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The phonology of Standard Chinese has historically derived from the Beijing dialect of Mandarin. However, pronunciation varies widely among speakers, who may introduce elements of their local varieties. Television and radio announcers are chosen for their ability to affect a standard accent.
A native tradition of Chinese phonology developed in the Middle Chinese period. Chinese linguists had long compiled dictionaries and attempted to identify the pronunciation of difficult characters by specifying homophone characters.
Pinyin System. Pinyin, literally meaning “spell out the sound”, is the Romanized phonetic transcription of the Chinese language. The system is now used in China to teach Chinese to students and internationally as a second language.
This chapter introduces key analyses to Chinese phonology: syllable structure, segmental allophony, and tone. Chinese syllables maximally consist (Consonant)-(Glide)-Vowel-(Consonant), where the elements in the parentheses are optional.
Mandarin (/ ˈmændərɪn / ⓘ MAN-dər-in; simplified Chinese : 官话; traditional Chinese : 官話; pinyin : Guānhuà; lit. 'officials' speech') is a group of Chinese language dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China.
Standard Chinese (also called Mandarin Chinese) is a member of the Northern family; it is based on the pronunciation of the Beijing dialect. There are, therefore, two meanings of Mandarin Chinese, one referring to the Northern dialect family and one referring to the standard dialect.
Not only is it rich in detailed and amazingly accurate factual description, it also proposes elegant theoretical solutions to many long-standing problems in Chinese phonology, such as word length variation, word order, and the application of the third tone sandhi.
Summary. In this chapter, we discuss the Mandarin syllable and recent innovations in its study. The focus will be on the segmentation of the syllable into phonological units, an area of research that features a proposal for the combination of segments into phonological units for almost every permutation possible.
Overview. The CJKI Chinese Phonological Database (CPD) currently contains over four million Simplified Chinese (SC) and Traditional Chinese (TC) headwords covering general vocabulary, important technical terms, and proper nouns.
1 - An Introduction to Chinese Historical Phonology. from Part I - The Keys to Traditional Phonology. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 June 2020. Zhongwei Shen. Chapter. Get access. Cite. Summary. The introductory chapter mainly provides two kinds of information.