Hi bonichang! That's a very good question! The answer is you cannot pronounce "rén" "ròu" and other syllables with "r" as intitials with an "l" sound to replace "r." In some regions of China, people may have some dialects or accent in which we cannot distinguish "r" sound and "l" sound. But in Manda...
Comment by Ellie_Chinese teacher posted on January 22, 2013
Hi Cassiano,
We have exercises in text, audio and video format next to each lesson on the website. You can take a look at our free lessons here: http://www.dongyu.com/free-chinese-lessons. You can also print out the webpages of text exercises. For audio and video exercises, it’s better to just do t...
Comment by Helen Zhang (Chinese Teacher) posted on June 27, 2012
Hi hikehawk,
Sure. Here are two links that you can choose from:
Sougou Pinyin: http://pinyin.sogou.com/ Click the green button to download the program.
Google Pinyin Input Method: http://www.google.com/intl/zh-CN/ime/pinyin/ You can click the blue button to download the program.
Comment by Helen Zhang (Chinese Teacher) posted on February 16, 2012
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