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Old 12-13-2006, 03:25 PM   #89 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Bjjexpertise@be View Post
I thought eat in mandarin was "chr"?
It is. Chi is the correct spelling of "chr" in the pin-yin system of romanization. The "r" is more pronounced by northern Chinese than southern. Northern Chinese don't have the same difficulty of mispronouncing "r" and "l" for that reason. You can hear it when they speak english.
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