Tough sounds (advanced)

As an elementary learner of Mandarin Chinese, you hopefully have already gotten a handle on most of the "tough sounds" of the language. Unfortunately, being able to pronounce a word when you drop everything and focus super hard on that one- or two-syllable word isn't quite good enough. Time to push on into more challenging phrases before you can truthfully say you have mastered the really challenging sounds of the language.

Tough Sounds

Tough sounds x-sh-, q-ch-, j-zh- (B1)

Tough sounds r- (B1)

Tough sounds -e (B1)

Tough sounds -ou-uo (B1)

Tough sounds -ü-u (B1)

Tough sounds -un (B1)