<p>Pronounce "round". To pronounce 日, hold the "r" sound, i.e. hold the position of your tongue when you pronounce the "r" in "round". Additionally add the intonation of 去声. To get a clear sound, you could let your mouth open a little bit. </p>

<p>In Pinyin like zi/zhi, ci/chi, si/shi ri, we use "i" to stand for continuation of the consonant in the front [although in mainland China we do not actually use words vowels and consonants when teaching pronunciation to kids]. So likely, for "zi, ci, si", try to hold the position of /dz/, /ts/, /s/, and vibrate your voice box while you are sending air out. </p>

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xbh
<p>rì is correct,not like the letter j,they're different pronunciation.</p>

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Jee
<p>I've tried listening to <a href="https://forvo.com/word/%E6%97%A5/#ja" rel="nofollow noreferrer">forvo</a> and the first doesn't sound like any distinct sound. The others sound like the letter j with the rest of a word cut off and <a href="https://translate.google.com/#auto/en/%E6%97%A5" rel="nofollow noreferrer">google</a> sounds like the pinyin spelling "ree". Phonetically could someone spell out what sound is made in mainland china? </p>

<p>日 or Pinyin=rì</p>

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Does this answer your question? [Pronunciation of the vowel "i" in Pinyin si](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/35006/pronunciation-of-the-vowel-i-in-pinyin-si)
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How to pronounce 日?
# How to pronounce 日?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-08-16)

I've tried listening to [forvo](https://forvo.com/word/%E6%97%A5/#ja) and the first doesn't sound like any distinct sound. The others sound like the letter j with the rest of a word cut off and [google](https://translate.google.com/#auto/en/%E6%97%A5) sounds like the pinyin spelling "ree". Phonetically could someone spell out what sound is made in mainland china?

日 or Pinyin=rì

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> **username_1**: Does this answer your question? [Pronunciation of the vowel "i" in Pinyin si](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/35006/pronunciation-of-the-vowel-i-in-pinyin-si)  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-08-16. Score: 1

Pronounce "round". To pronounce 日, hold the "r" sound, i.e. hold the position of your tongue when you pronounce the "r" in "round". Additionally add the intonation of 去声. To get a clear sound, you could let your mouth open a little bit.

In Pinyin like zi/zhi, ci/chi, si/shi ri, we use "i" to stand for continuation of the consonant in the front [although in mainland China we do not actually use words vowels and consonants when teaching pronunciation to kids]. So likely, for "zi, ci, si", try to hold the position of /dz/, /ts/, /s/, and vibrate your voice box while you are sending air out.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-08-16. Score: 0

rì is correct,not like the letter j,they're different pronunciation.


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