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Q: ใๆจ nin ใใงใฃหใ: Polite or Strange? If I say it in Taiwan, will people think Iโm strange ?
How to Pronounce "ๅ"? ใใขห (hร n) Fourth Tone or ใให (hรฉ) Second Tone? ใๅใๆ้บผ็ผ้ณ? ๅ่ฒ้ๆฏไบ่ฒ?
Q:ใๅใๆ้บผ็ผ้ณ?
ใใขห (hร n)ๅ่ฒ้ๆฏใให (hรฉ)ไบ่ฒ?
How to Pronounce "ๅ"? ใใขห (hร n) Fourth Tone
or ใให (hรฉ) Second Tone?
ไฝ ่ฆบๅพๅข?
What do you think?
I often get asked this by my course students,
and I'm surprised that many learners tend to pronounce ๅ ใให hรฉ.
While thatโs understandable, itโs not common in everyday spoken Mandarin, at least not in Taiwan.
A:ใๅใ้ๅ้ณ๏ผๅฃ่ชๆๅ้ๅธธ่ชชใใขห
In speaking, we almost always pronounce ๅ
as ใใขห hร n.
If youโre speaking with Taiwanese locals, friends, or family, just stick with ใใขห hร n.
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Yuelao, plays an important role in Taiwanese culture. Young people in Taiwan are particularly enthusiastic about praying to Yuelao in temple. Many seek his blessings to find true love or improve their relationships.
I often worsip Yuelao and I talked about it in my YT video when I visited to Longshan temple). Be sure to go there when you travel to Taiwan.
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taiwanese culture
ไธญๆๆ้บผ่ชช "souvenirs? How to say "souvenirs" in Mandarin?
souvenirs in taiwan
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Playlist for Mandarin beginners
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๐โๅๆฐดๆๅ Eat some fruits!โ Understand your Taiwanese in-laws when visiting their home
My mom cut prepared fruits like this when everytime I went back home. I know many of you learn with me because you wish to speak Taiwanese Mandarin with your in-laws and loved one, so make sure you memorize this useful phrase.
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In todayโs Podcast episode, I talked about my Day Trip to Taiping Mountains in Yilan, Taiwan. Youโll learn useful vocabulary words related to travel:) I hope itโs helpful for your Chinese listening and speaking! If you like nature, be sure to go to Taiping mountains!
ๆ้่ฆๅญธๆณจ้ณๅ? Should I learn Zhuyin (bopomofo)? I heard Taiwanese people only use Zhuyin. Is it useful?
Should you learn zhuyin(bopomofo) ? At night market in Taiwan, street signs contain zhuyin.
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