Hăi xīng 海星

Dì Xīng 地星

Zhào Yúnlán 赵云澜

Zhào chù zhăng 赵处长 (Chief Zhao) 

Zhào chù 赵处

Kūnlún 昆仑

Lǎo Zhào 老赵

xiăoYúnlán 小云澜

Dad: Zhào Xīn Cí 赵心慈

Mom: Shĕn Xī 沈溪

Shĕn Wēi 沈巍

Xiǎo Wēi 小巍

Hēi páo shǐ 黑袍使 (Black cloak envoy)

Hēi lăo gē 黑老哥 (Black cloak brother)

Shĕn Wéi 沈嵬

Yè Zūn 夜尊

Guǐ Miàn 鬼面 (Ghost Face)

Miànmiàn 面面

Part 2 - SID + actors 

Part 2 AUDIO FILE (right click to save) 

Dearest podfic friends, welcome to cdrama/cfandom hell!

Here are some tips and resources to help you get started podficcing works with Chinese terms! 

In short, my advice boils down to :
1. Do your research. (you are here, that’s a good sign!)
2. Do your best. 

Here is a more in-depth meta I wrote about some thoughts I have on the matter. Hopefully it can help! 

Other tips: 

FOCUS ON ACCURATE PRONUNCIATION (ESPECIALLY CONSONANTS) OVER TONES
Focus on getting the pronunciation(consonants+vowels) as accurate as possible. Worry less about the tones in a podfic context because the Chinese names and terms tend to be fairly isolated within English sentences, and also we assume listeners come in with knowledge of these names and terms. Therefore there is a low chance that they would get confused with other chinese words and affect comprehension. Code-switching within sentences is tricky and sometimes the tones sound muddled or flattened because of how they fit into the narrative flow anyway, so don’t get hung up on tones.

DIVERSIFY YOUR STUDY MATERIAL AND PRACTICE YOUR BASICS
Find guides for learning Mandarin Pinyin in languages that you speak outside of English, if you can! These resources I’m sharing are mostly aimed at English-speakers. But if you can study other resources that use different linguistic references and models, they can help give you a more diverse and well-rounded breakdown of the sounds and help your understanding. Approach it like learning any new skill; study and practice the basic building blocks (sounds) to better get a grasp of the compound elements(words).