什么 pinyin...

[braglin]

Dear colleague,

First of all, thank you for this tool, it's amazing!

I have a question for you, I'm using it to get the pinyin of a few words but I got a strange answer for shenme... refer below:

Get PinYin for: 名字
PinYin: míngzì
Get PinYin for: 不客气
PinYin: bùkèqì
Get PinYin for: 什么
PinYin: shíyāo

Could you explain it to me? I don't know chinese very well (HSK1 only), so I don't if it's right or not...

[patcullen]

Hi, I'm not exactly sure where or how I sourced the Chinese to pinyin reference I came up with. My Chinese is not great either, but having lived in Taiwan for two years, I've definitely noticed one character being pronounced with multiple sounds. The way the reference works is very simple, and wouldn't choose one pronunciation over another depending on context. At any rate, if you would prefer the character 么 to say 'me' or anything else, move the character from line 1623, to somewhere you would prefer it. ( mē is on line 1102)

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On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 2:22 AM, braglin ***@***.***> wrote: Dear colleague, First of all, thank you for this tool, it's amazing! I have a question for you, I'm using it to get the pinyin of a few words but I got a strange answer for shenme... refer below: Get PinYin for: 名字 PinYin: míngzì Get PinYin for: 不客气 PinYin: bùkèqì Get PinYin for: 什么 PinYin: shíyāo Could you explain it to me? I don't know chinese very well (HSK1 only), so I don't if it's right or not... — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAA1Cg7EOoszuPQpJnsUJsn_Z7k3KYWvks5ry5b8gaJpZM4NFfYp> .

[momocow]

么 is pronounced as 'me' in Simplified Chinese while it is also pronounced as 'yao' in Traditional Chinese. The glyph is shared however it is a totally different character (different meaning) between two languages.