After eight months of coaxing him to get accustomed to hearing Mandarin sounds, he can now quite comfortably identify common everyday objects and numerals in fairly distinct Mandarin, much to our unconcealed delight.

• 我们非常开心，经过8个月的时间，他已经比较习惯听华语，也能够以相当准确的发音，用华语说出一些日常用品的名称和数目字。