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Old August 18th, 2012, 23:11   #10
Dimitri
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As for Pinyin, I don't think Latin based pronounciation can capture all the different tones the Chinese language uses.
Its Latin characters, but a lot of the combinations of letters do not actually sound like English/French/Latin. Plus the multiple tone accents. It does get quite confusing, and I am happy the wife puts up with my attempts ... so far any ways.

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The most precise way is to write these in IPA symbols.
Perhaps, but that would confuse a guy like me even more.

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