Mandarin Impossible

Family members in Mandarin Chinese

2019-04-26T22:35:00.000-07:00

＊＊ Structure of this lesson＊＊ Introduction: (1) What titles of family members you will learn in this lesson (2) Concept for titles of family members in Mandarin Chinese 2. Family members in your generation G_0 (2.1) Titles for your siblings (2.2) Titles for the children of your parents’ siblings 3. Family members in your parents’ generation G+1 (3.1) Titles for your father and mother (3.2) Titles for your father’s siblings (3.2) Titles for your mother’s siblings 4. Family members in your grandparents’ generation G+2 (4.1) Titles for your grandfather and grandmother on your father’s side (4.2) Titles for your grandfather and grandmother on your mother’s side 5. Family members in your children’s generation G-1 (5.1) Titles for your son and daughter (5.2) Titles for the children from your brother’s family. (5.3) Titles for the children from your sister’s family. 6. Family members in your grandchildren’s generation G-2 (6.1) Titles for your grandson and granddaughter (6.2)Titles for the children from your brother’s family. (6.3) Titles for the children from your sister’s family. 7. Comprehensive Review Mandarin Impossible / David Qing

Telling the Time in Mandarin Chinese_Part2

2017-10-20T17:35:00.001-07:00

Hi Everyone! 大家好! I just made a very useful Mandarin Chinese lesson for you! In this video, you will learn how to tell 12-hour clock time in Mandarin Chinese. Also, you will learn how to say the time periods of the day, like before dawn, morning, noon, afternoon, dusk, evening, night, and midnight, in Mandarin Chinese. You will also learn two more useful characters, 整 and 半, to help you tell the time. At the end of this lesson, you will also learn how AM and PM are expressed on electronic devices and computer systems which are set to use a 12-hour clock in Mandarin Chinese. Structure of this lesson: 1. Mandarin 12-hour clock time concept 2. Learn to say Time Periods of the day with the 12-hour clock time (2.1) Before Dawn (example: 3:07 AM) (2.2) Morning (example: 8:45 AM) (2.3) Noon (example: 12:30 PM) (2.4) Afternoon (example: 2:33 PM) (2.5) Dusk (example 5:46 PM) (2.6) Evening (example: 6:58 PM) (2.7) Night (example: 10:22 PM) (2.8) Midnight (example: 12:03 AM) 3. Learn two more useful characters 整 and 半 to tell the time. (3.1) How to use Mandarin Chinese character整 to tell the time (3.1.1) example: 4:00 PM sharp (3.2) How to use Mandarin Chinese character半 to tell the time (3.2.1) example: 4:30 PM 4. How AM and PM is expressed in electronic devices and computer systems which are set to use Mandarin Chinese and a 12-hour clock to express the time 5. Comprehensive Review 6. Comprehensive Test (6.1) Test of Speaking (6.2) Test of Reading and listening

Mandarin Impossible / David Qing

Telling the Time in Mandarin Chinese_Part1

2017-01-22T00:46:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! 大家好!

Do you know how the time is told to passengers in transportation places like airports and train or bus stations?

After learning from this video, you may have the ability to tell the time with a 24-hour clock.

At the end of this lesson, you will have a comprehensive test for telling the time in Mandarin Chinese. Can you pass all the questions?

Check out this video to learn more! Have fun!

By the way, the Chinese New Year is coming. 新年快樂 (新年快乐)!

Structure of this lesson.

1. Introduction: What you need to know before learning to tell the time

(1.1) Numbers from 0 to 60 ► http://bit.ly/2iMRwi5

2. Telling the time with the characters點 (点) and 分

(2.1) Introduction of the Mandarin Chinese characters 點 (点) and 分

(2.2) Using a simple word sequence to tell the time with the two characters 點 (点) and 分

Example: 11:26

Example: 23:57

(2.3) More detailed explanations for telling the time with 點 (点) and 分

Example: 01:01

Example: 02:02

Example: 00:03

Example: 07:00

Example: 00:00

3.Telling the time with the characters點 (点), 分 and 秒

(3.1) Introduction of the Mandarin Chinese character 秒

(3.2) Detailed explanation for telling the time with the characters 點 (点), 分 and 秒

Example: 16:35:08

4. Comprehensive Review

5. Comprehensive Test

(5.1) Test of speaking

(5.2) Test of reading and listening

Mandarin Impossible / David Qing

Learn Mandarin Chinese with Monkey Nursery Rhyme

2016-02-13T19:10:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone!

Here is a nursery Rhyme about the days of the Monkey’s week.

After you learned Hanyu pinyin and the numbers from 1 to 10 in Mandarin Chinese, you can practice your Mandarin Chinese with this nursery Rhyme. Just follow the drum beat tempo and pronounce it with me. At the end of this video, you can review all the Monkey nursery Rhyme sentences in two pages.

Also, teachers and parents can play this video for students and children to help them become interested in learning to say the days of the week in Mandarin Chinese. Then show them the detailed explanation in the video as at the link below:
“Learn how to say the days of the week in Mandarin Chinese”

There are twelve years in the cycle of the Chinese lunar calendar.
There are twelve animal signs, and each animal represents a year in turn every twelve years. In the Chinese lunar calendar, the sequence of the twelve animals is Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.

Chinese New Year in 2016 started on February 8th and this lunar year is the Year of Monkey.

Let’s just play with the monkey, 猴子!
Have fun!

Traditional characters:

星期一 ( xīngqíyī )
猴子穿新衣 ( hóuzi chuān xīn yī ) / Monkey wore new clothes.

星期二 ( xīngqí'èr )
猴子肚子餓 ( hóuzi dùzi è ) / Monkey was hungry.

星期三 ( xīngqísān )
猴子去爬山 ( hóuzi qù páshān ) / Monkey went mountain climbing.

星期四 ( xīngqísì )
猴子去考試( hóuzi qù kǎoshì ) / Monkey took an exam.

星期五 ( xīngqíwǔ )
猴子去跳舞 ( hóuzi qù tiàowǔ ) / Monkey went dancing.

星期六 ( xīngqíliù )
猴子去斗六 ( hóuzi qù dòu liù ) / Monkey went to Douliu.

星期七 ( xīngqí qī )
猴子擦油漆 ( hóuzi cā yóuqī ) / Monkey painted.

星期八 ( xīngqí bā )
猴子吹喇叭( hóuzi chuīlǎbā ) / Monkey played the trumpet.

星期九( xīngqí jiǔ )
猴子去喝酒( hóuzi qù hējiǔ ) / Monkey drank alcohol.

星期十( xīngqí shí )
猴子死翹翹 ( hóuzi sǐ qiào qiào ) / Monkey died.

Simplified characters:

星期一 ( xīngqīyī )
猴子穿新衣 ( hóuzi chuān xīn yī ) / Monkey wore new clothes.

星期二 ( xīngqī'èr )
猴子肚子饿 ( hóuzi dùzi è ) / Monkey was hungry.

星期三 ( xīngqīsān )
猴子去爬山 ( hóuzi qù páshān ) / Monkey went mountain climbing.

星期四 ( xīngqīsì )
猴子去考試( hóuzi qù kǎoshì ) / Monkey took an exam.

星期五 ( xīngqīwǔ )
猴子去跳舞 ( hóuzi qù tiàowǔ ) / Monkey went dancing.

星期六 ( xīngqīliù )
猴子去斗六 ( hóuzi qù dòu liù ) / Monkey went to Douliu.

星期七 ( xīngqīqī )
猴子擦油漆 ( hóuzi cā yóuqī ) / Monkey painted.

星期八 ( xīngqī bā )
猴子吹喇叭( hóuzi chuīlǎbā ) / Monkey played the trumpet.

星期九( xīngqī jiǔ )
猴子去喝酒( hóuzi qù hējiǔ ) / Monkey drank alcohol.

星期十( xīngqī shí )
猴子死翘翘 ( hóuzi sǐ qiào qiào) / Monkey died.

Learn how to say "Days of the week" in Mandarin Chinese

2016-01-28T19:54:00.000-08:00

Hi! my dear friends!

After you learned the numbers from 0 to 9,999,999,999,999,999 in Mandarin Chinese, let's apply them in another subject “Days of the week" in Mandarin Chinese.

For saying the “Days of the week", with a very simple concept, you can start to say Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in Mandarin Chinese in a very short time!

Here is the structure of this lesson.

Part1:

(1.1) Basic concept and rule for saying the days of the week ( Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday)

(1.2) Learn how to say “week” in Mandarin Chinese ( 星期xīngqí or 星期 xīng qī , 禮拜(礼拜) lǐbài, and 週 (周) zhōu)

(1.3) Learn how to Sun and Sky and the numbers from 1 to 6 in Mandarin Chinese. ( 日, 天, 一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六)

Part2:

(2.1) Learn how to say each day of the week with the phrase meaning week 星期xīngqí or 星期 xīng qī

(2.2) Learn how to say each day of the week with the phrase meaning week 禮拜(礼拜) lǐbài

(2.3) Learn how to say each day of the week with the phrase meaning week 週 (周) zhōu

Part3

Comprehensive Review

Part 4

Practice saying the days of the week with a Taiwan nursery Rhyme.

Enjoy it!

Mandarin Impossible / David Qing

Learn how to say "Year, Month, and Day" in Mandarin Chinese

2014-06-07T19:24:00.000-07:00

Hi! My friends!

After you learned the numbers from 0 to 9,999,999,999,999,999 in Mandarin Chinese, let’s apply them in some useful subjects starting with saying the “Year, Month, and Day” in Mandarin Chinese.

For saying the Year, Month and Day, you only need to learn several characters and some rules.

Here is structure of this lesson.

Part1:

(1.1) Learn the characters 年, 月, and日

(1.2) Basic concept and rule for saying the Year, Month, and Day

Example 1: November 31^st, 2013

Example 2: March 28^th, 1876

Example 3: December 4^th, 2139

Part2:

Detailed explanation for saying the Year, Month, and Day

(2.1) Explanation for the Year

(2.1.1)

Introduction:

The Arabic numerals of the Year are commonly pronounced as individual digits and sometimes are as a single number

Example: the Year 2000

(2.1.2)

Learn how to say and use 公元 and 西元 for saying the Year in Mandarin Chinese

Example 1: 2014 A.D.

Example 2: 2014 C.E.

(2.1.3)

Learn how to say and use 公元前 and 西元前 for saying the Year

Example 1: 1046 B.C.

Example 2: 1046 B.C.E.

(2.2) Explanation for the Month

(2.2.1)

Practice saying each Month of the Year

(2.3) Explanation for the Day

(2.3.1)

Introducing the other way to say the Day by using the character “號 (号) ”

(2.3.2)

Practice saying each Day of the month by using the character “日”

Practice saying each Day of the month by using the character “號 (号)”

Part3

Comprehensive Review

Part 4

Comprehensive Test

(4.1) Test of speaking

(4.2) Test of reading and listening

Mandarin Impossible / David Qing

Learn how to say numbers in Mandarin Chinese_Part 3: 10,000 to 9,999,999,999,999,999

2013-09-11T03:05:00.001-07:00

Hi, everyone!

Finally, the new lesson "How to say the large numbers from 10,000 to 9,999,999,999,999,999 in Mandarin Chinese" is issued!

Before you start with this lesson, you should have learned to say the numbers from 0 to 9,999 in the last two lessons. That will help you to have easier learning and better understanding with this lesson.

The structure of this lesson has 6 parts:

Part 1: Introduction of what you need to know to say the large numbers from 10,000 to 9,999,999,999,999,999 in Mandarin Chinese

(1) how to say the numbers 0 to 9,999 in Mandarin Chinese
(2) three Mandarin Chinese characters: 兆, 億, 萬 (兆, 亿, 万)
(3) rules for how to say the digits 0, 1, 2 in the large numbers

Part 2: The three Mandarin Chinese characters: 兆, 億, 萬 (兆, 亿, 万)

Part 3: How to use the four green circles and the three characters: 兆, 億, 萬 (兆, 亿, 万) when saying the large numbers

Part 4: The rules for how to pronounce the numbers which contain the digits 0, 1, and 2

(1) Rule for digit 0

(1.1) Four additional cases: how to pronounce the small numbers inside the green circles
in the four additional cases
(1.1.1) case1: 0xxx example: 0836
(1.1.2) case2: 00xx example: 0067
(1.1.3) case3: 000x example: 0005
(1.1.4) case4: 0000 example: 0000

(1.2) three points to explain the rule for digit 0 in large numbers
(1.2.1) the units corresponding to the green circles with the digit 0 inside.
(1.2.2) when there is more than one digit 0, together in a cluster.
(1.2.3) when the digit 0 or a cluster of zeroes is at the end of a large number.

(2) Rule for digit 1

(2.1) The rule for digit 1 in large numbers
(2.1.1) the digit 1's positions and pronunciation within the first three green circles when there is only a single digit 1, without any other digits inside the first three green circles

(3) Rule for digit 2

(3.1) The rule for digit 2 in large numbers
(3.1.1) the digit 2's positions and pronunciation within the first three green circles when there is only a single digit 2, without any other digits inside the first three green circles

Part 5: Comprehensive Review

Part 6: Comprehensive Test
(1) Number speaking Test
(2) Number listening Test

End of this lesson

With these three lessons, you will be able to say all the numbers in Mandarin Chinese that you will use in your daily life! Congratulations!

Ｍａｎｄａｒｉｎ　Ｉｍｐｏｓｓｉｂｌｅ　／　Ｄａｖｉｄ　Ｑｉｎｇ

Please pay attention to the information that this video doesn't provide as below notes.

Note 1:

For saying the large numbers from 10000 to over 9 quadrillion, you should pronounce the following small numbers in the green circle 0010, 0011, 0012, 0013, 0014, 0015, 0016, 0017, 0018, 0019 as below:

0010: líng yīshí

0011: líng yīshí yī

0012: líng yīshí 'èr

0013: líng yīshí sān

0014: líng yīshí sì

0015: líng yīshí wǔ

0016: líng yīshí liù

0017: líng yīshí qī

0018: líng yīshí bā

0019: líng yīshí jiǔ

Note 2:

For the character 兆zhào, there are some parts that you need to pay attention to:

In China:

Although there are still some people who use 兆zhào to represent the large number “1 0000 0000 0000”, it is NOT the official way to say 1 0000 0000 0000 in Mainland China.

Instead of 兆zhào , people in Mainland China use万亿 wàn yì to say 1 0000 0000 0000 in the official way.

In Taiwan:

People in Taiwan use 兆zhào to represent the large number “1 0000 0000 0000” in the official way.

In BOTH China and Taiwan:

The character兆zhào is also used to represent the prefix“Mega”or“M”which means 10⁶ or 100 0000 in the International System of Units.

In Mainland China and Taiwan people often use 兆zhào to say things like Megabytes (MB), Megahertz (MHz) and Megapixels (MP).

Learn how to say numbers in Mandarin Chinese_Part 2: 10 to 9999

2013-01-23T09:45:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone! 大家好！
In this lesson, you will learn how to say the numbers from 10 to 9999 in Mandarin Chinese.

Before you start this lesson, you need to have the ability to say the numbers from 0 to 9 in Mandarin Chinese. That will help you have a better understanding of this lesson.
You can review the last lesson on how to say the numbers 0 to 9 by using this link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVR7jcY7_gE

Here is the structure of this lesson:

Part 1: Introduction of what you need to know to say the numbers 10 to 9999 in Mandarin Chinese

(1) how to say the numbers 0 to 9 in Mandarin Chinese
(2) three Mandarin Chinese characters: 千, 百, 十
(3) Rules for how to say the digits 0, 1, 2 in the numbers 10 to 9999

Part 2: Introduction of three Mandarin Chinese characters: 千, 百, 十

Part 3: Learn how to use the four red circles and the three characters: 千, 百, 十 when saying the numbers 10 to 9999

(1) four digit numbers
(2) three digit numbers
(3) two digit numbers

Part 4: Learn the rules for how to pronounce the numbers which contain the digits 0, 1, and 2

(1 ) Rule for digit 0
(1.1) the units corresponding to the red circles with the digit 0 inside.
(1.2) when there is more than one digit 0, together in a cluster.
(1.3) when the digit 0 or a cluster of zeroes is at the end of a number.

(2) Rule for digit 1
(2.1) the digit 1's positions and pronunciations within the four red circles
(2.2) the exception to the rule for the digit 1 in the numbers from 10 to 19 in Mandarin Chinese

(3) Rule for digit 2
(3.1) the digit 2's positions and pronunciations within the four red circles

Part 5: Comprehensive Review

Part 6: Comprehensive Test
(1) Number speaking Test
(2) Number listening Test

End of this lesson

Reminder: Make sure that you can pass all the flash cards from the test in this lesson. You will need to have this skill as you start learning the numbers 10,000 to 9,999,999,999,999,999 in the next lesson.

See you next time!
再見!
Mandarin Impossible / David Qing

Learn how to say numbers in Mandarin Chinese_Part 1: 0 to 9

2012-10-01T04:14:00.002-07:00

Hi Everyone! 大家好！
In this video, you will learn how to say the Mandarin Chinese numbers from 0 to 9.

Here is the structure of this video:

Part 1: Introduction of Mandarin Chinese numbers
(1) 0 to 9
(2) 10 to 9,999
(3) 10,000 to 9,999,999,999,999,999

Part 2: Learn how to say Mandarin Chinese numbers 0 to 9

Part 3: Review
(1) Pronounce Mandarin Chinese numbers from 0 to 9 two times
(2) Flash card drills
(2.1) 0 to 9
(2.2) 0 to 9 in Mandarin Chinese (零、一、二、三、四、五、六、七、八、九)

Part 4: Learn how to say a series of numbers in Mandarin Chinese
(1) Postal delivery zone numbers
(2) Phone numbers
(3) Credit card numbers

End of this video

Reminder: Make sure that you can pass all the flash card drills in this video. You will need to have this skill before you start learning the numbers 10 to 9,999 in the next video.

See you next time!
再見!

Mandarin Impossible / David Qing

Learn Basic Mandarin Chinese : "How to Introduce Yourself" and "I am pleased to meet you"

2012-08-22T04:28:00.000-07:00

大家好! Hello everyone!

Nice to see you again!

In this video, you will learn some useful Mandarin Chinese phrases to use when you meet people for the first time.

Here is the structure of the video:

1.Introduction of what you will learn in this lesson -- 4 Chinese Phrases

2.Learn how to introduce yourself in Mandarin Chinese with the following phrases:

(1) Introduction of the Chinese phrase "I am..." 我是

(2) Introduction of the Chinese phrase "I am called..." 我叫

(3) Introduction of the Chinese phrase "I am pleased to meet you." 我很高興認識你 (我很高兴认识你)

(4) Introduction of the Chinese phrase "I am pleased to meet you, too." 我也很高興認識你 (我也很高兴认识你)

3. Comprehensive Review for this lesson with the conversation between David and Qing

Try introducing yourself to me. Practice with the phrases "我是+(your name)" or "我叫+(your name)" in the comments. It would be nice to know you!

我是 David. 我很高興認識你(我很高兴认识你)!

See you next time ! 再見!

Mandarin Impossible/ David Qing

Learn Basic Mandarin Chinese : Personal Pronoun

2012-04-27T18:54:00.000-07:00

Hi, my dear students and friends!
大家好 !

From this video, you will learn all the Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns in 15 minutes. In our daily life, we often use personal pronouns like I, you, he, she, we and they.

After you watch this video, I am sure you can have a comprehensive concept of Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns.

Here is the structure of the video:

1 Quick Review of what you have learned from the last two videos:
"I like you.", " I love you.", " I dislike you" and "I hate you." in Chinese.
( 我喜歡你我愛你我討厭你我恨你 )

2 The concept for learning Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns

3 Overview of Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns: Singular and Plural

3.1 Introduction of Singular personal pronouns
3.1.1 wǒ: 我
3.1.2 nǐ: 你妳祢
3.1.3 nín: 您
3.1.4 tā: 他她它牠祂

3.2 Introduction of Plural personal pronouns
3.2.1 The relationship between Singular and Plural personal pronouns (The rule to make the Singular personal pronouns become Plural.)
3.2.2 wǒmen: 我們 ( 我们 )
3.2.3 nǐmen: 你們/妳們/祢們 ( 你们妳们祢们 )
3.2.4 tāmen: 他們她們它們牠們祂們 ( 他们她们它们牠们祂们 )

4 Review of all the Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns in this lesson

5 Demonstration how to apply the Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns with the verbs

It's really not hard to learn Mandarin Chinese if you learn it step by step.
I hope you enjoy it.
See you soon !

Mandarin Impossible / David Qing

Learn Baisc Mandarin Chinese : "I dislike you" and "I hate you"

2012-04-27T18:49:00.000-07:00

In the last video, you have learned how to say "I like you" and "I love you" in Mandarin Chinese. From that video, you learned the verbs " to like" and " to love" in Mandarin Chinese.

In this viideo, you can learn another two verbs to express your negative feelings in Mandarin Chinese. They are "to dislike" and "to hate".

From this video,you can review the useful sentence structure " Subject + Verb + Object " in Mandarin Chinese again to say " I dislike you" and "I hate you" in Mandarin Chinese.

Structure of this video:

Intoduction what you will learn in this video

PART 1 :
Learn how to say "I dislike you " in Mandarin Chinese

PART2
Learn how to say "I hate you" in Mandarin Chinese

Try to practice the Chinese Pronouns " 我","你" and the verbs "喜歡/喜欢", "愛/爱" "討厭/讨厌","恨" as often as you can. In the future videos, I will use these pronouns and verbs to teach you the other useful phrases.

Pracetice always makes perfect. I hope you enjoy learning Mandarin Chinese.

^__^ 加油!

Learn Baisc Mandarin Chinese : "I like you","I love you" and "Happy Valentine's Day"

2012-02-13T04:32:00.000-08:00

This video introduce some phrases about love. You can learn how to say " I like you", "I love you" and "Happy Valentine's Day" in Mandarin Chinese from this video.

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. Trying to learn how to say "Happy Valentine's Day!" in Mandarin Chinese will be fun!

In this video,you can also learn the useful sentence structure " Subject + Verb + Object " in Mandarin Chinese.

I hope you can enjoy this video !
And also, Happy Valentine's Day to all my dear friends !

Learn Basic Mandarin Chinese : "Greetings" and "Goodbye"

2012-01-01T14:02:00.000-08:00

Hello, my friends! Happy New Year!
It's very nice to see you at the beginning of the year 2012.

In this video, I introduced several common Mandarin Chinese greetings and how to say good bye in Mandarin Chinese. I explained each phrase for you and demonstrated how to pronounce it word by word. Then you can easily remember each phrase and have better understanding for each Mandarin Chinese phrases.

There are three parts in this video, they are:

Part1: Learn how to greet people depending on how many people you meet
1.1 Learn to say Hello to one person
1.2 Learn to say Hello to more than one person
1.3 Learn to say Hello to a large group of people

Part2. Learn to greet people by the time in China and Taiwan
2.1 Greet people by the time in China
2.1.1 Learn to say "Good morning" in China
2.1.2 Learn to say "Good afternoon" in China
2.1.3 Learn to say "Good evening" in China
2.1.4 Learn to say "Good night" in China

2.2 Greet people by the time in Taiwan
2.2.1 Learn to say "Good morning" Taiwan
2.2.2 Learn to say "Good afternoon" in Taiwan
2.2.3 Learn to say "Good evening" and "Good night" in Taiwan

Part3. Learn how to say Good bye in Mandarin Chinese

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unit 3_Chinese Pinyin Rules and Pinyin Table

2011-11-03T01:31:00.000-07:00

In this video, I introduced the pinyin table and listed 5 pinyin rules for you to master all the combinations in the pinyin table.

These 5 pinyin rules are:

Rule 1: "Consonant + Vowel" pattern
Rule 2: The exception to Rule 1 (12 vowels that can individually represent the sounds of Mandarin Chinese characters)
Rule 3: 9 "Consonant + Vowel" combinations with unique pronunciation
Rule 4: 16 "Consonant + Vowel" combinations in which the two dots ( ¨ ) above the vowel symbol ü should be omitted
Rule 5: Where to put the tone mark on the consonant and vowel combinations

Before you learn the combinations of the consonants and vowels in the pinyin table, you need to learn the Chinese consonant and vowels at first.

Unit 2.4_Pronunciation: Chinese Tones

2011-10-23T03:45:00.000-07:00

This video is the instruction for pronouncing the Mandarin Chinese tones.

There are 5 tones in Mandarin Chinese: first tone, second tone, third tone, fourth tone, and fifth tone.
In Hanyu Pinyin, each of these tones has an individual tone mark except the fifth tone which is the neutral tone and has no tone mark.

In this video, you can learn that each tone has a unique pitch value process and characteristic. And also, you can practice the tones with me. If you want more practice, you can also watch the other video "Tone Practice".

For more tone practice, click here :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNsb9agMCJE

Unit 2.3_Review Chinese Pinyin symbols in 2 minutes

2011-10-23T03:44:00.000-07:00

This video is the quick review for consonants and vowels in the Hanyu Pinyin Phonetic system.
You can review and pronounce the symbols of the consonants and vowels with me in this video in 2 minutes.

unit 2.2_Pronunciation: Mandarin Chinese Pinyin Lesson - Vowels

2011-04-28T16:53:00.000-07:00

Hi, my dear friends! This is the Mandarin Chinese lesson about the vowels of Hanyu Pinyin phonetic system. Please study this lesson with the last video "Consonants" .

In the next video, I will introduce the Hanyu Pinyin Rules. In the next video, you will learn how to pronunce the Mandarin Chinese characters by the consonants and vowels.

I hope you can study these two lessons (consonants and vowels) well. Because it is the very basic knowledge but most important part for the pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese.

Please make sure that you can recognize and pronounce all the Pinyin symbols correctly .

For example, when you see the symbol "iu", "un" or "ong", you can pronounce it correctly without thinking.

Hope you can practice the vowels pronunciation as often as you can. Because to learn it well or not will have big influence on your Mandarin pronunciation. I hope you can have good pronunciation like native Chinese speakers.

See you next time.

Pronunciation : Mandarin Chinese Pinyin - Consonants

2011-03-08T04:28:00.000-08:00

For this video, I prepared the Hanyu Pinyin phonetic system--Consonants lesson for you. In this video, you will learn how to pronunciation for the consonants in Hanyu pinyin.

In this video, there are 23 consonants. Please you practice it often. In the next coming video, I will prepare the Hanyu Pinyin phonetic system--Volwels for you.

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what you have to know before learning Mandarin Chinese

2010-11-02T19:29:00.000-07:00

In our first class , I introduced some simplified and traditional characters and also three elements of Mandarin Chinese characters' pronunciation.
Here is the video "unit 1- Introduction: what you have to know before learning Mandarin Chinese" I prepared for you. You are very welcome to give me feedback.

Happy Opening -Preface of David Qing's Mandarin Impossible channel

2010-11-02T19:27:00.000-07:00

Hi, 大家好！I am David Qing from Taipei, Taiwan. My mother tongue is Mandarin Chinese and Taiwnese dialect. Some of my friends from Thailand and USA asked for me to teach them Mandarin Chinese online. Sometimes I think it is very hard to teach or explain some concept of Mandarin Chinese to them on MSN or by e mails. Therefore , I try to use the internet tools which are Facebook,Youtube and Blogspot to upload videos for my dear friends to learn Mandarin. It will be more convenient and clear by this way that you can see my face, listen to the pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese , and repeat the video if you still don't understand in some part in the video. Especially you can check it and learn it any time when you have available time.And also ,you can learn it at any places having the internet.

I am happy that finally I made this first Mandarin Chinese class for you. I will try to improve it and also hope you can really learn something from the videos I made for you. In the future , I will make more videos for those who are interested in learning Mandarin Chinese and have never learned Mandarin Chinese before.

My goal is to help you to have good pronunciation for Mandarin Chinese and you can apply what you learn to speak and to have conversation with Chinese . I will design several classes for you to help you improve your Mandarin Chinese.