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(linguistics) oral speech sounds

kǒu yīn
WordHSK 7-9
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When it comes to my turn to speak, I confuse the words 'standard' and 'common', and end up saying that the north-eastern accent is 'the most common'.
He had a funny accent.
He spoke with a Taiwanese accent mixed in.
他说话夾杂着台灣口音。
Standard Chinese, commonly referred to as Mandarin, is based on Pekinese.
His accent!
他的口音!
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