Fun fact: the pronounciation of A-Qing is the same as the sound for sneezing in Brazilian Portuguese, so my instinct when you said her name was to say “bless you”
I have fallen hard into the realm of MDSZ recently and it’s quickly become my main obsession. This was really helpful, especially while reading the novel! Thanks so much, subscribed!
This was not only very helpful but extremely interesting!! Learning about culture and history is super interesting for me! It was also super wonderful to hear every major character and place being pronounced correctly! I still don't hear the difference in tones, but i don't hear them in my everyday life so im asuming it would come with time and practice! Wang Yibo being the adorable gremlin he is was such a cute lil added thing. Thank you May Anne!!
Bookmarking this for later because I know I’ll forget, but thank you so much for making this! I always stress about pronouncing names incorrectly and finding out later. I watched the series first so I had a general idea about how they sounded but having it slowed down so I could listen and take in the tones is great! I found it helpful to mimic the accents on the letters with my hands so I could remember the tonal sounds not just mentally but visually too.
Omg, I was SO off for Lan Si Zhui! I was at least close for most of them (save for the Nie clan, who are the reason I came looking for a pronunciation guide), but didn't expect to be so off on LSZ.
Thanks for this. One good thing about having read the novels first is she gives great explanations of the naming conventions and meanings at the end of the novels.
I just started watching this series and even after 10 episodes I still can't say half their names. This is a great help. THANKS!! This series is AMAZING! I'm not even done yet and I already want a Season 2.
This is so great THANK YOU!✌🏽❤It's wonderful that you took the time to help everyone , and its especially wonderful for non Chinese speakers like myself. Who struggle with how to pronounce these characters beloved names correctly!
I studied Chinese a tiny bit in college so I remember tonal marks but I knew I was absolutely butchering the pronunciations. Thank you so much for this. I’m hoping by watching this a lot and repeating after you I’ll improve.
omg thank you so much this is fantastic and whats amazing about this is since i have poor memory i can always go back to this thank you thank you thank you so much May Anne!!! greatly appreciated!!!
Most of them are older and related in some way, hence 'uncles' so they call him 'Jinling'. And because he is the direct heir to the Jin Sect, and also not pals (yet) with others from his generation, like Sizhui and Jingyi, they call him "gong zi" 😊
Would LOVE if you did one of these for svsss... I'm doing my best from what I know/how many times I've watched the donghua, but I'm sure I'm not doing perfectly! (I thought Binghe's name rhymed with meimei for some reason? Took me like 3 times watching the donghua to pick up on my mistake!)
Just discovered your channel when searching for pronunciation guides (since I hope to podfic someday?). Thank you so much for posting this, it is most helpful. I look forward to checking out the rest of your channel as well. 😺 P.S. I think it's great that you left out Jin Guang Shan, he's a piece of trash anyway and does not exist. 😸
Thank you so much for this! I took Japanese as my minor in college and have gotten so comfortable with that language, but mzds is my introduction to having to pronounce mandarin and it is giving me so much trouble! This video is going to be playing on repeat 😅 I do have a small question, just for clarification (if you have time). I just started watching the Untamed tonight and noticed that when they say Wen Ning, there's almost a dipthong sound on the "Ning" and it sounds (to my very confused ears) almost like "nyung." When you say it, it sounds like i expected it to based in what I'm trying to read about pronouncing pinyin romanization. Is the show pronouncing it differently or am i just overwhelmed and hearing things incorrectly?
Thanks for commenting! Yes, some of the characters definitely say 'Wen Niyng' with a slight glide. I am not an expert but I think that is 'standard' Mandarin pronunciation in mainland China or a variant. The Mandarin I speak is quite different, much flatter in tone. In fact, when making this video, I pronounced some things totally out of character for me. For example Wei Wuxian's 'Xian' to me starts with a straightforward /s/ but in The Untamed it is 'Shee-yen' so I tried that. If you listen carefully, you will hear how awkward I am there 🤣
Thanks for this. My pronunciation has gone to crap over the years, not that it was ever great, to begin with. I've read the fan translation and am now reading the official translations as they're released, but there are a lot of phrases I'd prefer to learn how to read/pronounce in the original Chinese. I swear I first watched a version of Untamed that had pretty decent subtitles, but trying to rewatch now the only English subs I can find are just awful. They make no sense. I haven't looked around, yet but where can I find the books in Mandarin? I heard parts have been changed a few times already, but not always for the best. Would the Taiwan printing be different (better) than the mainland printing?
I think the best subtitles are either on Viki or Netflix. Not perfect but acceptable. The mainland Chinese MDZS is no longer available so if you find copies on sale, they are very likely to be bootlegs. So proceed with caution 😂. The Taiwanese version is still available for sale. It's in traditional Chinese. I can't keep track of the versions and changes but it should be the most complete version available. Thanks for dropping by and watching my video ☺️
I am watching the anime version of Mo Doa Zu Shi and the name to a character is being said wrong I think. Nie Mingjue. The subtitles might wrong too, I'm not sure.
It depends as both can be used. If you speak with a mainland China "standard" accent then it is more like "shi". But for Mandarin speakers from Malaysia, Singapore and some other places, we use "si". So while someone from China would say "Way Oo Shien", I would say "Way Oo Sien". You have a good ear! I was struggling with which one to use in the video so it was somewhere in between. But both would be understandable to other Mandarin speakers.
Playing this on repeat LOL THANK YOU
Thank you for supporting my baby channel
It me too, thank you for all these! 🙏🏻 So helpful to have all the characters
Fun fact: the pronounciation of A-Qing is the same as the sound for sneezing in Brazilian Portuguese, so my instinct when you said her name was to say “bless you”
I have fallen hard into the realm of MDSZ recently and it’s quickly become my main obsession. This was really helpful, especially while reading the novel! Thanks so much, subscribed!
Thank you and WELCOME to the MDZS rabbit hole 😊
Same here 🙋🏻♀️
This was not only very helpful but extremely interesting!! Learning about culture and history is super interesting for me! It was also super wonderful to hear every major character and place being pronounced correctly! I still don't hear the difference in tones, but i don't hear them in my everyday life so im asuming it would come with time and practice! Wang Yibo being the adorable gremlin he is was such a cute lil added thing. Thank you May Anne!!
I know the Yibo bit was the best part 😊 I am also discovering things about Chinese culture which has been so eye opening and I'm glad to share
Bookmarking this for later because I know I’ll forget, but thank you so much for making this! I always stress about pronouncing names incorrectly and finding out later. I watched the series first so I had a general idea about how they sounded but having it slowed down so I could listen and take in the tones is great! I found it helpful to mimic the accents on the letters with my hands so I could remember the tonal sounds not just mentally but visually too.
Omg, I was SO off for Lan Si Zhui! I was at least close for most of them (save for the Nie clan, who are the reason I came looking for a pronunciation guide), but didn't expect to be so off on LSZ.
Thanks for this. One good thing about having read the novels first is she gives great explanations of the naming conventions and meanings at the end of the novels.
I just started watching this series and even after 10 episodes I still can't say half their names. This is a great help. THANKS!! This series is AMAZING! I'm not even done yet and I already want a Season 2.
This is so great THANK YOU!✌🏽❤It's wonderful that you took the time to help everyone , and its especially wonderful for non Chinese speakers like myself. Who struggle with how to pronounce these characters beloved names correctly!
Glad to help!
Lan Zhan 4:23
Lan Wangji 4:27
Wei Ying 3:37
Wei Wuxian 3:41
this is very helpful!! i want to discuss the show with my mates without completely destroying the mandarin language haha :) thank you!!
I studied Chinese a tiny bit in college so I remember tonal marks but I knew I was absolutely butchering the pronunciations. Thank you so much for this. I’m hoping by watching this a lot and repeating after you I’ll improve.
Thank you so much for this!! This is so helpful when reading the novel and being able to say the words properly (at least in my head haha) :D ❤✌✌
😂my parents will be shocked hearing me late night practising
omg thank you so much this is fantastic and whats amazing about this is since i have poor memory i can always go back to this thank you thank you thank you so much May Anne!!! greatly appreciated!!!
You are so welcome! Glad you find it useful 😊
I always wondered why most people called Jin Ling by his birth name and not his courtesy name.
Most of them are older and related in some way, hence 'uncles' so they call him 'Jinling'. And because he is the direct heir to the Jin Sect, and also not pals (yet) with others from his generation, like Sizhui and Jingyi, they call him "gong zi" 😊
Also he doesn't like being called by his courtesy name because he thinks his courtesy name sounds feminine
I just found this -- THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I only speak English & had no idea where to even start.
This is awesome!!!!! Please, do something like this with TGCF names!!!! Pleaaaaase!!!!!
Thanks so much for this video!
Hi, Ty the Canasian has done a very good video on TGCF names which you can check out 😊
I like lan zhan because it sounds like Long John, which are a type of pajamas. Cute
This is very helpful. I was having troubles reading the story and fumbling with the names a lot. I'll definitely be back to practice these more.
So clear and helpful! Thank you so much!
I just want to say thank you so much for making this, I make podfics (audio books for fanfiction) and this guide has been an absolute life saver!
Oh you're welcome! Are you doing some MDZS or TGCF content?! I would die!
@@MayAnne MDZS, I haven't read TGCF yet, so I haven't gotten into Fanfiction about it, but maybe one day
@@lalaspodfics looking forward to it!
Same!!!
Would LOVE if you did one of these for svsss... I'm doing my best from what I know/how many times I've watched the donghua, but I'm sure I'm not doing perfectly! (I thought Binghe's name rhymed with meimei for some reason? Took me like 3 times watching the donghua to pick up on my mistake!)
Thank you thank you! I've been trying to follow written instructions and I have been MESSING UP. Thank you!
多谢🙏 我是法国人，学习汉语 but for me it was very hard to prononce Jiang Cheng. Your video help me a lot. 🙏💛
Just discovered your channel when searching for pronunciation guides (since I hope to podfic someday?). Thank you so much for posting this, it is most helpful. I look forward to checking out the rest of your channel as well. 😺
P.S. I think it's great that you left out Jin Guang Shan, he's a piece of trash anyway and does not exist. 😸
Omg so many podficcers here!!
Saving this in my playlist
Thank you so much. This was very helpful!
Thank you! This was helpful in so many ways!!!!
Thank you so much for making this video!
Oh my god, thank you! 😭❤️🙏🏻
So interesting and helpful, now I can go on reading The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, thanks a lot :)
Thank you! This is extremely helpful!
Thanks so much for the video! I learned so much and hopefully this will help me pronounce their names correctly. :)
Thank you! Its so useful!
😁😁
I'm glad!
THANK YOU!!!!!!
Thank you you're my savior!!!
This is genuinely so helpful! Thank you so much!
Thank you, SO helpful!
Thank you I really loved this video it really helped me thank you could you do one for tgcf
Thank you! Ty the Canasian has done one for TGCF on his TH-cam channel. Pls check it out!
Thank you so much for this! I took Japanese as my minor in college and have gotten so comfortable with that language, but mzds is my introduction to having to pronounce mandarin and it is giving me so much trouble! This video is going to be playing on repeat 😅
I do have a small question, just for clarification (if you have time). I just started watching the Untamed tonight and noticed that when they say Wen Ning, there's almost a dipthong sound on the "Ning" and it sounds (to my very confused ears) almost like "nyung." When you say it, it sounds like i expected it to based in what I'm trying to read about pronouncing pinyin romanization. Is the show pronouncing it differently or am i just overwhelmed and hearing things incorrectly?
Thanks for commenting!
Yes, some of the characters definitely say 'Wen Niyng' with a slight glide. I am not an expert but I think that is 'standard' Mandarin pronunciation in mainland China or a variant. The Mandarin I speak is quite different, much flatter in tone. In fact, when making this video, I pronounced some things totally out of character for me. For example Wei Wuxian's 'Xian' to me starts with a straightforward /s/ but in The Untamed it is 'Shee-yen' so I tried that. If you listen carefully, you will hear how awkward I am there 🤣
THANK YOU SO MUCH
Thanks for this. My pronunciation has gone to crap over the years, not that it was ever great, to begin with. I've read the fan translation and am now reading the official translations as they're released, but there are a lot of phrases I'd prefer to learn how to read/pronounce in the original Chinese. I swear I first watched a version of Untamed that had pretty decent subtitles, but trying to rewatch now the only English subs I can find are just awful. They make no sense.
I haven't looked around, yet but where can I find the books in Mandarin? I heard parts have been changed a few times already, but not always for the best. Would the Taiwan printing be different (better) than the mainland printing?
I think the best subtitles are either on Viki or Netflix. Not perfect but acceptable.
The mainland Chinese MDZS is no longer available so if you find copies on sale, they are very likely to be bootlegs. So proceed with caution 😂. The Taiwanese version is still available for sale. It's in traditional Chinese. I can't keep track of the versions and changes but it should be the most complete version available.
Thanks for dropping by and watching my video ☺️
I am watching the anime version of Mo Doa Zu Shi and the name to a character is being said wrong I think. Nie Mingjue. The subtitles might wrong too, I'm not sure.
Can you please pronounce the chinese name of 'the untamed '
wei wuxian! wei wuxian! wei wuxian! shut up!
lol
Is Xi pronounced "si" not "shi"? (I wasn't sure what you said in the video)
It depends as both can be used. If you speak with a mainland China "standard" accent then it is more like "shi". But for Mandarin speakers from Malaysia, Singapore and some other places, we use "si". So while someone from China would say "Way Oo Shien", I would say "Way Oo Sien".
You have a good ear! I was struggling with which one to use in the video so it was somewhere in between. But both would be understandable to other Mandarin speakers.
@@MayAnne it was for Lan Xi Chen 😊 Thank you for explaining!
I will never get over people mispronouncing Lan SiZhui and Lan Qiren