How can I learn a Taiwanese accent?

Well, as a mainlander, I learned my Taiwanese accent through Taiwan TV series and shows like Kangxi Laile. read more

Well, as a mainlander, I learned my Taiwanese accent through Taiwan TV series and shows like Kangxi Laile. Aside from the techniques Stephen talked about, I'd like to add that, in daily dialogue (casual talks to your firends), Taiwanese, especially youngsters, just love to use interjections (or modal particles), like 耶, 哦, 吼, 诶, 了啦, in the end of a sentence. read more

However, Mandarin accent of Taiwanese were more like that of mainland Chinese from 1950–1960s. The particular spread of soft Mandarin accent in Taiwanese media was started in 1970s, due to Taiwan’s movie industry. It was aided by the dubbing of Japanese cartoon in Mandarin in 1980s, which used cute Mandarin accent. Consequently, many Taiwanese were grown up under such an environment and influenced by such soft accent. read more