grammar are supposed to be the same as Beijing dialect. However, in other areas, namely vocabulary, Mandarin and the language of Beijing are very different.</p> |
grammar are supposed to be the same as Beijing dialect. However, "standard" Mandarin is a rather elusive concept, and Mandarin spoken outside of Beijing is fairly different from that spoken within: residents of Beijing tend to make very heavy use of retroflex suffices, and the vocabulary of "standard Mandarin" and that of Beijing can be quite different.</p> |
* The 3rd tone: low, level pitch |
* The 3rd tone: dipping intonation |
However, in speaking, certain tones are changed in certain contexts according to the rules of [tone sandhi]?. |