In his book Chinese through Tone and Color, author Nathan Dummitt presents his system of color-coded tones. In his own words: I hope that my system gives a context, even for non-visual learners, for distinguishing between the four tones in Mandarin... ...full story at Sinosplice
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Making of Chinese Tang Tri-color Pottery »
YouTube video Tang Tri-color ware was produced at the height of the Tang dynasty's strength and prosperity; the court was "pure and bright," society stable, the economy flourishing.
Tang Tri-color ware is broadly divided into two categories: ornaments and utensils of... |
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Beijing plans color-coded emergency response system » People's Daily Beijing will set up a color-coded emergency alarm system to deal with natural disasters and health and public hazards. Under a decision by the municipal legislature on Friday, incidents will be divided into four categories by color: ... |
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Seeing the Tones of Mandarin Chinese with Praat » Sinosplice Wikipedia image When you first start studying Chinese, you are introduced to Mandarin’s four main tones. You are invariably shown some variation of the chart on the right. You may have wondered where these lines came from. Are they just some... |
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Car Tones » Sinosplice I recently stumbled across this graphic, and found it amusing enough to share. So, does using an automotive visual help anyone learn tones any better?? It takes all kinds… |
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China releases popular auto color trends » People's Daily The first press conference for "Popular color trends for Chinese autos" recently closed in Beijing, and a report of "Popular color trends for Chinese autos in 2010" was issued at the conference. The report points out 7 colors, black, white, grey, dark... |
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Toward Better Tones in Natural Speech » Sinosplice At ACTFL 2008 one of the presentations on TCFL that I found most interesting was one called “An Alternative Way to Teach Mandarin Tones in Speaking” by Dr. Rongrong Liao of the Defense Language Institute. The problem, as Dr. Liao presented... |
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