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My favorite Youtubers to practice Chinese

Practice Chinese through YouTube


It's a known fact that YouTube can be quite helpful for learners all around the world, it's a great resource, but sometimes things are quite hard to find, that's why I have gathered some of my favorite YouTubers to share with all of you, some of them will be study and others will be to get immerse in the Chinese language.

YouTube Channels to Learn 

ShuoShuo Chinese: This is the first channel I encountered in my Chinese learning journey, her channels mainly focus in helping us to sound more native and giving us a lot of different expressions for every day, she also goes in depth in some of the grammar of the HSK.

Grace Mandarin Chinese: Her Channel has a lot of variety, but the videos that I found most helpful are the ones that are about pronunciation and the sentence-final particles, in general her videos will help you clear out a lot of your doubts. Also, her recommendations are quite good, I currently use most of the podcasts she has recommended.

Mandarin with Miss Lin: Her Channel has a lot of content, she not only has video about the HSK, but she also has some videos that explain the grammar of the TOCFL. She has a series that I quite enjoy: () I  think these videos will be quite helpful for the people that are currently live in China or want to move there, because she gives real life examples of what to say in that situations.

YouTube Channels for immersion

Hannah.y: Her videos are mostly video blogs so depending on the video she sometimes talks more and others less, also I think almost every video has subtitles. In general, her videos are quite entertaining, she mostly does videos about her travels in different cities in China and about her life as a University Student.

Nana OuYang: Her videos are also video blogs, but she talks through most of the video, so they are great for immersion. I encountered her channel through her music, I think she has a beautiful voice and that's also something I like about her vlogs, because her voice is quite soft, and the speed in which she speaks is rather slow; another thing that's important to mention is that her videos have subtitles both in English and Chinese, but what's special about them is that they appear at the same time so if you don't understand something in Chinese you can easily see the translation.

莎白 Elizabeth: Her content is quite different as the previous channels, because she is a foreigner living in Taiwan, but she has been living for quite some time there, so her Chinese is actually quite great, her videos are mainly about the cultural differences she has been through in the past years, trying out new food, etc. 

Finally, I hope the following resources really help you out in this journey that is learning Chinese.
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