Any tips to help remember the pronunciation of new words?
The pronunciation of "ae" and "ea" in words. Is there a rule?
Awkward pronunciation of words
Japanese pronunciation of foreign words.
To be fair, most Japanese characters in American movies/TV shows are not Japanese, and have awful pronunciation (Heroes, Man in the High Castle, Daredevil, etc.).
It comes down to the audience and if they can distinguish these foreign languages, because most American viewers won't notice that the Japanese is less-than-good. Same principle the other way around for your example.
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I have a deck with some flashcards for vocabulary. The cards are fine, they are for the HSK, which I plan on taking.
However, now that my deck is at HSK 5, there are some words that I am having a lot of difficulty with. Some are very similar to other words (to my eyes still), and some I always think of the wrong pronunciation.
For example, the word 套. I don't want to be bold pretending I know the meaning of the word, but regardless of it, I always say "tài" instead of "tào". And since I only accept the flashcards that I know both the meaning and the pronunciation, I am constantly failing this card.
I tried mnemonics. "tào, similar to talc". But currently there are so many words that are getting in the way that byn the time 套 comes up again I already forgot the mnemonic.
I would like to edit the card and give some info about the pronunciation without adding the pinyin. That would defeat the purpose of the flashcard. But I also think I should make this card easier otherwise it will get stuck forever. What tips do you have for remembering the pronunciation and tone of a word without actually writing the pinyin?