Audio of character readings in Mandarin

Below the character reading or readings on the basic character information tab is a speaker icon, a button that starts playback of the character’s pronunciation audio file in the browser.

Audio file properties:

  • Format: Waveform;
  • Duration: usually 1 second
  • Audio channels: mono
  • Sample rate: 22 kHz
  • Bit depth: 8

Thus, to learn the standard pronunciation, simply click the icon button with sound enabled on your device and in your browser settings. A female voice was chosen for the recordings.