zhen zhen?!

paracaz
 April 07, 2010, 08:58 AM posted in General Discussion

how to pronounce "真正 zhenzhen"? I found no difference between them.

Need for help！ thx

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xiao_liang
 April 07, 2010, 09:09 AM

I could be wrong, but isn't 正 pronounced zhèng? Which would make it zhēnzhèng?

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lovechn
 April 07, 2010, 09:20 AM

Excuse me. but do 'en' and 'eng' make differences? How to pronounce them correct?

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paracaz
 April 07, 2010, 09:22 AM

Yes, that's what I want to ask!

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xiao_liang
 April 07, 2010, 09:22 AM

Try this part of the pronunciation guide. Hopefully should help:

http://chinesepod.com/tools/pronunciation/section/6

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xiao_liang

To my mind, "zhen" should sound similar to "Jen", whereas "zheng" should sound similar to "jung"

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xiao_liang
 April 07, 2010, 09:23 AM

To my mind, "zhen" should sound similar to "Jen", whereas "zheng" should sound similar to "jung"

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paracaz
 April 12, 2010, 05:39 AM

However, I still found the 4th tone hard to pronounce. Could be some way to practice it?

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xiao_liang

Chinesepod has its own audio review practice app on the site - allows you to match your tones to that of the ideal

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xiao_liang
 April 12, 2010, 08:22 AM

Chinesepod has its own audio review practice app on the site - allows you to match your tones to that of the ideal

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aiservice
 April 12, 2010, 08:52 AM

Welcome to use our product 'Tone Practice'. You can find it follow this: Tools/ addons/ Tone Practice.

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