竟 and 境 are both read ging2 in Cantonese, which usually
corresponds to a third tone syllable in Mandarin (as is the case
for 警, which is ging2 in Cantonese and jing3 in Mandarin).
However, both of ... I have looked at the wikipedia article
"Couplet (Chinese Poetry)", but I think it poses more questions
than answers. So a 对联 (duì lián) is a "Chinese Couplet". it is
composed of two lines each line ... Where can I find a table
showing the relation between hanyu pinyin spelling and IPA for
all phonemes in Mandarin? Sometimes, in certain combinations of
tones or words, the tones change. Where can I find a complete
list of all tone changes that occur in Mandarin? What software
is available which can record my voice and warn me about
problems with my pronunciation and tones? What are the
(resultant) tones in those sentences, where all the words in
isolation have 3rd tone? 我很好。 我也很好。 Reading tone shandhi rules
on Wikipedia, there is no explanation about tree or ... I
already have a hard time distinguishing tones in n