EpisodePinyin Can’t Carry You: Characters Must Take Over

Pinyin Can’t Carry You: Characters Must Take Over

Podcast Duration: 00:17:12

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The Mandarin Blueprint Podcast focuses primarily on The Blueprint online curriculum. Creators Luke Neale & Phil Crimmins answer questions and comments, discuss topics related to China and Mandarin learning, and have special guests.

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00:00 Intro

00:31 Why You Should Ditch Pinyin Early

01:56 Test Your Chinese Without Pinyin

02:29 Discover Why Characters Matter

04:10 Make Characters Build on Each Other

06:14 See Why Characters Beat Pinyin Long-Term

08:10 Stop Reading Pinyin Like English

10:12 Reduce Your Chinese Learning Workload

12:14 Use Pinyin for These 3 Things

13:48 Switch to Characters Before It Gets Expensive

14:51 Conclusion and Next step

15 October, 2026

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