Learning Mandarin via pop music
From Judy Shei, author of the awesome 1st grade Mandarin YouTube channel at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3YHwAQnbcQ&feature=youtu.be
Someone asked me for some easy Mandarin pop songs to learn… I asked my 24 year old cousin & her buddies for a few (thanks Facebook!) and below are some suggestions…. All are subtitled in traditional Chinese, my apologies. I remembered memorizing my first pop song 6 months after moving to Taiwan and literally learning to read Chinese by the light of KTV (karaoke in a private room with just friends). Enjoy! I like the first two best.
張懸 兒歌 http://youtu.be/JJhmN_c9At8
張懸.-.[寶貝]. http://youtu.be/VH4zpLUQhLA
陳奕迅 – Baby Song http://youtu.be/3uiZJl1Yp_4
方大同-紅豆 http://youtu.be/UdV2VkNyR6Y
胡夏 《那些年》–那些年我们一起追的女孩 http://youtu.be/0YM2hl-Zmbs (lyrics in simplified in the description)
猜不透 叮噹 http://youtu.be/rG_mPhssUUk (has a short little skit in the beginning of a guy remembering a lost love, very cute)
梁靜茹_寧夏 http://youtu.be/i3GKD3ZUaiI
范瑋琪 – 一個像夏天一個像秋天 http://youtu.be/IhWjeCI7v_g
And of course this… The Moon Represents My Heart, subtitled in simplified Chinese. The kids have already learned it and it’s a classic! http://youtu.be/IhWjeCI7v_g
Most cities have a radio station that broadcasts in Mandarin. In the San Francisco Bay area it’s
92.3 KSJO
You can also listen online at
You can also putt the Shazam app on your phone so you can tag songs you like and download them.
May I suggest http://www.ichineseflashcards.com (helps you learn Chinese (Mandarin) faster by using flashcards with pictures), thanks