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YOUR NINE-MONTH WORD COMPANION
Small words.
Real conversations.
Find a word, hear it, and make it yours. Mandarin vocabulary for learning together, with the same four language layers as your CSL booklets.
421 vocabulary entries30 conversation models9 lessons to explore4 ways to practice
Synthetic Mandarin practice audio · Human pronunciation review pending. Pinyin shows printed tones; natural spoken tones can change. About this edition
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421 words on 8 Letter sheets. Landscape, 100%, short-edge duplex; booklet mode off. Fold, nest and staple. Assembly notes are on the back cover.
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Eight reference volumes with examples and lessons. Keep the print file separate from the online reader.
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Mandarin first, Cantonese as an extra
The Pinyin, CSL clues and hosted audio teach Mandarin. The Cantonese Google Translate link opens the written entry with Cantonese selected as the source language. The optional CantoWords link searches a Cantonese dictionary using the written entry. Dictionary entries can show Jyutping pronunciation, English meanings and Cantonese examples. Everyday Cantonese may use a different word. Choose the relevant meaning; if a phrase has no match, try individual words or search its English meaning. These searches are not a reviewed Cantonese translation of this list.
Synthetic audio and context
Mandarin recordings use Microsoft Huihui; English meanings use Microsoft Zira, following the Travel Toolkit's local speech-production approach. These are synthetic practice recordings, not human recordings. Pronunciation and dictionary verification remain pending. Where the existing manuscript uses a sentence to clarify a polyphonic word, the player shows that exact spoken sentence. Fill-in models use clearly labeled practice examples.
TonePerfect and Google Translate
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