• Bloops
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    7
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    Yes, focus on tones (and pronunciation in general) so you don’t have to go back and relearn all your vocab to pronounce it properly. If you don’t focus on tones, you’ll sound like my third-year classmates talking about how chest hairs love to eat bamboo.

    • redtea
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      What’s the Pinyin and characters for this and for what they’re trying to say?

      • Bloops
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        1 year ago

        熊猫 xiong2mao1 vs 胸毛 xiong1mao2