If you want to be more precise about your pronunciations, you should look into the International Phonetic Alphabet. It took me way too long to figure out how to pronounce the Chinese R, only to realize I could have simply learned IPA first instead
My pleasure! The Chinese language wiki is always helpful for these slightly familiar but slightly odd sounds. Here's their entry for the Chinese piyin r initial.
I'll add that from my experience there's a lot of variation depending on the speaker, some add more buzz, others less but the general tongue positioning is consistent.
This description made a sound I've heard in others' pronunciation suddenly make sense, thank you!
If you want to be more precise about your pronunciations, you should look into the International Phonetic Alphabet. It took me way too long to figure out how to pronounce the Chinese R, only to realize I could have simply learned IPA first instead
My pleasure! The Chinese language wiki is always helpful for these slightly familiar but slightly odd sounds. Here's their entry for the Chinese piyin r initial.
I'll add that from my experience there's a lot of variation depending on the speaker, some add more buzz, others less but the general tongue positioning is consistent.