How to Pronounce R?

Do you have a problem to pronounciate Zhi Chi Shi Zi Ci Si and R?

I designed this Class to be the easiest and fastest way to get you started learning Chinese and discover this beautiful language. The goal for this class is to teach you the building blocks of Chinese so that you will speak like a native Chinese speaker in the future.

[ALoonwolf]

Summary: No matter what you claim if you listen to Chinese people talk it's an "rj" sound. Mainly the focus is on the "r" sound and sometimes it's on the "j" sound, or it's an equal mix of both, but it's DIFFERENT EVERY TIME. People DO NOT SPEAK CLEARLY. For example I was watching a man repeat the word "chuqu", and the subtitles confirmed he kept saying "出去", but sometimes he said "chuqu" and sometimes he said "chuchu". I listened very carefully. The CONTEXT tells people what you are saying, not how you pronounce the words!

[knottykyara]

OMG this class was so necessary!!! Thanks a billion for that, I'm studying mandarim and I am struggling with this sound. I mean, I was struggling, now it's much clearer <3 thank you teacher!

[Carolacgax]

After days trying to speak it FINALLY DID IT thank you so much!!! The "measure" tip was the best ♡♡♡♡

[mchammings]

This is the best explanation on YouTube. Short and to the point. No change in the pronounciation of rou, like most explanations.

[gamecodeur]

Best video to learn r pronunciation! Tried dozens, this one is the best.

[ALoonwolf]

People keep saying this, but then when you talk you make a completely different sound. Tell us what year it is without making an "r" sound. :) I found two examples where a Chinese person used pinyin "r" in the first 5 seconds of the video. One said "ri" and the other said "Riyu". Both times they clearly made an "r" sound. Or in a song with repeated lyrics when singing "ru" sometimes it was "ru", sometimes "ju" and sometimes halfway between "rju". BUT IT'S MOSTLY AN "R" SOUND!

[ralphfelder]

This a wonderful lesson. As clear and explanation of the "r" pronunciation as you can get, with wonderful examples. hen hao

[angelstarfire]

Thank you so much! Eventhough I'll need to practice more I can somewhat finally make that same 'jh' sound! 谢谢你!

[douglasnewman]

This is a great lesson for me. I was having trouble with this one. Thank you! You have a very nice way of teaching Pinion

[harrycain]

"measure" is more like "meshuh" (my Australian accent) so erm, American accent here I go!

[Gentleman-wiqg]

Thank you so so much dear teacher for this vidéo !

[lurklingX]

Thank you for this. I just realized that there was a different pronunciation then I could audibly determine. And different apps sound like a different pronunciation. ——There are a few words that sound like multiple letters in English. Such as the word for arm, sounds like B, H, F, all at the same time. —-this video so far has been the most helpful for understanding how to make the R sound, in very simple and easy terms. —- On my own, I kept doing the Japanese R, and even some sort of French method upon it. —-Chinese just has completely different ways of forming sounds, then English, and you almost need to just sit down and learn all of those as a first step. This was not clear to me until this moment.

[Ariel_ButNotTheMermaid]

Best explanation! I had trouble picking up on it

[christellecuencia-bretana]

When it is broken down to "sure" of measure, I can follow and make the somewhat "jhir" sound. But when I try to say Ren, it sounds like "jhuhn".. when I replay your video, I can still hear an 'r' sound so should it be like, "jhruhn"?
Please advise 🙏😔

[taallam_turkish]

In some videos they say it like J in french or television but in others it like R in wrench !!! So is it like r or like j ?? Amd the two ways r sooo different !

[robertrudolf]

It's like Serbian " Ž " :)

[jayzcraze]

Hi! Will you be making more videos soon? :)

[benlearnslanguages]

It is like the french "J" :-)

[ohitzwavy]

Another way to just understand the tongue position. Its the same position as the J in bonjour in French

[kayhollings]

Oh man, I'm so confused!! Everybody keeps saying pronounce it ZH. BUT no-one does. Most people pronounce it like YEN or REN. I've gone through countless examples and noone ever says ZH, but all the videos tell you it is. What's going on???