DON’T Learn Chinese with Pop Songs | How to Improve Mandarin with THIS MUSIC

[@LaomaChris]

Rap was definitely one of the things I used a lot to work on pronunciation, flow, and speaking speed. Love it!

[@RitaChinese]

Especially some Beijing rappers/crews, I assume😎😆🙌

[@jarethozb07]

How do you know each other ? This looks like your channel. Like you own / Run it I mean. I'm not hatin' I'm just curious. Either this is yours or Rita is a super fan of yours !?!

[@jarethozb07]

@@RitaChinese How do you know each other ? This looks like his channel. Like he owns / Runs it. It's no bad thing, I'm just curious. Either this is Chris' channel or you Rita are a huge super fan !?!

[@roselylez]

@@jarethozb07 THEY ARE MARRIED

[@jarethozb07]

@@roselylez Oh of course. I have seen them plenty of times now I think about it. But that's even more confusing ! Why are husband and wife commenting as if they are two strangers ?

[@ivomoreira42]

I'd love to see more rap breakdown videos, that was amazing! How come I didn't think about doing this before??? Thank you so much for your time and effort you put to make us improve!

[@RitaChinese]

It's my huge pleasure and I'm really happy that you find my content helpful😄🙌

[@my0majesty0el]

You can see her eyes sparkling 1000x when RAP song are the topic. I love your enthusiasm and I definitely look forward more of RAP lessons!

[@suzannemurray8693]

I used the music method with Spanish and it's great but was struggling with Chinese music; this helps me understand why! I would definitely watch more rap-explanation videos that you walk through!

[@RitaChinese]

Awesome! More is coming!

[@TaelurAlexis]

This has literally become my favorite Chinese learning channel omg! Your videos are well executed and your explanations are very easy to understand Rita! Will you also make videos on here about textbook phrases vs real-life everyday phrases like you do on IG? I think it really helps understanding how natives actually speak Chinese in everyday conversations!

[@RitaChinese]

Thank you so much!! And thank you for your idea! I'll definitely think about it, and make a long video for this KZbin channel when I find some rules or maybe have some more thoughts beyond the specific words, I can make sure that the video will help Chinese learners better - rather than some scattered words you know😉

[@coytheboy]

This was awesome. Thank you.

[@SGSXDJ88]

Even though, sometimes pop songs may drop pronunciation and tones, I think that it is still a good way to learn. It also depends on how much effort you want to put into really learning the words from the song. There are also some pop songs that are slow that may be easier to understand what they are saying (like JJ Lin 林俊杰 songs). For me, pop songs and rap songs has helped me a lot to continue learning, but I do understand how at the beginning, rap may be easier to listen to, so that you don’t develop bad habits. 谢谢老师！

[@kathleenc4337]

Thanks for the explained, and yes, I would love to see more rap break down videos! This is awesome. Love the tip about slowing down the playback speed, too.

[@danielclough86]

This video is amazing! There is a lot of informative learn Mandarin content on KZbin but most of it is boring. This channel is BOTH entertaining and extremely informative, Brilliant :D

[@danielclough86]

Ps. Please make more rap break down videos

[@sertralinadeavena]

A video recommending some chinese rap singers would be awesome!

[@jssmedialangs]

I love various genres of music--and this guy sounds DOPE. Also: I would really love if you could do more of these!

[@nataliasoares225]

I started learning Chinese just because of rap. I've listened to rap music for more than thirty years. A couple of years ago I discovered some amazing Taiwanese artists and also fell for the language. Now I listen more rap in Chinese than in English. Hahaha. The music is so good. I really like Lu1 from China. I love his voice.

[@TulekBehar]

好的。 那你用中文分享一些被你推荐的说唱歌 吧！

[@nataliasoares225]

@@TulekBehar I don't know what kind of hip hop you like. I like it funky with some R&B flavor. Here some song and artists. Some are indie and some are quite famous. I picked a few titles I like very much from them. I guess a couple sing in Taiwanese but the music is amazing. 蛋堡 Soft Lipa - 金賭蘭 Leo王 - 陪妳過假日 feat. 9m88 雙子GMN (GƎMINI) - 鷺沼台三丁目 老莫 ILL MO - Home ft. 滿人 Manchuker RPG - 今晚我想來點你 LC - 少年仔 "Lil Homie" feat. 草屯囝仔 國蛋GorDoN -Better Days 巧克力chocoLAte - 她說她想要 Feat.FRαNKIE阿法,HighLoc家豪 MC HotDog x 蛋堡Soft Lipa x MISS KO - Walk This Way 灰階 - Proak 破克 & Punnz (feat. HanLin) STACO溫 - 室逃脫 MC HotDog 熱狗 Feat. J.Sheon - 失眠是一種病 I can't Fucking Sleep 西屯純愛組(High Loc & Henry) - BZ Souljaz 我知影我會使 - 柯蕭 Lu1 - Bonjour & Goodnight (feat. 李丁丁)

[@TulekBehar]

@@nataliasoares225 谢谢！ THANKS。Gracias Natalia

[@DearStephanieX]

@@nataliasoares225thank you so much ❤❤❤

[@SimpleChineseYoutube]

Totally agree! As someone who puts huge emphasis on tonal accuracy, I find that learning songs is actually something that beginners should avoid. It’s best used as a way to grow your vocabulary AFTER you’ve mastered pronunciation and tones.

[@RitaChinese]

耶耶耶，我也给你点个赞😆👍

[@queenofdisaster7583]

Rap songs helped me a lot when I was studying english! Thanks for the video, please make more like this!

[@RitaChinese]

For sure! Your voice is heard😄🙌

[@Jakikannskxnyl]

Yes, I'd love to watch such a video from you with a female rapper ^^

[@AS-cc4nc]

I really like how diverse your example sentences are! I like to save them to Anki for studying. Oftentimes (e.g. on Chinese Grammar Wiki) the sentences mostly use the same vocabulary over and over again.

[@zowlambda]

Amazing video! I got into learning chinese because of chinese rap, so I really appreciate this kind of insight

[@aaronchow2366]

Just had to say, you are the BEST Mandarin-learning content creator on the internet right now. Your explanations are so simple and understandable. You’ve clearly mastered the subject. I’m so thankful for these videos. In case you had a semblance of a doubt in your mind about your abilities, YOU ARE AWESOME! I already see the rise of Fan Laoshi. More videos! More breakdowns! 《阿斯匹林》by 王以太?《不用去猜》by Jony J? Just suggestions, np 哈哈

[@RitaChinese]

Awww thank you so much, Aaron! Comments and encouragement like your words mean the world to me and all content creators who work really hard to share what we know😊 Really appreciate it! And the songs you mention are great works that definitely are worth a listen! Thank you so much for your recommendations👏👏

[@yanl2512]

I'd definitely watch a whole series on Chinese rap! Especially with the kind of analysis you did with the idioms.

[@Funmi-g5t]

Great breakdown more chinese rap please - subscribed 😍

[@silversmith8995]

Please do more rap breakdown videos, this is awesome! Thank you ❤️

[@RitaChinese]

Will do! Glad you liked my content😊

[@jorgeandresurquijomunoz6097]

Was so funny class. I have been studying Chinese for 5 months and your videos are so good funnies and with a excellent quality . thanks

[@cjl8769]

hi Rita! I'm of Chinese descent but I grew up in france and my mandarin sucks hahaha. I'm glad I randomly found your channel. Your videos address different topics and are all very accessible, interesting and organized. Thank you so much!! Keep up the good work🤗

[@RitaChinese]

Thanks! Glad you find my content helpful!

[@KeithHoranParkour]

Love these videos!!! I agree rap has been very useful for me with language learning. Also I just noticed that chronological layout of the video at the bottom of the screen! So awesome!!! Such a great feature, and it's very appreciated!

[@RitaChinese]

Hahaha yayy! Glad you noticed it and liked it😄🙌

[@marianarengifo6567]

PLEASE MORE RAP BREAKDOWN! This was so helpful :O

[@michaeldavide5421]

你好范老师！虽然我写中文写得不好，我会试一试用中文给你写这个评论因为我爱你的视频爱得那么多! 两年多以前，开始学习中文的时候，我已经学过四个外语，所以我常常听很多外国歌来提高我的听力理解。但是一开始听中国pop歌就*注意到*不但没有声调，而且唱的听不清楚！反正，希望我写的有道理。。。这个视频太好了。我正在听kafe.hu的音乐！最后，我跟下边朋友同意。你的channel就是我最喜欢“学习中文”的! :) 谢谢老师！

[@RitaChinese]

哇谢谢你Michael！你的留言让我太开心了😄👏 我一定会大家继续多做一些视频！还有，你写得很好！👍😄👏

[@lahagemo]

i really like your channel, it’s extremely detailed, but not wordy! and i’m looking forward to hearing about any female chinese rappers :D

[@jsmith567]

As a Singaporean Chinese, I've found my pronunciation to be terrible (with a mix of Singaporean, Beijing, and Taiwanese accent) and somehow gravitated to your videos. This has been great to watch haha. 谢谢你的视频让我能注意到自己哪里发音不对哈哈哈。原来我的ji qi xi发音都被周董搞乱了...

[@RitaChinese]

哈哈哈周董的音乐我非常爱，可是真的不适合练习中文发音！

[@yeroca]

Seems like a like a great idea to do more of these 说唱 breakdowns.

[@MrKbtor2]

this was very useful for me! thanks for the tip

[@puppieluver3697]

I love this kind of video! Thank you! Can't wait for the female rap video

[@RitaChinese]

Awesome! The female rapper video in in making and will release in a week!

[@KimSol90]

I am certainly gonna try this. I've been trying to learn chinese on and off for quite a while........ without much progress. However...when I felt that I did make progress...life happened and I had to restart everything a few times. Maybe this will help me keep going and not just give in. Chinese is such an interesting language. Thank you for this great video

[@RitaChinese]

You’re very welcome! It’s actually an important aspect of language learning - keep yourself motivated! The learning materials that you choose matter a lot!

[@lightcrown777]

As a musician I was confused as to how a Chinese speaker could sing and if the tone dictated their notes. This cleared a lot up for me, thank you very much! Now I don't gotta worry about the tone part if I wanna sing in the language. :)

[@harch972]

I usually have absolutely zero interest in rap. Now I want to listen to all the Chinese rap music. Thanks so much for an interesting and helpful video, presented in a really fun way, and for painting rap in a new light :)

[@RitaChinese]

Hahah my pleasure! I just made a video recommending more female rappers' songs. There's controversy on rap music in the US and in China, but let's take it as some fun practicing materials!

[@bashizinyabahara8751]

I would love more rap-song-based learning ideas. But I need to be able to practice separately from your input to get a bit further in my chinese speaking skills!

[@MarkusBlue]

I would always try to figure out how Chinese can be sung. Because you have to seriously drop the tones. Great video!

[@RitaChinese]

Yeah it's just melody when the syllables are sung out in melodic songs😊

[@KelarusTV]

im not learning mandarin at the moment but this is all interesting and Rita is a great host

[@nickgarter7389]

love this! hope you can make more of this kind of content

[@vlad85ilver]

This is a SUPERB content. I would love to get a list of a good Chinese Rap songs that can help with my Mandarin language learning, Rita Sensei. 😃

[@nehadhurwey503]

Oh, I really like this method, hope you break down more rap songs, the rap example song was really cool.

[@huxa7624]

once again here to learn some more stuff! Love the videos despite being knew and are helping despite it being 4 days now lol. However these tips are helping me someone in the UK with no Chinese people around me find stuff to immerse myself in a Chinese environment!

[@darkcnotion]

Great insight!!

[@miehiiep]

Oh my goood where were you all this time?? I'm so glad I found you!

[@philiplindenblatt3376]

I really like the rapsong-lyrics-breakdowns. Because analysing lyrics myself, I don´t get a lot. After watching you analyse, I can focus on listening. Please do more of those. Thank you

[@RitaChinese]

Will do for sure!! Glad you find this kind of content helpful! 🙌 Part 2 is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqTFdpWrf9KYjZY

[@milotv3414]

I honestly never liked rap.. till I hear the song you introduced here. I don't know why but it does sounds great in mandarin. Surprised discovery for me today ha ha

[@palakjain2505]

loved the video, please continue making such videos

[@RitaChinese]

New edition is coming up soon!

[@_ninja_nic]

This is awesome! Thank you 🙏🏻😍

[@RitaChinese]

You're very welcome! 😊

[@maximilianoruiz754]

Great tip, thanks!

[@RitaChinese]

Glad you find this video helpful😄🙌

[@stefaniaogun4890]

i actually use songs expetially rap to practice speed at reading pinying and pronunciation. i dont care for the tones when i rap i just try to imitate how they rap. my new challenge is the song 'life is struggle' by vava a really fast song

[@RitaChinese]

A classic one! It's a tribute song by Vava to the original version made by 宋岳庭

[@Nova-jj6ov]

You should make more videos like this, you got my follow from it!

[@RitaChinese]

I just did a new one!

[@TheAur123]

I have actually been wondering about it for some time, so it’s great to see a video about it. I have thought for a while that popular Chinese pop songs isn’t great for learning Chinese (unless you’re an advanced learner). Because of the dropped tones and because of the words that are typically used in these songs are, as you mention in your video, just not used as often in the daily life. Great video, I’ll definitely check out the rap songs you recommended!

[@akunbuangan2992]

Pop songs in every languages usually use poetic words that is cringy for daily conversation. Even English pop song isn’t a good tool to learn conversational English. Just try to speak English in the way of English love song Ballad, any native speakers will think you are cringe. Pop song is a good tool for learn basic poem in a language.

[@alienisotope9299]

pleeeeASSSEEE make more videos on Chinese rap! I discovered it a few years ago, but because I'm just learning the language I don't know the references in a lot of the songs and the words are hard to translate sometimes because I have to navigate Chinese websites with limited knowledge of the language for research. Reminds me, also, a video about how to navigate Chinese websites and common phrases used there would also be helpful... Thanks so much your videos are amazing.

[@wugawd1516]

Great analysis and breakdown of the Chinese rap lyrics. I would love to see more especially all the dramatic rap disses that's been lighting up the chinese Twitter. I think there's an interest in how much work and thought goes into each punchline. Xinjiang also has a pretty good rap scene that needs to be mentioned.

[@RitaChinese]

For sure! The new rap video is in making😄🙌

[@richardybanez9052]

You Are Brilliant Teacher.Richard.

[@RitaChinese]

Thank you, Richard!

[@JulianaParadiso]

This channel is amazing. This video made me subscribe. When the "made in china" clip played I lost it!😂 I just started learning Chinese but I've been focusing on basically only listening for months now. I want to be able to distinguish tones and sounds before I really try to actively recreate them and one of the ways in which I do that is rap. I also love Bohan Phoenix who does a lot of bilingual rap. I've learned many phrases/parts of speech through just listening, such as 对， 为什么 ，Or 一点点。Thanks Chinese rap! Please make more videos like this!! Your videos have made certain doubts about pronunciation very clear for me. I taught myself Spanish but Chinese is far more different, and your channel has been entertaining and educational! 谢谢！

[@RitaChinese]

Awesome!! I just made a new video talking about Chinese rap!

[@ccc-e1f]

You're so good! Thanks Rita 😊

[@RitaChinese]

You are so welcome!

[@profpsphacker]

Rita you’re a great teacher! You deserve more views and will get more views if you continue publishing such great quality content.

[@RitaChinese]

Thank you so much!! Really appreciate it😊❤

[@waterlily3436]

This is the best most educational Chinese language channel. Rita has the best, most unique content and you can tell she really knows her stuff!! Thank you!!

[@MBwolt]

the product quality of your videos is nothing short of outstanding! I'm in awe! can't wait to see the channel grow. you have a new subscriber in me :)

[@shawnk2704]

Enjoy

[@classesfantastiques389]

This is amazing! Xie xie😍

[@molohov3875]

Great video! I've never considered rap before and have only listened to pop songs, despite knowing the effect of melody over tone. Would love to see a follow-up video with a female rapper!

[@RitaChinese]

For sure! Will do😊🙌

[@benkeys2702]

I need your class..... It will happen soon. Looking forward to it!

[@smeraldo624]

Exactly what I've been looking for! Thank youuuu 谢谢🌸🌸🌸🌸

[@NgocAnh30899]

Love the way you explain the rap lyrics. I hope you'll make some more videos like this. It's very interesting 💖💖💖

[@RitaChinese]

Will do for sure!! Thank you for liking it😊🙌

[@mthomas2352]

More videos like this. 3rd time watching :)

[@RitaChinese]

Haha glad to know! More to come!

[@sabrina3138]

Please do more of these, so helpfull!

[@mayk6549]

I wonder if you can talk about the differences between male and female speaking pattern in Chinese in a future video! because some people tell me that my Chinese sounds like an old 叔叔 in the park 😅 😂😂 or maybe you could recommend a female actress or podcaster that I could imitate.. thanks a lot ❤️

[@RitaChinese]

Haha did you talk to mid-age male natives a lot? That's interesting! And thank you for the question - it's definitely a super interesting topic to talk about! As for the recommendation, if I know what you voice sounds like, it might be easier to suggest someone who has similar voice for you to imitate😊 DM me on Instagram maybe?

[@koabalanay111]

I LOVED this video!!!!!

[@siriusb144]

woow! I'm gonna try❤

[@Jinx_890]

Loved this! I really enjoy listening to 小鬼 and kris wu so its nice to learn about new artists and the lyric breakdowns are really helpful 😊 谢谢老师!

[@RitaChinese]

Awesome!! 小鬼 actually used to rap in a pretty old school style which could be more useful than Kris Wu's more melodic/autotoned songs! And glad you liked this kind of video! More is coming😄🙌

[@arnoldkotlyarevsky383]

I ust started learning, and this is something I have been trying to figure out! Thank you for the suggestions.....Now I just need to be 15 years younger and know how to find chinese rappers....

[@christineanderssen6663]

Please do a similar one with a female rapper 😊

[@RitaChinese]

For sure! Will do😄🙌

[@baqikenny]

well songs always help everyone learn a language, but on the matter of rap songs I do think there's some major reasons many singers like to modify the pronounciation to fit to the flow of the vocal delivery without making it sounds too harsh and off the beat at certain times First major reason is Mandarin has almost no silent consonants, it used to have but that was theoretically before the Yuan Dynasty, 700+ years ago, not that it's that important to mention anymore. And example is how you would pronounce "sad" or "Match", the d at then end of sad and t at middle of match are the silent consonants. Second reason is all major Sinitic language varieties are monosyllabic, one word is just one sound. Combining these two factors you get a language that relentlessly pushes air out of the mouth without grabbing it back and having lots of glottal stops being monosyllabic, it's certainly conveying information in a denser way but when you try to say it extra fast with all kinds of exotic melodies, then it's guaranteed your intonation will need to be somewhat altered and pronunciation clearness will too be changed just to fit the song well, I mean you wouldn't wanna cringe your listeners with major off-beat harshness just trying to pronounce everything exactly the standard right? That works occasionally with traditional melodies mash into modern electronic ones but you get my meaning, it's highly limiting what you could do.

[@RitaChinese]

Wow thank you for sharing your insights on this! Very in-depth perspectives👍😄

[@for_youreyes2963]

Thank you so much for the video ❤️❤️

[@RitaChinese]

My huge pleasure😊

[@herosmartines7418]

This is so useful, thank you!

[@RitaChinese]

Glad you find it useful! Enjoy music and learning Chinese🙌🙌

[@QuizmasterLaw]

You should make those videos which you enjoy most; then your enthusiasm shows through and you will devote yourself best to the task.

[@RitaChinese]

That's so true! You could see that I'm really enjoy what I'm doing in the video, yeah?

[@QuizmasterLaw]

@@RitaChinese Yes. so much so I wish you had a single twin sister! You are happy and enthusiastic, which makes your teaching more effective.

[@burgeggegg1733]

Make more videos like this

[@RitaChinese]

More is coming up!!

[@QuizmasterLaw]

词牌 is the closest Chinese term I have found to "metrical feet": You sing really well. You should make videos about whatever you love, so if you're into rap please please do. I shall try to read up about 词牌 but feel free to tell me how smart you are in that particular way!

[@AichaBKande]

More video like this please 😍😍♥️♥️

[@RitaChinese]

Will do😎🙌

[@matiasgregorutti6576]

THANK U SO MUCH, I LOVE U

[@Tingtong13768]

😍Love it👍🌸

[@Kouenji_God]

好久不见，老师!!! 我们想念你啊!!

[@RitaChinese]

嗷嗷我来了😄🙌 下一个视频要快点给大家发出来！

[@QuizmasterLaw]

I do like higher brother, but I also know only one or two of their works.

[@RitaChinese]

Yeah I like their music! But like I said in the video, not all rap songs are the best materials to be used for practicing, let alone pop songs in general.

[@m.g.7918]

Are there any other music genre that could help with improving and practicing mandarin pronunciation. Chinese opera maybe 😁??

[@RitaChinese]

I’m afraid other music genres are more like pop songs which are based on melody, and it’s a different thing than Mandarin tones. Anyways, definitely not Chinese opera - they are based on ancient dialect pronunciation😂

[@m.g.7918]

@@RitaChinese ancient Chinese, awesome. Sounds cool 😎 1 thing at a time though.

[@mayk6549]

Another great video ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I once had a Chinese teacher teaching me a song and then I realized when she read the lyrics it sounded completely different than actually singing it.. it felt so weird 😅😅 now I finally know it's because almost no tone or stress rules apply in songs! thanks for breaking down that rap song.. very very helpful 我给你点了个赞，你注意到了吗？哈哈

[@RitaChinese]

Haha I can imagine that. And for some reasons, 童话Tóng Huà, 甜蜜蜜Tián Mì Mì and 朋友Péng Yǒu are like the TOP3 Chinese teachers' favorites for teaching. Maybe 月亮代表我的心 as well. Hope things have changed now😆 And so happy that you find the rap song useful! 也谢谢你的点赞❤😄

[@PopDasKorn]

I love it, more!

[@RitaChinese]

Just made a new video about Chinese rap!

[@GuidingSlasher]

Very helpful video, your content is really good and I hope your channel will grow because you deserve it! :D Oh and thanks for reminding me of Avril Lavigne, brings back childhood memories haha

[@RitaChinese]

hahah very nostalgic!

[@eugene188]

saw this on reddit, what a great video. I've always had issue with lots of the new rap because it is too similar to American trap/drill and they all slur their words together.

[@RitaChinese]

You're so right! I'm happy to see there still are some musicians who do *real* Chinese rap🙌

[@Amanda-ik1wv]

The only Chinese rapper I know is Hua Chenyu, I love learning about new artists, especially if I can learn at the same time!

[@colorwheel960]

Great video! I totally agree! Do you have more recommendations for rappers to listen to?

[@RitaChinese]

I just made a new video!

[@laurentlebesgue6756]

Rap was definitely one of the things I didn't think I would ever notice in my entire life. Still, this guy's song and groove are beyond belief catchy, I almost memorized the song already

[@RitaChinese]

Haha glad to hear that!!

[@乔木-k5i]

学中文的话，肯定是听广播剧啊，众多配音老师们的精彩演绎，这才是语言的魅力

[@silvervixen007]

Actually it really help improve my chinese as well if your videos were completely in Chinese😌

[@amandafarah2679]

I would like to find this song in Pin ying to sing a long but I couldn’t find it anywhere on google. And I love the song, I did found the artist on my Apple Music but I couldn’t find this song and it’s really catchy, I think It’ll be easy to memorize it.

[@QuizmasterLaw]

Is there a playlist you would recommend or could compose with PROPER songs/raps for learning Chinese?

[@Diana-iq3lu]

I need it too

[@RitaChinese]

I'm slowly making one haha

[@smeraldo624]

9:24 yess pleaseeeee !!♥️♥️♥️

[@anaco764]

Could you please look into Dimash Kudaibergen’s Chinese songs? I’d like to know if he is easy to understand or if his Chinese is just bad.

[@RitaChinese]

Thank you for your recommendation! Will look into it!

[@ll4759]

Can you make a lyric video for the whole song or share a link? Thanks!

[@smeraldo624]

12:28 oh yes please 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

[@elvinhe8738]

这个视频的idea和讲解都特别棒。加油！