Are You Making These Pronunciation Mistakes? | Chinese Pronunciation

[@sealdew5348]

This is like the only channel i watch bcs it has traditional chinese lmao all the learning youtubers i see use simplified and its hard to find gems like these

[@Carbuncle0168]

traditional Chinese is for 粤语 not for 普通话

[@haileyrain9305]

@@Carbuncle0168 it is used in Taiwan where they speak Mandarin and not Cantonese.

[@Carbuncle0168]

@@haileyrain9305 oh it's also used in Taiwan Province, PRC?

[@Allaluca]

@@Carbuncle0168 you mean Taiwan R.O.C, an independent and democratic country

[@Carbuncle0168]

@@Allaluca ROC ended in 1949. Learn the Correct history. Taiwan Province is part of PRC.

[@anasmirza346]

...你真是一位非常棒的老师，一定比其他的在线教中文课的老师讲得好得多，我只想给你鼓励一下，你作的视频很有帮助，谢谢！.

[@genace]

Yan is tricky because you’d first assume it rhymes with dan or zhan. But then when you hear it, it sounds so different and it becomes difficult to distinguish the exact pronunciation. The way you compared it to the -ian like in lian or dian makes a lot of sense. Thanks, I always had uncertainties about this. 新年快樂！

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

新年快樂 Josh! 🥳

[@omajules8413]

Is it safe to assume that it's pronounced 'en' instead of 'an' when it follows an 'I' 'U' or 'y'?

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

Do you make the same pronunciation mistakes discussed in this video? Let me know what pronunciations you struggle with! - Pronunciation difference: 04:47 除夕 Taiwanese Mandarin: chú xì ㄔㄨˊ ㄒㄧˋ Chinese Ｍandarin: chú xī ㄔㄨˊ ㄒㄧ

[@walkingair97]

Grace,新年快樂、心想事成呀！😁😁😁❣🤜🤛

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

@@walkingair97 你也是！新年快樂 🎉

[@Manabi05]

You mentioned that you have students so I was wondering : where do you give your classes, is it possible to apply ? 🤔

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

@@Manabi05 I’m doing an internship now and all of my students are from the university I’m at. I’ll let you all know how to have classes with me if I start teaching online! :)

[@wilmergutierrezp.6498]

@@GraceMandarinChinese that sounds greate, actually I think a lot of your fans would love to take an online course, count me as 1

[@err_go]

You just fixed my 學 ! It had always sounded too much like "share", but this rounding prompt did the trick. Thank you Grace!

[@RobinNandi]

Same here!

[@dinhduypham2503]

哈喽。我是一个亚洲人。当然我不来自说汉语的国家。现在我是初级汉语的学生。 我很喜欢多数你的视频因为它们非常有用啊，也帮助我的汉语自习更效果。谢谢你。祝你的KZbin channel 越来越发展。1000赞👍来自我。 希望看更多你的汉语视频。

[@nickvarricchio]

Grace 谢谢！ I love how well-organized/categorized your vocabulary choices are; it makes for seamless, streamlined learning. You're the best:)

[@msvixenblue]

Thank you for making this video, it was really helpful. I just started studying Mandarin about two months ago. I would love to see more videos like this.

[@Jan-yr7bt]

Your pronunciation practice videos are always great. Haven't practiced pronunciation for a bit but it felt great to listen and repeat. 😊

[@thanhhaphan5183]

Your pronunciation video helped me a lot. Thanks Grace!!!

[@plaidygami]

Thank you so much for this! I'm trying to learn Taiwanese Mandarin, so these videos are very helpful for working on my pronunciation.

[@Carbuncle0168]

I'm trying to learn PRC Taiwanese Mandarin too

[@jellysalsa]

@@Carbuncle0168 ROC Taiwan mandarin accent is different from PRC accents for sure.

[@Carbuncle0168]

@@jellysalsa ROC ceased to exist in 1949. You gotta be updated with the times man, it's PRC Taiwan until today.

[@raymil]

@@Carbuncle0168 PRC is West Taiwan, ROC still exists to this day and is the real China 🇹🇼

[@rsainz1296]

Thank you! I really want to improve my pronunciation so this class really helped helps me 😊

[@kevinbarreau9672]

Maybe you should have talked about the "u" sound in the the "un" syllable like in "kun" or "lun" which is prononced kind of like "kwen" or "lwen" ^^

[@lidiasouza5376]

Grace, feliz 2022! Primeiro vídeo do ano, grata!!

[@naturalchinese]

I’ve been making the “yan”/“yuan” mistake for so long😨

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

You will start pronounce them correctly from now on! 🥳

[@nuriagonzalez5210]

You are amazing, Grace! I'm a huge fan of your videos, they are very helpful! I have an exam later this month and you're really helping me :) Greetings from Barcelona! ps I'm dying to visit Taiwan!!!

[@shesgotthatsomething]

The ㄩ is my nemesis! In some words I'm fine but when there's a ㄨ and a ㄩ it becomes so hard! (like with 出去!!)

[@marybendfeldt1621]

This was very helpful. I plan to listen to it several times!

[@anasmirza346]

'。太感谢了！您的视频一如既往地很有帮助。学到新词了~😊

[@lemoncherry9614]

i am not even studying chinese, i don’t even know what a Pinyin is but now i know how to pronounce chinese just a bit better ig !!

[@janswhatsupdoc]

IMO hearing the pronunciation carefully and then imitating it is the most effective way to learn chinese, at least for some people

[@TheLilleyPad]

This is so helpful! I never knew but I noticed it a little by ear when a native speaker spoke.

[@cruddell]

I remember in the episode of Mandarin Monkey podcast you were in, you mentioned that one part of English pronunciation that you still have trouble with is pronouncing the short "I" as a long "I". I truly think that is the only part of your pronunciation that could use improvement. I really heard you say "leaps" instead of "lips" in this video :) ..Ya gotta love those minimal pairs! My favorite minimal pair in Mandarin is 群/ 全. I would spend so much time practicing it and now I have perfected it. Thank you for your videos.

[@brucehinkley3813]

Thanks Grace , more videos like this please as they are very clear and consice.

[@bradywu5924]

很细啊，bopomofo母语人很容易对，但是非母语这就很难，中间加个u就很好的解决了这个问题

[@jmoz]

This is a fantastic video. But can you explain the difference with chū and qù I can’t quite get it. Probably the best video I’ve seen so far for these issues thanks for making it.

[@myriamm9917]

Brilliant. Very useful and easy to digest

[@thomaswood2488]

谢谢老师！这部视频特别好，真的很有用！I feel that pinyin is like a set of basic movements in martial arts or gymnastics: it is always worth revising because it can benefit you no matter what your skill level. By the way, I think that your video production is absolutely excellent: it's really helpful being able to see your lips move at the same time as seeing the pinyin. 新年快乐！恭喜发财！年年有余！

[@mei-ut1qe]

Thank you Grace 老师! This video was really helpful !

[@xingdong122kao5]

Best Chinese teacher

[@david_oliveira71]

Helpful, thanks!

[@erlebach123]

Thanks, very useful! I always wondered why BO and MO etc. often sound different from the pinyin, but I never realized that these are meant to be pronounced with a hidden u in the middle. Now it all makes sense! 😀

[@yeroca]

There more things like this in pinyin, like not using umlauts on a u following j, x, and y, even though the sound is actually ü. Two more: You shouldn't pronounce the y in yi You shouldn't pronounce the w in wu

[@jmoz]

Same as 我 right?

[@erlebach123]

@@jmoz Interesting question, I'm not sure. I don't hear a hidden u in the pronunciation of 我, but maybe it's there.

[@calumashleymcdonough8955]

Very easy to understand, and to practice with you while watching. Thanks!

[@userx0788]

你好我是马来西亚人。Apa khabar grace guo aku peminat nombor 1 kamu. Thank you your channel has really helped me learn Chinese . Event hough im a Chinese , I only started learning Chinese at the age of 17.谢谢

[@yula.vkedax]

多谢🙏🏻

[@m4sterofdis4ster]

很有用！我们波兰人一般觉得中文里最难的一部分就是an和ang，en和eng，in和ing这些韵母。

[@jansonleung3393]

非常感谢， 新年快乐。

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

新年快樂！（新年快乐！）

[@Marcus-si7su]

I'm self taught but I haven't done any of these mistakes which is nice for me but maybe that is because some sounds are similar to my own native language, still a very good video :)

[@vitaldub]

Great video, so helpful. I need to pay more attention to my pronunciation

[@chinesebytyler7349]

Thank you Grace

[@robertoreyes7811]

谢谢你美丽的一堂精彩的课，感谢你生活中的成功

[@nicolasjacky9823]

谢谢你！，你的视频很帮助我

[@nicolasjacky9823]

对了，新年快乐grace!!

[@jellysalsa]

I tortured my wife for almost a month trying to pronounce Chu1 qu4 as a pair, example Chu qu wan. My tongue wasn’t moving fast enough from the roof of my mouth for Chu and behind my lower front teeth for qu. It was like doing push-ups for my tongue. I think I finally got it, however you threw in some new ones I have to practice now. Just a suggestion: what about some short phrases with those difficult words so there is some context for usage (like the Chu qu wan example) short but sweet.

[@joshuacantin514]

喜欢这种视频！

[@TheHellst0rm]

Thanks for the video! I would be interested in the proper pronounciation of the b/p, g/k and d/t. I always pronounce the former voiced and the later voiceless aspirated, although I know in theory that the former one is just voiceless not-aspirated. Would be interested on how to create that sound.

[@teddyhsiung]

第二個講到ㄅㄆㄇㄈ真的是我小時候最困惑的一個規則，若是發ㄨㄛ的音，ㄨ不會出現，但除了這四個聲母以外，其他都會是ㄨㄛ的形式，直到剛剛才去查語音學在這上面分類的差別XD When you talked about the second rule where we pronounce "uo" when it is showed as "o" after "b, p, m, f," it reminds me that this was what I was most confused of when I was little. It was not until a few seconds ago did I go search this difference in phonics seriously lol

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

哈哈哈看台灣人也在看我的影片覺得很酷！很開心你對中文也這麼有興趣而且觀察入微！

[@teddyhsiung]

@@GraceMandarinChinese 哈哈等於用不同角度看自己最熟悉的語言，可以發現很多平常習以為常、但對外國人會覺得奇怪的點，滿有趣的XD

[@camilogomez3822]

很感谢老师 I didn't know about the A sounding like an E and now I sound much better 😄

[@drogazmiany4132]

I have a problem with 饿。 I can't get this sound. Thank you Grace for your work.

[@walkingair97]

非常好！😁😁😁❣🤜🤛

[@polly_pugovka]

Grace, thank you so much for your videos! Could you kindly clarify why sometimes 'forward U' has two dots above and sometimes doesn't?? still being the same 'forward' sound For instance, 法律 （'falu' de 'lu' has two dots) and 礼遇 工具 （these 'yu' and 'gongju' de 'ju' don't have such)

[@olivermaclean8564]

Would have been great to have found this a couple years ago, I struggled a lot with u and ü when I started! One thing I found out but wondered why I was never told is that every initial can only be followed by exactly one of u or ü, the only exceptions that can be either are the initials l and n (ㄌ ㄋ)

[@oouaauu]

life saver❤ 谢谢你

[@marianaleme487]

Thank you!

[@jansonleung3393]

"着"是一个很常用的字，但它有四个读法，会是一个很有趣的题目。

[@djbslectures]

謝謝！

[@brunosantanna4718]

我的老师是一个公主🥰

[@mendosi]

I've wondered lately about all the ㄅㄥ、ㄆㄥ、ㄇㄥ、ㄈㄥ words whether there is any way to tell whether people typically pronounce with the ㄨ added in or not: e.g. 朋 is usually ㄆㄥˊ whereas 碰 usually sounds like ㄆㄨㄥˋ, depending upon where you are.

[@Playgroundzz]

很好!

[@szymond3252]

你好 Grace! I have one question. How difficult is to transition form simplified Chinese to traditional? If I want to learn both should I first learn simplified and then traditional or learn them simultaneously?

[@Kigey]

Traditional first and after simplified

[@peterantonelli4576]

谢谢老师

[@tacitozetticci9308]

Wow awesome video, 你棒极了!

[@Itzalot]

that's why i always hear it different from how its spell.

[@Rott.221]

谢谢老师🥰

[@teetotee]

A video idea for you cuz I need some help with it: Why is it than in Chinese, for example in this sentence: "慢慢地走" there are 2 "慢"？

[@arumlaksitorini1994]

do you have some tips for pass the hskk intermadiate? i think its so difficult. please share about them.

[@Bai_Su_Zhen]

5:30 it's weird to me that the [í] only in shí sounds like [ü], when for example earlier at 3:50 the [í] in xí sounded very much different. Is it that the sh- makes it always go lower compared to the x-?

[@zamochit1989]

石 四 西 Shi, si, and xi, may seem like they should rhyme, but counterintuitively, they do not. Xi rhymes with 一 yi, in terms of vowel sound. The vowel sound for shi and si does not really exist in English phonetics. A useful approximation may be 으 in Korean.

[@groverchiri4031]

祝你新年快樂！

[@ashankhn2186]

I noticed that ü came with y,j,q,x. Does it usually comes with j,q,x ?

[@yeroca]

Another couple of common errors are trying to pronounce the w in wu and the y in yi.

[@FaliyosKako]

But the interesting thing is that in China a lot of people actually pronounce "uan" as "uan" and not "uen" and it's still considered as correct and standard pronunciation.

[@jimmychan.]

üan and uan are two different things.

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

“uan” is pronounced as “uan” and not “uen”. Only “üan” and “ian” have “e” in the middle. The confusing part might be “juan”, “quan” and “xuan” -> their actual pronunciations are “jüen”, “qüen” and “xüen”

[@FaliyosKako]

@@GraceMandarinChinese 我知道，我的意思是“原”的uan很多大陸人都唸得跟“亂”的uan差不多😉 不過他們當然還是保持那個ü，所以其實他們的原yuan (yüen)聽起來像yüan

[@PaulaCoots]

@@GraceMandarinChinese Thank you! It helps to see how to position your tongue. This info would be great in the video. I think of it as the "j, q, x exception". Probably oversimplifying. After several months, I sometimes still say "yuan" wrong and now I know why. I need to watch your pinyin chart video again and brush up on my "u" finals. Thanks for being a great teacher. Your English is great, in my opinion.❤

[@不要隱藏我留言]

@@FaliyosKako 中國大陸有些官話方言可以區分漢語拼音的 ian⁄ien üan⁄üen

[@Luizshanghai]

Imagine! I’ve been fighting and correcting native Chinese). Like 烟（yān), it’s “yan” not “yen”😂😂😂, now I know who is wrong 😑🤣🤣 I’m Feeling like an idiot lol

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

😂😂 No worries! At least you’re not gonna fight with ppl about this anymore lol

[@robertoreyes7811]

Bueno tal parece que Alós latinos no les ba el chinito ni mandarín ni cantones pero como nos gusta el arroz frito gracias no sé si hablas español pero agradecido con tu lección saludos desde Panamá. Pai pai saitien xixie toze

[@donovandownes5064]

the more I learn about the actual pronunciation of chinese, I have more and more questions about why they made pinyin the way they did. Why not use an e instead of an a?

[@Chengzi998]

作为一个学过播音主持的学生，还学过好几年的普通话的外国人（我是意大利人），我觉得你教得特别好！对那些说普通话听起来很“歪果仁”的老外，你的视频一定很有帮助👍🏻 不过我发现了你音调的一个小毛病，就是除夕的夕字，按照标准的普通话来讲它就是第一声，不是第四声😄 我这么纠正你的发音没有冒犯你的意思，我就是感觉夕念成四声有些别扭罢了

[@davidlol5889]

I am from China ，lol .I am agree with you

[@Chengzi998]

@@davidlol5889 你是中国人，干嘛用英文评论啊？我又不是美国人或者英国人哈哈哈哈哈

[@davidlol5889]

@@Chengzi998 哈哈最近说英文比较多，语言只是工具。不要太在意这个

[@jemmanuelcyrilque9366]

I have difficulty differentiating "huan" and "wan" especially when the speed of speaking is fast

[@chrislai19870908]

我來自台灣,想請教一下,這是一個教導English speaker的video嗎?

[@bymaem2441]

How can i start learning chinese by myself?

[@evanhall5631]

Do you think you could do a grammar video on 必须得。。。才行? 比如说，“如果 你 要 在 泥坑 里 跳 ， 你 必须 得 穿 上 靴子 才行 !”

[@jessesoto6150]

👍👍👍

[@sertralinadeavena]

So, I've been mispronouncing 天 all this time and is "tien" instead of "tian"?

[@bessapak7249]

I have a problem to pronounce ci sound

[@phuocle1077]

I watch this video because you are beautiful 😁

[@luismarinho180]

What could be the difference of the final sound between "Yan" and "Yang", for exemple? Blessings of Jesus, the Name above all names (Phillipians 2).

[@jeffreysommer3292]

This is why I much prefer the old Wade-Giles transliteration. Pinyin gives Westerners a mistaken idea of how many words are pronounced. Hsia is easier to get than Xia. Once you understand the differences in pronunciation between chou and ch'ou, for example, it's simple; but zhou trips a lot of people up. And don't get me started on "simplified" characters...

[@akgnag4601]

3:38 kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4qXgnSCa62Bi6M NAILED IT !!

[@hal-c]

Pinyin has completely ruined my pronounciations. You really need to learn all the pinyin pronounciations independent of their english pronounciations before you get started with mandarin. Going into it expecting something resembling english phonetic spelling results in everything being mispronounced. Now I have all the mispronunciation ingrained in my memory so I'm having to go back and relearn a bunch of words.

[@rirrian]

Ok I’m from Taiwan so I already know how to read mandarin (I’m not hating on her, it was a great video, I’m just putting my thoughts out there so don’t come for me😊) 1.the Pinyin spelling I can’t even read it it’s a real struggle for me 2. When u put out “ Bo po mo fo” on the screen i thought u were putting out 「ㄅ ㄆ ㄇ ㄈ」😂😅 Plz put a part in the video of u talk in the actual Taiwanese language🙏🏻

[@HammerKuo-c9i]

讚啦

[@GraceMandarinChinese]

哈哈謝謝啦🥰

[@jasonreviews]

i never mess those up. having cantonese background helps. I can't speak northerner for crap. I hate going to be beijing and they keep calling me niang niang southerner. AHOLES....

[@TalaySeedam]

"Hanyu Pinyin" is the biggest enemy for student of Mandarin.

[@alfonschoubek2984]

Taiwanese have different prpununciation than mainland Chinese.

[@Carbuncle0168]

not after 武统台湾

[@jasonreviews]

its sounds the same. unless your doing northern dialect with the er. Taiwanese mandarin is southern mandarin.

[@sanadil7008]

台湾腔普通话，不要带错老外了

[@marekkrajewski9662]

To po co piszą yan??? 😠

[@AsiaLoverBoy_87]

WOW!! Your BEGINNER students cannot even pronounce PINYIN 拼音 properly. WOW! 😮😮😮