Distinguish "j q x zh ch sh r z c s" | Chinese Listening Training

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

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[@deontesampson1993]

Hey grace! first off thank you for creating this challenging quiz for us all it truly motivates me to wannw study harder but I often mistake the S sound for a Q example #24 was qi but I guessed chi what would be a good tip to help me be able to better seperate the two from each other?

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Deonte Sampson You’re welcome;) Actually the vowels combining with “ch” and “q” are quite different, you don’t need to worry too much. For example, “ch” combines with u and other vowels except i and ü sound.(When you see “chi”, the “i” is not the actual i vowel. It doesn’t pronounce as the vowel, i.) On the other hand, J combines with i and ü. (when combining, the pinyin present as “u” but actually is “ü”) so you can easily separate them by the vowels they combine! ;)

[@deontesampson1993]

@@GraceMandarinChinese Oh I see thank you for taking the time to explain it to me I really appreciate it!😃 #mandarinteacheroftheyear #graceforpresident❤

[@Coccinelf]

I used the vowels to help me guess all of them and the only ones I've got wrong are the ones when the vowels are harder for me to distinguish. The hard ones for me are: qiao (I heard chao), juan (I heard zhen) and shua (I head xua). Thanks!

[@Karl-going-solo]

Hello my entertaining teacher. Chinese is a lot harder than I would like it to be hahaha

[@lorenberry5844]

Please make more listening trainings like this. It is so helpful to test myself!!!!

[@gizellepenero4013]

I agree with this . It's a big help for me too.

[@devolved5855]

Agreed 👍🏻

[@RobinNandi]

I am a beginner in Chinese. I got almost all of the consonants right but got most of the tones wrong. Very useful test - definitely helps me realise what I need to work on!

[@djbslectures]

This was a lot harder than I thought it would be. Thanks for the challenges. I can definitely use more of these

[@anup3421]

and for me most difficult part is 1st and second tone both seems same to me while listening it's little hard for me

[@stjonsworld6570]

14/25 I'm actually surprised I got that many right since I've been only learning for a couple weeks. Definitely harder than I expected, but great training

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

StJons World Wow only a couple weeks?! That’s pretty great! I hope after practicing more, you can get it all right;)

[@sasino]

Around the same result here, mostly mistaking ZH for J

[@TJay41]

Good job!!!!

[@lixiazhang7309]

R u in a school or self taught interesting do u recommend this type of learning languages?cause i want to learn other

[@Ajia_No_Envy]

At my first attempt a few hours ago I only got about 14 of them they all sounded so similar to me but a now with hearing more of the sounds I can decipher them better and got 20 out of 14 this test was really helpful thank you. I really appreciate all the videos you make. In the past 5 days of beginning to learn chinese I've grown in my pronounciation and listening skills thank you so much

[@nati4218]

You should add this to your pronunciation playlist You have really help me to distinguish Chinese sounds and do them thnak you so much!, know I'll be able to sing wayv's songs >

[@jessicaharley7704]

At the beginning of the semester, I took this test and had no clue which was which and I felt so frustrated... I only got like 3-5 right. Now I took it (the first time since then) and got 96%! and the only reason I missed one was because I didn't know we were also practicing the "c" sound. Practice makes perfect! Don't feel discouraged if you don't get it right now, it gets better! I can't wait for my next Chinese class.

[@hamzahabdu9445]

Please make more listening trainings like this. It is so helpful to test myself

[@anasmirza346]

Grace过是最理想的老师

[@youtubecommenter6223]

I went through the pronunciation videos pronouncing thing near perfectly and feeling great about my achievements - this was a wake up call! Didn’t get any of them!

[@yaj2075]

I'm always watch your video teacher and it's has improved my Chinese a lot of

[@pandaastral7985]

Aaaaah I messes it up hahah I was so bad , the good thing is I can do the sounds, thanks to your video now I can focus in specific recognition sounds. Thanks a lot

[@IapetusRetroStuff]

16/25 after a couple of days of listening to your videos. Thank you and congratulations for all your hard work on this great channel.

[@robertuy5485]

Still balancing through listening which character is easy and difficult to pronounce like me as beginner learner of mandarin language. Thank you Teacher Grace. More videos please to learn...

[@aytacmemmedzade9794]

i got 14/25 after learning chinese 2 day ago. thank you so much for video grace! 💛

[@yoshi1035]

Thanks for the video again, Grace. You're covering all the sounds very thoroughly :)

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

yo shi Yes haha you noticed that! ;) You’re welcome!

[@scptime1188]

谢谢!!!!!谢谢! This was so helpful for practicing my listening skills!

[@lexea]

Thank you so much for these! I have a pinyin listening quiz today and your videos have really helped me prepare!! Although I do still have trouble with the c sound I've only been learning for a month and a half!

[@anhuynh2834]

I got it. Thanks the most beautiful teacher I have never seen before.

[@Móhuàn8]

This was very useful thank you😊 I have to concentrate on 'ch' and 'q' the first three times I've confused one for the other but then got the following three right.

[@nhiluong7340]

This is very helpful! 谢谢！！

[@euhype802]

After studying mandarin for 2 years - 23/25. I got all the tones right, but mixed up one z/c and one j/zh! Everyone will get better over time ^^

[@user-hsinching]

If you're listening to Taiwanese, it's easy to get confused and you can tell by the words and phrases.

[@lordlendyllchua4312]

Great teaching

[@tedcrowley6080]

Thank you. This is very helpful.

[@mv4519]

This exercise was really good! Thanks a lot. I must improve, got 12/25. I will keep listening more carefully!

[@alexwhinnie274]

I got 9/25 I'm around HSK1 but haven't taken a test yet. I noticed I struggled particularly with the Zh initial. Thanks for posting this has made me realise I need to work on my listening skills more 😎👍

[@user-hsinching]

You can try to learn more vocabulary so that if you can't tell when Zh ㄓ is coming, you can use the vocabulary to identify it

[@sasino]

Same, keep mistaking zh for j because the difference is very subtle

[@TJay41]

Hey you could have gotten 0/25 even if you got one it’s still progress keep up the good work

[@gurupartapkhalsa6565]

@@sasino I don't believe zh and j can be distinguished as individual consonants without knowing all the vocab. Like in native English we have cot and caught, and while any native can hear the difference, isn't it because we expect to hear it? Any of us can hear the difference in perfect isolation.

[@wuttipong.m]

Teacher Grace also great in English language, amazing you.

[@QuizmasterLaw]

Excellent listening test for problem initials zh x ch sh r j q

[@РикоРи-и5с]

21/25 expected better one, but a good thing that can try to guess tones here, which I struggle with for so long

[@Snow0-0]

Hiii :) I decided just today to learn Mandarin (I hope I can stick with it). I'm lucky I discovered your channel right at the beginning because it's really helpful! I watched many of your videos and you explain things really well, and now I took this test and got 14/25 which is not really good but I think it's pretty good for beginners! Thanks to this, I actually think I have a chance to speak fluently one day, so thank you :)

[@CharlieDouglas]

oof that was hard lol, got 20/25 but i messed up a few tones and finals too 😂 I've got to practice my listening more, great video grace!

[@darrellwong4097]

Excellent lesson Grace! Thanks

[@555oya]

This is really helpful, as a got to know what sounds it is hard for me to pronounce. I got 23/25 right, and messed up ch/q in the first one and zh/j in the 12th. I'm going to put more attention into studying these more carefully. Thank you for your videos!

[@petrokemp1567]

Thank you thank you thank you. Some are still difficult but I will persevere!

[@nicolasf6034]

Thank you for this video. On the first try it basically confirms what I thought: After listenting to some music and a TV show and news I still find it difficult to distinguish between j or q, z or c and zh or ch. I think its because its almost the same sound if I understood the other pronunciation videos correctly. I got 20/25 with exception of questions 1, 4, 10, 12 and 16 but it took some effort.

[@89jhow]

awesome video! Thanks!

[@gizellepenero4013]

Your training videos are helpful and easy to understand . I'm looking forward for more tests like this

[@VanillaBean15]

can you pleaaaaase do more videos like this one? It really helps :D Thank you so much :)

[@zaritaleehetheru4753]

This was very helpful!!!

[@marialiresto2171]

You are awesome thank you

[@aryanamirhosseini7711]

thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!!! this is just what I needed

[@oceanking_]

Got maybe 4 correct, saving this so i can comeback when i have learned more

[@AndersWelander]

I think my problem isn't isolated to particular consonants, rather it is some of the combinations consonant + vowel. I like listening without looking at the character since it can give a clue. Some sounds I totally nail each time, others I need to practice.

[@marionplaza4240]

Omg. I only got 5 correct answers. Thank you for this video. Now, I know what I need to practice.

[@Alkis05]

I didn't do well either, but less then 6 and one can't say statistically that you didn't get those out of just luck.

[@starsmoon8623]

It is my first week of learning pinyin. 19 out of 25 by the help of my textbook. I need to train better so i pass another test but this time without my textbook. After g, k, h it hits hard lmao 😁 Thanks for this content. 🙌🏾👍🏿

[@Karl-going-solo]

謝謝老師💕

[@laszlonagy9882]

useful! I made lots of mistakes, but now I know what I do not know

[@swt5736]

watching all these dramas has really helped with my listening >_< I got a goodish score. But I did have to listen to some more than twice before I could pick lol. Thank you for this video. Because of it I've noticed I get confused with x/s and ch/q. I'm going to focus on these for now and rewatch your pronunciation video for these two.

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Sw Therese I’m glad this video helped you find out what you need to work on more! And so happy that you got a great score!! 繼續加油（继续加油）I believe that next time you’re gonna get the answers all correct! :D

[@ollieanntan4478]

Please make more videos like this!

[@giovannimoncada237]

very very very very difficult, thank you 💕❤💕💕❤💕❤❤💕❤💕💕❤❤

[@maximilianogarridoleppe8867]

hello , thank you very much, please more test.

[@Leraiton]

Thank you! I've started studying chinese 5 weeks ago at Univeristy and this has been very helpful! We have tests every week where we need to write syllable pair with tones and correct initials. So far the most difficult for me to distinguish is J and Q.

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Leriot Glad this video helps! You’ll get the senses after you listen more! Good luck with your learning:)

[@EinzigartigesLeben]

First try, date: 29.08.2021: 10 correct, 5 had only the wrong tone, with 3 i had no idea. mixed up ch&q, was unfaliliar with c twice, mixed j&zh twice, and mixec up zh&q and zh&ch once respectively.

[@thongtruong9472]

Very helpful. I hope you have more videos like this.

[@Alkis05]

I can consistently differentiate if it is a hard, aspirated or soft sound. But I can't differentiate, for example, 'q' and 'c', 'sh' and 'x', etc.. But I wouldn't mistake a 'j' for a 'q' or a 'zh' for a 'ch'. In total I got 9/25. And I didn't completely sucked by mistaking, say, a 'z' and a 'q'.

[@metarista]

only got 8 from 25 right 😂😂 I don't even confident if I can get that much on my 2nd attempt. Great content, early learner here say thanks 😁

[@robertuy5485]

Xie xie Teacher Grace. Great teaching.

[@pytyus]

Nice test, would be great if Zhuyin was included as well!

[@AndersWelander]

First time I got about half right. On a second listen I didn't miss anything, mostly because I listened much more carefully, only partly because I remembered the first test.

[@diogoemon]

我太喜欢这次课

[@alexmacomposer8131]

I can't believe your videos don't have 几万 likes

[@invsg5072]

整挺好👍👍👍

[@frarotu6750]

Wow I got 20/25 so the pointd are 80, I didn't expect a so high score, but anyway thanks to this I understood what are the consonants that I struggle the most with, which are q and j. Thank you for this video, 謝謝!

[@argan_tara828]

Started learning Chinese 3 weeks ago, I'm really struggling with consonant zh, ch, z, c, q, j. Got only 15/25 correct.

[@isaissb]

Thanks. I got 3 right. Missed 7 due to tones. 15 due to other. Looks like I have trouble between ㄕ and ㄒㄧ，ㄔ and ㄑㄩ, ㄛㄥ and ㄨㄥ. I also forget to include ㄨ; I guessed ㄘㄣ and ㄘㄟ when it's ㄘㄨㄣ and ㄘㄨㄟ.

[@qoriasaf]

9/25!! is was so haardd! they all sounds similar to me😭 please make more content like this

[@PhilippKieschke]

thanks!

[@hkt441]

22/25, mixed ㄔ with ㄑtwice and ㄓ with ㄐ once, but at least I got almost all the tones correctly! One really hard thing for me is recognizing the final -n versus -ng (like ㄢ vs ㄤ)

[@sorayashen]

honestly this is my first listening exercise , and i didn't too much expect i could answered it perfectly. but.. i got 13/25 ! i shocked, it goes so far from my expectation 😭 thank you so much for helping. this is listening exercise video that i enjoy so far

[@spacetoast7783]

I was going to say I'm really bad at this, but I seem to be in the same ballpark as everyone else. It's a start. I would appreciate another test like this. I'd like to re-test with a clean slate. :)

[@jellysalsa]

This is great! Thanks for doing this video. My biggest problem is listening (and understanding.) By the way I’m noticing a big difference in pronunciation between Taiwan and PRC, especially in sh, zh and ch sounds. The tongue is more forward on the roof in Taiwan. Example is “wo zhi ado” zhi almost sounds like an S in Taiwan.

[@akakksskk]

21/25. I’m having hard time understanding labialised consonants, but I’m training a lot

[@Gadlaru]

For me, the hardest part is differentiating between ch and zh, and q and j. C is also rather tricky.

[@ЛевПарицкий]

You the best!

[@amandabernardino8964]

17/25 I'm happy, tomorrow I will have my fourth Chinese class, so I'm really happy I can distinguish the sounds like this, even if it wasn't 100%! I guess I have more problems with how to pronounce them 😭 But I'm trying to practice, I'm sure sooner or later I will get the hang out of it! Thank you for this little test! 🥰💓

[@chebelme]

I only got less than 10 even but it's ok I'm still in HSK 1. What surprised me is that i seem to struggle more on the consonants rather than the tones.

[@jojo.s_bekaar_adventures]

I just devised a marking rule, to make it more fun and also more tough The 4 points for each question are divided as: • 2 for correct consonant • 1 for correct vowels • 1 for correct tone • Also if you get the consonant wrong, the vowel and tone even if correct wouldn't be considered • If you get some of the vowels correct for example for the 1st question I wrote "qāo" instead of "qiāo" that's half a mark deducted • If you get the tone correct but on a different vowel for example I wrote "chaó" instead of "cháo" that's also half a mark deducted

[@jojo.s_bekaar_adventures]

This way I got 68 out of 100 marks, But if I follow the simple rule of only guessing the consonant i got 22 correct so that's 88 marks

[@petrokemp1567]

20/25 i am quite happy!!!!😉

[@CrlMchd]

Great job!

[@haghog6249]

3/25. Imma beginner learning Chinnese. Hanyu tai nanle.

[@summer-jy2pw]

14/25, i didn't write the tones tho (im a beginner and im using duolingo so i remember the characters more than i remember the tones)😅 谢谢老师！！！

[@bellachembers4719]

Thank you so much for this test!! It was not that hard, i just need some practice!)

[@WangYi9]

Thanks for the test ...It helps my mistakes

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

wo ai zhongwen I’m glad it helps!

[@woyensannicol9346]

It's good to answer the test just by listening to it without looking it, it makes your brain think harder

[@LiamNoir]

Harder than I expected! I got 20/25 initials correct, but only 12/25 correct with finals and tones also. I seem to be confusing the 2nd and 3rd tones, plus initials J/Zh and S/X. Other than testing, what ways can I improve? Listening to someone slowly read text I can see perhaps? (Can there be a video for this?)

[@kwingf1106]

18/25. hope that the next week i will reach 25/25

[@lannyaraujo3097]

What do I need to know to answer theses questions? Because so far I just know the Pinyin . Next week I’ll be studying the tones. Can you answer me?

[@MrSitta28]

10/25. It’s okay. I’m proud of myself. Let’s study more

[@moongabbie]

22/25 im so happy ❤️

[@daisies667]

8/25 it’s my first time doing the test i think it’s not thaaat bad, i’m just starting to learn chinese

[@chungchhen]

Guo老师好 . I completed the test but I didn't do as well as I thought initially. Oh my goodness I can't believe it. I'm so disappointed in myself...might have to consider dropping out of continuing to study Chinese.

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Chen Jun Guang No No don’t need to be disappointed in yourself. Sometimes we perform not as good as we thought it would be. But we’re trying so we face some obstacles and setbacks. Just know what kind of results you want and try your best. Then everything you do is gonna be worthwhile. I wish you all the best!

[@harvey2473]

I got 22/25 i mixed up: qiao with chao, cui with qui and cu with chu. It’s clear I have trouble more with the c’s 😅

[@hajarmakrouh2692]

Thank you grace . I got 19/25 is this good?

[@danisarteaga6475]

Duo xie'❤️🌹💯

[@Cheeziii12346]

me about my first week: 13/25 ,uuuuhhh that's so bad , i mess it up second week: 20/25,ho ray you guys know what ? i've practiced it for many times so you guys try your best,also thanks GRACE MADARIN CHINESE SO MUCH

[@kevinfeng1113]

After studying for 2 months I got 19/25 I have a hard time distinguishing c and ch And I directly couldn't recognize qiao and juan.

[@Boreggio]

14/25 Terceira semana de mandarim Rumo ao 25/25

[@computervisionwithandy8181]

thank you for making these video it's useful for me, your teaching methods are easy to get but seems that your chinese pronunciation is not clear and confusing sometimes its like your tonge is short just my thought.