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轻声 is brief and toneless. your tone on is not so important as it is pronounced briefly and with less volume, almost like a brief after thought. this change in volume is why it is called the light tone, and also because a 轻声 syllable is very brief.
here's what our new robot overlord told me when i asked it 如何说好轻声的声调 the bot said: 轻声在汉语拼音中表示为 "0"， 它不是一个声调，而是一个音节的属性。它通常出现在多音字中，表示这个音节是轻声音节，即轻轻地发音或者不发音。 例如，"妈妈"中的第二个字“妈”就是一个多音字，它的拼音是 "māma"。
heres what the bot overlord said when asked in English "tell me about the light tone, also known as the 5th tone or neutral tone in Chinese" killbotwanaspeak said in response: In Mandarin Chinese, the light tone, also known as the 5th tone or neutral tone, is a tone that is not characterized by any particular pitch contour or contour change. It is represented by the number "0" in Pinyin, and it is used to indicate that the syllable should be pronounced with a light or unstressed emphasis. The light tone is unique among the four main tones of Mandarin Chinese because it does not have a fixed pitch contour or contour change. Instead, it is pronounced with a light and short sound, almost as if the syllable is being whispered or mumbled. The light tone is used in Mandarin Chinese to indicate that the syllable is unstressed, and it is often used in function words, such as particles, conjunctions, and prepositions. For example, in the phrase "你好吗?" (nǐ hǎo ma?), the "ma" at the end is pronounced with a light tone because it is a question particle. While the light tone may be challenging for learners of Mandarin Chinese to master at first, it is an important aspect of the language and is essential for clear and accurate communication. With practice, learners can improve their ability to recognize and produce the light tone correctly.
However, the way you pronounced the TAs in the second section are closer to /æ/ as in "cat" than /ɑ/ as in "father". Although when you said it in a sentence, it was correct again-
As a native speaker, I can say that your pronunciation is impeccable. Like... shockingly so. Whoever's trying to learn pronunciation for Mandarin make sure you take this guy's advice.
I am a native Chinese speakers and I can confirm that your pronunciation is even better than many native speakers (many native speakers are heavily influenced by their regional dialects)
to be accurate, only better than many old generation native speakers. New generation of Chinese are trained with standard Mandarin at the starting of their education.
@@ovrskrI'm not sure where he speaks in an American English accent in the video. The accent when he speaks in English throughout sounds like Australian to me.
Your first day speak chinese, Chinese: wow, you speak chinese and sounds geart. Your 10000th day speak chinese, Chinese: wow, you speak chinese and sounds great.
As an English speaker, this was by far the hardest sound in Chinese for me to learn to pronounce. Still easier than a rolling R though, I sound like Gollum trying to make that sound.
@@kaleoscreationsI'm also an english speaker and I had to train myself to roll my r's correctly (front of the tongue only). It took about a month and a half and I still don't get it right all the time lol.
sorry,I keep missing your replies because of some time difference. The area I live in is not very friendly to the Internet, and I don't know what you usually use to build a telegrem group or something else.@@djihane8514
I keep missing your replies because of some time difference. The area I live in is not very friendly to the Internet, and I don't know what you usually use to build a telegrem group or something else.@@soulm8289
I like that all these videos are like “now don’t get intimidated” and I think to myself: “I’m not intimidated, just excited for when this becomes natural to me”
I’m native Chinese born in Shanghai, now studying in US. And when I heard you speaking standard mandarin in the beginning, I thought I was listening to TV media announcer (like those from CCTV News像新闻联播那种主播), and it feels so great to listen to your “podcast”. Keep up with the great content!
C'mon dude be realistic a newscaster. That's the problem with Chinese people you lie to save face and I think you should be more direct at the cost of being too polite. His mandarin is better than average for a foreigner and his pronunciation is also above average however I can still tell his a foreigner. However yes he has more of a standard accent than those Chinese that speak with their local dialects heavily influencing their speech. But as good as a tv newscaster or cctv tv host C'mon be realistic even the famous Dashan is not that good. I think you have to be born speaking the language to be that good or if you were incredibly gifted at languages and can mimmick just as some Chinese can do with English when they copy an American accent
I'm not Chinese but I speak Chinese... I learnt it just by listening to people speak... Therefore I firmly confirm that a language pronunciation comes from keen listening . Exactly what made me able to speak any language within a few months provided I live amongst native speakers. Well 6 languages are enough for now 😂 I'm an Arab.
@@Badidea2000 You are talking to a teacher of "Swedish for Immigrants". Arab speakers often have trouble with the pronunciation of *many* Swedish syllables, and they often end up speaking with a heavy accent. ☺️
Dude! I have watched countless tutorials by native Mandarin speakers, some of them very good indeed, but not one of those instructors has articulated pronunciation as clearly and definitively as you do. I have only recently begun my Mandarin journey and have already been plagued by doubts because much of what I have heard just doesn't seem to "flow" in the way that a language should. And pronunciations vary widely from teacher to teacher. You have single-handedly changed my perspective and inspired me to believe that I can actually learn this language. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. I look forward to studying all of your videos.
I have no intention to learn Chinese at all and yet, here I am... Sitting through an hour long video of how to pronounce it. I guess your video is just that good. It's so well structured!
Man, I’m on 122 days of Duolingo and I’m so glad I stumbled into this video. Having a male voice to help with pronunciation is SO helpful. The comments saying you’re on point to imma add your videos as lessons. Thanks in advance for the tuition 👌 The internet’s a great place
18:57 - Many native speakers of English will recognize that we _also_ have "tone change rules" when speaking. For example, the 'y in you is pronounced differently when followed by at than when followed by with: 'at you' is pronounced 'atchoo' while 'with you' sounds the y normally.
As an EFL speaker who has a degree in linguistics and who is learning Mandarin, i would like to thank you for this video which is very clear and well structured. One small point on the 'semi-problem initials' where to describe the /b/ /d/ /g/ as "voiceless", i think that the distinction is actually 'voiced, unaspirated' vs 'voiceless, aspirated' (/p/ /d/ /g/). Unaspirated voiced stop consonants often sound "voiceless" to native English speakers, partly due to orthography, as per your consonant cluster examples, eg 'stop' (the 't', is actually an unaspirated /d/). Languages usually seek to make the greatest contrasts possible in their phonological systems, so vowels are generally fairly 'equally spaced' with regard to place of articulation, and the manner of articulation being the contrast for sounds made in the same place... hopefully that makes sense. In the end, you actually gave accurate phonological examples, just technically the term 'voiceless' is incorrect and may mislead - or more likely, slightly irritate, a tiny minority of people trained in phonetics and phonology!😂 Thanks once again!
As a native speaker i think the pronunciation of chinese is quite easy, because it is very strightful~ when i was a little boy in school teacher tought US PIN YIN ，then when i saw some words i don't know i will read PINYIN which Note the pronunciation of the word， and the most important thing i think is that eventhougt Chinese many many words，but it totatly has little pronunciation...
Finally!! My voice is really low like yours, and this is such a relief! I was feeling so uneasy mimicking women's pronunciation on youtube! Thank you for making this video!
Not gonna lie... even though I just passed my HSK1 and HSK2 exams, this video is completely overwhelming. I'll probably have to come back to it MANY times if I want to pass HSKK. Thanks a lot for this information packed video!.
We also have a much more comprehensive Pronunciation course that is comparatively slower paced and comes with SRS flash cards for simple reviewing, you can check it out here: mandarinbp.com/pmspecial
This was a life-changing 56mins. I have been trying to learn Chinese for a while, and It was not that hard to learn the grammar and the characters since I already speak pretty good Japanese. The hardest thing was to understand the pronunciation. I can feel the difference in my pronunciation before and after watching this video. I have no words to express my gratitude to you.
I’m just in the beginning stages of learning Mandarin and this is best video I’ve seen explaining tones and pronunciation. Thank you for going into depth on the little details of pronunciation. I’ll be reviewing this video many times and I look forward to more videos!
You are amazing! The explanation level that went into this video it's so complex yet so easy to grasp, I'm a complete beginner to Chinese, but i do study other languages, still, the animation, the way you broke down each section It's so easy to follow and learn, thank you for the effort you put into this video, it will help a lot of people, 😊
I have spent my whole life learning, copying and analyzing Chinese phonology. I dare say your exposition here is excellent. What a pleasure listening to your explanation of the sounds, which confirm my own discoveries, and learning the precise enunciation of several others. Magnificent! 謝謝您.
omg I just started learning Chinese and was struggling the other day so I closed my Chinese notebook and switched to smth else. now while I was scrolling through RUclips, I found your video and honestly it's so motivating! now I feel like I want to sit down and continue my Chinese learning. I'm still an absolute beginner and this video was so so helpful! I've subscribed and I'm really looking forward for more amazing videos like this one! :)
52:32 actually there is an [yan] sound in Chinese! 发“üan”时，如果把韵母的发音速度放慢，你会发现在介音［y］结束后舌头会先往后缩，发出一个短暂的［u］，然后口腔才打开，开始韵腹的发音，韵腹的开口度其实跟［a］差不多。 大部分老北京把”üan”读成[yan]或者[yuæn]，但因为越来越多的外地人涌入北京，你很少能听到“üan”的正确读音了，甚至现在也有些年轻的北京人把“üan”的发音简化成［yɛn］。
This video is very good even for native Chinese speakers, I was so confused before how to teach Chinese to my foreigner friends, this video helped me a lot. Thanks!
🤯🤯🤯 three of the four “problem” consonants are in Polish (the zh, ch, & sh). I’ve never been able to pronounce this consonant until your video, and now my Polish AND Chinese will sound better! Thank you so so much! Also, I’m glad to read a bunch of natives say you have amazing pronunciation. It’s good to learn tips and tricks from a nonnative who sounds amazing
The explanations for how to know when you're doing them correctly are great. The info here is exactly what makes the outlier linguistics program work, lauded as the go to for pronunciation. A focus on sounding native AT THE START is essential.
I dare say this is the best video on Chinese pronunciation I have ever seen, the comparison with English is so clear and correct, teaching phonetics in a scientific way.
I have been learning Chinese for 4 months now. Watching chinese dramas and listening to chinese songs were helpful but i knew i needed to practice it too for myself. Thank you for this video, it actually helped . I will have my next chinese exam in a week and there will be an oral part to it too. I have much more confidence now thank you.
So awesome! You must be a linguistic genius. I could rewatch this video over and over again, these explanations define and clarify all of the mysteries and uncertainties as I am tumbling to figure out the structure of the Chinese language. I still couldn’t believe what I am hearing and seeing in this video, you are extraordinary. Wow!!!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
This was the most useful lesson I have had . Thank you . Before when others tried to teach me this lesson I never realized what an initial and final sound was…. it never occurred to me it’s the first and last sound was for pronouncing a Chinese character . The way you broke it down with the examples could not have been more clear . You nailed it . And you helped me get the confidence I needed to learn Chinese. There are lot’s competitors that try to approach this massive undertaking with just saying the words with no explanation. The only one that came close was sing and learn Chinese . But I can not sing …lol
2024\12\6 10:55a.m 29:23 I've been studying mandarin 4 like 3 months and im so excited to learn more and im glad to know u i feel like u have shortened my learning journey as an Arabic speaker mandarin it so easy caz there is a lot of similar sounds thanks teacher 2024\12\9 okey im here again i finished the vid finally 11:11p.m
I am a native speaker from Beijing. I can confirm that your pronunciation is better than many Chinese speakers whose accents are heavily affected by their native tongue. But, there is a small mistake in the video: the pronunciation of 一千 should be yì qiān. Pronunciations in cardinal numbers are usually changed: 一(yì)百, 一(yì)千, 一(yí)万, 一(yí)个, 一(yí)切, 一(yì)心一(yí)意, 一(yì)朝一(yì)夕, 一(yì)神论, with a few exceptions such as 一(yī)十 in 二百一(yī)十, 三百一(yī)十, etc. and 成语 一(yī)五一(yī)十. Also, 一 at the end of a longer cardinal number does not change, either: 十一(yī)个, 二十一(yī)个, etc. On the other hand, ordinal numbers never change: 一(yī)班, 一(yī)号, 一(yī)级, 一(yī)流, 一(yī)等奖.
Browsing wiktionary, this makes sense as it seems the expected form for 一 should be yi4, not yi1. The change to yi4 to yi2 is when it's followed by another Tone 4. The yi1 reading is for ordinal numbers.
@@wendshawn9435 Indeed, in Mandarin area, there are accent variants. For example, in some places, 一 at the end of longer cardinal number also changes, making 二十一(yí)个, which is different than Standard Mandarin. But in southern China, things are different. Mandarin is probably not the native language of local people in southern China, so they have to learn Standard Mandarin like the OP does, and they might make similar mistakes.
Hello sir, today is my first day of self-learning Chinese and I am so glad that I found your channel. These 56 min are life-changing. Thank you so much once again😄
I'm a Chinese speaker and I'm recently trying to learn Sanskrit, and understanding how non-natives learn my own language really provided a lot of insight into how I could or should understand learning another language, with resources in both grammar/theory and acquisition/practice!
Wow, this is awesome. As a native Mandarin speaker, I have to say if I could learn Mandarin this way from early young age, it would be a lot quicker. One more suggestion for new learners is that the "a" pronunciation in any word is more like a British "ahh" than an American "e". For example, "father" is "bah bah", and horse is "mah"
52:32 actually there is an [yan] sound in Chinese! 发“üan”时，如果把韵母的发音速度放慢，你会发现在介音［y］结束后舌头会先往后缩，发出一个短暂的［u］，然后口腔才打开，开始韵腹的发音，韵腹的开口度其实跟［a］差不多。 大部分老北京把”üan”读成[yan]或者[yuæn]，但因为越来越多的外地人涌入北京，你很少能听到“üan”的正确读音了，甚至现在也有些年轻的北京人把“üan”的发音简化成［yɛn］。
I’m just in the beginning stages of learning Mandarin and this is best video I’ve seen explaining tones and pronunciation. Thank you for going into depth on the little details of pronunciation. I’ll be reviewing this video many times and I look forward to more videos!
Your pronunciation is awesome，especially when combined with your magnetic voice. As a native Chinese，I am confident that you have what it takes to be a good news announcer or TV presenter.😊
This is the best resource I have found so far for learning Mandarin! Thank you for making it less overwhelming for beginners such as myself and making it so easy to understand :)
I haven’t finished watching the video yet, but your voice sounds like a radio announcer from the 1950s or like a narrator for film trailers… it’s so pleasant to listen to, and you sound so cool when you speak in Mandarin. You should do voice acting as a side hustle lol
This is an incredible explanation and resource for English speaking Mandarin students and I wish that I had found it years ago during my “formal” study. My pronunciation of the “q” has been bugging me for years and I wasn’t sure how to fix it. This is really amazing.
Wow! A lot of invaluable info. Great for one who is committed to learning Chinese…. Like me! I want my grandchildren to be bilingual, so I am working on becoming bilingual.
谢谢！I was really scared of learning mandarin because because of the pronunciation but with your help and the one of a few others, I can, still not naturally/easily, but correctly pronounce mandarin. I'll now let practicedo its job.
His explanations and descriptions of the sounds are the most helpful I've heard! When I taught English in Taiwan, pronunciation always improved when equated with familiar sounds from Mandarin & Taiwanese vocabulary words. I subscribed after the first 5 minutes.
I have decided to learn Chinese. I got an app a few days ago started learning with zero knowledge was confused. Your video has really helped me. You really help explain a lot. I'm going to look into more videos
Glad it was helpful! As you go through, let us know if you have any questions. Also here are some resources that you might find useful www.mandarinblueprint.com/resources/
Really first rate! I had taken the excellent Pronunciation Mastery course from Mandarin Blueprint and watched this video as a refresher. There were some new things I learned, and a few things I realized I had been doing wrong. I loved how you usedm more realistic descriptions, like "zombie tone" and "contrarian tone." By the way, listeners should know that in all of the Mandarin Blueprint courses, the examples in the flashcards are read by native speakers. Mandarin Blueprint is awesome!
I've been learning 汉语 for a few years now. What helped me most with pronunciation in the beginning is a lot of listening (Podcasts, dramas; just come up with a mix that is to your liking.). It is not necessary that you really understand everything then. Just train your ears to hear differences they are not used to differentiate between in your mother tongue. Pronunciation just got easier for me as a result of that.
Thank you for the nice explanations! about “ü”: Chinese ü is like a mouth of ‘u’ and pronouncing ‘i’, different to German ü which is like a mouth of ‘u’ but pronouncing ‘e’ (the ‘e’ of ‘ten’).
ตา ต๋า ต่า ต้า Your video is extremely practical. As Thais, the real problem is consonant zh, ch, sh + vowel ü that don't exist in Thai language. We need to tweak as you mention a little bit. Nontherless, we can easily walk thru without any effort. The best way to perfect tone are 1. Pronouce base consonant like t d p b (ท ต ป บ) 2. Combine the basic vowels with basic consonants to form basedline of normal sound. Or in this chinese case is Tone 1 3. Adding each tone of No.2 from tone 1-4 and pronounce repeatedly. You will familiar with each tone of the word without any effort If you did it for certian set of mixing basic consonant + vowels + tone. That's how we learn in Tonal language like Thai. The hardest part of Mandarin is writing which take a lot of time to practice and memorize.
As an chinese nativ speaker, now i try to teach chinese to international students in germany, ur videos are really helpful and i know how to explain the pronunciation better. really thanks.
I am learning mandarin now, and it takes me a really long time to memorize a character. I just started watching your video today, so far I do not understand anything, sounds a little complicated, but since this is a proven method, I am committed to watching this over and over till it starts to makes sense
It's totally normal to feel like it's taking time to memorize characters, especially when you're just starting. Mandarin can seem tricky at first, but with consistent practice, it will start to make more sense. This video focuses on pronunciation, which is an essential part of building a strong foundation in Mandarin. If you're also interested in learning characters, I'd recommend checking out the MB Challenge. It gives you free access to Phases 1-3 of our blueprint, where we dive into character learning step-by-step. You can learn more here : www.mandarinblueprint.com/mb-lite/
I'm happy I found your channel! It is relatively new so I'm really looking forward for new content! I'm 20 and just started learning Chinese few months ago so I'm really thankful for your advices!
Welcome aboard! If you watch our videos here, you'll end up getting a major leg up in your learning. Also, you're welcome to check out our courses over at www.mandarinblueprint.com
Really great job explaining the different possibilities and providing a systematic and standardized approach, even as an advanced student I could profit from it, summing up concepts from different sources along these years. Thank you Luke
One little thing, the /s/ in Standard Mandarin is actually different than the /s/ in most English varieties. It's "dentalized" with the tongue tip resting behind the bottom front teeth whereas most English /s/ tend to have the tongue against the ridge behind the upper front teeth.
Oh my god...as a native Chinese your accent at the beginning is such amazing!! That is, if I were given this video only with the audio, I could have hardly distinguished you're a foreigner😂 Even more I think you're more like a north Chinese native, whose accents are more similar to the Mandarin.
Today I have decided to learn Chnese. So lucky to come across your wonderful phonetics lesson. There is hope…With a teacher like this, the sky is limit. Thank you very much. What a great way to start learning a language
Great video, would like to point out that at 20:16, one thousand should be yi4 qian1. For the multiples of 10, the yi1 in front only happens when you have yi1 shi2, like in 111 (yi4 bai3 yi1 shi2 yi1). The rest of the multiples of 10 will follow the last case, so yi4 bai3, yi4 qian1, yi2 wan4 and yi2 yi4
This is fantastic. So much covered in just 1 video. I've already been working with my tutor through the pronunciation parts of the textbook we've been using, but this video is like a perfect summary/outline, and also explains certain things more clearly in my opinion.
I've been watching a bunch of videos on Chinese intonation, I'm in my baby steps of learning the language. And you've answered a question I had about using the natural tone/pitch of your voice. And now, I'm onto this question/rhetorical question because I think I know the answer, just want to confirm. Q: In different situations, I'm thinking angry vs happy; the baseline tone and how far up/down it goes can sometimes change drastically within a few different sentences/phrases to enunciate said emotions?
I'm just finishing Phase 1 of your Mandarin Blueprint Method and I cannot thank you enough, guys. Never thought learning Chinese would turn out to be such a pleasure. Thank you!
For k/g, t/d and p/b you are careful (and helpful!) to remark that the contrast is one of aspiration, not voicing. For z/c you explicitly say it is a voiced/unvoiced contrast and I was perplex and frankly incredulous. The Wikipedia page on "Standard Chinese Phonology" says that that contrast is also aspiration (along with zh/ch, for which your explanation does not explicitly take a side although it seems to lean toward emphasizing voicing). I am nonetheless very glad to have found this video, which make the articulatory phonetics of the language pretty clear!
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轻声 is brief and toneless. your tone on is not so important as it is pronounced briefly and with less volume, almost like a brief after thought. this change in volume is why it is called the light tone, and also because a 轻声 syllable is very brief.
here's what our new robot overlord told me when i asked it 如何说好轻声的声调
the bot said:
轻声在汉语拼音中表示为 "0"， 它不是一个声调，而是一个音节的属性。它通常出现在多音字中，表示这个音节是轻声音节，即轻轻地发音或者不发音。
例如，"妈妈"中的第二个字“妈”就是一个多音字，它的拼音是 "māma"。
heres what the bot overlord said when asked in English
"tell me about the light tone, also known as the 5th tone or neutral tone in Chinese"
killbotwanaspeak said in response:
In Mandarin Chinese, the light tone, also known as the 5th tone or neutral tone, is a tone that is not characterized by any particular pitch contour or contour change. It is represented by the number "0" in Pinyin, and it is used to indicate that the syllable should be pronounced with a light or unstressed emphasis.
The light tone is unique among the four main tones of Mandarin Chinese because it does not have a fixed pitch contour or contour change. Instead, it is pronounced with a light and short sound, almost as if the syllable is being whispered or mumbled.
The light tone is used in Mandarin Chinese to indicate that the syllable is unstressed, and it is often used in function words, such as particles, conjunctions, and prepositions. For example, in the phrase "你好吗?" (nǐ hǎo ma?), the "ma" at the end is pronounced with a light tone because it is a question particle.
While the light tone may be challenging for learners of Mandarin Chinese to master at first, it is an important aspect of the language and is essential for clear and accurate communication. With practice, learners can improve their ability to recognize and produce the light tone correctly.
Woah- your pronunciation is insanely good
However, the way you pronounced the TAs in the second section are closer to /æ/ as in "cat" than /ɑ/ as in "father".
Although when you said it in a sentence, it was correct again-
As a native speaker, I can say that your pronunciation is impeccable. Like... shockingly so. Whoever's trying to learn pronunciation for Mandarin make sure you take this guy's advice.
Hey thanks!
As a native English speaker, I can confirm your written English is excellent.
Certainly better than a lot of Chinese peeps in China whose Mandarin has a lot of interference from local dialects.
@@bkcalvine English happens to be my other native language so thanks? 😅
@@xllvr: as a *non-native* speaker of English, that's quite a perk.
I am a native Chinese speakers and I can confirm that your pronunciation is even better than many native speakers (many native speakers are heavily influenced by their regional dialects)
谢谢！
to be accurate, only better than many old generation native speakers. New generation of Chinese are trained with standard Mandarin at the starting of their education.
Exactly
C'mon, we all know you are not a native Chinese.
Who are you trying to fool man??
@@zhangyi5145 nope, i have chinese friends (around 20 yr old) and some of them dont have the standard accent.
As a native russian speaker I can tell that your English is perfect!
His standard American needs work, this is thick regional dialect.
@@ovrskrI'm not sure where he speaks in an American English accent in the video. The accent when he speaks in English throughout sounds like Australian to me.
@@mike10240 you missed the joke
@@fatherman9789 😛
Everyone has an accent, even in their L1. What even is English?
Your first day speak chinese,
Chinese: wow, you speak chinese and sounds geart.
Your 10000th day speak chinese,
Chinese: wow, you speak chinese and sounds great.
As a German, I see the ü final as an absolute win.
As an English speaker, this was by far the hardest sound in Chinese for me to learn to pronounce.
Still easier than a rolling R though, I sound like Gollum trying to make that sound.
@@kaleoscreationsI'm also an english speaker and I had to train myself to roll my r's correctly (front of the tongue only). It took about a month and a half and I still don't get it right all the time lol.
As a fellow German speaker, I concur. The hardest sound for me is probably r in chinese because I keep rolling it or pronouncing it like German
As I know,”pinyin”, the phonetic system draws on the pronunciation of German letters.
as a french speaker, me too! :D
Brazilian native here, portuguese speaker learning with you! You’ve gone worldwide my friend!
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Finals:
a 9:11,
ai 32:10,
ao 32:26,
an 32:37,
ang 33:10,
e 10:44 33:44,
e(5) 34:02,
en 34:29,
eng 34:45 |
ei 35:07, |
er 35:22
o 29:22, 36:25, 36:39
u 30:02, ua (wa) 45:28, uo(wo) 45:58, uei (wei) 47:23, uai (wai) 48:07, uan (wan) 48:55, uen (wen) 49:29, uang (wang) 50:26, ueng(weng) 51:20
ü 31:18, üe (yue)51:46, üan (yuan) 52:27, ün (yun) 53:44
ia 37:00
iao (yao) 37:36
ie (ye) 37:55
iou (you) 40:09
ian (yan) 41:35
iang (yang) 42:22
in (yin) 43:18
ing (ying) 44:03
iong (yong) 44:56
Initials
b,d,g 12:34
t,p,k 13:50
h 14:38
J,q,x 17:06 22:39 23:30 23:26
Zh, Ch, Sh, r 25:48 27:08
Z, c 27:50
Tone change rules 19:00
Tone pairs 38:35
Tongue acrobatics 46:20
Thank you so much for this
@@usera1211 you are welcome 🤝
Omg thanks so much. The video seemed so long and i was searching for something like this
WHAT ARE THESE TIMESTAMPS? YOU'RE A BOSS!
Can we have this comment made "sticky"?
Today is my first day of self learning Chinese, and with these 56 minutes you made this so much easier to understand, thank you.
How about we form a Sino-British mutual aid group，我的母语是中文
@@jianfeng-bv5py ill join!
How is ur progress???
sorry,I keep missing your replies because of some time difference. The area I live in is not very friendly to the Internet, and I don't know what you usually use to build a telegrem group or something else.@@djihane8514
I keep missing your replies because of some time difference. The area I live in is not very friendly to the Internet, and I don't know what you usually use to build a telegrem group or something else.@@soulm8289
I like that all these videos are like “now don’t get intimidated” and I think to myself: “I’m not intimidated, just excited for when this becomes natural to me”
Every journey starts with one step.
bro i cant tell you how relatable this is
How about your learning now?
@@rebecca2672 I can now sound and pronounce pinyin but I can't read.
@@xxjbboiiixx6243 sounds great! Do you want to have more learning with me? I want to learn English as well, we can be a language partner.
I’m native Chinese born in Shanghai, now studying in US.
And when I heard you speaking standard mandarin in the beginning, I thought I was listening to TV media announcer (like those from CCTV News像新闻联播那种主播), and it feels so great to listen to your “podcast”.
Keep up with the great content!
Thanks!
C'mon dude be realistic a newscaster. That's the problem with Chinese people you lie to save face and I think you should be more direct at the cost of being too polite. His mandarin is better than average for a foreigner and his pronunciation is also above average however I can still tell his a foreigner. However yes he has more of a standard accent than those Chinese that speak with their local dialects heavily influencing their speech.
But as good as a tv newscaster or cctv tv host C'mon be realistic even the famous Dashan is not that good. I think you have to be born speaking the language to be that good or if you were incredibly gifted at languages and can mimmick just as some Chinese can do with English when they copy an American accent
同上海，博主的发音真的吓到我了，可怕！
So I thought too.
Is this one those ways to say it while saving face?
I'm not Chinese but I speak Chinese... I learnt it just by listening to people speak... Therefore I firmly confirm that a language pronunciation comes from keen listening . Exactly what made me able to speak any language within a few months provided I live amongst native speakers. Well 6 languages are enough for now 😂 I'm an Arab.
Good job learning Chinese. Arabs can have a hard time with pronunciation.
@@ingela_injeela hhhhh
On the contrary Arabs (majority ) can pronounce anything easier than others because Arabic has all phonetics.
@@Badidea2000 You are talking to a teacher of "Swedish for Immigrants". Arab speakers often have trouble with the pronunciation of *many* Swedish syllables, and they often end up speaking with a heavy accent. ☺️
agreed
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Dude! I have watched countless tutorials by native Mandarin speakers, some of them very good indeed, but not one of those instructors has articulated pronunciation as clearly and definitively as you do. I have only recently begun my Mandarin journey and have already been plagued by doubts because much of what I have heard just doesn't seem to "flow" in the way that a language should. And pronunciations vary widely from teacher to teacher. You have single-handedly changed my perspective and inspired me to believe that I can actually learn this language. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. I look forward to studying all of your videos.
太感谢了 🥹，daily consistency is key! Keep it up, and be sure to follow what we’re up to over at www.mandarinblueprint.com
Yeah. He's "your vocal range" just nails it.
been studying and speaking mandarin for 4+ years. This is an incredibly good explanation of the language
谢谢！
I have no intention to learn Chinese at all and yet, here I am... Sitting through an hour long video of how to pronounce it.
I guess your video is just that good. It's so well structured!
我可以教你😂
you should go for it, trust me
These Chinese Vocals helped me learn Sanskrit vowels like ŗ and ļ
@@shinjonmal8936awesome, I’m starting with Mandarin but would love to learn Sanskrit.
Man, I’m on 122 days of Duolingo and I’m so glad I stumbled into this video. Having a male voice to help with pronunciation is SO helpful. The comments saying you’re on point to imma add your videos as lessons. Thanks in advance for the tuition 👌 The internet’s a great place
你的中文学习这么样？
I am on day 86 in duolingo
Stop using duolingo. It's ok for the first two weeks or something, or when you're bored.. HelloChinese is a much much better start
18:57 - Many native speakers of English will recognize that we _also_ have "tone change rules" when speaking. For example, the 'y in you is pronounced differently when followed by at than when followed by with: 'at you' is pronounced 'atchoo' while 'with you' sounds the y normally.
As an EFL speaker who has a degree in linguistics and who is learning Mandarin, i would like to thank you for this video which is very clear and well structured.
One small point on the 'semi-problem initials' where to describe the /b/ /d/ /g/ as "voiceless", i think that the distinction is actually 'voiced, unaspirated' vs 'voiceless, aspirated' (/p/ /d/ /g/).
Unaspirated voiced stop consonants often sound "voiceless" to native English speakers, partly due to orthography, as per your consonant cluster examples, eg 'stop' (the 't', is actually an unaspirated /d/).
Languages usually seek to make the greatest contrasts possible in their phonological systems, so vowels are generally fairly 'equally spaced' with regard to place of articulation, and the manner of articulation being the contrast for sounds made in the same place... hopefully that makes sense.
In the end, you actually gave accurate phonological examples, just technically the term 'voiceless' is incorrect and may mislead - or more likely, slightly irritate, a tiny minority of people trained in phonetics and phonology!😂
Thanks once again!
Im on my 4th language.....but im dedicated so far! I speak French, English, Spanish and started mandarin! Im on week 1 !
Keep up the good work! Once you get to like 10 langs the progress goes up really quick
I'm a beginner. This is awesome. He's right - I can't believe a number of Mandarin courses don't emphasize pronunciation like he does. Very grateful !
国外这么多学汉语的吗wc
As a native speaker i think the pronunciation of chinese is quite easy, because it is very strightful~ when i was a little boy in school teacher tought US PIN YIN ，then when i saw some words i don't know i will read PINYIN which Note the pronunciation of the word， and the most important thing i think is that eventhougt Chinese many many words，but it totatly has little pronunciation...
@@波兰在线劈瓜 中文开始引领世界潮流👀都给我支棱起来
How about we form a Sino-British mutual aid group，我的母语是中文，我的汉语水平达到了二级甲等，英文口语基础较差。
@jianfeng-bv5py 👍
Finally!! My voice is really low like yours, and this is such a relief! I was feeling so uneasy mimicking women's pronunciation on youtube! Thank you for making this video!
I'm glad you found someone with a voice you can resonate with!
wow this helped a ton! im a 14 yr old who has learned chinese for 2 years, and this was very refreshing!
Not gonna lie... even though I just passed my HSK1 and HSK2 exams, this video is completely overwhelming. I'll probably have to come back to it MANY times if I want to pass HSKK.
Thanks a lot for this information packed video!.
We also have a much more comprehensive Pronunciation course that is comparatively slower paced and comes with SRS flash cards for simple reviewing, you can check it out here: mandarinbp.com/pmspecial
As you should ❤
This was a life-changing 56mins. I have been trying to learn Chinese for a while, and It was not that hard to learn the grammar and the characters since I already speak pretty good Japanese. The hardest thing was to understand the pronunciation. I can feel the difference in my pronunciation before and after watching this video. I have no words to express my gratitude to you.
We are so glad to hear this and glad that we can be part of your Chinese language learning journey.
I am a Chinese，can we be language exchange partner？I wanna learn english
@@victorwalker9194 That's a really good idea. I would love to. But how can we connect.
I've looked at several videos of native Chinese speakers explaining tones but yours was by far the best. It immediately made sense.
Awesome!
I’m just in the beginning stages of learning Mandarin and this is best video I’ve seen explaining tones and pronunciation. Thank you for going into depth on the little details of pronunciation. I’ll be reviewing this video many times and I look forward to more videos!
You're welcome!
You are amazing! The explanation level that went into this video it's so complex yet so easy to grasp, I'm a complete beginner to Chinese, but i do study other languages, still, the animation, the way you broke down each section It's so easy to follow and learn, thank you for the effort you put into this video, it will help a lot of people, 😊
Thanks!
I don't know why I was skeptical about the approach of this video but after watching it holy god it really gives very thoughtful insights.
Thanks so much :D
Amazing lesson, thank you for makin it available for free. It was a huge help
We're happy you found the video helpful!
I have spent my whole life learning, copying and analyzing Chinese phonology. I dare say your exposition here is excellent. What a pleasure listening to your explanation of the sounds, which confirm my own discoveries, and learning the precise enunciation of several others. Magnificent! 謝謝您.
bro, your bad ass! love it.
I'm a Mandarin speaker, and this man is awesomely good.
omg I just started learning Chinese and was struggling the other day so I closed my Chinese notebook and switched to smth else. now while I was scrolling through RUclips, I found your video and honestly it's so motivating! now I feel like I want to sit down and continue my Chinese learning. I'm still an absolute beginner and this video was so so helpful! I've subscribed and I'm really looking forward for more amazing videos like this one! :)
Great to hear this. 加油！
52:32 actually there is an [yan] sound in Chinese! 发“üan”时，如果把韵母的发音速度放慢，你会发现在介音［y］结束后舌头会先往后缩，发出一个短暂的［u］，然后口腔才打开，开始韵腹的发音，韵腹的开口度其实跟［a］差不多。
大部分老北京把”üan”读成[yan]或者[yuæn]，但因为越来越多的外地人涌入北京，你很少能听到“üan”的正确读音了，甚至现在也有些年轻的北京人把“üan”的发音简化成［yɛn］。
This video is very good even for native Chinese speakers, I was so confused before how to teach Chinese to my foreigner friends, this video helped me a lot. Thanks!
You're most welcome!
🤯🤯🤯 three of the four “problem” consonants are in Polish (the zh, ch, & sh). I’ve never been able to pronounce this consonant until your video, and now my Polish AND Chinese will sound better! Thank you so so much! Also, I’m glad to read a bunch of natives say you have amazing pronunciation. It’s good to learn tips and tricks from a nonnative who sounds amazing
I am polish and I also noticed it’s a bit easier for me to pronounce Chinese because we have similar sounds!
I studied polish and these are so similar and very hard for most Americans
The explanations for how to know when you're doing them correctly are great. The info here is exactly what makes the outlier linguistics program work, lauded as the go to for pronunciation. A focus on sounding native AT THE START is essential.
Thank you for the tongue positions in the problem initials
I began learning mandarin last year and I am so happy to have found your channel. 谢谢
太好了！
Wow man, I really like the way you explained how to make the tones. Studied now for about 8 years. This helps theoretically and practically.
Glad to hear it!
I dare say this is the best video on Chinese pronunciation I have ever seen, the comparison with English is so clear and correct, teaching phonetics in a scientific way.
I have been learning Chinese for 4 months now. Watching chinese dramas and listening to chinese songs were helpful but i knew i needed to practice it too for myself. Thank you for this video, it actually helped . I will have my next chinese exam in a week and there will be an oral part to it too. I have much more confidence now thank you.
Do you have any recommendations ?
How about we form a Sino-British mutual aid group，我的母语是中文，我的汉语水平达到了二级甲等，英文口语基础较差。
This has been IMMENSELY helpful!!!! And I’ve been taking private classes for a year *sigh*
Already passed hsk 1 in 3 weeks thanks to your knowledge and almost ready for hsk 2 !!! Still got a long way to go but Jiao you !!
Congrats!! You got this!
So awesome! You must be a linguistic genius. I could rewatch this video over and over again, these explanations define and clarify all of the mysteries and uncertainties as I am tumbling to figure out the structure of the Chinese language. I still couldn’t believe what I am hearing and seeing in this video, you are extraordinary. Wow!!!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
If you want to take it deeper, we have an 8 hour pronunciation course that explores all of these topics in more depth: mandarinbp.com/pmspecial
Yes he is a genius.
Thanks so much, this was excellent. You are a great teacher. Keep it up!!!
This was the most useful lesson I have had . Thank you . Before when others tried to teach me this lesson I never realized what an initial and final sound was…. it never occurred to me it’s the first and last sound was for pronouncing a Chinese character . The way you broke it down with the examples could not have been more clear . You nailed it . And you helped me get the confidence I needed to learn Chinese. There are lot’s competitors that try to approach this massive undertaking with just saying the words with no explanation. The only one that came close was sing and learn Chinese . But I can not sing …lol
Glad that this lesson was helpful to you!
I started some days ago and this tutorial is fire. Best teacher ever..
Glad you think so!
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I've been studying mandarin 4 like 3 months and im so excited to learn more and im glad to know u i feel like u have shortened my learning journey
as an Arabic speaker mandarin it so easy caz there is a lot of similar sounds thanks teacher
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okey im here again i finished the vid finally
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I am so excited learning chinese next week.
One of the most helpful RUclips videos I’ve ever seen on pronunciation. Actual 10/10 work.
Glad you think so. Thank you for watching!
I am a native speaker from Beijing. I can confirm that your pronunciation is better than many Chinese speakers whose accents are heavily affected by their native tongue. But, there is a small mistake in the video: the pronunciation of 一千 should be yì qiān. Pronunciations in cardinal numbers are usually changed: 一(yì)百, 一(yì)千, 一(yí)万, 一(yí)个, 一(yí)切, 一(yì)心一(yí)意, 一(yì)朝一(yì)夕, 一(yì)神论, with a few exceptions such as 一(yī)十 in 二百一(yī)十, 三百一(yī)十, etc. and 成语 一(yī)五一(yī)十. Also, 一 at the end of a longer cardinal number does not change, either: 十一(yī)个, 二十一(yī)个, etc. On the other hand, ordinal numbers never change: 一(yī)班, 一(yī)号, 一(yī)级, 一(yī)流, 一(yī)等奖.
对的！我很喜欢这种建设性的批评，尤其是因为这个“一”读音的微妙区别很容易搞错🙏
Browsing wiktionary, this makes sense as it seems the expected form for 一 should be yi4, not yi1. The change to yi4 to yi2 is when it's followed by another Tone 4. The yi1 reading is for ordinal numbers.
That just depends on the accents though. Many people in southern China would say Yi1 Qian1
@@wendshawn9435 Indeed, in Mandarin area, there are accent variants. For example, in some places, 一 at the end of longer cardinal number also changes, making 二十一(yí)个, which is different than Standard Mandarin. But in southern China, things are different. Mandarin is probably not the native language of local people in southern China, so they have to learn Standard Mandarin like the OP does, and they might make similar mistakes.
@@VChou-ij6gd 说实话这个不太实用，在很多情况下“一”是词语中开头那个，比如楼主举的例子中大多都是这样的。我觉得楼主的说法更贴近，主要还是跟用法，意思，和日常应用有关。（没有喷的意思，个人看法罢了）
I am a native Chinese speaker and your pronunciation is the most perfect I have ever seen, even better than many native speakers
Thank you :)
Hello sir, today is my first day of self-learning Chinese and I am so glad that I found your channel. These 56 min are life-changing. Thank you so much once again😄
Welcome aboard! Also here are a few resources to help you along the way www.mandarinblueprint.com/resources/
@@MandarinBlueprint Thank you for the resources
I'm a Chinese speaker and I'm recently trying to learn Sanskrit, and understanding how non-natives learn my own language really provided a lot of insight into how I could or should understand learning another language, with resources in both grammar/theory and acquisition/practice!
It's interesting to see how learning another language can make you a better language learner overall!
Wow, this is awesome. As a native Mandarin speaker, I have to say if I could learn Mandarin this way from early young age, it would be a lot quicker.
One more suggestion for new learners is that the "a" pronunciation in any word is more like a British "ahh" than an American "e". For example, "father" is "bah bah", and horse is "mah"
52:32 actually there is an [yan] sound in Chinese! 发“üan”时，如果把韵母的发音速度放慢，你会发现在介音［y］结束后舌头会先往后缩，发出一个短暂的［u］，然后口腔才打开，开始韵腹的发音，韵腹的开口度其实跟［a］差不多。
大部分老北京把”üan”读成[yan]或者[yuæn]，但因为越来越多的外地人涌入北京，你很少能听到“üan”的正确读音了，甚至现在也有些年轻的北京人把“üan”的发音简化成［yɛn］。
This completely changed the game on my learning potential and current understanding!! Thank you
Happy to help!
I’m just in the beginning stages of learning Mandarin and this is best video I’ve seen explaining tones and pronunciation. Thank you for going into depth on the little details of pronunciation. I’ll be reviewing this video many times and I look forward to more videos!
Your pronunciation is awesome，especially when combined with your magnetic voice. As a native Chinese，I am confident that you have what it takes to be a good news announcer or TV presenter.😊
This is the best resource I have found so far for learning Mandarin! Thank you for making it less overwhelming for beginners such as myself and making it so easy to understand :)
Glad it was helpful!
I haven’t finished watching the video yet, but your voice sounds like a radio announcer from the 1950s or like a narrator for film trailers… it’s so pleasant to listen to, and you sound so cool when you speak in Mandarin. You should do voice acting as a side hustle lol
I did exactly what you did, I started the learning from the pronunciation and it paid off.
This is an incredible explanation and resource for English speaking Mandarin students and I wish that I had found it years ago during my “formal” study. My pronunciation of the “q” has been bugging me for years and I wasn’t sure how to fix it. This is really amazing.
Thanks, glad it helped!
Omg you are the very first foreigner I have ever seen who speaks mandarin with the impressively amazing intonation
Amazing!!!
Thank you
Wow! A lot of invaluable info. Great for one who is committed to learning Chinese…. Like me! I want my grandchildren to be bilingual, so I am working on becoming bilingual.
谢谢！Glad you found it helpful (lots more coming :D)
谢谢！I was really scared of learning mandarin because because of the pronunciation but with your help and the one of a few others, I can, still not naturally/easily, but correctly pronounce mandarin. I'll now let practicedo its job.
Thanks a lot, I started to get frustrated with the tones and stumbled across your video, this is incredibly helpful!! 謝謝！
This is the best chinese pronunciation video ever!
Great Video! Actually, as a native Mandarin speaker, I find your pronunciation tips very useful to help me polish my English pronunciation as well! 😊
Bro the tongue position stuff just unlocked the language for me, thank you
Glad it helped
He studied Mandarin as hard as One Punch Man
The most helpful content for Chinese pronunciation and Pinyin learning guide I've found out of all the whole tutorial videos. Thank you billions❤
Thank you so much for your kind words! We are happy you found it helpful!
His explanations and descriptions of the sounds are the most helpful I've heard! When I taught English in Taiwan, pronunciation always improved when equated with familiar sounds from Mandarin & Taiwanese vocabulary words. I subscribed after the first 5 minutes.
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for your kind words!
I have decided to learn Chinese. I got an app a few days ago started learning with zero knowledge was confused. Your video has really helped me. You really help explain a lot. I'm going to look into more videos
Glad it was helpful! As you go through, let us know if you have any questions. Also here are some resources that you might find useful www.mandarinblueprint.com/resources/
Really first rate! I had taken the excellent Pronunciation Mastery course from Mandarin Blueprint and watched this video as a refresher. There were some new things I learned, and a few things I realized I had been doing wrong. I loved how you usedm more realistic descriptions, like "zombie tone" and "contrarian tone."
By the way, listeners should know that in all of the Mandarin Blueprint courses, the examples in the flashcards are read by native speakers. Mandarin Blueprint is awesome!
Thanks a lot, Brian :D
I've been learning 汉语 for a few years now. What helped me most with pronunciation in the beginning is a lot of listening (Podcasts, dramas; just come up with a mix that is to your liking.). It is not necessary that you really understand everything then. Just train your ears to hear differences they are not used to differentiate between in your mother tongue. Pronunciation just got easier for me as a result of that.
Thank you for the nice explanations! about “ü”: Chinese ü is like a mouth of ‘u’ and pronouncing ‘i’, different to German ü which is like a mouth of ‘u’ but pronouncing ‘e’ (the ‘e’ of ‘ten’).
I find it quite similar to ü in French lol
ตา ต๋า ต่า ต้า
Your video is extremely practical. As Thais, the real problem is consonant zh, ch, sh + vowel ü that don't exist in Thai language. We need to tweak as you mention a little bit. Nontherless, we can easily walk thru without any effort.
The best way to perfect tone are
1. Pronouce base consonant like t d p b (ท ต ป บ)
2. Combine the basic vowels with basic consonants to form basedline of normal sound. Or in this chinese case is Tone 1
3. Adding each tone of No.2 from tone 1-4 and pronounce repeatedly.
You will familiar with each tone of the word without any effort If you did it for certian set of mixing basic consonant + vowels + tone. That's how we learn in Tonal language like Thai. The hardest part of Mandarin is writing which take a lot of time to practice and memorize.
I'm a native Mandarin speaker but this presentation is intimidating even for me :)) I don't know how those poor new learners can digest this.
Multiple viewings!
Where were you 15 years ago when I've started learning the language? :) Thank you for bringing this to the light of the world.
It is our pleasure!
As a Chinese I would say it's very similar to what we learned in year 1! Even clearer and more interesting!
Thank you!
As an chinese nativ speaker, now i try to teach chinese to international students in germany, ur videos are really helpful and i know how to explain the pronunciation better. really thanks.
Your video give us hope that we can master this language! Thank you! ❤
太好了！加油 :)
I am learning mandarin now, and it takes me a really long time to memorize a character. I just started watching your video today, so far I do not understand anything, sounds a little complicated, but since this is a proven method, I am committed to watching this over and over till it starts to makes sense
It's totally normal to feel like it's taking time to memorize characters, especially when you're just starting. Mandarin can seem tricky at first, but with consistent practice, it will start to make more sense.
This video focuses on pronunciation, which is an essential part of building a strong foundation in Mandarin. If you're also interested in learning characters, I'd recommend checking out the MB Challenge. It gives you free access to Phases 1-3 of our blueprint, where we dive into character learning step-by-step. You can learn more here : www.mandarinblueprint.com/mb-lite/
I'm happy I found your channel! It is relatively new so I'm really looking forward for new content! I'm 20 and just started learning Chinese few months ago so I'm really thankful for your advices!
Welcome aboard! If you watch our videos here, you'll end up getting a major leg up in your learning. Also, you're welcome to check out our courses over at www.mandarinblueprint.com
This is the best ...very best beginners Mandarin lesson. I'm going to follow your lessons a bit at a time, and constantly.
Really great job explaining the different possibilities and providing a systematic and standardized approach, even as an advanced student I could profit from it, summing up concepts from different sources along these years.
Thank you Luke
So glad you enjoyed it. BTW, how’s The Dao, Laozi? 😉
I studied mandarin years ago for just 1 year, so I might be wrong... but your pronunciation sounds so incredibly perfect! wow
Thank you!
One little thing, the /s/ in Standard Mandarin is actually different than the /s/ in most English varieties. It's "dentalized" with the tongue tip resting behind the bottom front teeth whereas most English /s/ tend to have the tongue against the ridge behind the upper front teeth.
True! We cover that in our 8-hour Pronunciation Mastery course, but we decided it was a bit too detailed for an hour RUclips tutorial.
Oh my god...as a native Chinese your accent at the beginning is such amazing!! That is, if I were given this video only with the audio, I could have hardly distinguished you're a foreigner😂 Even more I think you're more like a north Chinese native, whose accents are more similar to the Mandarin.
I have just discovered your channel whilst I'm.about to enroll Mandarin Chinese courses; I'm very excited.
So helpful
I have subscribed ❤❤
www.mandarinblueprint.com 😉
As a Native Headphone Speaker User, I Can Honestly This Sounds Great ❤
Glad you like it!
Today I have decided to learn Chnese. So lucky to come across your wonderful phonetics lesson. There is hope…With a teacher like this, the sky is limit. Thank you very much. What a great way to start learning a language
Glad you are starting your language learning journey and that you're finding our videos helpful!
Great video, would like to point out that at 20:16, one thousand should be yi4 qian1. For the multiples of 10, the yi1 in front only happens when you have yi1 shi2, like in 111 (yi4 bai3 yi1 shi2 yi1). The rest of the multiples of 10 will follow the last case, so yi4 bai3, yi4 qian1, yi2 wan4 and yi2 yi4
Thanks, you’re right!
I've been studying for a year and have never heard the tones explained so well! Thank you!!!!
You are so welcome! You might also enjoy our blog on tones. You can check it out here : www.mandarinblueprint.com/blog/mandarin-tones/
Superbly useful tutorial. Thank you!
This is fantastic. So much covered in just 1 video. I've already been working with my tutor through the pronunciation parts of the textbook we've been using, but this video is like a perfect summary/outline, and also explains certain things more clearly in my opinion.
Glad it was helpful! Check out our channel for more like this
I've been watching a bunch of videos on Chinese intonation, I'm in my baby steps of learning the language. And you've answered a question I had about using the natural tone/pitch of your voice. And now, I'm onto this question/rhetorical question because I think I know the answer, just want to confirm. Q: In different situations, I'm thinking angry vs happy; the baseline tone and how far up/down it goes can sometimes change drastically within a few different sentences/phrases to enunciate said emotions?
I'm just finishing Phase 1 of your Mandarin Blueprint Method and I cannot thank you enough, guys. Never thought learning Chinese would turn out to be such a pleasure. Thank you!
Our pleasure! Keep up the great work!
For k/g, t/d and p/b you are careful (and helpful!) to remark that the contrast is one of aspiration, not voicing. For z/c you explicitly say it is a voiced/unvoiced contrast and I was perplex and frankly incredulous. The Wikipedia page on "Standard Chinese Phonology" says that that contrast is also aspiration (along with zh/ch, for which your explanation does not explicitly take a side although it seems to lean toward emphasizing voicing).
I am nonetheless very glad to have found this video, which make the articulatory phonetics of the language pretty clear!