Chinese has a reputation for being hard. The tones are real, the characters are real, and then there are the tongue twisters — 绕口令 ( ràokǒulìng ) — which take the existing challenges of the language a...

Whether you're a beginner Mandarin learner or an advanced speaker looking to sharpen your tones, Chinese tongue twisters — known as 绕口令 ( ràokǒulìng , literally "speech that winds around the mouth") —...