20 Powerful Ways To Improve Your Chinese Pronunciation

[@MandarinBlueprint]

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[@Cennwulf]

I love this guy. He's so right about needing help figuring out pronunciation. It took me forever to get five in Chinese b/c I was doing the sound in front of my mouth instead of in the back for the u and no one explained how to produce it - I could tell mine didn't sound the same as the KZbin teacher.

[@Nataliequinn0119]

From India👍, I would like to express my gratitude for this remarkable session, Luke. I personally admire your pronunciation and fluency in Mandarin, and I aspire to achieve such fluency in the future. I have found that watching Chinese dramas is an excellent way to improve one's listening skills. I have become captivated by these dramas and now practice speaking Mandarin for more than half an hour each day. Some of my personal favorites are: "Falling into your smile," "First romance," "Love is sweet," "Only for love," "Meteor garden," "As beautiful as you," "Hidden love," and "I belonged to your world." These dramas not only provide entertainment, but also offer an understanding of Chinese culture. In addition, there are many more great storylines and awesome scripts. I believe that these dramas will be an invaluable resource as I continue my journey of learning Mandarin.

[@ShanshanHu-n2w]

我是一名在美国教汉语的老师，我非常喜欢Mandarin Bluprint，Luke老师的发音纯正地道，讲解很清晰，从英语为母语的汉语学习者角度把知识点诠释得非常到位，学生们学起来很轻松。我经常跟学生分享你们的视频，这对他们有莫大的帮助。真的很感谢Luke老师为汉语学习者创建了这样优质的汉语学习频道！赞！

[@MandarinBlueprint]

谢谢你对我们的支持也赞美，我们不敢当。就是想要我们热爱的中文发扬光大，让西方的中文爱好者能够接触和认识它，也从而爱上它。

[@saxmaniac6321]

Thanks for this! My teacher has me learning poems all Chinese children learn at school to help me become used to tones 😄 BTW, your clarinet is actually an oboe 🤭

[@victoricus1]

literally the best guide i've ever seen! thank you

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Glad you think so! You're welcome!

[@americaneagle76]

I DO NOT WANT TO LEARN MANDARIN, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF LEARNING MANDARIN. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO USE IT.

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Absolutely, you can! Mandarin is one of the most beneficial languages to learn. Here's why : www.mandarinblueprint.com/blog/why-learn-mandarin-chinese/

[@industriouspolyglot1976]

Great tips for 2023! Really happy to see that you keep pushing us to improve! Thank you!

[@MandarinBlueprint]

You're welcome!

[@jugglingdavinci]

Great stuff! Appreciated the tips about the "straining". Definetely a problem for me

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Cheers!

[@ISOR12]

谢谢你Great Video!

[@MandarinBlueprint]

不用谢！

[@LouisMcK]

super wicked insane video, thank you

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@user-lt7qr7g77]

thx for yr sharing

[@puertaselectricasparacombi]

it is amazing all this information. Very helpful! Thanks a lot.

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!

[@karinasalmaa]

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO. I LEARNED A LOT! ❤

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Glad it was helpful!

[@madalenai.rolizdorosario8111]

Thank you for sharing these great tips.

[@MandarinBlueprint]

You’re welcome

[@musiquesrelaxantesetdouces8220]

Thanks a lot . Very useful

[@林小玲-i6j]

I really like your channel which I can learn British and Chinese in one time

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Lol Thanks for watching

[@Zhrine1337]

Great video! At 3:24 you put 第一 instead of 可以

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Thanks! Oops, to late to change it now lol

[@pottersis]

Very useful. I am learning Chinese at 12 years old so I am watching almost all of your videos I can. This is all very helpful. Thank you!

[@MandarinBlueprint]

at 12? That's great!

[@pottersis]

@@MandarinBlueprint Thank you very much. I appreciate all of the support from the language learning community and your videos especially

[@seren48725]

And joined 15 years ago. Impressive.

[@MrGanbat84]

I learnt from you a lot 🎉🎉❤

[@kaohsiung99]

Great video. I was wondering how old you were when you began learning Chinese (or perhaps other 'second' languages)?

[@dominik13579]

I always nod when I use the forth tone 😅

[@dboutine]

Thank you.

[@MandarinBlueprint]

You're welcome!

[@patriciaharralson4044]

I tried to share this video with a friend, but a pop up window wouldn't allow me to forward it. What could be the reason for this? I appreciate your instructions, but I have to repeat it often as it goes too fast for beginners to shadow the words you mention. Thank you for all you do and I am glad I found this.

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Not sure, but glad you liked the video!

[@debbievalentine6810]

This is the only one i had no option to download or move to my playlist?

[@SnakeAndTurtleQigong]

Thanks so very much!!

[@MandarinBlueprint]

You're welcome!

[@almon317]

Great tips 👌🏼 Where can I find the podcasts you mentioned like beartalk ?

[@MandarinBlueprint]

The Himalaya APP is full of Chinese podcasts

[@dallinrichardson284]

Great video! You showed an oboe while you were talking about clarinets though haha :) 1:29

[@MandarinBlueprint]

You got me! I do not know the difference :(

[@victoricus1]

ni hao, can you please share the bear talk podcast link with me? and luozhenyu pls

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Hey sure, Here's the link to bear talk podcast beartalking.com/podcast and for Luoji Siwei , you should be able to find some episodes on youtube. This link should help kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ_PaZJmp9OhiLs . Also, if you're looking for more resources to help with learning mandarin , www.mandarinblueprint.com/blog/best-resources-for-learning-chinese/, this blog is packed with resources. Let us know if there's anything else we can help you with.

[@gsunblues]

great stuff!!!

[@MandarinBlueprint]

We're glad you're enjoying the content!

[@LauralieTardif]

Anyone has recommendations of a Taiwanese woman to watch/listen to for the "language parent" thing?👀

[@alexanderramos3026]

Hablo español estoy leyendo lo que dices me gusta mucho el contenido me gusta el 普通话

[@tristangabrielo]

I’ve been spending a ridiculous amount of time watching people reacting to TikTok compilations , More and more I’m managing to drift my attention to your videos even sometimes using them as background and I can feel how my attention span is increasing while Chinese language starts to make clic more and more

[@MandarinBlueprint]

That is amazing, glad that you are gaining more interest in Chinese!

[@СтепанСмирнов-п4д]

Thanks a lot, started listening Chinese audio. Trying to imagine how to say the same)

[@rickpotter5015]

All your vids are so good, but something concerns me. I practiced and repeated 练好中文发音是非常有必要的 to a Chinese friend of mine in Shenzhen. They said it sounded like Sichuan language. Is that the dialect you teach?

[@rickpotter5015]

I think you answered my question at around 16:00.

[@brandonnguyen5467]

So its the same channel but this guy is more natural in pronunciation

[@americaneagle76]

I WISH TO HAVE THE RESOURCES TO LEARN MANDARIN. ALSO, I WISH TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE SPEAKING MANDARIN.

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Hey there! We're happy that you're interested in learning Mandarin. You can find resources to get you started here: www.mandarinblueprint.com/blog/best-resources-for-learning-chinese/ Also, check out our free webclass on how you can achieve fluency in Mandarin 3-5x times faster www.mandarinblueprint.com/free-webinar/ Happy learning!

[@bassemelsayed3451]

Please I really love to learn Chinese So if I begin to learn from level 1 or zero level what time to be good at talking writing listening?? Or what HSK level do I have to reach to be good So please give guide plan Best sources to learn

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Our whole company is built around giving the most meticulous guide to reaching literacy and fluency ever made. Head over to www.mandarinblueprint.com to learn more, but simply put, our "All Course Bundle" (which you can find at www.mandarinblueprint.com/courses) is the way to go from beginner to fluent & literate. How long it takes depends on how many hours a day you spend on it, but I'd say around 1000-1200 hours using our methods (about 1000 hours faster than the Foreign Service Institute estimates).

[@cecilia9229]

Hi, do you have a suggestion for female voice podcast? Like Beartalk for men?

[@MandarinBlueprint]

No, but I really like 电影解说 on youtube, of which there are many female narrators

[@cecilia9229]

@@MandarinBlueprint Thank you! I will check that out. Good luck for you. I really like the content!

[@toddjohnson271]

Like guitar, piano....brutal practice. Then more practice.

[@Pvonishere]

cannot locate tone pairs chart in the description

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Sure here you go mandarinbp.com/tonepairs

[@cores163]

what i never hear anybody speak about: In e.g. english there is a preferred way to intonate sentences. Questions, surprise, emphasis and so on. These are deeply ingrained. When you speak chinese as an english native you need to NOT overlay the character tones with the emotional tones. You need to learn how to intonate different tones with different "chinese" tonal emotions. Are you still with me? I am pretty sure a full theory of chinese intonation and how it modifies chinese tones is extremely complex. The question is, how to go about it efficiently.

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Great question. That is exactly what we do in our course. In a way, you do put stress to the words, the difference is that we don't change the tones but you add more emphasis to the pronunciation.

[@mrbluemoose4296]

I hate to break it to you, but an “A” is not always an “A” in music haha.

[@jeffcastaneda7010]

If this was a music lesson, your comment would be highly relevant. But it isn’t. It is a video with advice on how to practice and improve Mandarin. The comment about the A note was only an illustration. Perhaps the use of octaves would’ve been more appropriate, but the idea wasn’t lost for those of us interested in learning Mandarin.

[@StarChild1109]

An "A" is an A, is an A in music, regardless of the instrumemt.

[@mrbluemoose4296]

@@StarChild1109 The way I interpret the statement that an “A” is always an “A”is that it is saying that every A is always the same pitch no matter what, which isn’t true for a variety of reasons: 1. Some instruments (transposing instruments) will refer to notes differently than a non transposing instrument would. For example, the trumpet is a Bb instrument, meaning that an A for trumpet players is a G for people using concert tuning. 2. Some ensembles (sometimes even with pop music in post) will brighten/darken the overall sound of the piece by raising/lowering the A that the piece centers its tuning on (most American orchestras use A=440hz, but some European orchestras will use A=442, 445, etc.) 3. The tuning of specific notes can changed based off of harmonic context. If you already knew all of this, then I’m assuming you interpreted the original statement differently.

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[@puertaselectricasparacombi]

I am also catching british accent.

[@mtloke5732]

怎样称呼你？你有中文名吗？

[@MandarinBlueprint]

我的中文名是宁昊天 =)

[@mtloke5732]

@@MandarinBlueprint 很好听的名字。你的名有什么特别的意思吗？

[@waiatatrust6729]

Xie Xie..

[@MandarinBlueprint]

不用谢！

[@Alphasos5]

please can someone give me female chinese speakers that i can shadow?

[@MandarinBlueprint]

默默道来｜讲个故事给你听 on the Ximalaya app is really good

[@Alphasos5]

@@MandarinBlueprint thank you ☺️

[@debbievalentine6810]

How do I know if they are speaking Mandarin or Cantanese? Stop laughing, im serious 😅

[@MandarinBlueprint]

The tons and the pronunciations are both different; however, it is quite difficult to distinguish for people who are not familiar. That's why you should learn Mandarin to be able to distinguish between the two!

[@structurednoodle]

thinking that a NATIVE speaker is saying something "incorrectly" is arrogance to the highest degree.

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Agreed

[@kiyomiheinrich2147]

kung fu movies for 30 years.... love how my mouth feels when i speak Chinese...great job!!