On 2008-04-20, TokyoB > wrote:

> On this Chinese-English dictionary site you can find pronounciations.
> You can try searching for single syllables if you can't find the
> entire Chinese word.
> http://www.mdbg.net

Check out http://nciku.com also. Great site, and very helpful for
looking up characters / tones / pronounciation in a variety of different
ways (there's even a way to draw characters in and get selection of
possible matches).

Keep in mind that, even within Mandarin, there are differences in
pronounciation from region to region (a lot of audio courses pronounce
everything with a Beijing accent). And once you start talking about
other languages / dialects, things get even hairier.

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