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Forum: Speaking and Listening 21st December 2007, 11:30 AM

Replies: 119

Taiwanese Mandarin to Chinese Mandarin

Views: 8,781

Posted By Mugi


Re: Taiwanese Mandarin to Chinese Mandarin

And indeed Hangzhou still is in the south :wink:. Hangzhou is a bit of an anomoly though (along
with a couple of other places too, Nanjing being one of them) - the native language has been
heavily...



Forum: Speaking and Listening 18th December 2007, 09:41 AM

Replies: 119

Taiwanese Mandarin to Chinese Mandarin

Views: 8,781

Posted By Mugi


Re: Taiwanese Mandarin to Chinese Mandarin

Cantonese is definitely easier than Taiwanese (at least in my experience) - there's no tone sandhi
to worry about!



Forum: Speaking and Listening 17th December 2007, 01:49 PM

Replies: 119

Taiwanese Mandarin to Chinese Mandarin

Views: 8,781

Posted By Mugi


Re: Taiwanese Mandarin to Chinese Mandarin

While some people in Taiwan may use 花生 for peanut, and many more (if not most people)
understand the term, 土豆 most certainly means "peanut" in Taiwan as is regular (most common)
term for peanut.

14...



Forum: Speaking and Listening 17th December 2007, 01:46 PM

Replies: 119

Taiwanese Mandarin to Chinese Mandarin

Views: 8,781

Posted By Mugi


Re: Taiwanese Mandarin to Chinese Mandarin

Actually, it is you who is categorically wrong. Mandarin is the name in English given to a group
of dialects which share certain common characteristics in terms of pronunciation, grammar and
lexicon....



Forum: Speaking and Listening 14th December 2007, 02:23 PM

Replies: 119

Taiwanese Mandarin to Chinese Mandarin

Views: 8,781

Posted By Mugi


Re: Taiwanese Mandarin to Chinese Mandarin

The first part of this sentence is wrong - Beijing dialect is most definitely Mandarin. But it
isn't Modern Standard Mandarin, which is what many people mistake it for.



Forum: Speaking and Listening 12th December 2007, 01:42 PM

Replies: 119

Taiwanese Mandarin to Chinese Mandarin

Views: 8,781

Posted By Mugi


Re: Taiwanese Mandarin to Chinese Mandarin

Some do, but they are intentionally mimicking Taiwanese, or unintentionally mimicking people that
are intentionally mimicking Taiwanese!



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