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Learning Mandarin, I don't want to die on that bloody hill, but I'm not sure if I'm going to make it. There's just too many 3rd tones that sound like 2nd or 4th tones, and too many words to conquer in general. Nothing sticks.

My latest project in my mission to learn Chinese pronunciation, reading, and speaking. Chinese people will not understand (stuck in the 共识已成答案方法皆定 mindset.) But maybe you as a foreign language learner find it helpful? Full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=uzNhX5RX…

I’m sorry, these are probably the most carefully thought-out Mandarin tone drills you’ll find. Carb up or burn out!

I've spent almost the entire weekend working on the Pinyin Explorer homepage… + New, animated button going to Exercises + Active indicator in the menu + Dozens of layout improvements Check it out if you have time, and improve your Mandarin tones while you're there ☺️

Today's Chinese handwriting practice with Pinyin. Getting better and worse 😅 Better at understanding, but worse in handwriting. Once a week is not enough 😭

Pīnyīn Explorer is an exceptionally well thought out tool to explore the structure of modern Chinese words.

LOL Gemini is now talking in Pinyin to me 😂

Ladies and gentlemen, I present you the energy of huāng (荒)! Mel spectrogram of audio frequency energy over time (0–10 kHz), generated via STFT and Mel filterbank, by Alfons Grabher.

Boost your Mandarin learning with this goldmine of a story. Follow an insurance salesman's absurd journey to the end of the world—with full Pīnyīn and English translation. Real, original Chinese literature. Not a graded reader. 🫵👉 pinyinexplorer.com/exercises…

I worked hard to make my website more enjoyable to use. The unique pedagogy is solid, so I spent a lot of time refining the help texts and the typography-first layout. Happy 😊 I hope you enjoy learning to read Pīnyīn!

今天真没耐心写拼音了。不天天练，字母都写得越来越差。还是因为年纪大了？😂 对了，我可以直接打拼音，电脑会自动转成汉字给中国朋友看。外国人学写汉字真的有必要吗？完全看不出有什么好处。拼音万岁！

Not a Halloween-specific feature of Chinese 😅—just a spectrogram showing sound energy across frequencies over time, including the pitch patterns of the four tones. Though I admit, it does look like a ghost! 👻 Practice your Pinyin tones here: pinyinexplorer.com/sbmini/

Happy studying everyone! Stay strong, don't give up! Chinese is super hard to learn, but you can do it 😄🚀

1.2+ million impressions on my posts in the past month, and I’m still waiting for someone to actually use Pīnyīn Explorer and share their experience. 😅 Who's up for studying Chinese together?