User Comments - iaing

Posted on: Playing Ice Hockey

heh. I agree. The most watched sporting event in 2011 will be held in Asia - with over 1 billion viewers and using nothing but leather and willow :)

I also heard Pakistan may push to have their test matches in GZ, China?

Posted on: Have you eaten?

Listening a lot and being able to pronounce the sounds correctly yourself are key steps. Knowing how to correctly produce sounds, attunes you to the differences. Listening and then producing the sounds after hearing them at a site like aichinese is an excellent way to tune both your speaking and listening.

For a good overview on pronunciation go to John Pasden's site:

http://www.sinosplice.com/learn-chinese/pronunciation-of-mandarin-chinese

For more detailed info on how to pronounce specific initials or finals, use this site:

http://www.learnchineseabc.com/chinese-pinyin-initials.htm

http://www.learnchineseabc.com/chinese-pinyin-finals.htm

Chinesepod's pinyin program is also very good for explaining pronunciation:

http://chinesepod.com/lessons/all/list/The+Pinyin+Program