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

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

[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.

[zzzzzzz]

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)

[zenit]

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

[freeeeman]

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

[whatisintelligence]

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

[zunlbme]

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.

[sekzjxq]

I'm not Chinese but I speak Chinese... I learnt it just by listening to people speak... Therefore I firmly confirm that a language pronunciation comes from keen listening . Exactly what made me able to speak any language within a few months provided I live amongst native speakers. Well 6 languages are enough for now 😂 I'm an Arab.

[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.

[pigriderstarwatcher]

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!

[RoyaltyFruadulent]

I like that all these videos are like “now don’t get intimidated” and I think to myself: “I’m not intimidated, just excited for when this becomes natural to me”

[thiagomatos]

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

[peterkephart]

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.

[ThePlataf]

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

[Oliver-osxq]

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

[Dirqala]

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

[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!

[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.

[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 !

[frankraym]

Im on my 4th im dedicated so far! I speak French, English, Spanish and started mandarin! Im on week 1 !

[ERxWha]

🤯🤯🤯 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