因 vs 应 – Chinese Characters That Even Native Speakers Get Wrong!

In Chinese by Gwilym James

In this series of lessons, we take a look at certain characters that even native speakers of Chinese sometimes mess up.

In part two, we’re looking at 因 yīn and 应/應 yīng. These sound very similar but differ in their final pinyin sound (-n vs -ng).

Watch the video to avoid the pitfalls and improve your pronunciation of both.

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