Learn Chinese Tones - A New Way To Master Them, Once and For All

[@rpk..]

I'm so glad youtube recommended this to me, this should have at least a million views

[@manjubashinidhayanidhi5535]

So underrated, 440 views for a one and a half hours bro. Subscribed.

[@WorldisOurThing]

Thanks for the comment! I am getting the word out slowly :-)

[@jinxsyn]

42k don't worry

[@anamulhasan8905]

53k

[@ZulkifliJamil4033-x6s]

56K , it's great

[@Jalaxe77]

This video is amazing!! This should absolutely be viewed in the millions for all those trying to learn Mandarin - best one I've come across

[@MyPianoArchives]

This is simply the greatest video I found on learning the Chinese tones - I’ve lived in Guangzhou as a model (in 3 month increments, for nearly a year in an entirety) and I never thought of trying to acquire the language beyond the basics. This has inspired me so much, as I was trying to use comprehensible input via YT and it just wasn’t feeling like I’d retain anything beyond words and phrases. But, this gave me an eye opening moment and I am so thankful for this content!

[@PakistaniGOOGLE]

How is your chinese going ?

[@iqbalkuria579]

Mike, you classically raised my tone recognition and pronunciation to high level. How you illuminated the darkness. Iqbal gitau (Kenya)

[@samvelshishmanian6797]

The best video I found here about Chinese tones. Understandable and very helpful. Thank you!

[@Alexbfd94]

Good luck on your journey, everyone! 加油！

[@Joyhopefaithlove]

I can't believe I got this high quality content for free! I was about to give up! Thank you so much for sharing your hardwork!

[@ashleycapdeboscq364]

Amazing job here, thank you so much! I'm still struggling to recognize the tones, and I know I'll be watching this video many more times to help make it click. Super quality content

[@Blechmamber]

Nice, this really is exactly what I need at the moment. Thanks a lot.

[@WorldisOurThing]

Excellent! I hope it's of use to you -- and would also be very grateful if tell others about this course :-) Thanks for the good word

[@v031]

I am learning Mandarin Chinese for my friend. I have been trying to learn it for a while now but haven't really full focused on it due to the fact that there was not resources I could find that I could rely on. I'm going to try this video out, will update when completed.

[@ksyp4178]

Thank you) Very helpful! I was confused with half-third tone, but now it's clear

[@BegiB]

Fantastic

[@haymanhp]

Thanks a lot, I'm learning this video in separate pieces since I have only a little time per day

[@karoma99]

Man, this is the best Chinese Tones Course I've seen in my two years studying Chinese. This is a master piece. Too beautiful, too good and FREE. I can't believe it! I've been struggle with tones for too long, but this kinda cleared out most of my doubts. Sigh, so the sky was blue after all! ❤🎉 How is the app going btw? Can I still keep dreaming on meeting that sweetie someday?

[@maialso6096]

Great video super helpful!

[@LarghettoCantabile]

Some useful tips. Thank you. For the fúwù type, I find it useful to imagine "one, two." (concluding an enumeration). The second tone is what we use in Western languages for counting.

[@chaizhasmin]

after this video i feel like i know chinese tones better, then any chinese speaker on this planet, thanks!!!

[@kriketprayme]

Now I hope this channel gets more exposure and we get more videos to watch. Been here for a long time. I just deleted my older account and I also keep changing my names. 😜

[@WorldisOurThing]

Welcome back Shagird A!

[@kekw2015]

really really good a huge help thanks for the amazing video

[@georgelewisray]

World Class , Amazing , Incredible, Impressive . . . . . thank you very much for what you do !!!

[@nkyw255]

Just found this after 6 months after started learning Chinese. This is so good, wish I have found this earlier.

[@user-re9uw1fs7u]

Great video, thank you. Just starting out in Mandarin. This is so helpful! I love how thorough it is and the recognition exercises are super useful.

[@benthelearner6104]

Good video. There is a very big difference between being able to say one word correcly with good tone vs, reading sentences. This is my problem so far. I know tones but it takes a lot of time to master it.

[@WorldisOurThing]

Thanks for the comment Ben The Learner! If you have trouble with long strings of words/tones, you could try focusing on the main word or words in the sentence, saying them a little more slowly and clearly than the others -- that sometimes helps in getting Chinese speakers to understand you, and if the other tones are a little off or unclear, you can still get by. I definitely agree with you that is does take some practice, but I think you'll find that it quickly becomes second-nature, especially with the words & phrases you use the most. 祝你成功! (Wish you success!)

[@reimihara21]

Very helpful. Will rewatch for helping me out to distinguish between all 4 tones

[@shawxs]

wowowow!! this is so helpful. thank you so much 💖

[@kingchickenwing4887]

This is very useful information, and the videos is masterfully made. Maybe if this channel was spread on Reddit language learning forums it could get the attention it deserves?

[@WorldisOurThing]

Thank you for that KingChickenwing! Right now I've been focusing on reaching out to college-level Chinese instructors/professors to see if there's interest -- but hopefully there will be some word of mouth from people who use the course

[@joeldo.holanda]

Wonderful video. My main issue is neither distinguish between tones nor pronouncing them right. My issue is remembering which tone is right for which character.

[@thangvo5693]

Nice video. I am appreciated your work here. It's pretty useful. Thank you so much.

[@HagakureNibahashi-zr3df]

Amazing video: thanks a lot for it, Mike!!! Especially when it comes to the 5th tone, it's really mind-blowing, because if the following impressions are right, so it raises a question: Has the "5 tone" been called as a "neutral" one, because it has no tonal characteristics by its own, but rather behaves like a "chameleon", but being manifested only when connected to another tone?! Because: 1. After the 1st and the 4th tones, it seems to sound practically like a clipped third tone, so: sūnzi = sūnzǐ' chāzi = chāzǐ' kuàizi = kuàizǐ' yìsi = yìsǐ' gàosu = gaosǔ' zhēnde = zhēndě' kāi le = kāi lě' kàn le = kàn lě' xièxie = xièxiě' tāmen = tāměn 2. After the 2nd it seems to sound quite similarly to a lower-range 4th tone - (this lower range is here being symbolised by the letter "h" after a vowel, as in the Yale Romanisation System for Cantonese, which makes it go as follows): háizi = háizìh chú le = chú lèh wán le = wán lèh péngyou = péngyòuh 3. After the 3rd tone, it seems to sound like either a lower-range 1st tone or a lower-range 4th tone: hǎode = hàoh-dèh//hàoh-dēh wǒmen = wòh-mēhn mǎnle = màhn-lēh So, if it's such like that, an amazing language has become unveiled to our Western world. God bless you, Mike. Thanks a lot, again!

[@cameronburnett9679]

11:37 gong should be 3rd tone. Great video. Very well presented.

[@mostafaswiedan6291]

An unbelievable Course ❤

[@tripp8833]

Amazing video

[@Humanity.79]

Thanks i really improved my learning ❤

[@LarghettoCantabile]

This is very well thought out. Apart from tips about similar pitch patterns in English, there are some very good examples and quizz questions about rather tricky distinctions, as for example 2-1 vs. 3-1.

[@WorldisOurThing]

Thanks! Happy you enjoyed it

[@danienjoka5230]

Very understandable, please help how to write those strokes to make aword

[@ann8549]

I think i found the video i want to repeat for the next week

[@ИринаКоротаева-э8х]

Thank you! The video is amazing!

[@altrifrancobolli]

Really great! Turns out I’m better at recognizing than I thought. Although I am slightly confused about how certain words that share tones can mean different things. (Ex. Péng being both “friend” and “canopy/shack”)

[@WorldisOurThing]

Very cool -- and thanks for checking out the course! In terms of péng, this would just be a homophone, like with blue/blew in English, and for sure homophones are very common in Mandarin.

[@deskseven]

Peng (to mean friend) usually becomes pengyou

[@benthelearner6104]

There is several word in every language that have the same prononciation but means something else. In french (fois, foie, foi) are all pronunce the same but mean (times, liver, faith). The context of the sentence is very important too.

[@catboy721]

Extremely helpful and well illustrated. Surprised, however, that your pronunciation of the word “pronunciation” was incorrect, a common practice among English speakers. Very minor - just stood out to me amid all the Mandarin.

[@lTheBallsl]

this deserves more views. 謝謝

[@Fyo-zw3mq]

Great, thank you

[@andreare7766]

Gosh! I can kind of cope with single syllable words, but when you have a combination of tones I just can't hear it most of the times.

[@WorldisOurThing]

I think the more you try, the easier it will get. But until then, don't worry - most of the time you'll be able to identify the words from the context. Probably more important for a beginning student is being able to pronounce the tones correctly so that others are clear what you're saying. I wish you the best of success in your studies!

[@qinglong_2]

Enjoyed ❤

[@AlterEgo-x4d]

Thanks so much for the video, but why is the volume so low?

[@dodona3]

podria ser creada una version en español....

[@pingp7643]

reallllllly helpful!!!!!!

[@nink1239]

This is awesome

[@redguy223]

How long has this been in the making?

[@redguy223]

great work

[@WorldisOurThing]

@@redguy223 Thanks! I worked on this (with the help of others) just on my spare time, so it took a couple of years to complete -- the app version should be a lot quicker to finish and publish.

[@bashirmasih3771]

早上好 老师

[@Vuden13]

Why you stop uploading bro? This good quality content?

[@WorldisOurThing]

Thanks! Finally working on the app version of this course, maybe by the end of this year or a few months beyond

[@DANIELGOMESDEMORAISCIRILO]

when i want to say: wo xiang may gou. the first 3 words changes to second tone folloqwing the rule?

[@petrokemp1567]

多谢！！！

[@amy5270]

starts 7:18

[@Junaiia]

I get mistaken by first and second tone and sometimes second and fourth tone 😢

[@garden2356]

What app?

[@TheRestnCat]

I think a mistake began at 1:00:49 where it's no longer an end one tone combination, right?

[@WorldisOurThing]

Thanks for watching! If you look at the title screen for that quiz, you'll see it also includes some end-4 combos that were introduced earlier.

[@TheRestnCat]

@@WorldisOurThing oh, i didn't see that aaah okay thank you

[@eded3827]

Did you ever release the App?

[@WorldisOurThing]

Thanks for asking! Unfortunately I've had a lot going on, and the app is still in early stages, but I will definitely leave any updates at the top of the video description

[@eded3827]

Thank you for the reply! Regarding the t

[@eded3827]

Thank you @0:02:42 thank you for this demonstration- whereabouts did get that voice

[@WorldisOurThing]

@@eded3827 That's one of the very kind volunteers who did the Chinese voicing - the chart is a representation of the average tone pattern for each of the four main tones.

[@eded3827]

@@WorldisOurThing very informative/ I am learning Mandarin as a second language and this gives me some encouragement as to what to expect in the real world . BTW the tone paring helps a ton brother

[@garden2356]

3:06 tones

[@TheGassy92]

The /r/ in Mandarin Chinese for some reason is a bit difficult for me. I speak.both Spanish and English and can roll and say my R's correctly but in Mandarin I feel like I'm off 😢

[@WorldisOurThing]

@TheGassy92 For sure, that can be a tough sound to get used to. It's a rare consonant, but interestingly, it also appears in Tamil, and even native Tamil speakers acknowledge that it's difficult. There are really two different sounds written as R in pinyin. The R that appears at the end of "er" (like 儿子 / érzi, meaning "son"), is pretty much the same as our English R. If you're learning the northern Mandarin Chinese accent, especially the Beijing dialect, you'll hear that R added onto the end of a lot of words. But then there's the R that's giving you trouble, the one that comes at the beginning of a syllable. To make this sound, try positioning your tongue to make a "zh" sound (like the "s" in "measure"). But now, try turning the "zh" into something resembling a regular English "r" sound by slighty pursing/rounding your lips. It's kind of like a purring R, and although we don't really have it in English, you might hear people making this sound to imitate the revving of a motorcycle engine or some similar noise. Be aware that if you use an "English R" instead, a few Chinese speakers (esp. if they're not accustomed to hearing foreign accents) might think you're trying to make an L sound. And in fact, some Chinese students of English might swap L for R when they're first learning the language. I hope this helps, and best of luck with your Chinese studies! And please spread the word about this video. There's been a delay on the app version, but I hope to have it out late this year too (fingers crossed)

[@Perfect_sound]

1:17:35 . Am I wrong or there should be “NE” in the end ? 呢

[@nengesolomon5]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@CrazyBunny123]

1:12:55 dude, where is my car?

[@thorstenmarquardt7274]

i think the best way to imagine the first tone is by pretending to be a stereotypical British person saying uniVERsity. And for the 1st + 2nd tone combination, imagine that british person being really agitated and asking "ZHONGguo!? you what, mate?"

[@pitshard6079]

xiexie

[@garden2356]

Mandarin Pin Yin 4 tones. ā Singing tone. 🎼 🎵 á Questioning tone. ? ă Thinking tone. 🤔 à Rejection tone. N😡! NO! 👎 Exclamation rejection tone.

[@tofudasimp4140]

who else is learning Chinese so they're not illiterate when China invades the united states lol