Learn 10 difficult words to pronounce
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| Hello, everyone! Today we’re going to learn 10 Hardest Words to Pronounce in Chinese. Ok, let’s get started! |
| 1. 去 (qù) "to go" |
| 去 (qù) also has the meaning as “last”; for example, “last year” 去年 (qùnián). |
| 去登山 (Qù dēngshān) “To go hiking” |
| watch me, 去 (qù), it’s just like you want to kiss somebody, 去 (qù). |
| And your tongue touches your teeth, 去 (qù). |
| Yeah! You did good. |
| 2. 喝水 (hē shuǐ) "to drink water" |
| The hard part is 水 (shuǐ). |
| But in the casual life we just speak like, 水 (shuí). It’s totally ok, no one speaks 水 (shuǐ). |
| 喝水 (hē shuí) is ok. |
| 3. 四十 (sì shí) "forty" |
| You just say, imagine the word “slim”; this “s” doesn’t have vibration here, but for “four” 四 (sì) you have vibration. |
| You can touch here and feel the vibration, that’s correct. |
| You for 十 (shí), just imagine the word “shift”; “sh”, you add some vibration here. |
| 十 (shí). |
| Yeah, that’s right. |
| And next I want to show you a tongue twister, are you ready? |
| 四是四，十是十。十四是十四，四十是四十。 (Sì shì sì, shí shì shí. Shísì shì shísì, sìshí shì sìshí.) |
| 4. 姜 (jiāng) "ginger" |
| Ok guys, I want to share a Chinese slang with you, |
| 姜还是老的辣。 (Jiāng háishì lǎo de là.) |
| The meaning of the words mean “the older ginger is more spicy than the younger ginger.” But the real meaning is, like, “a senior/elder person can handle complication situation better than a younger person. |
| 5. 日 (rì) "day" |
| 节日 (jié rì) “holiday” |
| “What‘s your favorite holiday？” 你最喜欢的节日是什么？ (Nǐ zuì xǐhuān de jiérì shì shénme?) |
| 我最喜欢的节日是国庆日。 (Wǒ zuì xǐhuān de jiérì shì guóqìng rì.) |
| “My favourite holiday is National Day.” Because we have one week of holiday! Ha ha ha! |
| 6. 汉语 (hàn yǔ) "Chinese language" |
| You can just say 语 (yú), 汉语 (hàn yú), it’s ok for the casual way. |
| “I am studying Chinese language.” 我正在学汉语。 (Wǒ zhèngzài xué hànyǔ.) |
| More casual way, just like, 我正在学汉语。 (Wǒ zhèngzài xué hànyú.) |
| Yes, you see that? 语 (yú), 汉语 (hàn yú), it’s ok. |
| 7. 知道 (zhī dao) "know" |
| I know the hard part is 知 (zhī), you just imagine the word “manage”, feel the vibration. |
| Just add vibration, 知 (zhī) is ok. |
| And for a sentence, come here, come here! |
| “Do you know her name?” 你知道她的名字吗？ (Nǐ zhīdào tā de míngzì ma?) |
| 8. 脚 (jiǎo) "foot” |
| And also it can be used for ”feet”. |
| “My foot got injured.” 我的脚受伤了。 (Wǒ de jiǎo shòushāngle.) |
| “I can't walk.” 我不能走路了。 (Wǒ bùnéng zǒulùle.) |
| 脚 (jiǎo), but you can say 脚 (jiáo). |
| 9. 轮 (lún) "wheel" |
| And it makes up the word 轮胎 (lún tāi) “tire”. |
| You can say, 我的轮胎坏了，车子不走了。 (Wǒ de lúntāi huàile, chēzi bù zǒule.) |
| 10. 辞职 (cí zhí) "resign" |
| I know the hard part is 职 (zhí). You just imagine barbecue sizzling zzt zzt, 职 (zhí). |
| 我不想干了，我要辞职。 (Wǒ bùxiǎng gānle, wǒ yào cízhí.) |
| That means “I don't want to work here any more, I want to resign.” |
| And “resignation letter” is 辞职信 (cí zhí xìn). |
| 辞职信 (cí zhí xìn). |
| And also a very official way to say is 辞呈 (cí chéng). |
| Ok, guys! Today we did 10 Hardest Words to Pronounce. Which one is hardest for you? Please comment. Thanks for watching, bye bye! Oh! Please subscribe. |
| 北京欢迎你 (Běijīng huānyíng nǐ), “Beijing welcomes you”, please come here! |
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