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 dǎsuàn to plan
什么时候 shénme shíhou when
生小孩 shēng xiǎohái to give birth
lái to come
多少 duōshao how many
and
哥哥 gēge older brother
dōu all
喜欢 xǐhuan to like
画画 huàhuà to paint; to draw

Supplementary Vocabulary

平舌音 píngshéyīn non-retroflex consonant (e.g. c, s, z)
翘舌音 qiàoshéyīn retroflex consonant (e.g. ch, sh, zh)
前鼻音 qiánbíyīn frontal nasal (n)
后鼻音 hòubíyīn back nasal (ng)
儿化音 érhuàyīn erization
口音 kǒuyīn accent
方言 fāngyán dialect
南方 nánfāng southern
北方 běifāng northern
台湾 Táiwān Taiwan