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Bing's pronunciation in English is exactly the downward inflection used for 病

• smallnamespace 10y ago
  Not quite: - B- in Chinese is unvoiced, whereas it's voiced in English - the -ing in Chinese and English are pronounced slightly differently - Bing in English is usually inflected somewhere between 1st and 4th tone -- 病, properly pronounced, has a much more noticeable downward pitch slide It's fair to say though that if you say 'Bing' when you mean 病, a Mandarin speaker will probably understand you. Source: am native English and Chinese speaker
  • verroq 10y ago
    It is close enough pronouncation wise. Downward inflection is stronger in 病.