Chinese pronunciation challenge, October 2023

This is a challenge where your goal is to improve your Chinese pronunciation. Please read the linked article for information and inspiration!


Recent activities

20 minutes

Worked on many variations of 保. Wow. So many. Thanks for a great month of pronunciation practice! As always Olle, great job and thank you so much for the monthly confidence boost!

Wednesday, Nov 01

Cliff Larsen
15 minutes

Read the text that my daughter and worked through a Tang poem.

Tuesday, Oct 31

Cliff Larsen
60 minutes

Chinese with Ting = Alphabet Ultimate Guide/Andy & Sarah Mandarin - z c s zh ch sh r/Duolingo Tell time, identify tableware/Quizlet flashcards, Integrated Chinese - Ch. 15, Dialogue 1

Monday, Oct 30

The_Real_Cydna
45 minutes

7-minute Chinese

Monday, Oct 30

The_Real_Cydna
45 minutes

From the sermon at my Chinese church.

Monday, Oct 30

Cliff Larsen
30 minutes

Just signed up to Mandarin Blueprint's Pronunciation Mastery and worked on some exercises. (30 minutes included watching quite a few explanatory videos)

Sunday, Oct 29

Nick Dee
15 minutes

pronunciation Mastery unit 2 Finals A, part of E shadowing flashcards

Sunday, Oct 29

Renai
145 minutes

7-minute Chinese; Everyday Chinese tone practice; Chinese with Ting - j-zh; q-ch; x-sh comparisons

Sunday, Oct 29

The_Real_Cydna
5 minutes

Took some time off but did practice a bit. He said sheepishly.

Sunday, Oct 29

Cliff Larsen
20 minutes

Pronunciation Mastery course unit 1

Saturday, Oct 28

Renai
20 minutes

Tea time about PuYi. Poem reciting too.

Saturday, Oct 28

Cliff Larsen
60 minutes

mimicking what the students say around me focused on the pronunciation , not the meaning.

Friday, Oct 27

Adiel
20 minutes

using anki and saying out loud the characters/words focused on tone pairs and pronunciation.

Friday, Oct 27

Adiel
30 minutes

Tea time Chinese, tone pairs on quizlet, read up on 李克强 Li Ke Qiang's untimely death, worked on Tang poems and short simple stories: 我会爬

Friday, Oct 27

Cliff Larsen
14 minutes

50 Small Talk Questions and Answers for Chinese Beginners - Engaging in Chinese Daily Conversation. Shuoshuo Chinese (repeat).

Thursday, Oct 26

LaurenF
30 minutes

listening and mimicking the sounds that I try to improve

Thursday, Oct 26

Adiel
60 minutes

worked on TEA TIME with NATHAN Chinese podcast. Great stuff. Really helpful with the simple stories.

Thursday, Oct 26

Cliff Larsen
14 minutes

50 Small Talk Questions and Answers for Chinese Beginners - Engaging in Chinese Daily Conversation. Shuoshuo Chinese.

Wednesday, Oct 25

LaurenF
11 minutes

10-Minutes Intensive Chinese Listening and Speaking Practice - Elementary Level. Learn Chinese Essentials.

Wednesday, Oct 25

LaurenF
50 minutes

Tone pairs. Videos, audio learning Chinese....

Wednesday, Oct 25

Cliff Larsen
30 minutes

practicing pronunciation with the pinyin chart focused on the y,x,q,j and "v"

Tuesday, Oct 24

Adiel
45 minutes

Massive amount of tone pairs.

Tuesday, Oct 24

Cliff Larsen
20 minutes

using anki and saying out loud the characters/words focused on tone pairs and pronunciation.

Monday, Oct 23

Adiel
60 minutes

mimicking some of the sentences/words that I hear in a podcast

Monday, Oct 23

Adiel
60 minutes

In Church listening carefully and writing a ton of stuff down. repeating and working on pronunciation.

Monday, Oct 23

Cliff Larsen

Leaderboard

RankScorePersonal goal progress
1.Cliff Larsen16.61103%
2.The_Real_Cydna13.95199%
3.Adiel13.9139%
4.Renai3.5835%
5.LaurenF3.0861%
6.Nicki2.0741%
7.忠恩/Jonathan1.4235%
8.Nick Dee1.010%
9.Timea0.9211%
Linkhttps://www.hackingchinese....
Participants20
Hours reported56.53
DurationOctober 10, 2023 to
October 31, 2023 (22 days)