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Re:16-year-old British girl earns £48,000 helping Chinese pe... by verroq on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @12:30PM (#12444710)
Bing's pronunciation in English is exactly the downward inflection used for 病
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Re:16-year-old British girl earns £48,000 helping Chinese pe... by smallnamespace on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @12:54PM (#12444983)
Not quite:

- B- in Chinese is unvoiced, whereas it's voiced in English

- the -ing in Chinese and English are pronounced slightly differently

- Bing in English is usually inflected somewhere between 1st and 4th tone -- 病, properly pronounced, has a much more noticeable downward pitch slide

It's fair to say though that if you say 'Bing' when you mean 病, a Mandarin speaker will probably understand you.

Source: am native English and Chinese speaker

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Re:16-year-old British girl earns £48,000 helping Chinese pe... by verroq on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @01:08PM (#12445138)
It is close enough pronouncation wise. Downward inflection is stronger in 病.
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