Make a Movie 角

Character #448: 角 jiǎo

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Make a Movie 角

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KEYWORD:

Horn

Pinyin:

jiǎo

Actor:

ji- Female

Set:

-ao

Room within Set:

Bedroom or Living Room

Prop(s):

⺈ Wrapped Up- When on the top it is written in this different way, cut off at the bottom. Perhaps if you normally use a chain for 勹, use a rope for this form.

用 Swiss Army Knife

Member Comments from 2019-mid-2020

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Della Fuller

Jessica is in the Brownell livingroom. A HORN starts sounding outside from a parked car's alarm. The sound is so annoying that Jessica ties a Swiss Army knife onto the end of a rope and heaves it out of the window. It smashes into the car and stops the HORN!

Georg Lohrer

I assume the meaning is not about the horn (to tube into), but the horn the animals wear (elephant, rhinoceros, etc.)
But I assume that's no problem, as most of the follow-up characters only refer to this character as a prop.

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Robert

February 23, 2022 1:30pm

Any tips for english speakers on how to practice hearing and pronouncing the characters 角 (jiǎo) and 找 (zhăo) ? I find myself using my mouth the same way on these words and they almost always come out sounding like the same thing.

Mandarin Blueprint

February 23, 2022 11:39pm

Hey Robert,

It looks like you probably just need to brush up on the relevant Pronunciation Mastery lessons, here they are:

"Problem" Initials Overview J Q X: D:\Courses\Mandarin Blueprint\Course/pronunciation-mastery/categories/599018/posts/1941213.html

Problem Initial J: D:\Courses\Mandarin Blueprint\Course/pronunciation-mastery/categories/599018/posts/1941215.html

Problem Initial ZH Overview: D:\Courses\Mandarin Blueprint\Course/pronunciation-mastery/categories/603165/posts/1956931.html

Compound Final AO: D:\Courses\Mandarin Blueprint\Course/pronunciation-mastery/categories/603171/posts/1957040.html

Compound Final IAO: D:\Courses\Mandarin Blueprint\Course/pronunciation-mastery/categories/603173/posts/1970051.html

Finally, here are the two Google Slides with audio that can help you practice:

Compound Final AO Practice Slide: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NMjim9XDnJroByT_pnn3H1HiE8Q6NunMAfUFq9di6Qs/edit?usp=sharing

Compound Final IAO Practice Slide: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_CFpkzoNx1LI9lb1HmtSLhRKZr_o1eZprfieSlZOL0w/edit?usp=sharing

Robert

February 24, 2022 1:33am

Thanks... Perfect timing. Nice that you provided the links.
My "Ji" Actor is JILL.
My "Zh" Actor is JOHN. I think I'll change this actor to GEORGE (clooney) now to mentally help prompt a sean connery impression.

MB Team

March 11, 2022 7:05am

This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMnzklPTtAA&t=1598s

Nick Sims (戴燚）

March 9, 2021 2:13am

Janet Jackson (ji-) is in the gym at Lifetime Fitness (-ao) shooting 3s like Steph Curry, dropping them. That’s 10 in a row, let’s go. But Janet we’re running out of balls…give me whatever you got, swish….taco (⺈)…swish…Swiss army knife (用)….swish….3, 2, 1, game time…the HORN blows.

Character #448: 角 jiǎo

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Make a Movie 角

KEYWORD:

Pinyin:

Actor:

Set:

Room within Set:

Prop(s):

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