Two Chinese Characters: Pinyin Pirate

In the Tale of the Pinyin Pirate 拼音海盗人, the 2CC teach you how to pronounce the retroflex sounds 卷舌音 in Mandarin Chinese, represented in the Pinyin Romanization system as: zh- (zhi), ch- (chi), sh- (shi), r- (ri) & -r (er).

The Two Chinese Characters (2CC) are John B. Weinstein & Carsey Yee. Video produced by Jamie Ciocco.

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[squadandjdog]

This is awesome i memorized the song

[carsey13]

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[jackson1030]

So, which one's the captain and which is the first mate?

[bulewind64]

@LavensKraw Lol..... i wonder what metrosexual means....

[bulewind64]

The song is badass.... and its funny cause we have to watch this for chinese class..... XD

[amanderj]

Hilarious! I've been learning Mandain for 4 years and still cant quite get the "r" sound reliably - this helps immensely. I'm passing this on to my Mandarin cell- err XXXX class - mates next year. Great Stuff!.. Arrrrrrr

[LavensKraw]

Metrosexual?

[unclejohnthezef]

WOW!!! guys...

[twinkazz]

Vaguely disturbing, and stupid as hell - but helpful i guess :P I'm married to a native mandarin speaker and i still have trouble with the retroflex sounds...