u/Boremi10

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so without erhua in taiwan for example "a little short" would be 有點短, which would be pronounced 2nd tone 2nd tone 3rd tone. now in china that would be 有点儿短, which seemingly does break it, however the 儿 character is only there to emphasize that it actually is pronounced with the erhua, and syllables with erhua are pronounced like a single syllable (so diar not dian er). so, while visually it does seem like the 儿 breaks the erhua, it actually is not a stand alone syllable, so technically the tone sandhi still continues? i'm not sure

for example if there are two people named 徐明 and 许明 the names sound different, but if they're named 徐伟 and 许伟 the 伟 should cause the 许 to be pronounced with the same tone as 徐, which could get confusing. do chinese people pronounce both syllables with the 3rd tone in this case?

seems like 臺 is the traditional version, and while taiwan uses traditional they seem make an exception for this specific character?? also 台 is obviously easier to write so i guess that one is being used more often, so is there even a point in using 臺 anymore?

it could be a traditional vs simplified thing, but also just the overall look. some of mine are:

燕 what is happening in the middle 😭 why is there a 北 divided by a 口

版 not sure what exactly i don't like about it but it's just off putting

搬 hate the way the radicals are so squeezed

默 imo the japanese version 黙 looks much more balanced

樱 they botched this one so hard 櫻 and 桜 are much better

can't think of any more but i'm curious about what you think!

so the other day i went to a chinese restaurant and talked to an employee, but he had this really thick accent which i couldn't recognize, so i was wondering if it even is mandarin. so i typed what i wanted to say in the notes app for him, and i asked him if he spoke mandarin or cantonese (he told me he was from hong kong beforehand) and he said mandarin. i could understand a little bit afterwards but his accent was still a bit difficult to grasp. he pronounced 城市 as céng sì (ㄘㄥˊㄙˋ), which in cantonese is sing4si5 so it couldn't have been cantonese. is there like a hong konger (what is the adjective form of hong kong lol) accent of mandarin?