What is the difference sound between zi and ze? I am currently learning the difference between zi and ze sound, and it is so hard for me to learn this.


Could somebody tell the difference between them ?
How to distinguish between zi and ze sound ?
Please hear this recording (https://soundcloud.com/reinard-wu/zi-or-ze) and tell me this sound zi2 or ze2 ?
Adding to Colins's answer, in IPA, zi is /t͡sz̩/ (basically tszzz), and ze is /t͡sɤ/ (tse).