pǔ tōng huà
Mandarin (common language)
Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language)
ordinary speech
yáng píng
evenly rising tone, the second tone of putonghua
yīn píng
high and level tone, the first tone of putonghua
hǎi shàng huā liè zhuàn
The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆, long novel of lower life in classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular
translated into Putonghua as 海上花 by Iris Chang
fù hé yuán yīn
diphthong (such as putonghua ɑi, uei etc)
yīn píng shēng
high and level tone, the first tone of putonghua
yáng píng shēng
evenly rising tone, the second tone of putonghua
juǎn shé yuán yīn
retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
juǎn shé yuán yīn
retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
Hǎi shàng Huā Liè zhuàn
The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆[Han2 Bang1 qing4], long novel of lower life in classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular
translated into Putonghua as 海上花 by Iris Chang
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