My Chinese Music Spotify Playlists

One of the best ways to learn a new language is to listen to songs in the target language. However, finding Chinese songs that you actually enjoy might be a challenge, as Chinese music is not as popular as Kpop or Jpop/Jrock outside Chinese-speaking countries, even though there are just as many great Chinese artists out there.

听歌是最好的语言学习方式之一。不过由于华语音乐在国际上不像日韩音乐那样流行，所以大家可能很少有机会遇到自己喜欢的中文歌曲，在今天的推文里我会把好听的华语歌曲分享给你。

If you want to find Chinese songs that you like, one of the best resources is Spotify. I’ve put together a playlist of some of my favorite Chinese songs for you. However, our music tastes might differ, so I also asked my husband to create a playlist for you. His music taste is quite different from mine, and his playlist features more Taiwanese bands and has a more rock-oriented style, while mine mainly consists of pop songs.

Spotify是我最推荐的音乐平台，在这里我把自己喜欢的歌曲整理成了一个歌单。因为毕竟每个人的音乐喜好不一样，为了给你更多不同类型的歌曲选择，我也邀请了我老公分享了他的歌单。他的歌单偏摇滚，而我的主要是流行歌曲。

Here are the playlists:

歌单：

Learning Chinese from Chinese songs might feel intimidating at first. So, it’s important to find songs that you actually enjoy listening to. Hopefully, you find a few in these two lists that you can save to your own Spotify playlists. If you like any of these artists or bands, check out their profile pages to see other recommended songs or artists. The more artists and songs you save and listen to, the better recommendations you will get from the algorithm. I find Spotify’s algorithm quite good, and I almost always find new songs that I enjoy based on their recommendations.

通过中文歌学习听起来不是件容易的事，可是如果你享受在喜欢的音乐中，一定会减少这件事的难度。希望在今天的歌单里你会找到喜欢并能够帮助你学习中文的歌。遇到自己喜欢的歌，可以点击进这个歌手或乐队的主页听听他们别的音乐，这样大数据会推送给你更多类似的作品，我就是通过这个方法新发现了很多自己喜欢的歌。

But how can you use these songs to learn Chinese? I suggest that you look up the lyrics of the songs that you enjoy. Spotify used to provide lyrics for free, but lately, they require you to sign up for Premium (at least in my region) to view the lyrics. A way to get around this is to simply type the name of the band and the song in Google, along with the word 歌词 gēcí (lyrics).

具体怎样通过歌曲学习中文呢？首先我们要找到歌词，之前在Spotify可以免费查看歌词，但最近我发现只有会员才可以看。不过没关系，直接在谷歌浏览器搜索歌曲的名字加上“歌词”也可以找到。

After you have the lyrics in front of you, use the free Zhongwen Google Extension to move the cursor over the characters that you don’t understand while listening to the song. It will show you the characters’ pinyin and meaning. (You can read how to install and use Zhongwen in one of my earlier newsletters: DOWNLOAD ZHONGWEN.) Soon, you’ll be able to understand what the song is about without needing to look at the lyrics.

找到歌词后借助工具：中文，这个插件会显示汉字的拼音和释义，边听歌边学习新词。（点击链接查看如何下载安装插件）。通过几次练习后，很快你就可以抛掉歌词提示尽情享受音乐了。

Happy listening,

祝你生活学习愉快，

Sandy

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