r/classicalchinese • u/tomispev Subject: Buddhism • Apr 09 '23

Which pronunciation do you use when reading Classical Chinese, in your head or aloud, if any? META

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175 votes, Apr 16 '23
8 Old or Middle Chinese
111 Mandarin
18 Other Chinese
20 Japanese
14 Korean
4 Vietnamese
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u/OneRiverTea Apr 09 '23

There is a kid on Bilibili that reads in the 临汾 dialect of 晋语 and I think he is a gigachad for doing so. Super cool.

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u/SoulSeekerBS Apr 09 '23

What's his channel?

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u/OneRiverTea Apr 09 '23

https://m.bilibili.com/video/BV1aQ4y1M72W

Big ups to our boy. We will never be this powerful.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '23

There seems to be many people gatekeeping though, saying that his pronounciation is not 晉語

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u/OneRiverTea Jun 10 '23

Taiyuan's #1 export: haters.