Re: Chinese accent symbols (was Re: Tohnyu Soup (Chinese food))

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From: Claude Huss
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 02:12

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CH> 1) No accent      
CH> 2) /  accent
CH> 3) \/ accent (like a check mark)
CH> 4) \  accent
CH> 5) .  accent

LAO> 1 -->  -
LAO> 2 -->  /
LAO> 3 -->  v
LAO> 4 -->  \
LAO> there is no . accent.

LAO> ----LAO Shihong


Lao$@@h@8!"(JNi hao ma?


I learned that fifth accent from my chinese relatives. (Hey. I'm not
chinese, but my wife has taiwanese parents.:-) ). I confirmed that
with a very close friend of mine in Taiwan, He said there's a fifth
accent, but it's only "informal" and used only to end setences. 

Could someone say if there are many different ways to represent accents in
Chinese? I'm not sure who is right, since I'm not a native speaker..:-)

Chinese HEN NAN... (my intention was to say: Very difficult...:-)

Zai-Jian!

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Claude Huss
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From: claude@trc.mew.mei.co.jp (Claude Huss)
Subject: Re: Chinese accent symbols (was Re: Tohnyu Soup (Chinese food))
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