Re: CHAT: Zhongwen (Chinese) Question

Patrick Dunn wrote:


> Listening to Chinese, it seems sometimes [b,d,g] are voiced, and sometimes
> simply unaspirated.  So my question is -- how do I know if they're going
> to be voiced, and how do I know if they're going to just be unaspirated?
They are voiceless unaspirated, but if you pronounce them voiced
unaspirated you will be understood, since voicing is not a
phonemic feature in Chinese, in general.

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