I Started learning chinese to know what is written on my shampoo LMAO

@dasren

3 жыл бұрын

Ab K lol

@jgtdjjksdh

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂👍🏻

@user-uf3ix7ux7z

3 жыл бұрын

卣 that is how we express shampoo in Chinese chareacter

@dankhnw8

3 жыл бұрын

One hell of a reason lmao

@user-uf3ix7ux7z

3 жыл бұрын

@赛博朋克 it looks like shampoo bottle

Once you master Chinese language, suggest you read ancient Chinese philosophies books, you would know a lot more about Chinese thinking, history and cultures.

@BlondieinChina

4 жыл бұрын

Wow hopefully one day my Chinese is good enough for that!!

@amberyang5699

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, those are quite hard to understand :). I'm comeplety fluent in Chinese and I can't just read ancient Chinese stuff without reading each sentence a hundred times. Really gives you a headache, but they're fun!

@eriksichaochen3488

4 жыл бұрын

Blondie in China I would suggest you can buy some 中学语文辅导教材 (middle school Chinese supplementary textbooks) where ancient classics texts are footnoted and translated into Morden Chinese in second page. So you can refer to each other from time to time. Once you can understand some ancient classics, then tv drama with ancient topics and 成语 will be much easier for you. Good luck.

@byili9819

4 жыл бұрын

@@amberyang5699 Start with some chinese style music! It is also fun and much esay. For example if you have heard XUE HUA PIAO PIAO, this song is not expressing sadness or frustrating, its lyrics is about comparing love to plum blossms in the snow to praise the firmness of love. That is totally different.

@Th3Vampir3Knight

3 жыл бұрын

我正在准备汉语水平考试6级，你可以推荐我看什么书吗？

I'll have to get into some C Dramas then. Bye bye K dramas

@BlondieinChina

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha a slight readjustment!

@leetaeyongiee1021

3 жыл бұрын

I watch all. I watch k-dramas and c-dramas.

@alexandra926

3 жыл бұрын

watch The Untamed!!! 10/10 recommend!!

@395leandro

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexandra926 Best gay romance ever!

@juliaxiao5320

3 жыл бұрын

Cpop:am I a joke to you?

正在学习汉语的朋友们，祝你们好运。Those who are learning Chinese,good luck to you~

@Luiming-

3 жыл бұрын

♥️

@clairee4939

2 жыл бұрын

谢谢

@clairee4939

2 жыл бұрын

@Aura Darkskipper 噢！哈哈😄 “囧” ”囧有了” 为我这些是二生词！

@rosechou649

2 жыл бұрын

@Aura Darkskipper lol 😂 What does that mean?I am Chinese but I don’t know lol 😆

@jackloveuzilol3235

2 жыл бұрын

@@rosechou649 中国人不可能不知道囧字，你应该是华裔

With learning a new language, motivation is an often overlooked aspect. Non-English speakers (including Chinese) gain interest in English through Hollywood films and English songs. Many people gain interest in learning Japanese or Korean because of Anime or K-pop, so if people are interested in learning Mandarin Chinese then watching Chinese dramas and listening to Chinese music serves as motivation.

@lolxd5412

3 жыл бұрын

神州 Shenzhou Thank you. But I don’t know how to search for chinese songs only by characters because I am a beginner from scratch😭

@BallisticaMetal

3 жыл бұрын

I really like old Jackie Chan movies and the movie Shaolin Soccer (masterpiece)

@jameshopkins9447

3 жыл бұрын

We tv as quite a few dramas and billi billi as some good donghua(chinese anime)

@Shenzhou.

3 жыл бұрын

@@lolxd5412 You can search for Chinese songs on KZread, just enter a search term "2020 流行歌曲". Normally, just typing "2020" the KZread prompt will autocomplete the "流行歌曲" part. You can also search for 2019 流行歌曲 or 2018 流行歌曲 or any other year.

@tanikalla

3 жыл бұрын

When you want to learn Chinese because of otome games :"D

Amy : WATCH THIS before you start self-studying Chinese Me : Too late xD

@henry12h

4 жыл бұрын

Reading is quite useful in learning a language, but with Chinese you should put a lot effort in learning the characters. But once you are able to read you can boost your learning rapidly.

@mooonbaby594

3 жыл бұрын

Im really struggling jajaja, i started learning Chinese and ENGLISH since two month 🤣

@DingDingMandarin

3 жыл бұрын

@@mooonbaby594 加油！

@mooonbaby594

3 жыл бұрын

@@DingDingMandarin what did you just say? 😂😂😂

@DingDingMandarin

3 жыл бұрын

@@mooonbaby594 Go get them.

"have a goal to stay motivated " me: why is this bl novel not translated.....wait what if...... my brain: yes start learning one of the hardest language in the world, just for bl literature

@HongWanSophia

3 жыл бұрын

YES!!!!!! and also for me to watch all the bts of "The Untamed" and be able to understand Yi Bo and Xiao Zhan

@denani

3 жыл бұрын

YESSSSSS!!!! idk how but it sounded like a good idea at that time (i also learned -sort of- english for the same reason since thats not my 1st language so im sorry for any mistakes)

@Jackfrom1497

3 жыл бұрын

YASSSS SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS

@MyuCelebi

3 жыл бұрын

There's another new BL called Word of Honor. Highly recommended 😁

@minibillu3332

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly.. I also got that.. lol It started with Jackson Wang and his flirting.. after that I wanted more.. and then enter the BL world.. I think learning Chinese opens up a large horizon.. rich culture..

I have ADHD and am suffering from insomnia so I just couldn't sleep but at 2:00 am I was in my hyperactive mode and suddenly I had this urge to learn mandarin and yeah here I am-✌️

@luv4eva1111

3 жыл бұрын

bruh same -_-

@elainastandifer851

2 жыл бұрын

Same here but I actually have a class I’m being paid for… and then my ADHD made me hyperfocus on it.

@drdandan6128

2 жыл бұрын

Mood!

@amie9085

2 жыл бұрын

same except its 4 am

@madeline569

2 жыл бұрын

Same hunnniii

"I play the episode until I find a word I don't recognize" I'm pausing as soon as it starts LOL

I’ve been studying chinese for 5 years and got my HSK 3 last year lol Now I’ll be going to Uni and keep studying it Wish me luck!!

@CurrentChinese

3 жыл бұрын

加油加油！our channel has HSK3 level listening material, you could give that a go 😊

@lyac596

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-vt6jk4zo6w 2:24 she explain that.

@user-hw2vy2lg2x

3 жыл бұрын

@袁珂，HSK，汉语水平考试，

@DingDingMandarin

3 жыл бұрын

挺厉害，继续努力，加油！

@HuyenTran-jk4mv

3 жыл бұрын

加油

As a Chinese, I know the difficulty of Chinese, just as I learn English. And I really wanna make a friend who wants to learn Chinese and whose mother tongue is English, and then we can practice together and make progress together. Learning together can be more motivating. Languages are amazing, but learning them is crazy!!!

@hgeirises6423

3 жыл бұрын

Me me me!!!!

@tazztrades1057

3 жыл бұрын

Me sir!

@hannahsarino9508

3 жыл бұрын

me i want! do you have wechat?

@lingweizeng477

3 жыл бұрын

@@hannahsarino9508 yes! could I have your WeChat ID？

@kylayu6784

3 жыл бұрын

@@lingweizeng477 me too!! kyllxndrmy8!!

I want to learn chinese bc of the serie The Untamed😂

@misakichen9996

3 жыл бұрын

Hansel samee

@eirabrown8558

3 жыл бұрын

May I ask do you learn Chinese for studying in China?

@hansel9636

3 жыл бұрын

@@eirabrown8558 i was thinking about that, but idk universities in China where i can study theater or set/costume design.

@r0conscious

3 жыл бұрын

Why everyone love that show so much? 😶 After seeing many people on yt saying it's so awesome I've watched around 10 episodes and just thought it was boring and the acting so flat, and I'm not a very difficult person, I'm easy to love a show, do I have to watch more episodes? Or am I missing something?

@user-wq2wj2ph8m

3 жыл бұрын

Story of Yanxi palace. Hehe

I have a Chinese husband and he’s useless when it comes to helping me learn Chinese lol

@zerovibritannia6216

3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@karaa7595

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@jackliu498

3 жыл бұрын

Do you have a washboard at home?

@keeleyxie1087

3 жыл бұрын

Same here!

@user-hw2vy2lg2x

3 жыл бұрын

what is the meaning of lol ?LOL?a game ?

As an English speaker, Chinese is surprisingly simple [ to speak ] once you get over the tones, and that's really more of a mental barrier than anything. Reading is easier than you think, though I imagine writing would be the hardest. By comparison, Korean is really accessible because of the phonetic alphabet, but its grammar is so different you really have to train your brain to accept information in a new way.

as a local chinese,i could tell that you can practise chinese both listening and speaking through watching chinese documentaties like 航拍中国，舌尖上的中国 etc. it's also a good way to know more about china .

@studyhard7539

3 жыл бұрын

What are the words you wrote in Chinese can you translate it

@tantangan10rbsubscribers83

3 жыл бұрын

Can you give us the pinyin of chinese characters you wrote please? 😁

@tigerboo740

3 жыл бұрын

@@tantangan10rbsubscribers83 English is Aerial China and A Bite of China, pinyin is 航拍中国 hang pai zhong guo，舌尖上的中国 she jian shang de zhong guo

@Sparks9329

Жыл бұрын

@@conniebu3531 I know am late but can you help me practice my Chinese

I studied chinese for 6 months with a tutor and it felt amazing. This may sound a bit silly but each time I’d have a lesson, I could feel my brain expanding. Learning a language is like building a lego. You use the basic blocks on the bottom and slowly build up on one another. I was planning to search for a better tutor, but ended up stopping the search and eventually that just led to loss of motivation. I stopped and now it’s been more than a year since that. I see videos like these and they just make me wanna go back man.

@MrLuca998

2 жыл бұрын

Omg, I also feel the same while learning how to write or read all those new characters ! I started to learn chinese one year ago but I also have University, so I had to stop for few months because of the exams ... a few weeks ago I restarted to learn !

@jackcheung9673

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrLuca998 me too, i am interested in Japanese but i stopped

@rogernguyen1273

Жыл бұрын

China is the future so learn chinese and you won't regret !

I would rlly rlly recommend ppl to visit China like at least once in a life time. It’s much better than described in mainstream TV lol.

@CurrentChinese

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely! I went last year for the first time and my eyes were wide open!

@bapakkubukanbapaknyaakutap9580

3 жыл бұрын

Hello, for a foreigner coming to China for the first time, which city would you recommend them to visit?

@cindyz.3987

3 жыл бұрын

@@bapakkubukanbapaknyaakutap9580 ya know, Beijing, Shanghai, those cities r the most famous ones, ofc Wuhan lmao. But honestly, everywhere u go, they have local food (they r all delicious)

@user-hw2vy2lg2x

3 жыл бұрын

the north city is best ,because of the putonghua ,In south area of China ,the pronunciation is very very different .called MinNan language .说白了，北方人都听不懂南方话，你一个外国人，估计更听不懂

@cindyz.3987

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-hw2vy2lg2x 普通话英语是maderin lol， 还有north city是啥 你这是用的百度翻译的叭 哈哈哈 不是喷 给点儿建议

maybe the next episode “ And how did I forgotten Mandarin” 😂

@keezytv7854

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@bilingualchannel7862

3 жыл бұрын

Chinese slangs kzread.info/dash/bejne/h5Zqsth7iK3YmNo.html

@Dhsu4321

3 жыл бұрын

＠無名 Perhaps, you should work hard to improve your English.🤣

Very important piece of advice that I have for students: KNOW YOUR RADICALS!!! It will make learning new characters sooo much easier. Also know your stroke orders, and the basics of how characters are formed. This will make your life so much easier!

Wow, thank you so much for the in depth and laid back resources. Really appreciate it. Glad I found this channel, subscribed!

Amy, I highly recommend a documentary called 'Aerial China' 航拍中国. The narration in the documentary is fabulous and of highly cultural richness.

@BlondieinChina

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Michael!

@yanyan_taiwanchina

4 жыл бұрын

I love 航拍中国 too

I used to study Chinese at school (to GCSE level). I was pretty good and could speak in simple conversations. Visiting China for a week really exploded a lot of my vocabulary. Now about 10 years later, it's mostly faded apart from the basics. This video has given me a lot of methods to use to try and bring it all back and more! Thanks for this!

@ListenToChineseEveryDay

Жыл бұрын

haha

I feel the exactly same at the "Pause&Note" part. I did the same when I was in high school for English study. I paused every time I saw a new word and noted it. I love learning Enligsh, so it didn't bother me at all. Eventually I greatly enhanced my English vocabulary. Though regretably, not doing it for a while now.

Thanks for making this info packed video! I'm sure it took you forever compiling all these resources for us fellow language learners!

Thanks for another bright and cheerful video. I always take my hat off (even though I'm not wearing one) to anyone who put their time and effort into learning such a difficult language! :D

Thanks Amy. Even though I live in China its still been difficult to learn. Your video has renewed my motivation and given me a solid plan to follow

Great video, thanks for the inspiration!

this is sooooo helpful!! the beginner, intermediat, advanced advice is so crucial, thank you!!😭

Wow... I'm only 7 minutes into the video and I only have a slight interest in learning Chinese, but you've just taught me an amazing new idea for bettering my Korean. I'm definitely going to start a vocabulary book and using your idea of watching Korean TV to find words I don't recognize. Thank you so much!

Awesome, loved it, surprised how I was in the same boat as you. Great tips and I've been using them during the quarentine. We can both keep going, 一起加油！

@CurrentChinese

3 жыл бұрын

加油加油💪

I really needed this. Thank you so much.

Wonderfully put together! thank you

Just found you, love that you are Australian, love your manner etc. Im learning through a school, but great ideas here to add to my studies. thank you

You gave me hope that I can actually have decent accent despite being a non-native, I am just starting but it feels so hard to make some words sound like they should. Cheering for all of you to keep practising and reach your goals!

Thank you so much. This is really insightful. I am doing self study and sometimes it gets really frustrating when I study new vocab and I can't remember how to write it after a week. Watching this really encourages me to push forward and put in those little daily efforts.

Great piece of advice thank you!!

Very good ! This was almost exactly how I learned English years ago. My daily vocabulary was 5 words. It worked well

@nicoleraheem1195

3 жыл бұрын

Nice

She‘s so right! many things in the video I actually use for my Chinese and improves so fast！

@BlondieinChina

4 жыл бұрын

SO glad to hear that!

Thanks for the tips. You're amazing!

I needed this. Thanks a lot!!

for these who have VERY advanced Chinese skills, I highly recommend 琅琊榜(Langya Bang ). It not only has a very good story, but also has beautiful dialogues and contains many traditional Chinese culture & value. It is in my opinion the best Chinese drama in recent years

@etlay5684

2 жыл бұрын

You are right, it's one of the best drama I've ever watched and I've watched it 6 times already. The dialogue is so beautiful and poetic that it brought tears in my eyes.

@zack2804

Жыл бұрын

I hate Wuxia though. It's boring af.

I just started studying Mandarin pinyin about 5 weeks ago using an online program (not ready for the characters course yet). It's really good because we're starting from the basic (tones, initials, finals, words/sentences... building vocab as we go). Anyway, I realized that I wasn't setting myself up for reviews and/or additional studying. Your tips are awesome and I plan on incorporating some of them like flashcards and being able to re-review what I'm learning! Pleco seem especially helpful and I've downloaded it to my phone. I will definitely watch some cartoons. I've been watching some Chinese shows on YT just to get used to listening to it, and I can already pick up some words here and there. So, thanks again for your tips!!

Thank you for this wonderful video!

Thank you Blondie this a great video! Very useful tips!

Thanks for these great tips. I started learning Chinese during the first lockdown ( in the Netherlands). I have been using different apps and KZread videos. I think that I can bring some structure to it, thanks to your tips.👍🙏

My wife's chinese, we've been married for almost ten years and I've been to China so many times...yet I couldn't learn to speak it (laziness I assume). I tried many ways to find the way to make me enjoying learning Chinese but failed many times to do so, even though I love the language, but something was blocking me to take a step further. Now that I've found your video with techniques, it started to makes sense to me about how to get this beautiful language. I downloaded Anki and started sticking notes everywhere in my house, and I get easily progress ! So I want to thank you a lot for giving me that hype I needed to start to learn efficiently !

Thank you. That was fun listening to you, and I got some good ideas.

You are an absolute life-saver. Trying to go at this without any structure or support is a nightmare for someone who is darned determined to learn. Thank you so much. Phenomenal content. ❤❤❤

艾米，加油！我们爱你❤️

Hi! I'm Brazilian, thank you for me help in english and Mandarin.

YOU are amazing :) thank you for the tips

Great video!! I love your enthusiasm for Chinese :))

I´m trying hard everyday for an hour and it´s been 6 months now. I´m doing it alone with the videos I find here on youtube and your advice helped lot!

@wenley5303

3 жыл бұрын

Some channels to learn from ?

@DingDingMandarin

3 жыл бұрын

加油！

Doing this exact thing! But also using Speechling for getting new vocab! Its free and has thousands of sentences with audio.

@bilingualchannel7862

3 жыл бұрын

Chinese slangs kzread.info/dash/bejne/h5Zqsth7iK3YmNo.html

Excellent! Thank you!

Thank you so much!!! You're so lovely and you just gave me some golden tips to start learning Chinese.💕☺

GREAT VIDEO. Those are very effective ways to learn Chinese, or any languages. Just a reminder, When you are in a city and ask someone if he is local, usually we say “你是本地人吗？” instead of “你是当地人吗？”。“当地人” is used when you are refering to the people of a city/town/village but you are not in that city/town/village.

@richardpony

4 жыл бұрын

本地人is what I’ll say. I’m northern Chinese

@xueyunpeng6901

4 жыл бұрын

When you speak to someone directly，you make sentence like:"你是本地人，我也是本地人”,don't use "当地人”。 When you speak to someone about someone else who is not around you, you should say:"他们当地人咋咋咋”，in this situation,you can still converse with somebody using"他们本地人咋咋咋‘’。

I'm a Chinese native, but usually and almost always read the subtitles when I watch TV series, than relying on my listening, and more often I found it more efficient.

@ewandoyle935

3 жыл бұрын

I'm interested in finding someone to chat to to learn Mandarin, I'm English. Are u interested??

@yangyangxi4481

3 жыл бұрын

Ewan Doyle thanks Ewan. I don’t think I’m a qualified Mandarin speaker any more as haven’t been living in China for 5 years and sometimes get myself so confused of the recently coined terms. So embarrassing.

@ewandoyle935

3 жыл бұрын

@@yangyangxi4481 Ahh okay. I'm just looking for someone to chat to in Mandarin, I'm sure you don't need to be qualified or anything!

@yangyangxi4481

3 жыл бұрын

Ewan Doyle no probs. Then I’d love to chat with you in Mandarin. :) how can I do that?

@ewandoyle935

3 жыл бұрын

@@yangyangxi4481 Ah great.. Are you on Insta?

Thank you so much for this video ! It's really helpful ! Take care of you ! 💞

Thankyou for sharing, I'm excited to start learning

Thank you for your study tips. I’m new to learning Chinese. I started picking up words watching Chinese dramas, then watching KZread instructors and now I’m enrolled in a college level language course. Impossible to travel to China now because of the pandemic. As far as being able to practice with native speakers I have one co-worker who speaks fluent Mandarin. Most Chinese here in the SF Bay Area are Cantonese speakers as well in our 2 Chinatowns. Goals: I was ready to take the HSK level 1 exam. However they’ve closed all the Confucius Institutes at the universities in the US where they offered the exam. (It’s political and won’t get into it.) so frustrating. Also at work they have a qualified bilingual status designation level 1 and level 2. Level 1 is conversational and level 2 designation allows you to do medical interpretation. It would take me 10 years to become a certified medical interpreter in Mandarin. I am a Certified Medical Interpreter in Spanish. Know of anywhere else I can take the HSK level 1 exam that doesn’t require traveling? Thanks in advance.

Girl your Mandarin is so good you're motivating me with every video, I can't believe that YOU would be able to forget this language

@bilingualchannel7862

3 жыл бұрын

Chinese slangs kzread.info/dash/bejne/h5Zqsth7iK3YmNo.html

Thank you so much for your tips.It really helps me a lot

Super helpful, thanks for sharing.

Dunno if anyone's interested, but there's a show called 新世界 that has lots of actors with strong Beijing/Dongbei accents. It's quite colloquial, but has a really good historical storyline

I am just happy you mentioned Detective L which is Bai Yu's show. I love him since Guardian..😍😍😍😍. Him and Zhu YiLong are my inspiration for wanting to learn Chinese Thanks for the advice though

@BlondieinChina

4 жыл бұрын

I love bai Yu!! Hahaha

@ginalentil3557

4 жыл бұрын

@@BlondieinChina Me too. He is so different. He can pull off manly and cute effortlessly. He can really match in the acting with ZYL. (Sorry for fangirling. Hahaha.) Thanks you so much.

Thanks a bunch for sharing. Watching from Togo, West Africa. Your video is a great one, becoming a fan already

Thank you so much , all the information that you have mentioned is very help

I was born and raised in Shanghai, but started learning English almost as a "second first language" at a very young age (I believe four or three). To be honest I see a lot of parallels between an English speaker learning Chinese and a Chinese speaker learning English - in both cases the script is decidedly foreign, the language learned is incredibly complex with many silly exceptions, and there's a lot of cultural elements that underly even routine conversations. English has been a mandatory course in China's education system for a long while now, but the level students are able to reach are usually less than desirable. In my personal opinion it's mostly due to the inefficient (and often test-oriented) methodology. Fortunately I went to an international school where English is taught more as a tool than as a skill required in a test, so my English is pretty proficient (116 TOEFL, 8.0 IELTS; I can probably get away with claiming I'm British to native English speakers at this point). Naturally people often ask me how I acquired such good English, and honestly I have a hard time answering. Of course, part of it is my environment - my school friends all spoke English as a first language or at least had to use English for the curriculum, but I actually think watching English programmes was actually another great contributing factor. When adults ask me for English learning tips, I often just tell them to go watch Discovery - Mythbusters, National Geographics, things like that, not unlike how you recommended watching Chinese TV. I found these documentaries particularly helpful during my youth, partially because I was and still am a massive science buff, but also because the lack of a continuous storyline. I believe this is important because it removes a confusing variable - if I don't understand something said or done, it's probably not because I missed some bizarre logic of implications that happened earlier in the series, rather because I simply misunderstood a vocabulary/sentence and/or some very shallow connotations. Additionally, the nature of these documentaries means that they necessarily use a lot of semi-professional vocabulary, for example think about a factory tour - there's going to be so many verbs and nouns that are particular to what is being made, or about manufacturing in general. Same thing if the topic is an animal, motor racing, aircraft accident investigation, etc. While shows depicting everyday life is helpful in learning the basic structure and patterns of a language, I believe what truly makes proficiency is ultimately vocabulary, which is exactly what documentaries are good for in the context of language learning. Unfortunately for Chinese learners, I have to admit that home-grown Chinese documentaries are generally not as great as American and British ones - both due to experience and lack of funding and/or interest. However there's still plenty of good resources around. I would actually recommend starting with Chinese-translated National Geographics, believe it or not. Don't learn from the way they speak - a lot of English habits of expression actually carry over through the translation, so if you speak they way they do you will sound decidedly non-native; rather learn the vocabulary. If you focus on the vocabulary, the inauthentic-sounding speech actually becomes a benefit because it will help you to anticipate and/or guess the upcoming words and/or their meanings. Of course, if you find other excellent documentary series available in Chinese, feel free to use them too. If you really want to get a feel for real Chinese documentaries however, there are resources for that too. 纪实频道 (literally "Documentary Channel") has lots of great shows these days (albeit sometimes the topics are a bit complex such as politics). Occasionally they have translated foreign shows as well. I'm not sure whether you can access them that easily though because it is a TV channel, but try looking up the names of the TV series they host, and find resources that way. Alternatively if you want a really big name TV series, go lookup 舌尖上的中国 (A Bite of China). It's a really well-made show that aired a few years ago about all kinds of different cuisines you can find in China. Its difficulty isn't super challenging, plus I'm sure you will find the vocabulary extremely useful since you will be eating a lot in China, trust me.

@BlondieinChina

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing those resources with us!! super useful!!

@bilingualchannel7862

3 жыл бұрын

Chinese slangs 101 kzread.info/dash/bejne/h5Zqsth7iK3YmNo.html

I've been studying Mandarin for one month now. Wish me luck lol

@gbwisk0004

3 жыл бұрын

skinny shimmers goof luck

@kanyeeast1348

3 жыл бұрын

good luck

@jasmineravine6927

3 жыл бұрын

祝你好运

@ikbalmert6017

3 жыл бұрын

dude how is it going

@relaxwhc

3 жыл бұрын

Enjoy the easy grammar

Thank you for sharing. very practical!

I love this video!! This was what I was looking for! Thank you so much!

No no always , taxi driver himslef starts talking to me 😂😂😂, he will start with 你是哪国人 and then the story begins 😂😂😂

@BossBoss-un5nd

3 жыл бұрын

Brooooooooooo fact i have traveled more cities in china been here for 5 years driver sucks sometimes

@luxingyu981

2 жыл бұрын

和司机交谈时，你会学会中国的脏话 哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈

I am Chinese, and I find Chinese very difficult. With all the gadgets these day, I forget how to handwrite a lot of words, cause all we need to to is type pinyin and choose among the options.

Merci pour les LIST OF TV SHOWS :)

Thank you, useful information

You got to say each Chinese word a thousand times I've been studying pretty much Chinese for 6 years so I'm getting there

@nicoleraheem1195

3 жыл бұрын

I've been studying chinese for 6 months consistently but for 11 Months total And I agree with you. Repetition and stick to one text book,one workbook and a schedule. Geesh I hit a plateau at Hsk 2 for doing too much

Break the ice in China 😲 Ha! 😂😂 No need I think. China is the country where people are least private, from what I experienced all over the world. Taxidrivers? I not even entered completely, when they already asked me 你是哪里人. I never needed to break any ice at all. People ask me in subway or any places just about everything in my life. But I like it, so I always have nice conversations and friends. Only thing that nerves me, is every stranger asking me to connect on WeChat and I don’t like having 500+ in my contact list, which I even don’t really know. But I also don’t want them to lose face in front of their friends and I wanna be friendly, so I connect to them. After some weeks, when they have checked me oit and I disappear below bottom at their chat list, I start deleting them, when they are not important to me. Btw, I am German and 2011 came first to Shenzhen to live and work there, without knowing any Chinese at all, except for Ni hao and xie xie. So first evening I was alone in a food street, wanting to buy something so badly, but no one spoke English there (Shenzhen, Bao‘an, Xixiang) So I showed two fingers on the barbecue meet sticks and offered them a handful of money for them to pick out the necessary amount. But that’s not the way, I should continue in China, I thought, I need to know the numbers. So I started with numbers and „I want“ or „I would like to have...“. That’s how I started learning Chinese. After three years in Shenzhen and a break back to Germany, I then lived in Suzhou 2 years, until this Corona shi.....! Actually I just wanted to do a 2 month holiday in Germany, arriving end of January when the whole thing started. I already miss China so much, 我所有的朋友都说我有中国心. I am so connected to China and I love the easy openness and friendliness of them. I will never understand, why foreigners sometimes say, it’s so difficult to get through an imaginary outer smiling wall. It’s not true at all. At least, when you are open and friendly and show integrity. When you are honest and friendly, they open up so much on you. I never had so many friends, like in China. It’s amazing. Can’t await to get back there. Meanwhile I want to improve my Chinese. Yours is amazingly good. Well done 👍 Right now I am into the Radicals, the 部首, as I find, it gives me a great chance to learn about the history of the sign, of which bushou the character is put together, giving me an idea, what the sign is about, even when I don’t know it. There is a wonderful book from Edoardo Fazzioli (different names of the book in different languages), in German it’s called „Gemalte Wörter“, which means painted, or drawing words. Though he explains 214 radicals, you need to check in Wikipedia 227 Chinese radicals, to confirm, as some books, even in China, have different explanations for the radicals. Also Wikipedia shows more short forms of some radicals like the 三点水. But the book explains nice the development and history of the 部首, which makes it easier to learn. Then you recognize better some shapes, like the traditional sign for a door 🚪 or entrance, 門 and 门 where you clearly see the two wing doors, like in a saloon, but later, you cannot recognize the shape any more. So I learn the radicals having the book and checking every single 部首 at Wikipedia and adding notes to the book. Sometimes, even Chinese people don’t know the proper heritage of some radicals and you can impress them by teaching them 😃 Well, so far- I really miss China, 我非常想中国 😢 But you help me improve even more. Thank you for your videos

Thank you blondie, this was really useful !! 🤗

Really love your videos!

Thank you for your recommendations, honesty, and help. Congrats. I hope that I can pass the HSK test too. I don't recommend it but by watching TOO MANY mainland Chinese dramas, as they come with subtitles, I was surprised about my Chinese skills. When I took an online Mandarin placement test, I was above absolute beginner, still beginner, and that I can recognize around 200 characters, though I can't write them and won't be able to tell the difference if you put similar characters together. Maybe this was because Mandarin's grammar is easy. Now, I'm seriously learning Mandarin. By the end of next year, I will be at the intermediate level.

I’m an absolute beginner but I love Chinese history. As a result I’ve watched a lot of historical dramas. Interestingly enough I’ve picked up a fair amount of vocabulary. I work with a couple of native speakers and they are surprised how much I’ve picked up by watching historical dramas.

I really like that positive vibe from you

Thank you so much for your technical, right now I learn English and Chinese together.

It's pretty efficient though. That's exactly how i learned English😎

My major is TESOL, English language teaching. I am curious about how others learn mandarin. Haha.

@bilingualchannel7862

3 жыл бұрын

Chinese slangs kzread.info/dash/bejne/h5Zqsth7iK3YmNo.html

This is so helpful. Thanks a lot

Thank you for these useful tips, it really helped.

I'm not even learning Chinese lol i just wanted to watch this cuz I wanted to and thought it might help with the languages I'm learning

I love languages, I call myself a polyglot until I become a polyglot.

@CurrentChinese

3 жыл бұрын

Haha fake it until you make it?

@colichapolyglot2900

3 жыл бұрын

@@CurrentChinese of course, when I told my friends about the idea of learning languages and polyglot thing, they were laughing at me. Now I speak fluent English, a little Spanish and basic Chinese. Their mouse are shut and I am accelerating

@marcodiepold2065

3 жыл бұрын

I speak German natively, have a decent level of English now (already learn for 10 years). I also have basic French knowledge and currently starting with Chinese

@jksheartbeat6943

3 жыл бұрын

it just irritating when u dont know the language so it motives me lol still learning english for years (still bad at listening&speaking) n basic japanese

@sabr3T

3 жыл бұрын

@@colichapolyglot2900 same here! I speak fluent English and spanish. Now I'm gonna learn chinese

This was ridiculously helpful! Thank you!

I want to learn Chinese cause I want to go In China and cause I love watching c-drama!😊

Im chinese and fluent and it but im just here to see how people study the language🤣. Im learning korean tho so i might use some tips

@leyiaah6862

3 жыл бұрын

Yesssss same-

天哪 These tips are so much amazing and helpful. This is so encouraging 太 谢谢了❤

This video was so helpful thank you so much!!!

0:21 "like mate, stop procrastinating"

In the meantime, I am trying to enhance my English by watching your videos...hahaha...

@BlondieinChina

4 жыл бұрын

Hope it helps!!

@jameshongtaoliu9698

3 жыл бұрын

me too

Super helpful, thank you so much! 🧡

Wow great advice! thanks for Pleco its really good and i hope to speak conversational Chinese. Awesome videos keep them up!

I've been self teaching myself Chinese Mandarin for around 2years, but my Taiwanese gf didn't want to teach me because she wanted to only speak English to improve.

@jenna_maria

3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps you could try to make a deal with her, talk in Mandarin on one day and the next day switch to English, the day after switch back to Mandarin and so on? That way you’d both get a chance improve :)

@blank.9301

3 жыл бұрын

@@jenna_maria Tried that, but she is bossy, lol. Thanks anyway. :)