On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 03:24:10PM -0400, Douglas Koller, Latin & French wrote:
> Your first word is a typo. It's "jian," not "jin." My SAMPA sucks, so
> good luck, but sump'n like:
>
> /dC&~.daU.ni.hVn.gaU.CiN/
INteresting. I'd expect any affricate with [C] to be [cC] rather than [dC]; I'd
also expect |j| to represent a voiced sound ([J\j\], maybe). And I find
it odd that |an| is /&~/ but |en| is /Vn/ rather than /V~/.
> jian4 dao4 ni3 hen3 gao1 xing4
Ah! Glad I was right about ni3. It's been a long time.
> (mainland Mandarin probably reduces
> this to the "neutral" tone (I've been away a while))
? What's the "neutral" tone?
Thanks again!
-Marcos