
5 Top Chinese Songs to Help You Learn Mandarin Faster
- Posted by NIHAO
- Date 2026-08-02
- Categories Chinese Songs
Here are 5 Top Chinese Songs we have selected to help you learn Mandarin faster. When you are studying Chinese, singing some top popular Chinese songs is a fun way to spice your Mandarin Chinese learning journey up.
5 Top Chinese Songs to Help You Learn Mandarin Faster.
1. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL WHEN YOU SMILE
This song has a joyful melody when you listen to it and start to sing it, you feel happy and all negative thoughts will be gone. And it’s easy to learn because it’s simply Chinese sentences, so it’s very helpful for your Mandarin Chinese Learning Journey.

Here is the original performer for your reference.
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqT7EcRrZBY
Love songs are an important part of Chinese music. And many people will think of particular love songs when recollecting their sweet days.

What do you think is the most romantic thing in life? Some people believe that only such a type of things like sending flowers, singing love songs, and having candle-light dinner can be called romance. But, The Most Romantic Thing, Cyndi Chaw’s song, tells us that “The most romantic thing I can imagine is to get older slowly with you.”
The original performer is here,
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmeM46a3IDc
This song is from Lo Ta-yu, a Taiwanese singer and songwriter who is recognized as a major cultural icon in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mainland China.

In 1985, inspired by the success of the charity single We Are the World by the USA for Africa, Lo wrote: “Tomorrow will be Better” (明天會更好), a highly successful charity single of his own to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Taiwan’s independence from Japanese colonial rule.
It was ultimately performed by over 60 different artists. The original performer is as below,
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6T4DXRKYHM
4. I AM WILLING

Faye Wong is known widely for her Cantonese popular songs, Wong has also recorded many of her songs in Mandarin Chinese.
The Chinese song ‘I’m Willing’ is one of her biggest hits in Mandarin., it’s quite famous in mainland China.
The original performer is as below,
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ah5gsjXVgo
5. RED BEANS
The red bean in China has another name, love pea, or 相思豆. 豆 means bean, but 相思 is a Chinese phrase that contains many meanings: lovesickness, yearning, infatuation, and remembrance.

STORY:
It is said that a long time ago, when a man went to war, his wife stood under a tree every day, looking forward to his return. The woman missed her husband so much that she cried every day. After her tears dried up, blood came out from her eyes. When those blood beads dropped onto the earth, a sprout appeared there. And when it grew into a big tree, it was covered with red beans, which just looked like the blood teardrops.
So, if you receive a string of red beans, it means someone is missing you~😽~
The original performer is as below,
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wmfXve11rM
Ok, these are the top 5 Chinese songs we have selected for you, they are joyful, and they have slow-paced rhythm, and you can learn some new vocabulary from these popular Chinese songs, makes your Mandarin Chinese learning faster.
[NIHAO] is designed for non-Chinese speakers who wish to learn Chinese in a fun way.