Comments on: Improve your Chinese conversations by listening to the listener https://www.hackingchinese.com/listening-to-the-listener/ A better way of learning Mandarin Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:03:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Chris https://www.hackingchinese.com/listening-to-the-listener/#comment-4610 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 15:39:23 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=354#comment-4610 I have been ignoring these words as them come up in my text books. Not trying to waste valuable resources remembering the characters. However, when chatting with people online, I find myself restricted to 啊, and 哎呀.

That being said, I haven’t put much thought to them verbally, simply as listening and speaking goals. However, I have been immersed in a native Chinese country for about a decade, and I just started studying recently. I think I pretty much only really learned these sounds the past 9 years.

]]> By: Harmony https://www.hackingchinese.com/listening-to-the-listener/#comment-579 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 10:28:34 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=354#comment-579 I definitely notice that I adopt Chinese noises when I am fully immersed with native speakers. I also personally think that because I make these sounds, some people think my Chinese is “good” (even though there are huge gaps in my abilities, ie. I am awful at writing). I recommend this for anyone who is aiming for “sounding native” quickly and I’m glad you pointed it out. As for how to learn to make approximately the right verbalizations as a listener, I actually realized pretty early I didn’t know how to use 是 and　對　as responses, so I just started to pay attention as I was listening to a lot of radio interviews and watched a lot of TV dramas.

]]> By: Malik D. https://www.hackingchinese.com/listening-to-the-listener/#comment-578 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 09:59:12 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=354#comment-578 I do actually find myself using 对 or Oui in English sometimes. This is a very interesting article because it brings the learner a bit closer to fluency in a way that textbooks won’t.Thank you for this.

]]> By: Olle Linge https://www.hackingchinese.com/listening-to-the-listener/#comment-577 Sun, 19 May 2013 05:02:58 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=354#comment-577 In reply to Michael.

Interesting, I wonder how “East Asian” they are?

]]> By: Michael https://www.hackingchinese.com/listening-to-the-listener/#comment-576 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:06:27 +0000 http://www.hackingchinese.com/?p=354#comment-576 Very True. Here’s a link on this subject from another blog:
http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2006/03/16/learning-east-asian-communicative-grunts

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