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Xiè xie for the lessons! It is interesting, how "z" and "zh" are pronunced, because in Mongolian, those are pronunced the same way! The thing is that Mongolian is written in Cyrillic, so "з" is represented like letter "z" and "ж" is represented like letter "zh", but are pronunced exactly the same, as in Chinese! Since I know some basics of Mongolian, those two were easy for me to remember.
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Thank you for the pinyin series. It is the most comprehensive explanation of all the sounds in Chinese that I could find, and I have watched all of the videos the second time now. However, in my opinion, only one thing is missing: the pronounciation of syllables like diǎnr (点儿).
Thank you for the positive feedback. If you're having trouble with pronunciation of a specific sound, you might want to check out our interactive pinyin chart. It has all the sounds of Mandarin, with each tone, so you can really focus on the sounds that are giving you the most trouble: goo.gl/h7hd42
me : I want to speak coolest language ,which one I should study. my friend : oh I see , then study mandarin me: did u mean mandarin chinese? my friend : yeah me : why i want to study mandarin chinese ? my friend : bcoz it's one of the coolest language me : I started learning mandarin chinese.
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If you're having trouble with pronunciation of a specific sound, you might want to check out our interactive pinyin chart. It has all the sounds of Mandarin, with each tone, so you can really focus on the sounds that are giving you the most trouble: goo.gl/h7hd42
Both "z" and "c" are pronounced by the tip of your tongue and the back of upper teeth. The difference is when you pronounce "c" you would feel the air come out from your mouth, hope it helps ;)
When spoken within a word, phrase, or sentence (which is most of the time), the 3rd tone does not rise at the end. It's almost like the opposite of a 1st tone. It's just low and flat. This is what's called a “half third tone.”
Wha is the difference between "z" and "c"? If it's "unvoiced", it can't be like the "-ds" in "kids", because "d" is a voiced consonant in English. My issues are: z vs. c zh vs. ch j vs. q I get contradictory advice as well as to whether or not they are voiced or unvoiced. Also: What is meant by "You should begin voicing them when you see 'i'."? So like: z "ts" (also, it is impossible to make an unaspirated "t" sound without it sounding like a clicking sound) ---> zi "dzzzzzzzzz" etc.? Please explain better :(
Hi Zachary. It's definitely tricky at first, particularly because even among native Chinese speakers, there are differences in pronunciation. These sounds will start to make sense as you learn new vocabulary and hear them more and more in the dialogues in our lessons. One thing that might help is to spend a little time with the audio samples on our Pinyin chart. Click back and forth between these two sounds, listening to them with different tones and finals. You should practice speaking them out loud, trying as best you can to imitate the audio samples: goo.gl/h7hd42
I had the same question about voiced/unvoiced you do. Here is an explanation which Yoyo does not mention: The difference between Pinyin "z" and Pinyin "c" has nothing to do with voicing, it has to do with aspiration. Aspiration is the emission of a big puff of air when pronouncing some consonants, such as T, D and P. It always happens in English in the beginning of words with these letters, but it does not in Chinese. So the important difference between Pinyin Z and Pinyin C is that the former is not aspirated and the latter is. It does not matter if you voice the two consonants or not. Some teachers teach it like this to English and Romance language speakers because when such a speaker says /dz/, he automatically does not aspirate the consonant. It is a didactic trick to theoretically make learning easier. In my specific case, I also use IPA for learning foreign languages and this trick confused me a lot.
We're glad you are studying Chinese and at HSK2! Our Beginner Conversational Course on YoyoChinese.com will definitely help you master these sounds - not just with the explanations in this video lessons, but also by giving you tools to practice every day. If you're having trouble with pronunciation of a specific sound, you might want to check out our interactive pinyin chart. It has all the sounds of Mandarin, with each tone, so you can really focus on the sounds that are giving you the most trouble: goo.gl/h7hd42
We can help! If you're having trouble with pronunciation of a specific sound, you might want to check out our interactive pinyin chart. It has all the sounds of Mandarin, with each tone, so you can really focus on the sounds that are giving you the most trouble: goo.gl/h7hd42
One thing that might help is to listen to the audio demonstrations of this on our Pinyin chart. You can click back and forth between these two sounds and really hear the difference: goo.gl/h7hd42
How are you studying Chinese now? Most people struggle to learn this language because they aren't getting clear explanations for what they are learning. When you are studying Chinese, quality teach really matters!
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j q z c zh ch r caused real trouble
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Just met her on UA-cam today and I like her class from Nigeria and love to learn more Mandarin ❤️😍
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wowwww I've been so far with teacher Yoyo now. Thank you a lot teacher.
My native is Spanish so the special 7 will come with a lot of practice. Xiè xie!
I love that Polish is my native language cause we have all initial chinese sounds in our language, so that's one less part I have to learn
Xiè xie for the lessons! It is interesting, how "z" and "zh" are pronunced, because in Mongolian, those are pronunced the same way! The thing is that Mongolian is written in Cyrillic, so "з" is represented like letter "z" and "ж" is represented like letter "zh", but are pronunced exactly the same, as in Chinese! Since I know some basics of Mongolian, those two were easy for me to remember.
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0:14 z
0:52 special 7 reminder
2:08 c
4:09 s
4:58 special 7 review
so correct, thank you so much
Thank you for the pinyin series. It is the most comprehensive explanation of all the sounds in Chinese that I could find, and I have watched all of the videos the second time now. However, in my opinion, only one thing is missing: the pronounciation of syllables like diǎnr (点儿).
Thank you for the positive feedback. If you're having trouble with pronunciation of a specific sound, you might want to check out our interactive pinyin chart. It has all the sounds of Mandarin, with each tone, so you can really focus on the sounds that are giving you the most trouble: goo.gl/h7hd42
@@YoyoChinese It does not have diǎnr either :)
@@derpepe0 "dian" is on the chart, as well as "er". If you are adding the "r" for a northern pronunciation, just use these two sounds as your guide!
Im loving this lessons, thank you!
Here practicing before my test
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Oh wow, same, yrs later.
me : I want to speak coolest language ,which one I should study.
my friend : oh I see , then study mandarin
me: did u mean mandarin chinese?
my friend : yeah
me : why i want to study mandarin chinese ?
my friend : bcoz it's one of the coolest language
me : I started learning mandarin chinese.
02:48 Bless you!
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love all of your vids miss... lllooooooveee it aaaallllll
I find the sound J the most difficult😬. For example in Zai` jian` J sound just as english T🤷
What a great lesson , thank you !
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Where is the video about the initials y and w?
Great video! Very informative!
thanks
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You help me so much xie xiè
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Wait this was very helpful lmao.
related to burmese and manipuri (indian language)
U r my best tongue
I have a hard time pronouncing my "c" correct. When I pronounce it, it sounds like I'm making a "z" sound.
If you're having trouble with pronunciation of a specific sound, you might want to check out our interactive pinyin chart. It has all the sounds of Mandarin, with each tone, so you can really focus on the sounds that are giving you the most trouble: goo.gl/h7hd42
Both "z" and "c" are pronounced by the tip of your tongue and the back of upper teeth. The difference is when you pronounce "c" you would feel the air come out from your mouth, hope it helps ;)
when you make the z sound there has to be a vibration on your throat. while c doesn't.
Is there a video to explain why the intonation didnt go up at the end for suǒ at 3:09? because i thought if 3rd tone have to go down and up?
When spoken within a word, phrase, or sentence (which is most of the time), the 3rd tone does not rise at the end. It's almost like the opposite of a 1st tone. It's just low and flat. This is what's called a “half third tone.”
@@juliussamelo1008 Thanks for the tip!
Wha is the difference between "z" and "c"? If it's "unvoiced", it can't be like the "-ds" in "kids", because "d" is a voiced consonant in English.
My issues are:
z vs. c
zh vs. ch
j vs. q
I get contradictory advice as well as to whether or not they are voiced or unvoiced.
Also: What is meant by "You should begin voicing them when you see 'i'."?
So like:
z "ts" (also, it is impossible to make an unaspirated "t" sound without it sounding like a clicking sound) ---> zi "dzzzzzzzzz"
etc.?
Please explain better :(
Hi Zachary. It's definitely tricky at first, particularly because even among native Chinese speakers, there are differences in pronunciation. These sounds will start to make sense as you learn new vocabulary and hear them more and more in the dialogues in our lessons. One thing that might help is to spend a little time with the audio samples on our Pinyin chart. Click back and forth between these two sounds, listening to them with different tones and finals. You should practice speaking them out loud, trying as best you can to imitate the audio samples: goo.gl/h7hd42
I had the same question about voiced/unvoiced you do. Here is an explanation which Yoyo does not mention:
The difference between Pinyin "z" and Pinyin "c" has nothing to do with voicing, it has to do with aspiration. Aspiration is the emission of a big puff of air when pronouncing some consonants, such as T, D and P. It always happens in English in the beginning of words with these letters, but it does not in Chinese. So the important difference between Pinyin Z and Pinyin C is that the former is not aspirated and the latter is.
It does not matter if you voice the two consonants or not. Some teachers teach it like this to English and Romance language speakers because when such a speaker says /dz/, he automatically does not aspirate the consonant. It is a didactic trick to theoretically make learning easier. In my specific case, I also use IPA for learning foreign languages and this trick confused me a lot.
谢谢您老师😍。我现在Hsk二级的学生但是我觉得拼音J Zhi ch q x c 和special7 很很难
We're glad you are studying Chinese and at HSK2! Our Beginner Conversational Course on YoyoChinese.com will definitely help you master these sounds - not just with the explanations in this video lessons, but also by giving you tools to practice every day.
If you're having trouble with pronunciation of a specific sound, you might want to check out our interactive pinyin chart. It has all the sounds of Mandarin, with each tone, so you can really focus on the sounds that are giving you the most trouble: goo.gl/h7hd42
i dont understand these words
actually i can't make them different, especially c, s, x. So sad :((
We can help! If you're having trouble with pronunciation of a specific sound, you might want to check out our interactive pinyin chart. It has all the sounds of Mandarin, with each tone, so you can really focus on the sounds that are giving you the most trouble: goo.gl/h7hd42
So if its any other letter besides the "i" for the special seven its pronounced the right way?
Yes
I can't feel the different between c and s, they both pronounced like 's' in English?
One thing that might help is to listen to the audio demonstrations of this on our Pinyin chart. You can click back and forth between these two sounds and really hear the difference: goo.gl/h7hd42
You can hear the *t* wich lightly pronounced before C and S is pronunced S without any *t*
Ni tài niú le !! 👍
You're so *cow*?
why this has to be so hard?
Chabunga try so hard to learn.
加油 (jiā yóu) Mighty Chabunga! :)
Wo shi yinni ren bu hui jiang piao chun
Virgo Juliants ngomong apaan? Pake 漢字nya dong
Dennie Fergian 对不起，你看不懂吗
What is "piao chun"
Jiajun Ye piao chun is the talk is clear
Mais fácil para quem fala portugês;.
Si is unlucky why did you include that word
"si" can mean a lot of things - including the number 4!
say the wrong tone and you got death this is why you need to learn tones
hâo laóshí
Wow you look beautiful,I've loved your porformace learning there is no anything hard with you. Is your name?
You look beautiful, I've loved your porformace learning,and there's no anything hard with you. What's your name?
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I'm struggling in pronunciation. Your video is so helpful to make it better.
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Dear, i love ur class. But ur dancing little bit embarrasse me.