grammar - How is 就 (jiù) used? - Chinese Language Stack Exchange
Pimsleur's Mandarin course teaches "I'm leaving very early tomorrow morning" as: 我明天早上很早就走 (wŏ míngtiān zăoshàng hĕn zăo jiù zŏu) It says that 就 (jiù) doesn't have a …
Why is it written LIU in Pinyin, when there's clearly an O sound?
Jan 20, 2012 · Edit: some arbitrary decision seems to have been made by choosing you instead of yu, but with other initials, the choice was: liu, niu, jiu, etc. when the phoneme /ou/ in all …
mandarin - Pinyin "jiu" / "you" final pronunciation difference ...
May 22, 2020 · In Mandarin should there be any difference between the pronunciation of the pinyin final in "jiu" and the pronunciation of the pinyin whole word "you"?
tones - jiu3 pronounced as jiu4 ; linked speech feature or slip of …
Oct 9, 2022 · Here is the intonation that is recorded in an instructional video for the clause 我已经很久都不过中秋节了 (wǒ yǐjīng hěn jiǔ dōu bú guò ...
What happens with tone sandhi with consecutive third tones, e.g.
Jul 28, 2021 · 6 If there are two third tones in a row, e.g. ni3hao3, the first one is pronounced as a second tone, i.e. ni3hao3=ni2hao3. At least, that's what I was told in a course. What happens …
word choice - Difference between 如果 and 要是? - Chinese …
In the Pimsleur Mandarin course it uses 如果 (rúguǒ) to mean 'if', but the dictionary shows 要是 (yàoshì) to have a similar meaning: 如果: if; in case; in the event that 要是: if Are there any …
translation - Rendering 招子庸‘s name into English? - Chinese …
Nov 6, 2024 · 链接中提到： 1992年，学者Peter T. Morris亦再将招子庸的《粤讴》译为英文，收录97首粤讴，在香港大学出版社出版了《Cantonese Love Songs: An English translation of Jiu …
Reading Years in Chinese - Chinese Language Stack Exchange
Jun 29, 2021 · We know that years like 2021 are read as "er ling er yi nian". But Google Translate reads 2000年 as :liang qian nian. Possibly because "er ling ling ling …
grammar - Tense and use of 了 - Chinese Language Stack Exchange
I struggle a bit to get my head around tenses in Mandarin, and in particular when I need to use 了 (le). Do you have any tips, examples or resources to help me out with this?
Who can explain me how to use "就"? [duplicate]
Jun 28, 2016 · It seems 就 is a very frequently used word. I'm just confused about its use. Anyone can help to explain how to use it?