounds in (Beijing) Mandarin? Which Mandarin sounds are not in (American) English? Which English sounds are not in Mandarin?
Below are the IPA consonant and vowel charts ...
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The IPA for pinyin x
Every single source I come across on google list the IPA of pinyin x as /ɕ/, or the voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative.
However, the sample sound on Wikipedia is quite distinct from it -- to me (...
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Are there any online dictionaries that supply IPA transcriptions for Mandarin?
I tried this thread but it answered only with Pinyin suggestions, and not IPA.
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Are the "h" in pinyin always pronounced as "[x]" in IPA?
Chinese (Mandarin) use [x] to pronounce h sound. It does not have any sounds such as [h] and [ɸ].
However, I'm not sure if it is fine to assume that all the h in pinyin are pronounced as [x]. ...
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What does the inital /dⁿ/ stand for?
While answering @Qiangong2's question here: Are Characters customized in different provinces due to dialectal differences? I was looking through the table on 四川方言字.
On the table the following initial ...
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How do I pronounce 用勿着 in Shanghainese?
There isn't a pronunciation for it on Wiktionary, and I don't know whether it is a fossilised or an analysable phrase, so therefore I don't know whether or not right-prominent tone sandhi applies. My ...
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Are there any online dictionaries that supply IPA transcriptions for Cantonese?
I know little about Cantonese (for now), but please advise me if I erred in conjecturing that IPA is more precise and helpful than Yale or Jyutping Romanisations.
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