Re: OT: Mandarin help sought
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 31, 2006, 16:19 |
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On 10/31/06, Eugene Oh <un.doing@...> wrote:
> The standard Mandarin would be [j&n.nan] -- as this isn't a very
> common name, and as Mandarin names could be literally anything
> bisyllabic, to know the correct tones would require knowing the
> characters he uses in his name. It is, however, likely that both are
> pronounced with a rising tone.
>
> (一直以来)把你的名字念错，真不好意思
> (ji_F.tS1_R.ji_L.laI_R.)pa_R.ni_L.d3.miN_R.tsM_F.nj&n_F.ts_hwO_F
> tS3n_H.pu_F.hAo_L.ji_F.s1
Xiè•xie!
I asked, and he said it's Yan4nan2. If I remember the tone
numbering correctly, that would be Yànnán.
--
Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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