Talk:Chinese (Mandarin)/Pronunciation of Initials

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It would be extremely useful if this page listed at least one chinese word for each initial described here along with a recording of a native speaker speaking it. While it is nice to have a description of the sounds, nothing can replace actually hearing it. --128.179.67.72 07:29, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm trying to recruit a native speaker to provide these samples. But for now, if you go to Lesson 1 there are recordings of the new vocabulary words, so you should be able to start off pretty well even without looking through the pronunciation section.

— Everlong 13:49, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

If you need to find samples, go to the wikipedia page on the IPA representation of the sound and there will be a proper sound sample which you will be able to upload here. Jocke pirat (talk) 17:14, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] clear of the tongue tip

"clear of the tongue tip" is a little vague to me, what specifically is meant by the tongue tip and how do i clear it?
YukataNinja 16:31, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alternate "c" pronunciation?

There's a site with a handy pronunciation table, apparently of all the standard Mandarin syllables [1] ... but all the syllables beginning "c" are pronounced (to my untrained ear) just like those beginning "k", but with longer vowel sounds afterward. Can someone explain? 70.15.114.2 (talk) 05:44, 1 April 2008 (UTC)