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A great idea, and useful not just for English speakers. My French background doesn’t make me any better at pronouncing Chinese names!
by bernardv 5y ago
A great idea, and useful not just for English speakers. My French background doesn’t make me any better at pronouncing Chinese names!
- thaumasiotes 5y ago> My French background doesn’t make me any better at pronouncing Chinese names! It would have, back when the sound currently written "r" was written "j" instead.
- tasogare 5y agoTry searching for EFEO (École française d'extrême Orient) transcriptions instead. That system was made for French sprakers and the resulting pronunciation should be somewhat understandable by a native. I wish that system would have been kept in use for education (a least in the beginning) because badly pronunced pinyin cause mistakes that stick for years in learners.