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Posted on: What's Your Name?
July 15, 2013 at 3:33 AM

I wrote the comment here because this is how it sounds to me in this dialogue. But also here: http://www.forvo.com/search/%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88/. I'm trying to understand if it's a rule of pronouncing the tones that I'm unaware of. Maybe it's not that the tone dips down on "shen". Maybe the tone is just level on "shen", but then it jumps up on "me".

Posted on: What's Your Name?
July 13, 2013 at 1:51 PM

Hi.  I'm confused by the pronunciation of shénme.  I've listened to recordings of this word several places, and it me it sounds like "shènmá".  The "me" is heavily emphasized and the tone sounds like it dips down on "shen".  Can anyone explain this?