Chinese citizens, nay netizens, love little more than a fierce online argument. One of the most recent and hottest is seeing uproar over the official pronunciation of common, and not so common, expressions, given their revised appearance in Chinese dictionaries.
中國公民，不，網民，除了激烈的網路爭論之外，愛不過什麼。 最近和最热门的一个是，鉴于它们在中文词典中的修订版外观，对常见和不那么常见的表达方式的官方发音引起了争议。
At the heart of the debate is the accusation that a large number of people are mistaking words by adopting so-called wrong pronunciation of Chinese characters.
辩论的核心是指控大量人因采用所谓的汉字发音错误而弄错了单词。
Literary scholars and linguistics experts are particularly up in arms over Tang Dynasty poem, “Mountains”, in which the pronunciation of the final character in the first part of the stanza, “远上寒山石径斜，白云生处有人家”, is taken by many to be “xia” in order for it to rhyme with “jia” at the end of the stanza, and keep the rhythm of the poem. Yet, the correct pronunciation of the character in question is clearly “xie” rather than “xia”.
文学学者和语言学专家特别支持唐朝诗歌《山》，其中诗节第一部分最后一个字“远上寒山石径斜，白云生有人家”的发音被许多人认为是“夏”，以便与诗节末尾的“jia”押韵，并保持诗歌的节奏。 然而，有关字符的正确发音显然是“xie”而不是“xia”。
There arose a fierce argument online. One group of people encourage such improvement, as it makes language more flexible and convenient to use, but most disagree with these types of revisions. Some reckon it is unacceptable; netizen, Xi Yang, said, “Once some Pinyin changed, the atmosphere completely changed as well. Poetry in particular, was supposed to have a beautiful rhythm, but now it is different”.
网上出现了一场激烈的争论。 有一群人鼓励这种改进，因为它使语言使用更加灵活和方便，但大多数人不同意这些类型的修改。 有些人认为这是不可接受的；网友Xi Yang说：“一旦一些拼音改变，气氛也会完全改变。 尤其是诗歌，本應有优美的节奏，但現在它不同了。」
Most though, are in agreement that supporting the use of multi phonetics is also a sign of a rich culture, and that is what makes Chinese a beautiful language. Another netizen commented, “If I read the word wrong, I would like to learn the correct pronunciation. I hope not to change the pronunciation, just because the majority of people are using it wrong. That is just an excuse for mistaking them”.
然而，大多数人同意，支持使用多语音也是丰富文化的标志，这就是中文成为一种美丽语言的原因。 另一位网友评论说：“如果我读错了这个词，我想学习正确的发音。 我希望不要改变发音，只是因为大多数人用错了。 这只是误解他们的借口。”
Last but not least, for there can few expressions in more common usage, “拜拜” (bai bai), transliterated from the English “bye-bye”, is originally pronounced as “bài”. With its fourth tone pronunciation, “拜” is a means of etiquette for showing respect to people. Over the past few years, however, more and more people have started to use bái bái with a second tone pronunciation, but confusingly, the same character. As a result, this pronunciation has been officially added to dictionaries.
最后但并非最不重要的是，因为在更常见的用法中，很少有表达方式，“拜拜”（bai bai）从英语“bye-bye”音译出来，最初发音为“bài”。 凭借其第四音的发音，“拜”是一种尊重他人的礼仪手段。 然而，在过去的几年里，越来越多的人开始使用带有第二音调发音的bái bái，但令人困惑的是，相同的字符。 因此，这种发音已被正式添加到字典中。
