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 - Pinyin "jiu" / "you" final pronunciation difference ...
May 22, 2020 · In Mandarin should there be any difference between the pronunciation of the pinyin final in "jiu" and the pronunciation of the pinyin whole word "you"?
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 ...
pronunciation - Why is 灸 pronounced jiu1? - Chinese Language Stack …
Feb 19, 2021 · The pinyin of 灸 as in 针灸 (acupuncture) or 艾灸 (moxibustion) is clearly given as jiu3, as shown in, among others, MDGB and Zdic. The single character doesn't even have alternate …
grammar - Tense and use of 了 - Chinese Language Stack Exchange
Jul 13, 2014 · I struggle a bit to get my head around tenses in Mandarin, and in particular when I need to use 了 (le). Do you have any tips, examples or resources to help me out with this?
position and meaning of 了 in "一...就" construction
Jan 26, 2017 · the following info of course contained in dictionaries and grammars, e.g. "汉语800虚词用法词典＂： 一（副）、和＂就、便＂组成＂一。。。就／便。。。＂格式。 1。表示一种动作或情 …
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 …
What happens with tone sandhi with consecutive third tones, e.g. wo3 ...
Jul 28, 2021 · 6 If there are two third tones in a row, e.g. ni3hao3, the first one is pronounced as a second tone, i.e. ni3hao3=ni2hao3. At least, that's what I was told in a course. What happens with …
Help deconstructing parts of 點唱機 - 按年份後，當年的流行曲就出來 …
A Chinese family relative sent me this message (I am not Asian). I need some help deconstructing the message because at times the word sequence or implied idea is lost on me (even when I know most ...