Your emails, your questions, your Mandarin struggles.

In this first Listener Mailbag, we tackle:

• Tone panic ordering 牛肉麵

• How to pronounce 出去 without tripping

• ü vs u, and why “iu” sounds like “yo”

• Zhuyin vs Pinyin — which works in Taiwan

• Why HSK tests don’t prepare you for street speed

• Training your ears to real Mandarin

• Karaoke learning, flashcard guilt, and more

Email your questions to [email protected] and we might answer them next time.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.