Pronunciation/Chinese readings
How do you pronounce 呆板?
呆(dāi)板dāi bǎn
Commonly said as: reading 呆 as ái
待板
呆板
What it is
呆板 describes something rigid or inflexible.
Why it gets said wrong
Before 1987 the standard reading was ái bǎn; the pronunciation review then unified it to dāi bǎn. The older ái survives in veteran broadcasters' speech but is no longer standard.
Hear it in a sentence
This read sounds a little stiff.
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