Mandarin Pronunciation: Everything You Need to Know in Under 1 Hour

In this video, I'm going to teach you everything you need to know about Chinese pronunciation. By the end, you'll be able to pronounce Chinese like a native speaker!
This video is PERFECT for beginners. Plus, if you are a higher level, this will help you massively improve your Mandarin pronunciation and fix any bad habits you may have. Enjoy!
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
3:37 Tones
9:07 Simple Finals
16:35 Problem Initials
29:20 Simple Finals
32:07 ‘A’ Finals
33:44 ‘E’ Finals
36:20 ‘O’ Finals
36:55 ‘I’ Finals
45:23 ‘U’ Finals
51:20 ‘Ü’ Finals

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[@QuizmasterLaw]

轻声 is brief and toneless. your tone on is not so important as it is pronounced briefly and with less volume, almost like a brief after thought. this change in volume is why it is called the light tone, and also because a 轻声 syllable is very brief.

[@QuizmasterLaw]

here's what our new robot overlord told me when i asked it 如何说好轻声的声调 the bot said: 轻声在汉语拼音中表示为 "0"， 它不是一个声调，而是一个音节的属性。它通常出现在多音字中，表示这个音节是轻声音节，即轻轻地发音或者不发音。 例如，"妈妈"中的第二个字“妈”就是一个多音字，它的拼音是 "māma"。

[@QuizmasterLaw]

heres what the bot overlord said when asked in English "tell me about the light tone, also known as the 5th tone or neutral tone in Chinese" killbotwanaspeak said in response: In Mandarin Chinese, the light tone, also known as the 5th tone or neutral tone, is a tone that is not characterized by any particular pitch contour or contour change. It is represented by the number "0" in Pinyin, and it is used to indicate that the syllable should be pronounced with a light or unstressed emphasis. The light tone is unique among the four main tones of Mandarin Chinese because it does not have a fixed pitch contour or contour change. Instead, it is pronounced with a light and short sound, almost as if the syllable is being whispered or mumbled. The light tone is used in Mandarin Chinese to indicate that the syllable is unstressed, and it is often used in function words, such as particles, conjunctions, and prepositions. For example, in the phrase "你好吗?" (nǐ hǎo ma?), the "ma" at the end is pronounced with a light tone because it is a question particle. While the light tone may be challenging for learners of Mandarin Chinese to master at first, it is an important aspect of the language and is essential for clear and accurate communication. With practice, learners can improve their ability to recognize and produce the light tone correctly.

[@KumekawaMakotone]

Woah- your pronunciation is insanely good

[@KumekawaMakotone]

However, the way you pronounced the TAs in the second section are closer to /æ/ as in "cat" than /ɑ/ as in "father". Although when you said it in a sentence, it was correct again-

[@xllvr]

As a native speaker, I can say that your pronunciation is impeccable. Like... shockingly so. Whoever's trying to learn pronunciation for Mandarin make sure you take this guy's advice.

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Hey thanks!

[@bkcalvine]

As a native English speaker, I can confirm your written English is excellent.

[@jamesjiao]

Certainly better than a lot of Chinese peeps in China whose Mandarin has a lot of interference from local dialects.

[@xllvr]

@@bkcalvine English happens to be my other native language so thanks? 😅

[@deedeeen]

@@xllvr: as a *non-native* speaker of English, that's quite a perk.

[@zzzzzzz726]

I am a native Chinese speakers and I can confirm that your pronunciation is even better than many native speakers (many native speakers are heavily influenced by their regional dialects)

[@MandarinBlueprint]

谢谢！

[@zhangyi5145]

to be accurate, only better than many old generation native speakers. New generation of Chinese are trained with standard Mandarin at the starting of their education.

[@Cwalking]

Exactly

[@szvqorwnpstahskypfwmp9821]

C'mon, we all know you are not a native Chinese. Who are you trying to fool man??

[@musical.theory]

​@@zhangyi5145 nope, i have chinese friends (around 20 yr old) and some of them dont have the standard accent.

[@freeeeman2011]

As a native russian speaker I can tell that your English is perfect!

[@user-zu4nl7bm9e]

Your first day speak chinese, Chinese: wow, you speak chinese and sounds geart. Your 10000th day speak chinese, Chinese: wow, you speak chinese and sounds great.

[@zenit0]

As a German, I see the ü final as an absolute win.

[@kaleoscreations8069]

As an English speaker, this was by far the hardest sound in Chinese for me to learn to pronounce. Still easier than a rolling R though, I sound like Gollum trying to make that sound.

[@whatisintelligence6881]

Finals: a 9:11, ai 32:10, ao 32:26, an 32:37, ang 33:10, e 10:44 33:44, e(5) 34:02, en 34:29, eng 34:45 | ei 35:07, | er 35:22 o 29:22, 36:25, 36:39 u 30:02, ua (wa) 45:28, uo(wo) 45:58, uei (wei) 47:23, uai (wai) 48:07, uan (wan) 48:55, uen (wen) 49:29, uang (wang) 50:26, ueng(weng) 51:20 ü 31:18, üe (yue)51:46, üan (yuan) 52:27, ün (yun) 53:44 ia 37:00 iao (yao) 37:36 ie (ye) 37:55 iou (you) 40:09 ian (yan) 41:35 iang (yang) 42:22 in (yin) 43:18 ing (ying) 44:03 iong (yong) 44:56 Initials b,d,g 12:34 t,p,k 13:50 h 14:38 J,q,x 17:06 22:39 23:30 23:26 Zh, Ch, Sh, r 25:48 27:08 Z, c 27:50 Tone change rules 19:00 Tone pairs 38:35 Tongue acrobatics 46:20

[@usera1211]

Thank you so much for this

[@whatisintelligence6881]

@@usera1211 you are welcome 🤝

[@SonGoku-uv4pk]

Omg thanks so much. The video seemed so long and i was searching for something like this

[@spacecancer8074]

WHAT ARE THESE TIMESTAMPS? YOU'RE A BOSS!

[@andreare7766]

Can we have this comment made "sticky"?

[@r_i_v_e_r]

Today is my first day of self learning Chinese, and with these 56 minutes you made this so much easier to understand, thank you.

[@jianfeng-bv5py]

How about we form a Sino-British mutual aid group，我的母语是中文

[@soulm8289]

@@jianfeng-bv5py ill join!

[@djihane8514]

How is ur progress???

[@jianfeng-bv5py]

sorry,I keep missing your replies because of some time difference. The area I live in is not very friendly to the Internet, and I don't know what you usually use to build a telegrem group or something else.@@djihane8514

[@jianfeng-bv5py]

I keep missing your replies because of some time difference. The area I live in is not very friendly to the Internet, and I don't know what you usually use to build a telegrem group or something else.@@soulm8289

[@pigriderstarwatcher9217]

I’m native Chinese born in Shanghai, now studying in US. And when I heard you speaking standard mandarin in the beginning, I thought I was listening to TV media announcer (like those from CCTV News像新闻联播那种主播), and it feels so great to listen to your “podcast”. Keep up with the great content!

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Thanks!

[@darrylkassle361]

C'mon dude be realistic a newscaster. That's the problem with Chinese people you lie to save face and I think you should be more direct at the cost of being too polite. His mandarin is better than average for a foreigner and his pronunciation is also above average however I can still tell his a foreigner. However yes he has more of a standard accent than those Chinese that speak with their local dialects heavily influencing their speech. But as good as a tv newscaster or cctv tv host C'mon be realistic even the famous Dashan is not that good. I think you have to be born speaking the language to be that good or if you were incredibly gifted at languages and can mimmick just as some Chinese can do with English when they copy an American accent

[@Shanks_Y.]

同上海，博主的发音真的吓到我了，可怕！

[@ukatuchijioke7359]

So I thought too.

[@Gabriel-pk8lw]

Is this one those ways to say it while saving face?

[@ChenZheChina]

I am a native speaker from Beijing. I can confirm that your pronunciation is better than many Chinese speakers whose accents are heavily affected by their native tongue. But, there is a small mistake in the video: the pronunciation of 一千 should be yì qiān. Pronunciations in cardinal numbers are usually changed: 一(yì)百, 一(yì)千, 一(yí)万, 一(yí)个, 一(yí)切, 一(yì)心一(yí)意, 一(yì)朝一(yì)夕, 一(yì)神论, with a few exceptions such as 一(yī)十 in 二百一(yī)十, 三百一(yī)十, etc. and 成语 一(yī)五一(yī)十. Also, 一 at the end of a longer cardinal number does not change, either: 十一(yī)个, 二十一(yī)个, etc. On the other hand, ordinal numbers never change: 一(yī)班, 一(yī)号, 一(yī)级, 一(yī)流, 一(yī)等奖.

[@MandarinBlueprint]

对的！我很喜欢这种建设性的批评，尤其是因为这个“一”读音的微妙区别很容易搞错🙏

[@kori228]

Browsing wiktionary, this makes sense as it seems the expected form for 一 should be yi4, not yi1. The change to yi4 to yi2 is when it's followed by another Tone 4. The yi1 reading is for ordinal numbers.

[@wendshawn9435]

That just depends on the accents though. Many people in southern China would say Yi1 Qian1

[@ChenZheChina]

@@wendshawn9435 Indeed, in Mandarin area, there are accent variants. For example, in some places, 一 at the end of longer cardinal number also changes, making 二十一(yí)个, which is different than Standard Mandarin. But in southern China, things are different. Mandarin is probably not the native language of local people in southern China, so they have to learn Standard Mandarin like the OP does, and they might make similar mistakes.

[@wangyuning285]

@@VChou-ij6gd 说实话这个不太实用，在很多情况下“一”是词语中开头那个，比如楼主举的例子中大多都是这样的。我觉得楼主的说法更贴近，主要还是跟用法，意思，和日常应用有关。（没有喷的意思，个人看法罢了）

[@peterkephart7955]

Dude! I have watched countless tutorials by native Mandarin speakers, some of them very good indeed, but not one of those instructors has articulated pronunciation as clearly and definitively as you do. I have only recently begun my Mandarin journey and have already been plagued by doubts because much of what I have heard just doesn't seem to "flow" in the way that a language should. And pronunciations vary widely from teacher to teacher. You have single-handedly changed my perspective and inspired me to believe that I can actually learn this language. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. I look forward to studying all of your videos.

[@MandarinBlueprint]

太感谢了 🥹，daily consistency is key! Keep it up, and be sure to follow what we’re up to over at www.mandarinblueprint.com

[@hadeseye2297]

Yeah. He's "your vocal range" just nails it.

[@Oliver-os8xq]

Man, I’m on 122 days of Duolingo and I’m so glad I stumbled into this video. Having a male voice to help with pronunciation is SO helpful. The comments saying you’re on point to imma add your videos as lessons. Thanks in advance for the tuition 👌 The internet’s a great place

[@kaleoscreations8069]

你的中文学习这么样？

[@1doutlaw]

I am on day 86 in duolingo

[@andreasb8232]

Stop using duolingo. It's ok for the first two weeks or something, or when you're bored.. HelloChinese is a much much better start

[@Dirqala]

been studying and speaking mandarin for 4+ years. This is an incredibly good explanation of the language

[@MandarinBlueprint]

谢谢！

[@PygmyKitten]

I have no intention to learn Chinese at all and yet, here I am... Sitting through an hour long video of how to pronounce it. I guess your video is just that good. It's so well structured!

[@Keo_w7]

我可以教你😂

[@youziyi]

you should go for it, trust me

[@ER3xW4ha7]

🤯🤯🤯 three of the four “problem” consonants are in Polish (the zh, ch, & sh). I’ve never been able to pronounce this consonant until your video, and now my Polish AND Chinese will sound better! Thank you so so much! Also, I’m glad to read a bunch of natives say you have amazing pronunciation. It’s good to learn tips and tricks from a nonnative who sounds amazing

[@klaudia2141]

I am polish and I also noticed it’s a bit easier for me to pronounce Chinese because we have similar sounds!

[@ThePlataf]

I'm a Mandarin speaker, and this man is awesomely good.

[@Sebadoah]

I'm a beginner. This is awesome. He's right - I can't believe a number of Mandarin courses don't emphasize pronunciation like he does. Very grateful !

[@user-yd4op2bb3e]

国外这么多学汉语的吗wc

[@elysiumeclogue5737]

As a native speaker i think the pronunciation of chinese is quite easy, because it is very strightful~ when i was a little boy in school teacher tought US PIN YIN ，then when i saw some words i don't know i will read PINYIN which Note the pronunciation of the word， and the most important thing i think is that eventhougt Chinese many many words，but it totatly has little pronunciation...

[@wangyuning285]

@@user-yd4op2bb3e 中文开始引领世界潮流👀都给我支棱起来

[@jianfeng-bv5py]

How about we form a Sino-British mutual aid group，我的母语是中文，我的汉语水平达到了二级甲等，英文口语基础较差。

[@imranrizvi2207]

​@jianfeng-bv5py 👍

[@lingo-phile]

This has been IMMENSELY helpful!!!! And I’ve been taking private classes for a year *sigh*

[@smilingassassin24]

I am so excited learning chinese next week.

[@thiagomatos5386]

Brazilian native here, portuguese speaker learning with you! You’ve gone worldwide my friend!

[@silviaegger-gundevir6787]

so very well explained - thank you

[@altudy]

I've looked at several videos of native Chinese speakers explaining tones but yours was by far the best. It immediately made sense.

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Awesome!

[@viktigboy1976]

wow this helped a ton! im a 14 yr old who has learned chinese for 2 years, and this was very refreshing!

[@rdai11]

Thank you man, I just started learning Chinese and this is amazing.

[@gfg0094]

Really smooth relaxed presentation that’s really helpful. Thank you!

[@dinushadushmantha1032]

This was a life-changing 56mins. I have been trying to learn Chinese for a while, and It was not that hard to learn the grammar and the characters since I already speak pretty good Japanese. The hardest thing was to understand the pronunciation. I can feel the difference in my pronunciation before and after watching this video. I have no words to express my gratitude to you.

[@MandarinBlueprint]

We are so glad to hear this and glad that we can be part of your Chinese language learning journey.

[@victorwalker9194]

I am a Chinese，can we be language exchange partner？I wanna learn english

[@dinushadushmantha1032]

@@victorwalker9194 That's a really good idea. I would love to. But how can we connect.

[@me-jn1zl]

Thanks so much, this was excellent. You are a great teacher. Keep it up!!!

[@mandarinchineselearning2981]

I've been learning mandarin for a while already and this clarify a lot of my doubts. Thank you so much.🙏🙏🙏

[@Gr4cchus]

you are such a great educator and mind, thank you for sharing!

[@jingruxiong1234]

I dare say this is the best video on Chinese pronunciation I have ever seen, the comparison with English is so clear and correct, teaching phonetics in a scientific way.

[@florinafolk]

You are amazing! The explanation level that went into this video it's so complex yet so easy to grasp, I'm a complete beginner to Chinese, but i do study other languages, still, the animation, the way you broke down each section It's so easy to follow and learn, thank you for the effort you put into this video, it will help a lot of people, 😊

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Thanks!

[@Cattail1997]

OMG this is so good, I’m just learning and so glad I found this.

[@theyazzledazzle]

this has totally changed my learning. THANK YOU so so so so much.

[@sander_bouwhuis]

Not gonna lie... even though I just passed my HSK1 and HSK2 exams, this video is completely overwhelming. I'll probably have to come back to it MANY times if I want to pass HSKK. Thanks a lot for this information packed video!.

[@MandarinBlueprint]

We also have a much more comprehensive Pronunciation course that is comparatively slower paced and comes with SRS flash cards for simple reviewing, you can check it out here: mandarinbp.com/pmspecial

[@nicoleraheem1195]

As you should ❤

[@soccereditshd7438]

謝謝你！老師❤

[@yazeedfallatah6941]

I have to say that this video made even moreinterested in Chinese language. The way the pronounciation was broken down into very simple pieces. Many thanks❤

[@yurabakhnov3079]

Dude, you're awesome. I'm Russian learining Mandarin with your help. Thank you!

[@stacysu414]

Great Video! Actually, as a native Mandarin speaker, I find your pronunciation tips very useful to help me polish my English pronunciation as well! 😊

[@zhoujie2958]

Your pronunciation is awesome，especially when combined with your magnetic voice. As a native Chinese，I am confident that you have what it takes to be a good news announcer or TV presenter.😊

[@caosteven2688]

The best video of teaching Chinese Pronunciation I found.💯

[@catiritocurley6820]

Wow man, I really like the way you explained how to make the tones. Studied now for about 8 years. This helps theoretically and practically.

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Glad to hear it!

[@JohnWhite-dm8mk]

Thank you for the tongue positions in the problem initials

[@artscoolwithdenis3146]

Really appreciate your explanation of the foundation to

[@pilou5783]

By far the clearest voice (and brain) on the Chinese courses net!

[@LearnCommercialRealEstate]

This completely changed the game on my learning potential and current understanding!! Thank you

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Happy to help!

[@AmitabhaPureLand939]

Wow, this is awesome. As a native Mandarin speaker, I have to say if I could learn Mandarin this way from early young age, it would be a lot quicker. One more suggestion for new learners is that the "a" pronunciation in any word is more like a British "ahh" than an American "e". For example, "father" is "bah bah", and horse is "mah"

[@simjumsores]

Superbly useful tutorial. Thank you!

[@patrickholland3994]

I studied Mandarin in 2002 before KZbin. Wow, your guide is excellent. Wish I knew this before.

[@scapegoatthespaceghost7426]

Thanks a lot, I started to get frustrated with the tones and stumbled across your video, this is incredibly helpful!! 謝謝！

[@tkprojects1705]

I’m just in the beginning stages of learning Mandarin and this is best video I’ve seen explaining tones and pronunciation. Thank you for going into depth on the little details of pronunciation. I’ll be reviewing this video many times and I look forward to more videos!

[@MandarinBlueprint]

You're welcome!

[@Keluoduo]

I did exactly what you did, I started the learning from the pronunciation and it paid off.

[@emmanuel8310]

He really speaks very well!

[@watertree1]

I'm a native Mandarin speaker from Taiwan. The accent of the anchor is quite similar to a native except for the last word in sentences. Overall it shows none native how to overcome the accent, good job. As a native, I don't even know there're so many pronounce rules to be followed.

[@jordandavis6709]

Just goes to show that even if one is as a native aren’t necessarily equipped or qualified to teach the language. That’s the biggest issue with mandarin in general. Being a teacher requires just that. Being a teacher. Teaching the language from the ground up. I’ve learned that teaching English as a native. The explanations from mandarin teachers are often awful due to their ignorance and poor English abilities.

[@spacethreads]

omg I just started learning Chinese and was struggling the other day so I closed my Chinese notebook and switched to smth else. now while I was scrolling through KZbin, I found your video and honestly it's so motivating! now I feel like I want to sit down and continue my Chinese learning. I'm still an absolute beginner and this video was so so helpful! I've subscribed and I'm really looking forward for more amazing videos like this one! :)

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Great to hear this. 加油！

[@alekid]

I've been learning mandarin on my own for over a year. This is an excellent video, very helpful. What I needed to clean my pronunciation and get over some confusion.

[@camilogomez3822]

This is the best chinese pronunciation video ever!

[@kimberlynnsilva4362]

I began learning mandarin last year and I am so happy to have found your channel. 谢谢

[@MandarinBlueprint]

太好了！

[@Barbarossa-heir]

I have just discovered your channel whilst I'm.about to enroll Mandarin Chinese courses; I'm very excited. So helpful I have subscribed ❤❤

[@MandarinBlueprint]

www.mandarinblueprint.com 😉

[@kopfeis]

As an chinese nativ speaker, now i try to teach chinese to international students in germany, ur videos are really helpful and i know how to explain the pronunciation better. really thanks.

[@avk-kq7gv]

This post is really good, very helpful indeed, thank you. I found the segment where you recommended keeping the tongue behind the bottom teeth, particularly helpful in improving my pronunciation of certain words.

[@marekrybakiewicz370]

The explanations for how to know when you're doing them correctly are great. The info here is exactly what makes the outlier linguistics program work, lauded as the go to for pronunciation. A focus on sounding native AT THE START is essential.

[@garden2356]

This is the best ...very best beginners Mandarin lesson. I'm going to follow your lessons a bit at a time, and constantly.

[@mazyndren7792]

谢谢！I was really scared of learning mandarin because because of the pronunciation but with your help and the one of a few others, I can, still not naturally/easily, but correctly pronounce mandarin. I'll now let practicedo its job.

[@xoxo7821]

This is definitely the ultimate video to learn Chinese pronunciation. I got so much precious information from it

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Happy to help! If you want to take it to the next level, we have an 8-hour course going deeper on every syllable: mandarinbp.com/pmspecial

[@briantomoconnor]

Really first rate! I had taken the excellent Pronunciation Mastery course from Mandarin Blueprint and watched this video as a refresher. There were some new things I learned, and a few things I realized I had been doing wrong. I loved how you usedm more realistic descriptions, like "zombie tone" and "contrarian tone." By the way, listeners should know that in all of the Mandarin Blueprint courses, the examples in the flashcards are read by native speakers. Mandarin Blueprint is awesome!

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Thanks a lot, Brian :D

[@aguslugiman9067]

Thank you for such detail explanation ❤❤❤

[@aivlisa2344]

You are amazing! Thank you.

[@wheresmyeyebrow1608]

34:47 That stock footage is so sad haha This video was incredibly helpful! I was having trouble with the 2nd tone so much but I've finally cracked it. Thank you so much!

[@MandarinBlueprint]

太棒了👏

[@GnomeGrown55]

I've been watching a bunch of videos on Chinese intonation, I'm in my baby steps of learning the language. And you've answered a question I had about using the natural tone/pitch of your voice. And now, I'm onto this question/rhetorical question because I think I know the answer, just want to confirm. Q: In different situations, I'm thinking angry vs happy; the baseline tone and how far up/down it goes can sometimes change drastically within a few different sentences/phrases to enunciate said emotions?

[@TheEggroll4321]

This video is gold man. I had those exact confusions you mentioned, and you cleared it up!

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Glad to hear it helped!

[@stillnotstill]

Okay I went right to the problem initials and holy crap that infographic looks amazing! I haven't actually watched the video yet but I had to say this because this is the way that I learn by organizing the information that way and I'm so excited to watch what you have to put out thank you so much

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Thanks

[@solarlunar689]

I haven’t finished watching the video yet, but your voice sounds like a radio announcer from the 1950s or like a narrator for film trailers… it’s so pleasant to listen to, and you sound so cool when you speak in Mandarin. You should do voice acting as a side hustle lol

[@anshide]

your pronunciation basically 99% perfect! It's crazy how you showed me something I didn't realize in my own language, there are no two-third-tone combination! haha😄 when you say that in your video, I was like holly cow!😂😂😂

[@robertschlesinger1342]

Excellent video. Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.

[@junkname9983]

I'm sure it's not easy and took a lot of effort to get to this point but your pronounciation is very good and a good teacher.

[@marisolflandez3964]

Your video give us hope that we can master this language! Thank you! ❤

[@MandarinBlueprint]

太好了！加油 :)

[@IsmaelKenig]

I don't know why I was skeptical about the approach of this video but after watching it holy god it really gives very thoughtful insights.

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Thanks so much :D

[@elliotoliver8679]

Just started Mandarin at Uni as second language, this is boss!

[@ltran6535]

Extremely impressive!

[@livie-zen3375]

I have been learning Chinese for 4 months now. Watching chinese dramas and listening to chinese songs were helpful but i knew i needed to practice it too for myself. Thank you for this video, it actually helped . I will have my next chinese exam in a week and there will be an oral part to it too. I have much more confidence now thank you.

[@Ta-ds1qi]

Do you have any recommendations ?

[@jianfeng-bv5py]

How about we form a Sino-British mutual aid group，我的母语是中文，我的汉语水平达到了二级甲等，英文口语基础较差。

[@johnorsomeone4609]

This is an incredible explanation and resource for English speaking Mandarin students and I wish that I had found it years ago during my “formal” study. My pronunciation of the “q” has been bugging me for years and I wasn’t sure how to fix it. This is really amazing.

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Thanks, glad it helped!

[@christianeholl6075]

Super thx!

[@tianwang9004]

Well done, congratulations!

[@AtoZ-fk8rw]

I'm happy I found your channel! It is relatively new so I'm really looking forward for new content! I'm 20 and just started learning Chinese few months ago so I'm really thankful for your advices!

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Welcome aboard! If you watch our videos here, you'll end up getting a major leg up in your learning. Also, you're welcome to check out our courses over at www.mandarinblueprint.com

[@hanyangwen]

This video is very good even for native Chinese speakers, I was so confused before how to teach Chinese to my foreigner friends, this video helped me a lot. Thanks!

[@MandarinBlueprint]

You're most welcome!

[@johneggers8341]

I love when you said that about beatboxing its really helpful lmao

[@johannabarbier381]

This is just incredible, thank you so much! You.have such a great understanding of the pronunciation and your explanation makes it seem to simple. Incredible job truly!

[@MandarinBlueprint]

You're very welcome!

[@janisscilley43]

Wow! A lot of invaluable info. Great for one who is committed to learning Chinese…. Like me! I want my grandchildren to be bilingual, so I am working on becoming bilingual.

[@MandarinBlueprint]

谢谢！Glad you found it helpful (lots more coming :D)

[@jamesyang420]

The moment when you just mastered standard Mandarin pronunciation but realized people are speaking in dialects:

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Still, easier to learn Mandarin that everyone knows than just the local dialect that only a small pocket of people speak.

[@rothschildianum]

You taught this the best way that I have ever watched! I subscribed to your channel right away.

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Awesome, we are glad to know you enjoyed and are learning! Welcome to the Mandarin Blueprint community!

[@SnakeAndTurtleQigong]

Thanks so much! Very grateful for you and your heart work!

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Many thanks!

[@MaCal9591]

So awesome! You must be a linguistic genius. I could rewatch this video over and over again, these explanations define and clarify all of the mysteries and uncertainties as I am tumbling to figure out the structure of the Chinese language. I still couldn’t believe what I am hearing and seeing in this video, you are extraordinary. Wow!!!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@MandarinBlueprint]

If you want to take it deeper, we have an 8 hour pronunciation course that explores all of these topics in more depth: mandarinbp.com/pmspecial

[@paulmak2228]

Yes he is a genius.

[@lindagaiodavidson]

His explanations and descriptions of the sounds are the most helpful I've heard! When I taught English in Taiwan, pronunciation always improved when equated with familiar sounds from Mandarin & Taiwanese vocabulary words. I subscribed after the first 5 minutes.

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for your kind words!

[@BeatrizMilet]

You teach it perfectly. Thank you

[@Soldknight324]

Unbelievable content for free, nice one - subscribed!

[@MandarinBlueprint]

太棒了！

[@turner9324]

And next level, Learning Traditional Character Like 漢字、關羽、張飛、劉備、曹操...... is a beautiful character, isn't it. 😄

[@dolliemoggie]

as for the tone sandhi of 一 (one)，in fact when we're speaking, the 一 in 一百(one hundred) and 一千(one thousand) are both fourth ton, but in 一万(ten thousand) it is second tone. Just to confuse everyone, if the number is, say, 1001 (一千零一)， the first 一 is fourth tone and the last 一 is back to the original first tone. In 11111, the tones are second-fourth or first-fourth-first-first.

[@leialukehan]

Awesome video! I hear a lot of Cantonese speakers who don’t pronounce Mandarin as well as you

[@m.a.s.c705]

Thank u so much !!

[@kickyouinhalf]

This video is absolutely amazing. I've only had a chance to watch about 20 minutes of this video and I can already here a significant improvement! I'm planning to go back to China for a few months and wish to learn how to speak Mandarin with better pronunciation and add to my very limited vocabulary. I'll definitely be watching this video at least a couple more times!

[@MandarinBlueprint]

Awesome! And hey, if you want a fuller course covering each concept in more detail, check out Pronunciation Mastery: www.mandarinblueprint.com/courses/chinese-pronunciation/

[@kickyouinhalf]

@@MandarinBlueprint Thank you, I will most definitely look into it.