<p>For example, you can go to <a href="http://www.forvo.com" rel="noreferrer">Forvo.com</a>. (You can find the Chinese section at <a href="http://www.forvo.com/languages/zh/" rel="noreferrer">this address</a>; on the right you see the top users that provided most audios.)</p>

<p>It's a huge database of words, characters, expressions in any language provided by users. The good thing is there's a lot of stuff, but the down-side is that although some users provided many audios (so you have a sort of consistency), you'll have to switch between different audios not recorded professionally, although they usually are not low quality.</p>

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In addition, when a word does not have a recording, you can request one. In my experience, the new recording will become available within a day.
Tsundoku
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2011-12-23T12:35:28.380Z
2011-12-23T12:35:28.380Z
Alenanno
<p><a href="http://mdbg.net" rel="nofollow">mdbg.net</a></p>

<p>Each of the words you look up in the dictionary there comes complete with an audio recording.</p>

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2011-12-23T20:09:59.803Z
I tried searching for "你好吗", but it gives only the three readings in sequence, not one recording of the sentence... Or did I miss the feature?
Alenanno
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2011-12-24T04:49:31.983Z
If you are looking for the sentence together, then [link](http://translate.google.com/) will read it to you. Just click the speaker icon.
tbaums
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2011-12-23T18:27:05.923Z
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tbaums
<p>Another web site is <a href="http://www.iciba.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.iciba.com</a> where you can find not only the pronunciation of Chinese characters and words, but also their meaning in English and Chinese.</p>

<p><strong>Update</strong></p>

<p>This site has real person readings, but unfortunately the site is totally in Chinese:  </p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="http://www.caca8.net/zi/py/" rel="nofollow">http://www.caca8.net/zi/py/</a> — single characters<br>
  <a href="http://www.caca8.net/ci/" rel="nofollow">http://www.caca8.net/ci/</a> — words<br>
  <a href="http://www.caca8.net/chy/" rel="nofollow">http://www.caca8.net/chy/</a> — idioms</p>
</blockquote>

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2011-12-23T15:02:29.467Z
The pronunciation at this site appears to be made of individually recorded phonemes that are simply played close together, so it is not very natural.
Village
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2011-12-23T20:30:08.303Z
Nice update by the way... I can't understand the site since it's in Chinese, but can you look if there's a mention whether the audios are downloadable or not? Thanks.
Alenanno
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2011-12-27T03:05:59.620Z
@Alenanno The pronunciations are in flash files, so it's really difficult to download the audio files if not possible. But they have a free desktop version of the dictionary can be downloaded from http://www.onlinedown.net/soft/109615.htm
Bruce Li
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The files can be downloaded -- technically, if maybe not legally -- with this pattern URL: http://www.caca8.net/fayin/XXXXXX.mp3 where XXXXXX is the pinyin (a1, ba2, etc).
dda
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2011-12-23T14:57:42.820Z
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Bruce Li
<p>You can do this with Google Translate. To get downloads in mp3 format, see responses to this <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9163988/download-mp3-from-google-translate-text-to-speech/13823866#13823866">Stack Exchange question</a>.</p>

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Bobble
<p>Where can I find audio recordings (i.e. individual MP3s or WAVs) for every Chinese word? I have found some recordings of Chinese, but these only contain individual phonemes, not entire words. I am looking for something to download or as something to buy (e.g. as part of a dictionary).</p>

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*every* Chinese word?
Cocowalla
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2011-12-23T12:36:11.763Z
Or at least every combination of phonemes that typically forms a two, three, or four-character words.
Village
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Where can I find audio recordings of every word?
# Where can I find audio recordings of every word?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2011-12-23)

Where can I find audio recordings (i.e. individual MP3s or WAVs) for every Chinese word? I have found some recordings of Chinese, but these only contain individual phonemes, not entire words. I am looking for something to download or as something to buy (e.g. as part of a dictionary).

**Tags:** pronunciation, resources, database, audio

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: *every* Chinese word?  
> **username_0**: Or at least every combination of phonemes that typically forms a two, three, or four-character words.  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2011-12-23. Score: 8

For example, you can go to [Forvo.com](http://www.forvo.com). (You can find the Chinese section at [this address](http://www.forvo.com/languages/zh/); on the right you see the top users that provided most audios.)

It's a huge database of words, characters, expressions in any language provided by users. The good thing is there's a lot of stuff, but the down-side is that although some users provided many audios (so you have a sort of consistency), you'll have to switch between different audios not recorded professionally, although they usually are not low quality.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: In addition, when a word does not have a recording, you can request one. In my experience, the new recording will become available within a day.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2011-12-23. Score: 2

[mdbg.net](http://mdbg.net)

Each of the words you look up in the dictionary there comes complete with an audio recording.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: I tried searching for "你好吗", but it gives only the three readings in sequence, not one recording of the sentence... Or did I miss the feature?  
> **username_4**: If you are looking for the sentence together, then [link](http://translate.google.com/) will read it to you. Just click the speaker icon.  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2011-12-23. Score: 1

Another web site is <http://www.iciba.com> where you can find not only the pronunciation of Chinese characters and words, but also their meaning in English and Chinese.

**Update**

This site has real person readings, but unfortunately the site is totally in Chinese:

> <http://www.caca8.net/zi/py/> — single characters  
> <http://www.caca8.net/ci/> — words  
> <http://www.caca8.net/chy/> — idioms

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: The pronunciation at this site appears to be made of individually recorded phonemes that are simply played close together, so it is not very natural.  
> **username_2**: Nice update by the way... I can't understand the site since it's in Chinese, but can you look if there's a mention whether the audios are downloadable or not? Thanks.  
> **username_5**: @username_2 The pronunciations are in flash files, so it's really difficult to download the audio files if not possible. But they have a free desktop version of the dictionary can be downloaded from http://www.onlinedown.net/soft/109615.htm  
> **username_6**: The files can be downloaded -- technically, if maybe not legally -- with this pattern URL: http://www.caca8.net/fayin/XXXXXX.mp3 where XXXXXX is the pinyin (a1, ba2, etc).  

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### Answer by username_7 on 2014-10-31. Score: 0

You can do this with Google Translate. To get downloads in mp3 format, see responses to this [Stack Exchange question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9163988/download-mp3-from-google-translate-text-to-speech/13823866#13823866).


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