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PINYIN? MEET
Soundprops

Pinyin buries Mandarin sounds under letters that look like English but behave like something else. You already know how to pronounce every one of them — you do it every time you say Jeep, Duck, or Pie.

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Cast

Five characters. Five tones. Five egos — one per tone. The first letter of each ego word spells the name of the artist who built the system.

T
Transactional
Don
T1
O
Omniscient
Master
T2
R
Rubbery
Gummy
T3
I
Invasive
Bird
T4
E
Empty
Robo
T5
Hidden
Sounds

Tap a picture to check if you can hear it.

HS Method
5pillars

Each pillar leans on the others.

Pronunciation — every Mandarin syllable hides in an English word you know.
pinyin

Every Mandarin sound is hiding in an English prop you already know.

Soundprops

Tones — five tones, five personalities.
tones

Tones aren't numbers. They're personalities you can impersonate.

Tonëgos

Structure — Hanzi aren't drawn, they're stacked.
characters

1,800 hanzi aren't 1,800 characters to remember. Just a few hundred parts, reused.

HanziChain

Memory — seven techniques in one card.
memory

Brain remembers stories, not strokes. So every hanzi gets a scene.

Mnemonics

Immersion — Hans and Torie show up in your WhatsApp every morning.
practice

Practice daily with Hans and Torie. That's how Hanzitellers are made.

HanziTelling

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