The Beijing games have started (and it is pronounced as bay-jing or pay - ching) and you have results coming in thick and fast. But how do I pronounce Chen Xiexia's name. And by the time you have got a hang of the Pinyin (the standard Mandarin romanization system), you get a few choice Croatian corkers. There is no single website which gives you the pronunciations. I have added a very useful link which gives you a quick and dirty guide to pinyin. Since China IS going to end up at no 2 on the medals tally (they were just four golds behind the US in Athens 2004), so this guide will help you get at least 70 medallists names approximately right. Use it. Will try and put other guides on as and when I find them. If you have any links - do send them to me.
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