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HVPT-Mandarin vowels

HVPT_Mandarin vowels

HVPT_Mandarin vowels
a ɤ i y u ə

a

a 
(Pinyin: [ɑ] as in '爬'[pɑ2])
[ha2]
Female:


https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Mandarin_ha_female.mp3

Male:

https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Mandarin_ha_male.mp3

ɤ

ɤ
(Pinyin: [e] as in '河' [he2])
Female:

https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Mandarin_he_ɤ_female.mp3

Male:

https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Mandarin_he_ɤ_male.mp3

i

i
(Pinyin: [i] as in '鼻'[bi2])
Female:

https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Mandarin_hi_female.mp3

Male:

https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Mandarin_hi_male.mp3

y

y
(Pinyin: [ü] as in '驴' [lǘ])
[hü2]
Female:

https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Mandarin_hy_female.mp3

Male:

https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Mandarin_hy_male_2nd-updated.mp3

u

u
(Pinyin: [u] as in '湖' [hú])
Female:

https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Mandarin_hu_female.mp3

Male:

https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Mandarin_hu_male.mp3

ə

ə
(Pinyin: [e] as in '儿' [ér])
(*[ə] is rhotacized as [ɚ].)
[her2]
Female:

https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Mandarin_her_female.mp3

Male:

https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Mandarin_her_male.mp3

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