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Questions about the tones used in Chinese.
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Can native Chinese speakers distinguish tones in songs?
Native speakers can get tones in song by deducing without even realizing, but not by listening - the tones are obliterated as fefe's answer suggested. …
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How does tone sandhi apply in people's names?
If a group has even number of characters, the tones become 2,3,...,2,3,2,3.
2.2. If a group has odd number of characters, the tones become 2,3,...2,3,X,2,3. …
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Neutral tone and erhua (儿化) working as a word distinguisher
Are there any erhua-ed words that has a different meaning from the not "erhualess" word?
Yes, many, categorized as follows:
Nominalization (convert to noun), e.g. 盖 (to cover) -> 盖儿 (lid), 尖 (p …
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