Watching TV shows is a fantastic entertaining way to improve Mandarin reading and listening skills, and it is especially great for learning new vocabulary and experiencing the language in a very authentic way in addition to textbooks. At the same time, it is very helpful to use Langauge Reactor to have pinyin for each Chinese characters and double subtitles(Mandarin and your native language).
When it comes to the most popular songs in Youtube, the songs which immediately flash in your mind might be "Despacito"(around 8 billion views), "Shape of You"(around 6 billion views), "Gangnam Stlye"(around 4.5 billion views), However, which Mandarin songs have the most views in Youtube?
What's your first impression for Mongolia? The people who are riding in the horse and living in Yurt(portable, round tent) as nomads, or mascular warriors who are good at riding a horse and archery like Genghis Khan? These might be typical first impression when it comes to Mongolia, but I would introduce Mongolian music today—Khoomei.
Jin Yong's wuxia novels are the most famous ones in the Mandarin-speaking regions. Over 100 million copies of his works have been sold worldwide. Most of his novels are also adapted into dramas, mobile games, video games, and movies.
There are two main Mandarin-language proficiency tests. One is TOCFL, Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language, and it is the standardized test of Taiwanese Mandarin language proficiency of Taiwan for non-native speakers. The other is HSK, The Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, translated as the Chinese Proficiency Test, is the standardized test of Standard Chinese language proficiency of Mainland China for non-native speakers. Let's compare the difference beteween them in the following table!
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