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Hearing the difference between 他 vs 大
Please check the video files to hear the differences between the pronunciations of 大 and 他, and their starting sound - ㄉ(d) and ㄊ(t) respectively.
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● 大 [dà/ㄉㄚˋ] https://www.zdic.net/hans/%E5%A4%A7
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Hearing the difference between 他 vs 大
他 starts with a [tʰ] (pinyin "t") which is aspirated. It is like most of the "t"s in English, for example: top or tap
大 starts with a [t] (pinyin "d") which is non-...
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Can「文化」replace 「學歷」in a sentence?
學歷 generally means formally attained levels of education. 文化 is a general measure of culture, knowledge, etc. 文化 includes everything from all formal and informal channels, therefore 學歷 is part of 文化.
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Can「文化」replace 「學歷」in a sentence?
With the notion, that "culture (文化)" encompasses "literacy (识字；读写)", and literacy is something attained through education, for your case, both of the sentences below convey the ...
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Can「文化」replace 「學歷」in a sentence?
No, not really.
學歷, basically means education/learning experience, or education level.
文化, which in the context, means the knowledge from education. But sometimes, "有文化" could also means ...
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Can「文化」replace 「學歷」in a sentence?
Yes. In my opinion, 文化 here is short for 文化程度, which means 学历水平(education level), and sometimes 识字(literacy)
And 没文化 is a insult to people not only in HK but also in mainland, which sometimes actually ...
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Can「文化」replace 「學歷」in a sentence?
Yes 文化 would be education。
Be careful! Hong Kong is China. You won't get a visa for 大陆 if you say things like that in public!
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Hearing difference between 那里 and 哪里
那nà starts at a high pitch and then falls down. 哪nǎ starts at a relatively low pitch, and then goes down and up a little bit.
Plus, the statement that “Q: 她去那/哪里了? - In this case, 那里 = 哪里, [nǎ lǐ], ...
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Hearing difference between 那里 and 哪里
This is very common in non-native Chinese learners, and it's usually because of the inadequate experience of speaking and listening to them. Sometimes, in daily contact, we ourselves will also mistake ...
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Are there any patterns for which tone is used for each Mandarin character?
Basically, a language has two forms, spoken form and written form. In English, the written form primarily follows the spoken form. But this is not the case with the Chinese. It used Characters as its ...
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Are there any patterns for which tone is used for each Mandarin character?
Tones are not really associated with particular parts of speech, meanings, or radicals. I wouldn't waste your time looking for patterns on that basis.
The 2nd tone in Mandarin descends from words in ...
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