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Re: Fwd: State Dept Advisory
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Peter Bi <[log in to unmask]>
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- Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 20 Mar 2003 22:39:39 +0000
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It is in Ping-Ying, a Chinese pronouncing system. It is quite accurate. The only
thing missing is the tone --- a Chinese character has usually 4 to 5 tones. Many
times, one can guess the tone from the words next to each other.

Hong(tone 2)guang(tone 1) Bi(tone 4)

> Peter Bi wrote:
> >
> > >Reached for comment in Brussels, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns said,
> > >"Qing wen, ren min gong yuan zai na li?"
> >
> > "Would you please tell me where the People's Park is?".
>
> Wonderful. Thanks.
>
> I had no idea whether it was legitimate Chinese or not.
>
> Carrol

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