What does the voice say at 5, 10, 30, 60 minutes?

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On the iOS Chinese Skritter app, a sound effect of a guy saying something happens at periodic intervals. For example, he says something at 5 minutes, ten minutes, and 30 and 60 minutes.

What is he saying? It’s always the same thing at the same times, but I’ve been hearing it for a year now and still have no clue what is being said.

BTW: I’m not sure if it’s because I have the “Eccentric” setting turned on or not…not really sure what that setting does, but it’s name was too great NOT to turn it on!

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I remember a couple…

At some point you can hear 加油 (jia1you2) which means something like "Keep going!"
Another is 厉害 (li4hai5) meaning “awesome” in this context.

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Here’s the full list of all the eccentric phrases. Hope this sheds some light on what you’ve been hearing all this time!

  1. 熱身了 (re4shen1 le5):
    Warmed Up!
  2. 十分鐘而已 （shi2 fen1zhong1 er2yi3):
    Only 10 minutes
  3. 繼續吧 （ji4xu4 ba5):
    Keep Going!
  4. 活到老，學到老 (huo2dao4lao3, xue2dao4lao3):
    Live till you’re old, study till you’re old
  5. 半個小時，那算什麼？(ban4 ge5 xiao3shi2, na4 suan4 shen2me5):
    Just a half hour
  6. 哇，書呆子 (wa5, shu1dai4zi5):
    Wow, bookworm!
  7. 你還在學嗎? (ni3 hai2 zai4 xue2 ma5?):
    Are you still studying?!
  8. 不經一事，不長一智 (bu4 jing1 yi2shi4, bu4 zhang3 yi2 zhi4):
    You can’t gain knowledge without practice.
  9. 你是個人嗎？ (ni3 shi4 (yi) ge5 ren2 ma5?):
    Are you human?
  10. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲 (shao4 zhuang4 bu4 nu3 li4, lao3 da4 tu2 shang1bei1):
    If one does not exert oneself in youth, one will regret it in old age.
  11. 學無止境 (xue2wu2zhi3jing4):
    knowledge is limitless
  12. 物極必反 (wu4ji2bi4fan3):
    extremes breed reversals
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Excellent! Thanks for so clearly spelling them out.

What it also shows me is that I havent Skrittered enough in one day, since there are some on the list I’ve never heard!

Thanks again!

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Love it! I hear 1-6 all the time, 7 sometimes, 8 once in a blue moon…

I hit diminishing returns around 45-60 min per day.

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