Master Chinese "zh ch sh r" | Pronunciation Training

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  @GraceMandarinChinese · 7 years ago (edited) · pinned

  🌟 One-on-One Pronunciation Training with Me (Avocado Tier on Patreon): <a href="https://patreon.com/GraceMandarinChinese">https://patreon.com/GraceMandarinChinese</a> <br>-<br>The handout for today&apos;s lesson: <a href="https://gracemandarinchinese.com/pronunciation-training-handout-1/">https://gracemandarinchinese.com/pronunciation-training-handout-1/</a><br>If you have any suggestion or any idea that you want me to talk about, please leave a comment below :)<br>Also, if you&apos;d like to learn more about pinyin, check out this awesome article by my friends at Yoyo Chinese: <a href="http://yoyochinese.com/pinyin">yoyochinese.com/pinyin</a>

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  @kyled2153 · 4 years ago

  As a linguistics nerd, I have to say that this is the best explanation for retroflex consonants, aspiration, and affricates without using technical language

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  @DennisSmdFreefightTrainer · 6 years ago

  I am learning chinese for 3 years and never got the difference between zh and ch. NOW I finally got it with those great tongue pictures and paper experiment. Thank you so much!!!

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  @mxhorsepower · 5 years ago (edited)

  For American English speakers there is something else about the &apos;r&apos; one that took me a while to find out. You might be pushing the sides of your tongue against your teeth when you pronounce an &apos;r&apos; or &apos;l&apos; in English and when you see the &apos;r&apos; when learning these pronunciations you might be accidentally doing the same. So if you are, just try consciously relaxing the back and/or sides of your tongue. This helped me a lot when I was learning Korean. Technically, I&apos;m not 100% sure this applies for Chinese but I don&apos;t see why it wouldn&apos;t. Too bad this is an older video now. Hopefully some people see this lol

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  @_anais._. · 3 years ago (edited)

  oh my goodness this is AMAZING. I&apos;ve always been able to say the difference between the constants but this has corrected the way i say them all. i am so shook. i did NOT know i had to curl my tongue and now i sound so much better when i say words. i am so hyped right now

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  @Kaneki6386 · 3 years ago

  Best explanation on Youtube, thanks!

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  @Xetiq843 · 4 years ago

  when I first started learning chinese I fell in love with the language immediately. it was like a new part of me was born which was always meant to be there. that&apos;s why I love your videos. keep it up!

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  @kimilove6953 · 2 years ago

  In addition, the shape of tongue and the position for &quot;the roof of the mouth&quot; is the place that determine the sound quality of retroflex. The closer the tip of the tongue touches the palate (plus with a more subapical tongue shape), the more tendency for your retroflex to sound more like the Northern Mandarin&apos;s version. The fronter the position of the tip of the tongue across the alveolar ridge (plus with a flatter tongue shape), the more tendency for your retroflex to sound more like Southern Mandarin&apos;s version.

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  @guitarrerato · 5 years ago

  By far, the best explanation to pronounce this sounds in all YouTube.

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  @fionaaarae · 5 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;m a Cantonese speaker trying to brush up my Mandarin. This video is so helpful! I never knew about the tongue positions because when we speak Cantonese, our tongues are completely relaxed. No wonder why there&apos;s a saying &quot;天不怕地不怕，最怕廣東人講普通話&quot; haha! Thank you Grace!

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  @nyanayayansh6464 · 5 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpQ3IMd4AMg&amp;t=6">0:06</a> I repeated that 5 times and each of them I was like “tf”

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  @seraphinagrace770 · 7 months ago

  girl you are a LIFE SAVER! Your tips are really helpful and I&apos;m so grateful I discovered your channel! I&apos;ll introduce your channel to all my friends and whoever are learning Chinese from now on! Thank you!

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