I am starting to learn Chinese (Traditional) And I gotta say, I hate how underrated this video is, Not only you showed both Pinyin and Zhuyin (Which I need to learn Zhuyin lol), This is the only vid I found to show how to exactly pronounce these sounds. Thanks.

lean to Pronunc 00:35 (1) the IPA and the Tongue position of "x" 01:50 (2) the IPA and the Tongue position of "j" 03:00 (3) the IPA and the Tongue position of "q" 03:48 (4) the comparison between "j q x" and "zh ch sh"

@ChandanKumar-vp1rc

Жыл бұрын

😘😘😘

AS native Spanish speaker, this video help a LOT with the position on how to do it. All the Chinese learners must to see, even if your native language is other than English.

@qaaqqutsiaqtaatsiaq8796

3 жыл бұрын

I am a native Greenlandic speaker, all the content I consume is in English haha :)

@ahhhhhh387

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@ahhhhhh387

3 жыл бұрын

@l e x :o my mom is from Peru 😊

@Adzzzzzzzzzzz

3 жыл бұрын

@l e x Practica y mas practica, lee los dialogos y trata de hacerlo lo mas fluido posible. Lastimosamente en el chino lo mas dificil y primordial es la pronunciacion. Luego de que practiques mucho, te saldra automatico. Pero no puedo decirte que es algo tan facil como hablar el español donde la CH la pronuncian como sea y todos sabemos que hablan del "Chocolate" por ejemplo

@Adzzzzzzzzzzz

3 жыл бұрын

@@ahhhhhh387 Practica, no hay de otra. Leer los dialogos y practicar hasta que puedas hacer las posiciones de manera fluida. Imagina que estas practicando un jutsu de naruto pero en vez de las manos, es con la lengua, dientes, etc. JAJA

Some advice from a native english speaker for the x sound. Make a hissing 's' sound, then slightly move the tip of your tongue down until it just barely makes a 'sh' sound

@pinkforguys

3 жыл бұрын

thanks! this helped me understand it better

@audreyodonnell166

3 жыл бұрын

Oh thanks I thought my tongue was too big

@funenglish248

3 жыл бұрын

But, the Chinese "X" sound is the same as the "Sh" English sound.. right?

@elijahsmall5873

3 жыл бұрын

@@funenglish248 no

@nickfleming3719

3 жыл бұрын

@@funenglish248 The chinese "sh" sound is closer to the english "sh" sound's tongue position. The chinese "x" has a tongue position that doesn't exist in english, at least in the english I speak.

I’ve been struggling for a long time trynna master the pronunciation of these initials, and let me tell you Grace that I’m deeply grateful with you, cause this video has been so helpful. I was able to hear the difference between these initials despite my mother tongue is Spanish. Thanks a lot ❤️

@GraceMandarinChinese

3 жыл бұрын

David Gomez I’m glad it helps!! You’re welcome! :D

I wish I had seen this years ago. My x's and q's have always been weak, and now I know why. The mouth diagrams along with the explanation made all the difference.

The handout for today's lesson: gracemandarinchinese.com/j-q-x-handout/ Hope you enjoy today’s video! If you have any suggestion or any idea that you want me to talk about, please leave a comment below :)

@DuongSean

4 жыл бұрын

Very understandable. Thank you so much and please, keep it up your great work.

@sunainakumari5316

3 жыл бұрын

@Enrique Barreto you he wtshgbf

@thinhthe6196

3 жыл бұрын

你真像日本长成人演员

@Ajia_No_Envy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for making these videos. You are so underated it's unbelievable.

So helpful!! Thank you for using IPA and those mouth diagrams.　謝謝！

@GraceMandarinChinese

4 жыл бұрын

ICosmoI 不客氣！Glad you like it! :D

I've asked many chinese friends and teachers while also watching many videos trying to improve my pronunciation and after 2 years studying, I have watched Grace's videos and finally I have found a helpful video helping me master X, Q, J, and ZH 感谢你Grace老师

Your videos are excellent!! Reducing my accent is one of the most satisfying processes in language learning and I’m really thankful to find your videos.

Thank you so much Grace! I have been struggling to pronounce the nuances between all of these for ages!!! You explained it really well. I can't tell you how grateful I am for your video! ❤

The first time after months I got the pronunciation of x, j, q right! That was extremely helpful! Thank you Grace.

I know that I MUST practice more and more. Thank you so much Grace for such a load of helpful videos. Always supporting you.✨✨✨🌹

I consider these videos reference materials, I come back to these quite often. I think they are the best explanations and learning tools for pronunciation I have found

so happy I found this channel today! I am the type that I can't learn words and go on if I know my pronunciation sucks and don't know how to at least say it in my head. Thank you!

I was searching for the right prononciation for a while (since I am learning Chinese by myself). Your video was very helpful especially when you showed us the tongue position. Thank you

your videos are so good, the best i’ve ever come across!! the way you explain things is so easy to understand and memorize, thank you for putting out such great educational content

This video is so excellent! Thank you! I have watched many of your videos and they are all great. This particular video is so outstanding that I felt compelled to comment. Thank you for your clear explanations and your drawings that show the proper way to make the sounds.

Thank you Grace. Your lessons are very useful. I appreciate all the hard work you put into teaching us.

I think that, in terms of pronunciation, compared to other channels, Grace teaches the most accurately. Thank you very much, Grace. And the teacher is so beautiful and charming. Best wishes for You.

This video and the previous one are just amazing. I just dabble in Chinese and I need to come back to refresh my memory on how to say these sounds and your videos are so much better than anyone else's. I am lazy so hunting down this video is a pain and I try just searching for Chinese pronunciation videos and watching them but for some reason other KZreadrs don't put the tongue positions in the video. They just say it and expect viewers to know where to put their tongue. Never take this video down. I am sure I will be back again to dabble in Chinese.

This is a fantastic series! I love how you include different models of representing the sound: pin yin, bopomofo, and the IPA. Those, the tongue diagrams, and the example words are really helpful for learning to hear and produce the correct pronunciation.

Oh my god this video series helped so much! I used the IPA for any new language I learn but the images made it 10x better. Thank you so much!

The best video on that matter. I've been struggling so much with the right pronunciation up to this point. Thanks a lot!

you are the best ! clearly explaining how the tongue position and airflow for each word. Thank you so much!!

This is definitely the best video/explanation/demonstration ever available! I won’t even watch any others after this!👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏

These are the best videos i've seen so far about mandarin pronunciation sounds. Very helfpful, thank you very much!

Your lessons are so clear and straight forward. Thank you very much.

I wish I watched this sooner! I got an explanation when I first started learning but it was oversimplified so I was doing something a little bit wrong even though it sounded the same to me, now with a proper explanation I can hear the difference and it's helping me pronounce more like a native speaker

Awesome video! I speak Vietnamese so tones and sounds are all easy for me, but had a hard time differentiating zh with ch and j with q (Vietnamese only has the d/t pairing of aspirated consonants), this video really helped!

Great video :) thanks for helping with pronounciation!

i was so confused about how to pronounce q and j until i watch ur vid. it shows the tongue positions when pronounce them. i have to say that : awesome . best video about chinese study i have ever watched. thank u so much ^^.

Thank you very much, your videos are helping me A LOT to understand how to produce these sounds!

Thank you! I have struggles differentiating the zh / j and ch / q. This video has brought clarity to me. 😭❤️

Amazing video. Love that you use both IPA and zhuyin. Grace, thank you for the teachings!

oh my god, you are an excellent teacher, in Brazil none of the teachers say about tongue positioning like you do, thank you very much

Wow, the tongue drawings were really helpful! Thank you, Grace

Im my learning i really found it essential to understand the differences between these sounds. Thanks for your help.

Wooow amazing explanations, finally I can understand the difference and reproduce the sounds. Already subscribed, keep up with the good work!

你解释得太好了！我正需要这样的视频来推荐给我的学生！谢谢！

難しいけど面白いです！ 素晴らしい動画をありがとうございます

Thank you very much for this. I'm interviewing someone with the given name Qin, and I was mangling it in practice. The tongue placement demonstration was really helpful!

You're pronunciation videos are awesome. Thank You! 谢谢

Finally a good & clear video about Chinese pronunciation...

Your graphical explanation really helps

Thanks so much for making such great videos about how to pronounce Chinese, I love your technique and hope to learn more from you.

Thank you so much! This was the most helpful video I saw on KZread about this subject. A big thank you from Spain :)

@GraceMandarinChinese

4 жыл бұрын

Parisa VP Hi Parisa! You’re welcome! And glad you find this helpful;)

I loved you😍... best explanation ever 💚 你太牛了！！！！

This is as helpful in Mandarin as Rachael's English in American English. Thank you very much.

Again, the format is awesome! I love the IPA and articulation diagrams! They're so great! I was kind of getting the same sounds... Sort of! 🤣 But not really. This makes it so much clearer and easier to practice!

This is really helpful for my pronunciation. It’s also made me realise how bad my ear is. I find it really hard to hear this difference between some of those sounds. If you ever need ideas for content, it would be helpful if you could do a video where you say different words with the sounds from this and the last video, then show the viewer what the sound was. It’d be a bit like aural flash cards. Thanks for your work!

@GraceMandarinChinese

4 жыл бұрын

VividBiomass This is such a good idea!! Thanks a lot! Yes these sounds are pretty similar but you don’t have to worry too much, when you learn two vocabulary which have similar pronunciations that you find a bit difficult to tell, you can focus on learning where to use them (e.g. the combination with other words), try to use contexts easily distinguish them:) just a piece of advice, hope this will help you learn better!

After months of trying to learn these initials, your videos are the key for me understanding these sounds in my brain. Thank you so much!!!!!!! :)

@sovideo_

Жыл бұрын

Really? :D :D To clarify the stupid video lesson: You start practicing from the basic easier X. It is sort of funny sounding S. You try to utter S, while your tongue is pressed against your lower teeth. The result seems to sound close to the English S or TH, but it's not identical and the Chinese speakers will sense the difference. IPA: [ɕ] After mastering the X, move to J. It is like the Chinese X sound but now try to add T in front of it. It sounds close to an English TS (caTS), but again it's not identical. It is very difficult for the English speakers because they can hardly say TS at the beginning of a syllable. IPA: [t͡ɕ] Finally, move to Q. It is like the Chinese J sound, but now you add an H after the J sound, without generating a new syllable. Linguistically this is called "aspiration". In several Asian languages there are aspirated consonants, meaning they are merged with the H sound. The Chinese Q sounds close to TS'H, but with a nuance. IPA: [t͡ɕʰ]

Awesome. Thanks sweetie! I'm strugling with these sounds and this vid did help me out.

thank goodness, i have been trying to figure out how to pronounce zh- versus j- especially when followed by a u like zhu vs. ju. i also had trouble getting a correct sound for x- sounds. this helped a lot!

a very detailed and clear video. Thank you for your demonstration

This is literally the best video I found to explain this ❤️✨

THIS WAS SO USEFUL. Many thanks x

Very very useful . Thank you. I have been struggling with those pronunciations.

Thanks Grace. I am really learning!

This method is the most easiest to understand! Thank you! 謝謝。

I never put much stock into how our lips move with the sounds, but just keeping in mind how j, q, x sort of make you smile made them much easier to distinguish! Thank you!

I like your lesson, it helped me a lot, thank you Grace.

The first time in my life i know how to pronounce these correctly, thank you so much, this video is the best for beginner to learn chinese.

@Henry-teach-Chinese-in-jokes

10 ай бұрын

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Thank you so much!!! You explained these small details better than everyone I have seen. This helped me a lot ❤

@timothyedwardthomas303

3 жыл бұрын

Same

The best video I saw on this topic. Thank you very much!

Thanks for including the IPA it helped a lot

Thank you so much for this video. This is exactly what I was looking for. Finding tongue positions is fundamental to pronounce better. I feel a bit closer to pronounce better :) 谢谢你!

@GraceMandarinChinese

4 жыл бұрын

Juan Saab 不客氣！很高興有幫到你;) (不客气！很高兴有帮到你) 😊😊

easy to understand. I love it. Thank you laoshi.

Thank you so much for this episode

IVE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SAY X FOR SO LONG AND DIDNT EVEN REALIZE THE TOUNGE POSITION FOR J AND Q THANK YOU SO MUCH

Best phonetic explanation of xi ji qi on KZread ever!

THIS IS SO HELPFUL!!!

such amazing trainings!

The pictures of tongue position are really helpful!

I'm a new student and this video helped me alot thank you ♥️♥️

Thank you a lot Grace for a great video! I have been studying Chinese for a while and I struggle the most with Q and J sound... sometimes it is hard to recognize these two and if you have any suggestion to me, or even considerate a video with these two it would be awesome!

Thanks, keep doing, you make it easy for me, to pronounce the letters well

Thank you so much. This video is very helpful. Thank you again

thanks for making this video. it helps me know how to pronounce correctly

Your videos are great!!! Subscribed! 😄

Thank you for the clear explanation! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Very clear & a CD academic, hope you don't mind showing this to many students.

Thanks Grace

Eres la mejor explicado. Genia total

this was such a helpful video! I really appreciated it :)

Muchas gracias Grace me ayudo bastante el video anterior y este.

oh my goodness! This was SO helpful! I am doing it, I am actually making the sounds! Until now, I have been trying to imitate the sound as best as I can but always able to tell that what I was doing wasn't quite right, wasn't quite the same sound, that the correct pronunciation had some more...complexity....than what I could produce. It is AMAZING to hear myself making the correct sounds now, thank you thank you so much! And at 40 years old, too hey, who said you can't teach an old dog new tricks? ;)

Thank you, this video helps me a lot, Now I got the concept.

Best explanation ever!

Thanks you, you explain very good! I can understand everything :)

Thank you, Grace!!!! ❤️🙏

Fantastic video. This needs more views! :)

THANK YOUTH'S! This is gamechanger! 😍 But I feel like you just made my mandarin practice 10 times harder! I was doing so many things wrong! 😅

You are a great teacher! Ági from Budapest

love your videos, keep up the good work!

@GraceMandarinChinese

4 жыл бұрын

kristina gogova Glad you like the way I explained it! 謝謝你

For such a long time I got told that the j is the same as the English j, apparently it was wrong. Thank you ☺️ this video helped a LOT

Love this！I’ve spent 2 years in Xiamen till now, and still don’t speak at all

thank you so much for this. after more than 1 year of studying chinese i finally understood this i'm actually crying

@GraceMandarinChinese

3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad it helps! :D

Very nice! WELL DONE! Thank you.

Great Teacher! Thank you😄