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In this quick lesson, I walk you through the four Mandarin Chinese tones using an easy chart and hand gestures. I show how ā á ǎ à and other vowels change with each tone so you can finally hear and ...

Western businesses have been trying to “get inside” the vast Chinese market since the days of Marco Polo – it’s one of the top prizes of global commerce, and one that continues to inspire a frenzy of ...

Nicole Shitolwa, Mandarin Chinese teacher at Crawford International School shows children how to pronounce Mandarin Chinese tones using body movements. [Jacinta Mutura, Standard] The demand for ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications, using intracranial recordings, researchers investigated the neural basis of lexical tone production in native Mandarin speakers. They ...