Rhode Island School of Design student Yangyang Ding has created a series of metal instruments to help Mandarin speakers pronounce difficult English sounds. Yangyang Ding's pronunciation tools help ...

Though he grew up in Ontario, Canada, Simu was born in Harbin, China, and speaks fluent Mandarin.

Pronounce special sounds correctly using these soundbites.

Mandarin characters don’t tell you how to pronounce a word. Finals are the second part of a mandarin syllable and may consist of one or more vowel sounds. Some characters might not have initials, but ...