Zhongtong bus Company

[Randy Alexander]

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Zhust another zhiant problem with the "j" sound.  I never did get a chance
> to hear "zhongtong" pronounced.  I wonder if the vowels are "awe" or "ah".
>  ~jaungtaung or ~jaangtaang.
>

Neither.  They are about the same as the [o] in "old" (North American
English).

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