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<!-- (Audio) Wang Hua: 什么 (shén me) -->

--instructions--

Listen to the audio and answer the question below.

--questions--

--text--

Which option shows the correct Pinyin for what Wang Hua says?

--answers--

shén ma

--feedback--

The second syllable uses the wrong final.


shén mè

--feedback--

The second syllable here has a tone mark, which is not what Wang Hua says.


sén me

--feedback--

The first syllable uses the wrong initial.


shén me

--video-solution--

4

--explanation--

Wang Hua is saying shén me.

The first syllable uses sh as the initial, which is pronounced by curling the tongue back slightly.

The second syllable has a neutral tone. As you learned in previous lessons, it should be pronounced lightly.

--scene--

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      "startTime": 1,
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