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 cases is the.
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"?
一下 is a little (time.) This makes it mostly after a verb. I believe the two most common uses are: 等一下 (děng yíxià) Wait a bit 休息一下 (xiūxi yíxià) Rest a little while It is also used as a numeral classifier.
Feb 19, 2021 · The pinyin of 灸 as in 针灸 (acupuncture) or 艾灸 (moxibustion) is clearly given as jiu3, as shown in, among others, MDGB and Zdic. The single character doesn't even have alternate.
Jun 23, 2014 · I've learned them in Chinese class, but still a bit confused, 看 means see, but what is the difference between 看到 and 看过?
