As in any other languages there are words easily mispronounced by people, in Chinese the same exists. In the post, we will list the first part of the 100 characters frequently mispronounced.
You can check our YouTube video for the right pronunciation of each character
1、投奔（bēn X bèn ✓ ）go to (a friend or a place) for shelter
2、下载（zǎi X zài ✓ ）download
3、渲染（xuān X xuàn ✓ ）apply colours to a drawing; play up;exaggerate
4、炽热（zhì X chì ✓ ） red-hot; blazing; scorching hot; glow; passionate
5、压轴（zhóu X zhòu✓）last and best item on a theatrical program
6、洁癖（pì X pǐ ✓ ）unhealthy obsession with cleanliness; mysophobia
7、秘鲁（mì X bì ✓ ）Peru
8、熬菜（áo X āo ✓ ）cook dishes with more soup, cook slowly, a name of dish in the dialect of Handan, Xingtai, Heibei.
9、蹊跷（qiāo X qiao✓ ）odd; queer; fishy; strange
10 惩罚（chěng X chéng ✓）punish; penalize; punishment
11、逮捕（dǎiX dài ✓）arrest; take into custody
12、掂量（diànX diān✓）weigh in the hand; think over
13、友谊（yíX yì ✓）friendship; amity; friendliness
14、打烊（yángX yàng ✓）close the store for the night
15、哈达（hāX hǎ✓） a piece of silk used as a greeting gift among the Zang and Mongol nationalities
16、参与（yǔX yù✓）partake; participate in; have a hand in
17、中肯（zhōngX zhòng✓）apropos; pertinent; to the point; relevant
18、铜臭（chòu X xiù✓）the stink of money; profits-before-everything mentality; profit-seeking spirit
19、刽子手（kuàiX guì✓）executioner; headsman; butcher
20、豁出去（huòX huō✓）go ahead regardless; be ready to risk everything
21、翘首（qiàoX qiáo✓）raise one’s head and look
22、拘泥（níX nì✓）be a stickler for (form, etc.); rigidly adhere to (formalities, etc.)
23、亲戚（qìX qi ✓）relative; kinsman; kinswoman; kinsfolk
24、昵称（níX nì ✓）nickname
25、泯灭（mínX mǐn✓）die out; disappear; vanish
26、纤夫（qiānX qiàn✓）boat tracker
27、创伤（chuàngX chuāng ✓）wound; trauma; scar
28、奇葩（páX pā✓）miracle; wonderful flower, freak; weird, odd
29、宁可（níngX nìng✓）would rather; better; preferably
30、呕心（ōu X ǒu✓）exert one’s utmost effort
31、埋怨（máiX mán ✓）complain; blame; grumble; murmur at
32、龟裂（guī X jūn✓）be full of cracks; chap; map crack cracked; check
33、通缉（jíX jī✓ ）order the arrest of a criminal at large; list as wanted:
34、倔强（juèX jué✓）stubborn; unbending; unyielding; obstinate
35、框架（kuāngX kuàng✓）frame; framing; shell frame; skeleton frame; case; framework
36、联袂（juéX mèi ✓）go, come, or do something together
37、揩油（kǎiX kāi✓）get petty advantages at the expense of other people or the state; find pickings; make some outside gains
38、华山（huáX huà✓）Mount Hua (in Shaanxi Province)
39、嫉妒（jì X jī✓）be jealous of; envy; envious;
40、讣告（pǔX fù✓）announce sb.’s death; obituary; necrology; announce sb.s death
41、强迫（qiángX qiǎng✓）enforce; force; compel; impel
42、字帖（tiēX tiè✓）copybook (for calligraphy); model of calligraphy for practice
43、徇私（xúnX xùn✓）practise favoritism
44、吞噬（shíX shì✓）swallow; gobble up; engulf; devour
45、挑剔（tìX ti ✓）nitpick; be hypercritical; be fastidious
46、连累（lèiX lei✓）implicate; incriminate; involve; get sb. into trouble
47、汤匙（shiX chí✓）soup spoon; table spoon
48、笨拙（ zhuóX zhuō✓）clumsy; awkward; stupid; slow-witted
49、道行（ hángX heng✓ ）state reached in practising Buddhism or Taoism; skill; ability
50、亲家（ qīnX qìng✓ ）parents of one’s daughter-in-law or son-in-law
Just stay tuned for the second part of the 100 characters frequently mispronounced, and it will be coming soon!