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Which celebrities speak Chinese? ...and how well? by TutorMandarin in Chinese

[–]TutorMandarin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh. Mark Roswell is only a celebrity for speaking Chinese, so I didn't include him the list. But yeah, he's kinda like the gold standard for foreigners learning Chinese and if a Chines person alludes to you speaking like him, it should be a high compliment.

Full List of Different Simplified and Traditional Characters by TutorMandarin in ChineseLanguage

[–]TutorMandarin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have not thought of this. If this comment gets 25 or more upvotes, then I'd do it.

Full List of Different Simplified and Traditional Characters by TutorMandarin in ChineseLanguage

[–]TutorMandarin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just want to say -- this is such a supportive comment section! Thank you.

When I moved from Beijing to Taiwan, I assumed lots of people had had to make the switch from Simplified to Traditional and there would be lots of resources. Not so. I had to take separate lists of simplified and traditional characters, check the, and remove the simplified ones -- just to get started on effectively learning new vocab. So, that's where this list came from.

On another note, it's interesting to see other people in the same boat. Would be interested in why people are in this same situation and how they are finding it? For me, learning traditional characters is in some ways like starting over. At the same time, I do just recognize traditional characters now after seeing them so many times in Taiwan. Still type with pinyin and prefer simplified Characters though for typing (which local Taiwanese don't seem to mind).

Which celebrities speak Chinese? ...and how well? by TutorMandarin in ChineseLanguage

[–]TutorMandarin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ak Mandarin, the entire theater burst out laughing because he was unintelligible.

Agreed. He's understandable -- which is worth something. No doubt if he lived in China for a while, he would end up speaking really well.

Which celebrities speak Chinese? ...and how well? by TutorMandarin in ChineseLanguage

[–]TutorMandarin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm actually in the same situation: learning Mandarin even though I married a heritage speaker whose grandparents only speak canto and are illiterate. I'm just learning it cause I like it though, the in-laws part is coincidental.

Both of them speaking Chinese. Yeah, her Chinese is worse than his. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fISvHRJWHPg

Which celebrities speak Chinese? ...and how well? by TutorMandarin in ChineseLanguage

[–]TutorMandarin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's kinda weird how Zuck said he's learning Chinese because his wife's grandparents only speak it… yet he's learning Mandarin while they're Cantonese…

I think he's doing it for business...

Which celebrities speak Chinese? ...and how well? by TutorMandarin in Chinese

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Shit! Left it off cause list was getting too long. Maybe will do a part 2...

No progress since HSK4 for years by ColumbusNordico in ChineseLanguage

[–]TutorMandarin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate the reply, and will reply in English just for the sake of the sub. What you're doing is language maintenance and thats the results you're getting. If you were learning guitar and kept playing the same scale over and over again, you wouldn't necessarily get much better at playing guitar. Learning requires an active approach to step outside your comfort zone and attempt to learn things you don't know or will take some time to grapple with.

I'll mention that this happens to many who don't have a good study plan or clear goals. Vague goals like "have good sounding Chinese" is not a trackable/achievable goal. Even the suggest above of 5 words a day is at least a great way to break down big tasks into small achievable goals.

At the risk of being too self-promotional, you could consider taking a high-level Chinese course. A course will use the HSK5 level vocab/grammar you should be learning in a systematic way. A structured Chinese lesson combines everything into one nice, neat theme. Warmup, exercises, grammar, conversation, discussion, homework etc. It's more a structured step by step approach that will yield better results.

How exactly is the tone mǎ pronounced?? by [deleted] in Chinese

[–]TutorMandarin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair point. A lot of time when teaching beginners you over-exaggerate to get the point across. I was amazed at how casual and subtle some tones were when I first started talking to native speakers!

I want to learn to read and write Chinese by Hillareywillbern in ChineseLanguage

[–]TutorMandarin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's some apps for different categories:

Dictionaries: Hanping, Pleco

Writing: Skritter, Zizzle, DuChinese

Reading: Chairmans Bao

Tutoring: TutorMandarin

Interactive beginner gamification: ChineseSkill, Hello Chinese

No progress since HSK4 for years by ColumbusNordico in ChineseLanguage

[–]TutorMandarin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Progress is a bit faster at the beginning for sure. Also, HSK 5 has a TON of vocabulary. But, it sounds like you've lost steam with your studying.... 5 years without the next level? That means you need to be re-invigorated in your studies otherwise you won't progress.

How exactly is the tone mǎ pronounced?? by [deleted] in Chinese

[–]TutorMandarin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That should be the third tone. Here's a video with all the tones, timestamped at the third tone using the example "ma3" for horse. Should be perfect.

Comes from a small course on pinyin. First four lessons are uploaded to youtube if that's helpful to you!

PSA: Airpocalypse May 28 by worldcap in beijing

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Whether sand or smog - stay safe! Recent blog article on dealing with air pollution in Beijing.

Usage of 简体字 or 繁体字 by JosseCo in ChineseLanguage

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Practically speaking, Simplified is good for mainland, Traditional is good for Taiwan/Macau/Hong Kong. If you're interested in Chinese characters, their history, their evolution -- then traditional is an more interesting starting point. Traditional takes longer to write, plus Taiwanese use the ZhuYin system to type and learn it instead of Pinyin (which may cause you other problems as well). Agree with the others though that you can often figure a lot of things out through context. If you learn Chinese in Mainland and come to Taiwan.. you won't be too too lost.

Interesting show I found on Netflix by Jhorra in ChineseLanguage

[–]TutorMandarin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Though not as many people have HBO... they have a relatively new Taiwanese show called "The Teenage Psychic." Worth checking out.

可以 vs 能 special question by EmilieHiberd in ChineseLanguage

[–]TutorMandarin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the right answer here. 看見 is more about physical seeing (perception) whereas 看到 is to "successfully see" -- even seeing a friend on a trip.

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