Chinese Pronunciation for English Speakers: Sounds That Trip You Up

Read the full guide → saymei.app/guides/chinese-pronunciation Start speaking Chinese free → saymei.app Most Mandarin sounds already exist in English, and the trouble comes from a handful: the curled zh, ch, sh and r, the flat j, q and x, and the vowels ü, e and the buzzing i, which together turn up in nearly two syllables in five. Mei Lin shows where your tongue and lips go for each one, which pinyin spellings fool English eyes, and how to train your ear with word pairs like 少 shǎo and 小 xiǎo. Chapters 0:00 Start 0:22 The short answer 0:44 Which sounds are new? 1:53 The eight trouble sounds 2:12 Hear the difference in pairs 2:52 Pinyin spelling traps 3:15 zh, ch, sh, r vs j, q, x 4:37 The vowels ü, e and i 5:26 Endings: n, ng and erhua 6:05 What to do next #LearnChinese #Mandarin #ChineseLanguage