posted by murrayjames on December 24, 2014 | 2 comments
In this phrase:
“满身铜臭味的女人”
...is 臭 pronounced xiu4 or chou4?
Wenlin lists 满身铜臭 as man3shen1-tong2chou4, but 铜臭味 as tong2xiu4wei4.
This is a very good question! If you look up 铜臭 in a dictionary, the pronunciation is tong2xiu4. However, nowadays people always say tong2chou4， tong2xiu4 only happens when you are taking a Mandarin exam and they will not give you your points if you dont read it that way. :)So, if you are talking with a Chinese person, better to use tong2chou4. If you are taking an exam, please use tong2xiu4.gail@popupchinese.com
murrayjames on December 24, 2014 | reply
Thanks Gail!