[nq:1]Can anyone help me in the pronunciation of the following Chinese terms?[/nq] I've shown the Pinyin transliteration with tones shown as numbers. You have a mix of Wade-Giles and Pinyin. [nq:1]Feng Shui[/nq] feng1 shui3 "fung" high steady tone, "shway" tone going down then up [nq:1]I-Ching[/nq] yi4 jing1 "yee" tone falling abruptly, "jing" high steady tone [nq:1]yin-yan
[nq:1]Can anyone help me in the pronunciation of the following Chinese terms?[/nq] It is difficult for most English speakers to handle Chinese pronunciation, which has sounds missing in English. I have omitted the tone markers below, which are probably beyond anyone asking your question. The answers have the form >approx. pronunciation> simplified meaning [nq:1]Feng Shui >
[nq:1]Can anyone help me in the pronunciation of the following Chinese terms? Feng Shui I-Ching yin-yang ch'i[/nq] Assuming you want the pronunciation of these as English words, here are two versions of describing how they're pronounced: 1. Transcriptions in ASCII IPA:
/'fEN Swi:/ /'aI tSIN/ /'jIn j&N/ /tSi:/ 2. Re-spelled as if they're native English words:feng sh
[nq:2]Can anyone help me in the pronunciation of the following Chinese terms? Feng Shui I-Ching yin-yang ch'i[/nq] [nq:1]Assuming you want the pronunciation of these as English words, here are two versions of describing how they're pronounced: 1. ... /'aI tSIN/ /'jIn j&N/ /tSi:/ 2. Re-spelled as if they're native English words: feng shwee eye ching yin yang chee[/nq] I would pronounce them
[nq:1]Can anyone help me in the pronunciation of the following Chinese terms?[/nq] I assume you're asking about the English pronunciation. [nq:1]Feng Shui[/nq] /,fVN 'SweI/ ("fung-SHWAY") is how I've heard it. [nq:1]I-Ching[/nq] I've usually heard this as /,i 'tSIN/ ("ee-CHING"), though I also recall that this is not considered correct (I seem to recall "yee jing" being preferr
[nq:2]Assuming you want the pronunciation of these as English words, ... native English words: feng shwee eye ching yin yang chee[/nq] [nq:1]I would pronounce them: fung shway ee jing yin yong ("o" as in the first vowel of "father") chee. But there are so many different pronuciations of these words in English that you can pretty well please yourself. CDB[/nq] I should, perhaps, have commen