"Shhhh" across cultures In the United States mothers will often gently tell babies "shhhh" to make them calm and quiet. Adults also use "shhh" to mean "be quiet." Do mothers in China use the "shhh" so

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"Shhhh" across cultures In the United States mothers will often gently tell babies "shhhh" to make them calm and quiet. Adults also use "shhh" to mean "be quiet." Do mothers in China use the "shhh" sound with their children?

23 янв. 2014 г., 21:05

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Chinese usually use a similar onomatopoeic word “嘘(xū)". 嘘 also has another pronunciation shī which is closer to "shhhh". Both of them mean "be quiet", whereas the later sounds more serious. BTW, could you please help me check these↑↑ sentences? THX ：)

24 января 2014 г.

嘘 is a polyphone word，if you want to express someone to be quiet, 嘘should pronunce as (shī), this is same as shhhhh in english

25 января 2014 г.

嘘 shī

24 января 2014 г.

Th sound that chinese mums make to help their babies pee is "shü". If you know how to pronounce the german umlaut "ü", then you know what it sounds like.:>

24 января 2014 г.