Comments on: 14 extra songs to learn Chinese and expand your horizons https://www.hackingchinese.com/14-extra-songs-to-learn-chinese-and-expand-your-horizons/ A better way of learning Mandarin Tue, 13 Dec 2022 06:54:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Olle Linge https://www.hackingchinese.com/14-extra-songs-to-learn-chinese-and-expand-your-horizons/#comment-105119 Tue, 13 Dec 2022 06:54:15 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=2083#comment-105119 In reply to Micah.

I can’t recall anyone sharing that, so thanks for doing so! And good luck with the challenge, too! 🙂

]]> By: Micah https://www.hackingchinese.com/14-extra-songs-to-learn-chinese-and-expand-your-horizons/#comment-105115 Tue, 13 Dec 2022 01:32:33 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=2083#comment-105115 In reply to Micah.

Sing China, Doris Guo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj_C5Iscqig&list=RDTi5fdLn-ZTg&index=8

]]> By: Micah https://www.hackingchinese.com/14-extra-songs-to-learn-chinese-and-expand-your-horizons/#comment-105114 Tue, 13 Dec 2022 01:32:05 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=2083#comment-105114 I’m not sure if somebody has covered this in any of the other comment sections, but I have quite enjoyed some of the music from TV shows, as well as some of the performances on Sing China. Doris Guo is a favorite. I find it to be different from a lot of the rest of main-stream Chinese music.

]]> By: The 10 best free Chinese listening resources for beginner, intermediate and advanced learners - Hacking Chinese https://www.hackingchinese.com/14-extra-songs-to-learn-chinese-and-expand-your-horizons/#comment-102744 Tue, 18 Oct 2022 19:18:03 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=2083#comment-102744 […] 14 extra songs to learn Chinese and expand your horizons […]

]]> By: Aaron Posehn https://www.hackingchinese.com/14-extra-songs-to-learn-chinese-and-expand-your-horizons/#comment-1646 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 06:02:05 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=2083#comment-1646 万能青年旅店 and 盧廣仲 are some of my all-time favorites. And thanks for the list! There were definitely some here that I had not heard of before.

]]> By: Olle Linge https://www.hackingchinese.com/14-extra-songs-to-learn-chinese-and-expand-your-horizons/#comment-1645 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 23:24:12 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=2083#comment-1645 In reply to George.

I don’t think this is fine, it’s still Chinese and unless you listen to really weird stuff, it’s also understandable for natives. If you only learn Chinese through music, you obviously have a problem, but I don’t think anybody does that. Any oddities you pick up from the songs you listen to should be smoothed over time through exposure to “normal” Chinese, so I don’t think it’s a big problem.

]]> By: George https://www.hackingchinese.com/14-extra-songs-to-learn-chinese-and-expand-your-horizons/#comment-1644 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 09:04:03 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=2083#comment-1644 Sandy Lam has quite a few nice Chinese version of oldies.. great for mini-translation projects.

]]> By: George https://www.hackingchinese.com/14-extra-songs-to-learn-chinese-and-expand-your-horizons/#comment-1643 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:59:32 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=2083#comment-1643 Learning any second language via music is worthwhile. But pop music does have a lot of double entendre and inuendo. Beware of learning something that might not be accepted in polite company.

I had a Taiwanese roommate that liked to listen to “Wooly Booly”, I guess by Little Richard. I thought it was very funny, but I didn’t have the heart to explain exactly what a wooly booly was… just so lewd.

Love songs get rather insipid and needy. Rock n’ roll can go anywhere.

I still sing Ah Mei songs… like “Ni shi wode jei mie” to make Taiwanese friends laugh. But the music scene changes extremely fast.. here today, gone tomorrow.

]]> By: Scott https://www.hackingchinese.com/14-extra-songs-to-learn-chinese-and-expand-your-horizons/#comment-1642 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:09:25 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=2083#comment-1642 Here is some nice jazzy relaxed hip hop from Taiwan. 蛋堡 Hope you haven’t posted this before
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW9TBojWOQE

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