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Common Tone Mistakes

Common words that need to be spoken carefully. To add to this page please post to this forum thread.
 
My bill, please 埋單 maai4 daan1 to buy eggs 買蛋 maai5 daan2
culture 文化 man4 faa3 to smell flowers 聞花 man4 faa1
cigarette lighter 打火機 daa2 fo2 gei1 beat up the waiter 打火記 daa2 fo2 gei3
hungry 肚餓 tou5 ngo6 diarrhoea 肚屙 tou5 ngo1
summer holiday 暑假 syu2 gaa3 book shelf 書架 syu1 gaa2
charity 慈善 ci4 sin6 you're crazy! 黐線 ci1 sin3
 
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