Stop Mispronouncing These Mandarin Words!

Heya, Rita aka Fàn Lǎoshī is here! No matter how long it's been since you first started learning Mandarin Chinese, there always are some all-time mispronounced words that we use literally every day! As a matter of fact, the longer you have a bad habit speaking them, the more difficult it'd be if you want to correct them yourself. And of course, you need to realize what the correct way is to say them before you put in time and effort to practice everything!
So today let's go through the 10 (pairs of) MOST commonly mispronounced Chinese words and nail them in 12 minutes! Make sure to hit the like if you learned something, so I'll make another video talking about the most mispronounced words that are messed up by tone mistakes!
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[@edmundhayes1840]

I had loads of trouble with 服务员 too。Saying it with English accent makes it super difficult. 谢谢Rita. Your course has really helped

[@RitaChinese]

Glad to hear that, Ed!! It takes some time to be used to a whole different sound system, but you will get there as long as time, effort, and efficient methods are used!

[@magdolnavida2717]

Thank You, Rita! Great video as always! I'm always praised because of my pronunciation and amazed how I learnt all my knowledge during such a short time from YT videos and I want to tell you, that you have a huge part in it, so really really thank you for your work here! Love from Hungary 🤗

[@MarkusBlue]

GREAT VIDEO once again! Thanks for this compilation of errors! It helps so much

[@jssmedialangs]

11:12 I know for me, it's the pinyin. This is exactly why I always ask my language partners to write the word for me, then say it. Then I practice saying it with them because I sometimes mix up "uo" and "ou". 🙃 Because they use the same letters, it's very easy for me to confuse them even though I know they're two different syllables.

[@MichaelHickman3D]

Thank you so much Rita! I'm 14 and I'm trying to do my best in mandarin with a small background in Cantonese, a lot of the words in Cantonese can be easier to pronounce as a beginner then in Mandarin, however this video helps me a lot!! 非常感谢Rita!!

[@raiyansy34]

范老师好！I learned pronunciation through Mandarin Blueprint's pronunciation mastery course, which has never contradicted anything you've taught on your channel, and it's taught by a British white person actually. I know you talk a lot about incorrect teaching so I feel very lucky to have gone through them to learn the Chinese pronunciation system. In fact, I know one of my Mandarin Blueprint classmates is taking your course! While there's a lot of improper teaching out there, there is fortunately also some good stuff. MB is a character-focused program so it's different in nature from yours, but I thought you might be interested in looking at what they do as a Chinese teacher, if you didn't already know about them. Another great piece of content, and can't wait for the next one! ☺️

[@kolibri7712]

i had the hardest time with zhi chi shi because the “i” sounds like an english “r” but the tongue position is actually totally different

[@BeyondMediocreMandarin]

I've always had trouble with 电影院... I'm not sure why. But it's annoying when you're late for the movies.

[@allanleslieanderson1858]

Have you ever had a student who could not perceive the subtle differences in sounds that you are trying to convey? If so, how did you overcome such a problem? I'm afraid I would be such a student.

[@pansaltman]

很棒了

[@shawnk2704]

Like this.

[@FilipP88]

I feel like this applies more for English natives I am Serbian and could pronounce these words even back when I was a beginner, we have very similar sounds and some are the same

[@RitaChinese]

I do teach more English native speakers in my personal experience, but I taught a lot of other language natives, too. At the end of the day, the challenge depends on everyone's native language, language learning experience, sensitivity to sound and pitch changes, and different factors. I know there are more phonemes in some languages than others, like Hungarian. Is there any Chinese sound that you find challenging?

[@FilipP88]

@@RitaChinese difference between ri and re, chi and che was the hardest for me, also general the letter “r” took some practice. Other things like zhi,chi,shi, zi,ci,si sounds were quite easy

[@FilipP88]

@@RitaChinese oh right, also the nasal “g” sound took some practice, like zan vs zang , can vs cang

[@cinstinasrenatou]

@@RitaChinese In Czech, many Czech speakers think that zh, ch, shi and j, q, x are easy (including me when I studied at uni) - because we have very SIMILAR sounds, but yet there is some difference... So it's harder to pay attention to it, since the different is quite subtle, but still causes foreign accent.

[@MattCantSpeakIt]

For me it's the R sound that is the hardest. I am pretty good with j q x, and zh ch sh, at least when just saying a single word, but the R sound kills me.

[@RitaChinese]

Yeah the letter “r” stands for quite different sounds in different languages! What is your native language?

[@MattCantSpeakIt]

@@RitaChinese Native is French, but English is a close second. I often think in English and I am more comfortable talking about engineering and science stuff in English because most of my inputs in these topics are in English.

[@ganaelschneider]

it seems to me Rita is pronouncing the "xi" sound a bit like "s" like they do in beijing apparently. Did someone else notice that too?

[@evanricard6468]

Being Canadian, my “a” is more naturally pronounced as “uh” instead of “ah” This made me asking 推荐 impossible to understand 😢 thanks for these tips

[@cinstinasrenatou]

I didn't know 日 with that meaning was a Sichuan thing!

[@dbuc4671]

I think root cause of foreigners having trouble pronouncing Mandarin Chinese words lies with the letters x, q, j, and i as in ri 日. Because there are very few languages if anything with equivalent phonemes. For the x I can only think of Brazilian Portuguese and some indigenous precolombian languages with the sound.

[@CrisTryingToBeProductive]

Which x in Brazilian Portuguese? Because it has at least three sounds. I'm not a native Portuguese speaker so I really want to know.

[@QuizmasterLaw]

00:23 that was painful

[@QuizmasterLaw]

Chinese uses tongue and mouth positions not used in English (or other European languages). Chines is spoken from the back of the mouth and even throat whereas English is spoken from the front. I could go into detail but you CAN learn to pronounce Chinese IF YOU TAKE RITA'S COURSE What are you waiting for? Sign up! She's friendly, expert, and devoted to each and every student!

[@QuizmasterLaw]

example no english word dwo, dwoo, dwoe, dwoah exists that initial simply isnt' used in English. in Chinese it sure is.

[@Pepecigar]

Can't do the "r" I feel its physically impossible

[@RitaChinese]

What about zh ch sh sounds?

[@Pepecigar]

Those are quite easy compared to all the others for me but the "r" is the hardest for me.

[@cinstinasrenatou]

It's all muscle memory - like working out. In Czech we have ř /r̝/ - for many people it seem impossible to say at first, some even give up, but with proper training it's possible. So I belive if you keep it up, you'll be able to say it! 加油！

[@edmundhayes1840]

出去！🚂🚂🚂 我喜欢！

[@RitaChinese]

哈哈小火车😆

[@DJkibos]

我已经学习中文学了6个月了。我也就觉得那个中文的 "uo" 和"ou" 跟英文的"oh"比较不同。英文没有中文的"uo"，这样我们的美国中文学生常常选择那个中文的"ou"。就是说我们学习中文以前从来没听到"uo"也没有想不同"ou/uo"的原意 。 听得懂吗? 我的中文怎么样?

[@kolibri7712]

in the first sentence you don’t need 了 twice and aside from a couple other small mistakes your Chinese is good for only 6 months!

[@DJkibos]

@@kolibri7712 谢谢你!

[@DJkibos]

@@kolibri7712 Would it be better to just have the 了 after 6个月?

[@kolibri7712]

@@DJkibos I would actually write "我六个月学了中文。“

[@Trumppower]

everybody create more accounts to give more likes so we can have more videos.

[@runethorsen6230]

Excellent but too fast for me.

[@QuizmasterLaw]

In English ... I woops a lot.

[@Jeremaix_OP]

Hot taxi? Wtf

[@richardybanez9052]

You Are So Mind Blowing Amazing. But The Sun Is Hot.😀😃Richard.