Beijingreference
The reference: the full set of retroflexes — zh, ch, sh, r as ʈ͡ʂ ʈ͡ʂʰ ʂ ʐ — a clear n/ng contrast at the end of a syllable, and the erhua that Beijing adds to the ends of words. Beijingers also reduce more syllables to the neutral tone than anyone else.
Where: Beijing and the northern standard
Try a word
Anything the spelling engine can transcribe, the accent can move. Slow it down to hear the shape.
Which rules fired
Nothing moved — this word has none of the sounds this accent changes.
Melody and rhythm
Four tones, and the neutral tone used generously: the second syllable of many two-syllable words loses its tone entirely. The r-suffix — 玩儿 wánr, 一点儿 yìdiǎnr — is the Beijing signature.
What moves, one rule at a time
In the order the mouth applies them. Every before-and-after is playable — click the IPA. The pattern is the rule as the engine runs it, for the curious.
This is the reference: the site's own transcription, with nothing moved. Its character is in the melody above.
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