Top 20 Most Common Pronunciation Errors by Chinese Learners

Top 20 Most Common Pronunciation Errors by Chinese Learners

  1. 日 rì & 热 rè
  2. 脏 zāng & 张 zhāng
  3. 撤 chè & 策 cè
  4. 努 nǔ & 女 nǚ
  5. 七 qī & 吃 chī
  6. 饿 è & 二 èr
  7. 谈 tán & 糖 táng
  8. 金 jīn & 京 jīng
  9. 摸 mō & 哞 mōu
  10. 乱 luàn & 论 lùn
  11. 全 quán & 群 qún
  12. 染 rǎn & 软 ruǎn
  13. 汪 wāng (wuang)
  14. 弯 wān (wuan)
  15. 温 wēn (wun)
  16. 翁 wēng (wong)
  17. 窝 wō (wuo)
  18. 烟 yān (yian)
  19. 优 yōu (yiou)
  20. 庸 yōng (yiong)

Listen to the podcast to understand how they are commonly mispronounced.

After that, have a listen to how all the words are pronounced by a native speaker.

For shadowing exercises, male students should imitate the male version, female students the female version.

Podcast: Top 20 Most Common Pronunciation Errors by Chinese Learners
Shadowing Practice: Male Native Speaker Pronunciation
Shadowing Practice: Female Native Speaker Pronunciation

2 Comments to "Top 20 Most Common Pronunciation Errors by Chinese Learners"

  1. David G's Gravatar David G
    27/05/2016 - 4:00 pm | Permalink

    My wife is a native speaker(from Taiwan) and pronounces èr as è. This seems to be a Taiwan thing, has anyone heard it anywhere else?

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