How to Learn Chinese with Songs (ANALYSIS & GUIDE)

[@SGSXDJ88]

Some of my favorite Chinese songs: 永不失联的爱（周兴哲），怎么了（周兴哲），明明（周兴哲），Always Online （林俊杰）， Bad Alive （威神V），一个人去巴黎 （董又霖），小星星（汪苏泷），等不到你（汪苏泷）

[@kokolexx]

Completely agree with you and I've also had this thought for quite a while about learning(esp Chinese) with songs but couldn't organize and explain it simply since I am not a content creator. Your explanation is great and very well structured. I will just recommend this video to anyone who needs it instead of explaining it myself😂

[@sesinhosantos5047]

I kind of built up my interest in Chinese because of Huang xiaoyun. It was born because of Soul Land, but I still have phrases from 我们的爱 and 你的答案 in my Google translate phrasebook.

[@ashleyhoward7383]

Hua Chen Yu is a great artist and I love most of his work

[@laceras1611]

I was just searching up Chinese songs yesterday for learning lol. Mostly to familiarize myself with how Chinese sounds since I'm a complete new beginner, still can't count to ten lol. It's fun discovering great singers in Chinese! Just realized, 我们的爱 by Fir was my first ever favorite Chinese song as a young girl and the only one but I had no interest in Chinese back then 😆

[@GrisselAcosta]

I am learning Mandarin and Rain in Shanghai by Zhang Zhehan has helping me remember a lot of theme words, as you said! Like rain, wind, seasons, storm... It is so much fun to make the connection between the characters, the song and other places where I've hard them! This video is great, thank you

[@celiad6012]

Any song by Li Jian 李健 is good as he has a great voice, sings great melodies, clearly, and he usually provides the characters and pinyin with his KZbin videos. 一切刚刚好 “Just Right” has all the classic ingredients of a romantic Chinese song, rain, smoke curling from kitchen chimneys, green hills, flowers, tinkling mountain streams, birds chirping …

[@一花のぬいぐるみ-z1e]

When learning japanese i decided to sentence mine my favorite songs, putting every word I didn't know in my anki cards and it made learning vocabulary a breeze, super easy and super entertaining

[@stephenwaldron2748]

The other day I made a sing-along translation of 阳光彩虹小白马 (yes, that song 😅) and I also wrote down the pinyin because I wanted to learn the song after hearing it. I remember having to say the characters a lot. When I tried to sing them, I'd forget the tones before I could write them down 😄 *Note:* I'm a black guy from the Caribbean. I just got curious after seeing it mentioned on FB, but it's such a good song once you listen to it, it's been stuck in my head all week 😂 (Not advocating for anyone to go make misunderstandings with English speakers though. Do be mindful of context 👍)

[@Syumza]

内个👨🏿‍🦲😳😳🤨!?

[@ferminsalaberri]

Spent the whole morning listening to chinese songs without untherstanding a word excepting. wo, ni, shi juan, yi ge ren and all those but still watching these videos religiously. Loving your new hair btw. Really looks good on you! :) P. S. the honored guest blew out my mind. Very powerful melody, amazing vocals and very moving lyrics. I can't think of a western song singing from that point of view. Really loved it. So, thanks!

[@ABChinese]

Yes! I know right? Western break up songs are so negative and angry hahaha

[@ferminsalaberri]

@@ABChinese Very angry! hahahaha Take care!

[@juanmanuelerquicia1837]

Great videos, Andrew! Some of the songs I like include anything by 周深, he sings beautifully, 大鱼is the one I like the most (also because of the movie it was made for). Also some of the classics, like 慢慢喜欢你，朋友，小幸运，那些年

[@gingeral253]

Also, in some songs, the intonation is ignored when they sing to make it sound better, and also because they assume that the listeners can still understand what is spoken.

[@gingeral253]

He said it my bad.

[@nataliasoares225]

If it weren't for music I would have never learned English in the first place. ;) And I'm learning Chinese just because of music again. My five cents (and I may be a little insistent on this 😬): hip hop is good for sentences, vocabulary, and tones. Phrases are really long (tell me about it), and since it's like almost speaking tones are the most closer to the real ones. Cons: too fast. :P Even with the lyrics I can't keep track of the singing. :'( But I keep reading the lyrics anyway because the music is soooo good. 😍

[@CanalSDR]

I learned English by listening to songs and as far as I wonder, it's a good fit for our learning process but when it comes to Mandarin Chinese. No, it's not for me, I'll pass. I'd rather do shadowing from a podcast instead of listening to songs. English was the only language that I have learned from songs. Spanish was the one that I had to do immersion in because my bf is a Spanish speaker. Hebrew is because of my parents, they are from Israel. However, whenever I tried to replicate the same strategy of listening to as many songs as I could in order to learn the ropes around the language. I failed miserably. So, for each new language, I search for a different way how to approach it, and using podcasts works like a charm.

[@nataliasoares225]

@@CanalSDR I'm not saying I'm learning from music. I could learn English from music once I already knew enough of the language to do it, and I'm not learning too much Chinese either yet (I know very little by now). What I was trying to say is that because of music I started learning languages. It's my main motivation to do it. :) And eventually. it helps me to learn more of the language and especially the culture, which is imperative to learn in order to understand how Chinese language works.

[@ianrowcliffe]

Hello my 'pen' friend - I liked you previous review of pens and how they function with calligraphy and even bought the one you rated most highly:-) Not that I was that impressed in the end:-) The one I use normally is 'impact' - such a great name! Mostly, it feels that you are expressing the obvious, but you add some interesting content in the links you offer here - for those of us, working at translating songs:-). So, yes, you are adding value progressively. Keep up the good work but focus more on quality than quantity: your learning experience is what counts, I reckon, and helps people to relate to you and the content you are creating. You got a comment from me, which shows you are on the right track - in my humble opinion.

[@ABChinese]

Thanks for the comment! Sorry that pen didn't work for you, and yes, I will try to go for higher quality in the future:)

[@ianrowcliffe]

@@ABChinese The problem may not be with the pen but me:-) I changed the angle of the pen and noticed that it works better now. Always looking at ways to assimilate Chinese: affirmations at present:-) I'll look to see if you have covered that approach...:-)

[@juliaelias2735]

Now that I know I don't need to worry too much about the tones when singing Chinese songs, I'm gonna be singing them like a pro hahahaha

[@riderofwhite1131]

xue hua piao piao

[@celiad6012]

I also love any song by velvet-voiced Zhao Peng. Try Olive Tree gǎn lǎn shù 《橄榄树》“Olive Tree” (from the 1979 film “Your Smiling Face”…..also that song, huān yán, made famous again by Zhou Shen, originally sung by Chyi Yu) Bùyào wèn wǒ cóng nǎlǐ lái 不要问我从哪里来　 Don’t ask me where I’m from Wǒ de gùxiāng zài yuǎnfāng 我的故乡在远方 My homeland lies far away….

[@celiad6012]

huān yán 欢颜 “Your Smiling Face” piāo luò zhe dàn dàn chóu 飘落着淡淡愁 Sorrow descends gently yī sī sī de huí yì 一丝丝的回忆 A trace of memories rú mèng rú huàn rú zhēn 如梦如幻如真 Like a dream, like a fantasy, like reality xián qīng bō shēng dī yín 弦轻拨,声低吟 A gently-plucked string, a whispered hum nà shì gē la la la 那是歌 啦啦啦 That’s a song, la la la zhǐ yào nǐ qīng qīng yī xiào 只要你轻轻一笑 With just one soft smile from you wǒ de xīn jiù mí zuì 我的心就迷醉 My heart is captivated zhǐ yǒu nǐ de huān yán xiào yǔ 只有你的欢颜, 笑语 Only your smiling face and laughing words bàn wǒ zài màn màn cháng tú yǒu suǒ yī 伴我在漫漫长途有所依 Accompany me on this long journey chūn yǔ qiū shuāng suì yuè wú qíng 春雨秋霜岁月无情 Through spring rain and autumn frost, The years are heartless hǎi kū shí làn xíng wú hén 海枯石烂形无痕 (Even as) the seas run dry and rocks crumble ( to dust) There is no trace ( of the passage of time) zhǐ yǒu nǐ de huān yán xiào yǔ 只有你的欢颜, 笑语 Only your smiling face and laughing words bàn wǒ zài màn màn cháng tú yǒu suǒ yī 伴我在漫漫长途有所依 Accompany me on this long journey piāo luò zhe lěng lěng qīng 飘落着冷冷清 Drifting cold and desolate wàn lǚ lǚ de huái niàn 万缕缕的怀念 A thousand strands of nostalgia rú mèng rú huàn rú zhēn 如梦如幻如真 Like a dream, like a fantasy, like reality xián qīng bō shēng dī yín 弦轻拨,声低吟 A gently-plucked string, a whispered hum nà shì gē la la la 那是歌 啦啦啦 That’s a song, la la la From the 1979 movie “Your Smiling Face”, first sung by Chyi Yu 齐豫 , covered by Zhou Shen 周深 and Zhao Peng 趙鵬 on his early album: ZHAO PENG - 趙鵬 測試王 2 as “Happy Face”

[@fernfractal]

that 李白 gif -- I Died 🤣

[@hepsima]

让月亮代表我陪你在月光下面沐浴

[@Pietro-mc3pp]

Hey! Love your videos, thank you for being so entertaining. I have a question - do you mind listen to a few of A-Lin songs and could you please tell me if these are good enough to learn some "parts" of Chinese from? Cause I love her very much, I like listening to her songs and I'd like to know if they are good for learning too!! Thank you, keep doing as you do :)

[@ABChinese]

I'm familiar with 给我一个理由忘记 and 有一种悲伤. Both are fairly good for learning! The latter had only a couple lines that were a bit too poetic.

[@marialikia.127]

ABChinese: Pronunciation changes in songs French: has entered the chat -.-

[@mandarinchineselearning2981]

I heard that chinese Rap is a good way to learn because like English is basically speaking over a beat.

[@atultiwary4884]

please do a lyrical song video of "enter a dream" of arsenal military academy

[@peterbayne7227]

The biggest problem I have with trying to learn Mandarin with songs is that the typical Chinese Pop song is rather boring to me. I'm just not a fan of the sappy ballad that is typical of Chinese Pop music. And I struggle to find anything that I find interesting.

[@borndead352]

@ABC please help im using AppChina i try to download Re 1994 escape again by pressing bottom button but nothing happening.

[@ahdrianix8349]

Early!

[@ABChinese]

Hello 😊

[@pulkitsinghal8090]

Can you sing for me😍

[@johnorsomeone4609]

If you learned English from music you would think the word “baby” should be pronounced “bay-bay”.

[@pinkcholexx827]

hi thank you for making the video and can you please give me some tips for learning Chineniese I want to take a step to learn I don't know how to start what to start please make a video or do something because I want to learn Chinese for a year but don't know what to learn what app to should I start with start please help me and thank for learning for making this video really help me

[@thepurdueliz]

I actually started learning Chinese because I wanted to be able to sing along with the songs I was hearing in Chinese. (Thanks 陈情令!) Excellent background music choice, BTW, I was singing along.

[@cathys2307]

妈耶 在这里也能看到《嘉宾》是我没想到的~

[@haranodo]

one of the first things i did when i started studying chinese was check the music. my favorite songs (even though it's really hard to choose) are let go by allyson and senbei by nineone#!

[@wasniz7566]

Thank you for these videos, I've recently started learning and improving my Chinese in a serious and focused way, and sometimes it's hard to find good tips like yours, keep up with the good work!

[@daytonmargramarnsom1641]

This channel is awesome

[@ravinosaurus]

1:55 lol Zhou JieLun comes to mind 😆😆

[@handicappuccino8491]

I write music about everything so I Write music about everything so I have an advantage there here are three songs that I wrote even though technically a few of them are remakes of songs that already existA. man just got arrested we’re owning cannabis He got a life sentence he doesn’t deserve this oh deer what are broken system he knew the sentence he got was just insane because of the situation he went from Christian to Jane cuz that doesn’t involve God he said there goes my life There goes my future my everything Might as well just kiss It all goodbye there goes my life he wanted so desperately to return back home surrounded by many people he still felt All alone as he was defenseless trembling in fear The guards will still harsh on him They just not care said there goes my wife there goes my future my everything might as well just kiss it all goodbye his he had doctors appointments that he could not afford and so his physical problems were just being ignored oh dear how we take things for granted He said there goes my life the goes my future my everything might as well just kiss it all goodbye there goes my life - [ ]kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHPJaKiebc-MnNk Even if I hate this song it still helps me learn

[@cesar4508]

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