Wow, this is the best explanation I have found in youtube, your explanation with the table chart made it really clear for me, I wonder why my chinese teachers never used this in class.
wow this has made it so much clearer, I've watched so many videos on this and feel like I'm *finally* beginning to understand - the 9 sounds seem so similar, and yet sound slightly different with different regional accents!
How I figured out to pronounce them: j q x - the tongue is forced at the back of the mouth, in a neutral position zh ch sh - the tip of the tongue is pressed on the hard palate of the mouth, near the back of the upper teeth z c s - the tip of the tongue is pressed on the back of the bottom teeth Hope this information is right and it helps you! :)
The initial r- (observe: _rén_ ["person"] and _rì_ ["sun"]) is also pronounced the same as for the zh-, ch- and sh- sounds you describe, with the tip of your tongue being pressed on the hard palate of your mouth near your upper teeth. When you attempt to pronounce the "r" sound this way, it will also have a bit of the French/Portuguese "j" sound (as in _je t'aime_ or _au jus_ ), which is also why, in Wade-Giles, this sound is written as "j." The country of Japan got its name from the Wade-Giles romanization of _jih-pen_ (Pinyin: _rìběn_ ), which translates as "origin of the sun." The Japanese people themselves call their country as either "Nihon" or "Nippon" or, occasionally and historically, "Yamato." When the famous explorer Marco Polo asked Chinese officials about the country that became Japan, he pronounced the two characters as "Zipangu" (the golden land) which eventually evolved into the pronunciation of "Japan" we know today.
I was struggling with Xue and sheng 学生 especially after saying 是 but i think this explanation as helped to differentiate in not making my Xue sound hard or aspirated so I think of when I say shoe but start really soft and no emphasis on the shhh. Thank you ❤
im chinese. and i can not speak it well also. and for me , for 40% chinese peoples can't find the different. for me all the same .LOL. so you dont have to know so deep.
I found that she is instructing different from my Vietnamese teacher taught me . Specifically, z c s the tongue isn't flat like she said. Anyway, I think foreign speakers do not need to be perfect
lol i'm Thai and i just start to learn chinese it so difficult to pronounce all of these words and same as you i find all this words sound almost the same but after i saw your comment i feel more comfortable to not sound very correctly.
Your explaination is supper clear and I got all of what you say. Best video I found about these hard sounds. Thanks Wishing you all the luck and health
i know the differences between these but when my chinese learning buddy asked me about it i couldnt explain. this makes a lot of sense. it was very interesting watching the video. thank you! gotta remember this
Whether Chinese language has "root word" concept, to frame new words from root word, prefix and suffix? There is root word concept, in English. eg re + build = rebuild It means, "build again". psych + iatry = psychiatry It means, "Medical study of mind (psych)" psych + o + logy = psychology It means, "Study of mind (psych)"
Yes, as far as I can tell, there are a myriad of words who start or end with the same character, like the following words relating to electronics all start in 电 (diàn): 电信 Diànxìn = telecommunications 电力 Diànlì = electricity 电台 Diàntái = radio 电话 Diànhuà = telephone 电工 Diàngōng = electrician 电影 Diànyǐng = movie/film 电车 Diànchē = tram 电池 Diànchí = battery
Some one should make a quiz where the student has to try and differentiate which sound is being articulated. I guess that would be the way to go about it.
tks for excellent guide, but its almost impossible for me to prepare my tongue for all of that =))). bet we need time to get used and tons of practice along the lines.
Would you explain more about the difference between group A and group C ? Are they both flat tongue ? I can't tell the difference about the tongue position in this two group.
Not helpful at all! As mandarin teacher myself I know my students can pronounce them correctly the only things that confuse them are they have trouble telling j and Zh, q and ch x and sh apart! Especially the first 2 pairs!
Wow, this is the best explanation I have found in youtube, your explanation with the table chart made it really clear for me, I wonder why my chinese teachers never used this in class.
wow this has made it so much clearer, I've watched so many videos on this and feel like I'm *finally* beginning to understand - the 9 sounds seem so similar, and yet sound slightly different with different regional accents!
How I figured out to pronounce them:
j q x - the tongue is forced at the back of the mouth, in a neutral position
zh ch sh - the tip of the tongue is pressed on the hard palate of the mouth, near the back of the upper teeth
z c s - the tip of the tongue is pressed on the back of the bottom teeth
Hope this information is right and it helps you! :)
i think your descriptions of j,q,x and z,c,s are swapped
I agree with you.
The initial r- (observe: _rén_ ["person"] and _rì_ ["sun"]) is also pronounced the same as for the zh-, ch- and sh- sounds you describe, with the tip of your tongue being pressed on the hard palate of your mouth near your upper teeth. When you attempt to pronounce the "r" sound this way, it will also have a bit of the French/Portuguese "j" sound (as in _je t'aime_ or _au jus_ ), which is also why, in Wade-Giles, this sound is written as "j."
The country of Japan got its name from the Wade-Giles romanization of _jih-pen_ (Pinyin: _rìběn_ ), which translates as "origin of the sun." The Japanese people themselves call their country as either "Nihon" or "Nippon" or, occasionally and historically, "Yamato." When the famous explorer Marco Polo asked Chinese officials about the country that became Japan, he pronounced the two characters as "Zipangu" (the golden land) which eventually evolved into the pronunciation of "Japan" we know today.
Thanks. How to differentiate though? How would you know where ppl have their tongue
I was struggling with Xue and sheng 学生 especially after saying 是 but i think this explanation as helped to differentiate in not making my Xue sound hard or aspirated so I think of when I say shoe but start really soft and no emphasis on the shhh. Thank you ❤
im chinese. and i can not speak it well also. and for me , for 40% chinese peoples can't find the different. for me all the same .LOL. so you dont have to know so deep.
I found that she is instructing different from my Vietnamese teacher taught me . Specifically, z c s the tongue isn't flat like she said. Anyway, I think foreign speakers do not need to be perfect
lol i'm Thai and i just start to learn chinese it so difficult to pronounce all of these words and same as you i find all this words sound almost the same but after i saw your comment i feel more comfortable to not sound very correctly.
what is taking you so long on the first part of video
Would I still be understood even if i can't pronounce them perfectly? I'm worried about being misunderstood.
Oh really ? I already watch so many videos about pronounce X and S. But they taught difference way in each video, so I am very confuse 🤣
Your explaination is supper clear and I got all of what you say. Best video I found about these hard sounds. Thanks
Wishing you all the luck and health
Thanh Mơ Bùi Thị khó wua huhu
I have watched many videos but this one explains it best for me! It clears up my confusion and it helps that you're very cheery 😄 Thank you!
This is the best video I have seen on the topic. Woah, I just had an eureka moment in my Chinese studies. Thanks!
The best explaination I found by the time! I was really in a mess until I found your video. Thaks a lot!
Thank you for this excellent demonstration and explanation.
This was exactly what I was looking for, thank you!
Very helpful explanation. All thumbs up. But i still end up with knots in my tongue.
Very practical and clear approach, Xièxiè.
Wooow, what an explanation! Amazing! less than 5 min and super clear, I think I finally can pronounce correcly these sounds! Thank you so much!
Finally I got it, very good teaching. Thank you!
Very good explanation, thank you
Laoshi, you are super.
很厲害！有人可以將塞擦音擦音分成硬軟音
This video just blew my mind
Excellent explanation, thanks a lot
Before watching the video thought she was trying to do math from the title lmao 🤣
Your explanation is good. Now I can able to pronounce clearly
i know the differences between these but when my chinese learning buddy asked me about it i couldnt explain. this makes a lot of sense. it was very interesting watching the video. thank you! gotta remember this
You should have used the same vowel when exemplifying these sounds!
That has been such an extremely helpful video!
Very helpful. Thanks!
Thank you very much! I finally can differentiate ch and sh. :)
Wow this is so useful. Thanks you so much.
Marvelous work! Thank you :)
Superb
thanks very nice teacher
Whether Chinese language has "root word" concept, to frame new words from root word, prefix and suffix?
There is root word concept, in English.
eg
re + build = rebuild
It means, "build again".
psych + iatry = psychiatry
It means, "Medical study of mind (psych)"
psych + o + logy = psychology
It means, "Study of mind (psych)"
Yes, as far as I can tell, there are a myriad of words who start or end with the same character, like the following words relating to electronics all start in 电 (diàn):
电信 Diànxìn = telecommunications
电力 Diànlì = electricity
电台 Diàntái = radio
电话 Diànhuà = telephone
电工 Diàngōng = electrician
电影 Diànyǐng = movie/film
电车 Diànchē = tram
电池 Diànchí = battery
Some one should make a quiz where the student has to try and differentiate which sound is being articulated. I guess that would be the way to go about it.
i'm having mandarin test :v good self luck 😂
Thank you very much ❤️❤️
thank you so very much! Very helpful 👍🏼
Thank you ❤️❤️
tks for excellent guide, but its almost impossible for me to prepare my tongue for all of that =))). bet we need time to get used and tons of practice along the lines.
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4:29 hard aspirated soft
surface
tip
flat
谢谢，你讲的很好。我明白了
Thanks, I needed this.
Vid starts @ 00:54
Thank you. I love this! Subscribing.
thanks
Would you explain more about the difference between group A and group C ? Are they both flat tongue ? I can't tell the difference about the tongue position in this two group.
hey did you figure out the answer to your question?
it is useful thanks
lan phung Where are you from?
Still difficult to me
yep, would you mind learning together?
Train yourself
谢谢
Yeah after all,its hard to make different when their in a sentences
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2weeks i am working on it but its still hard,
be cameing here i can at least making few difference ....
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zhchsh ,似無retroflex
S is soft? My gosh
Xiexie laoshi very much
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oh, thank you so much, soo helpful
this exellently explains the difference, which my chinese freind couldn't do
Nine nasty sounds from HELL!
True
Still can’t figure out how to pronounce c and s !!!!
Susah doo 😢😢
Not helpful at all! As mandarin teacher myself I know my students can pronounce them correctly the only things that confuse them are they have trouble telling j and Zh, q and ch x and sh apart! Especially the first 2 pairs!
This is bad teaching, Her j & x pronunciation is not standard, and the distinction made is also meaningless.
Omg.
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