Update Jan 2015
Sogou download link no longer works since 2014. I haven't found a really simple way to download Chinese MP3 ever since. Let me know if you have any recommendation.
Original article
Some people may think that downloading Chinese MP3 songs is difficult but I could guarantee you that it is actually very easy. China may be the only country in the world that could provide MP3 downloads openly without much issue on legality, even for big and reputable China websites. One of the China websites to download Chinese songs is Sogou MP3 (
mp3.sogou.com).
In order to download a song, one would need to enter a search term in Chinese character. Alternatively if we could not type in Chinese characters, we may click on the download link provided by
LirikLaguMandarin.com.
One example is the
Yan Jue - Ai Jiu Shi Ga Li lyric post from LirikLaguMandarin.com, which has the download link:
Yan Jue - Ai Jiu Shi Ga Li mp3 download. Click on this link and the Sogou MP3 website will be displayed.
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Sogou MP3 Search Result (in Chinese) |
For those of you who do not understand Chinese, the image below is the English translation result (thanks to
Google Chrome web page translation).
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Sogou MP3 Search Result (in English) |
Notice that given the search result of a song, many choices are provided to us, which is a good thing (in the example above, we have 5 choices). Those with higher
Connectivity Speed (
longest green bar on the right screen) is generally preferable as the download will be faster. After selecting which one to download, click on the
down-arrow image under the
Link column, and a pop-up window will be shown.
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Sogou MP3 Download Link |
After that, simply click on the
green button with the 下载歌曲 words (which means Download Song) and the download will start. Very simple, isn't it!
Finally, the songs provided in this website may not be legal, so if you like the song then we encourage you to buy the album at your local music store or online.