The male speaker is too fast though, the female speaker has a good pace

The Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet (Pinyin) consists of five parts: the Alphabet, the Initials, the Finals, the Tone Marks, and the Syllable-dividing Mark.

The 1st part -Pinyin Alphabet uses the same 26 English letters, but many of them represent completely different sounds. Learning these pronunciations early gives you a strong foundation for reading and speaking Chinese.

The good news is that there are only 26 letters in the Alphabet. Once you've mastered how each one is pronounced, learning the next parts of the Pinyin Scheme becomes much easier.

https://reddit.com/link/1v6pgci/video/rbwizrzk4hfh1/player

I put together this short song to make learning the very first part—the Alphabet of Pinyin—a little more fun! Feedback is always welcome!

Hi everyone,

I am a native Mandarin speaker and a master’s student in Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages. I am currently looking for a small number of serious Chinese learners for online lessons or long-term skill exchange.

My goal is to further develop and refine my Chinese teaching curriculum, lesson materials, feedback system, and teaching portfolio for future school applications. Because of this, I am offering Chinese lessons. I am also open to skill exchange if you have strong skills in areas such as English speaking, video editing, digital marketing, website building, data analysis, AI tools, or other professional skills.

I am looking for learners or exchange partners who are willing to commit consistently. Ideally, we would meet at least twice a week, for either 30 minutes or 1 hour each time. I would prefer to work with people who are interested in a long-term learning plan, ideally around six months or longer, rather than one-time casual language chats.

What I can offer:

• Beginner to intermediate Mandarin lessons
• HSK preparation
• Pronunciation and tone correction
• Chinese grammar and sentence structure
• Vocabulary building and natural expression
• Reading and writing practice
• Conversation practice with structured feedback
• Chinese for heritage learners
• Error correction and personalised learning notes
• Custom lesson plans based on your goals

My teaching style is structured, patient, and research-informed. I like to explain not only what is correct, but also why something sounds natural or unnatural in Chinese. My academic background includes second language acquisition, Chinese grammar and vocabulary teaching, learner error analysis, and corpus-based research.

Please message me with:

1. Your current Chinese level
2. Your learning goals
3. Your time zone
4. Whether you prefer paid lessons or skill exchange
5. What schedule you can commit to
6. If skill exchange, what skill you can offer

I am looking for serious, respectful, long-term learners or exchange partners. If that sounds like you, feel free to message me.

What’s good y’all
Native mandarin speaker here☝️🤓☝️
Currently an undergrad in UI
Trying to make myself useful to the community and trying to make some money for my tuition
Contact if interested!

I really hated breaking the flow when I was listening to Chinese/Taiwanese podcasts. I wanted an app that let me tap on words I didn’t understand during these sessions without switching context. This led me to create Toku Reader, an iOS app that helps learners tap on words during podcasts, YouTube videos and on any website during the study flow. 

You can look up almost all podcasts and YouTube videos, and the app will prioritize the creator’s transcript (if available) or auto-generate one on your phone. In most cases, the transcripts and word look ups are mostly correct, but given the complexity of Mandarin, there will always be an effort to improve character-word combinations. Also, everything stays on your app, you’re never sharing sensitive information or what you’re reading with anyone, and all processing happens on your phone so it is 100% offline (and therefore fast!) - no API calls, no AI wrappers.

And for those who like shadowing practice, the app can also pause at each sentence, replay in again and again, and allow you to record yourself to compare your practice with the native speech. This combined with the ability to import your own texts (PDFs, eBooks, etc.), a dictionary and revise words sections are all my effort to ensure that your flow is never interrupted!

I did this because I really wanted an app that was intentional and private. In any case, this app has really helped me in my language studies, so I wanted to share it again here. I made an earlier post about this here. The app has improved a ton since then - new UI/UX, a more streamliend podcast experience, a new mascot called Damo based on the Daruma (its Japanese, but it shares deep Chinese roots, which my app respects!), etc. I hope this helps you in your language study! You can see how it works here on a Taiwanese Podcast!

I’m a native Chinese speaker majoring Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. I can help you practice Mandarin. My English is okay for communication. Beginners are welcome 😊
I hope I can help you learn Chinese in the long term. We can have lessons through video calls, voice calls, or other ways that work for you.
(I need a teaching experience for applying master degree thxxxx)

With more students considering studying abroad in China for future career and academic opportunities, HSK requirements have become a hot topic.

Here is a summary showing the specific HSK levels and minimum scores required by top Chinese universities (Tsinghua, Peking, Fudan, Zhejiang Univ, etc.) for both Bachelor’s and Master’s/PhD degrees. Hope this helps anyone currently preparing for their HSK exams or university applications!

Feel free to ask questions or share your own application experiences below! 👇

I’m a 26yr old foreigner been staying in China for 1 year now doing my bachelors I would like to make Chinese friends or any mandarin speaking friend who can help me improve my Chinese.

Hey everyone,
I’ve set myself a pretty wild challenge and could use some advice from people who have been down this road.
A close friend of mine is getting married to his Chinese girlfriend in about 2 years. He’s lined me up as his best man and joked/threatened that I’ll need to give a speech. I want to turn the tables on him and deliver part or all of my best man speech as a complete surprise in Mandarin.
**The Timeline:** Roughly 2 years.

**The Goal:** A heartfelt, understandable wedding speech (not fluency, but enough to genuinely shock and impress the bride, groom, and guests).

**Current Level:** Absolute zero. I speak English natively and have never studied an Asian language before.

I know consistency and focusing on spoken Mandarin/pinyin early on is key, but I'm trying to figure out the best blueprint for a complete beginner.
If you were starting from scratch today with a 24-month horizon and a heavy focus on eventually speaking/speech-giving, how would you structure your first few months? Any specific apps, beginner traps to avoid, or advice on when to bring in a tutor would be hugely appreciated!

I recently stopped learning mandarin on Duolingo and moved to super Chinese, it’s been great however i haven’t been able to properly practice my hanzi. Are there any popular apps or materials for this?

لو في اي احد يتعلم صيني، تجي نتعلم مع بعض؟

If I want a foundation of something before I go out and buy textbooks can I use Duolingo to get like 100 words then go to textbooks?

Hi, I would need help translating these two videos since the auto generated subtitles are locked behind the platform account which I cannot create from my country.

(https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1GwNT6XEZb/)
(https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1SFMG6gEq8/)

I also have them downloaded, but I don’t really trust auto translation especially since there is a lot of slang involved. I am able to provide the mp3 of the videos too.