Intermediate - Regional Accents (C0859)

你打算什么时候生小孩?
nǐ dǎsuàn shénme shíhou shēng xiǎohái?
When do you plan to have a child?
来了多少人?
lái le duōshao rén?
How many people came?
我和哥哥都喜欢画画。
wǒ hé gēge dōu xǐhuan huàhuà.
My brother and I like to paint.

Key Vocabulary

打算dǎsuànto plan
什么时候shénme shíhouwhen
生小孩shēng xiǎoháito give birth
láito come
多少duōshaohow many
and
哥哥gēgeolder brother
dōuall
喜欢xǐhuanto like
画画huàhuàto paint; to draw

Supplementary Vocabulary

平舌音píngshéyīnnon-retroflex consonant (e.g. c, s, z)
翘舌音qiàoshéyīnretroflex consonant (e.g. ch, sh, zh)
前鼻音qiánbíyīnfrontal nasal (n)
后鼻音hòubíyīnback nasal (ng)
儿化音érhuàyīnerization
口音kǒuyīnaccent
方言fāngyándialect
南方nánfāngsouthern
北方běifāngnorthern
台湾TáiwānTaiwan