Chinese PinYin is one of the most important fundamental part of learning Chinese as a beginner. If you master PinYin, you will be able to pronounce all the Chinese Mandarin sounds without knowing the complicated Chinese Characters. Also you will be able to practice tones–the most tricky part of learning Chinese!

In this video you will hear Ellen to say some of the weird Chinese names and you will also get to hear the correct Chinese pronunciations. This practice will help you perfect your Chinese tones. Ellen’s Chinese is pretty bad 😉 , but you can learn from her and avoid the most typical mistakes that English speakers make when they speak Chinese.

Let’s learn Chinese and have some fun with Ellen!