Elementary | Ordering Xiaolongbao
Learning Mandarin is like climbing a mountain made of dumplings. And as with other mountaineering expeditions, it's necessary to study the landscape before starting the ascent. In this podcast, we unr...
28 Joulu 202215min
Newbie | Get up!
Though the screech of an alarm clock sounds the same in any language, we know that all this studying makes you tired, so we’ve prepared a lesson on giving you that extra “nudge” to get up out of bed i...
26 Joulu 202211min
Elementary | WeChat
"Writing" in China has come a long way from its oracle bone past all the way to its QQ IMing and smartphone texting present. But now there's a new form called "WeChat" which mixes texting and free int...
23 Joulu 202214min
Newbie | Didn't Hear Clearly
Sometimes you say one word of Mandarin and the other side assumes you’re fluent and lets loose with a torrent of Chinese. But then there are times when you have the opposite problem: you don’t hear wh...
21 Joulu 202213min
Elementary | Buying a SIM card
We hope that those who come to China have a good memory, seeing as mobile phone numbers are about 20 digits long here. In this podcast, experience a Mandarin Chinese lesson on getting something you ca...
19 Joulu 202213min
Newbie | Chinese Idioms - Lower than a pig or dog
What is a 成语 or Chéngyǔ? It's an idiom. Here we learn 2 Chinese Idioms! The first is "Lower than a pig or a dog!" The second one is "Fowls and dogs are not at peace!" Episode link: https://www.chinese...
16 Joulu 20223min
Elementary | Questioning a Child
It's a classic situation in any culture. A child breaks something, and when their parents ask them about it, they deny doing it. In this lesson, a father grills his son about something he broke. Episo...
14 Joulu 202214min
Newbie | Making a Dinner Reservation - Part 2
In part 1 of making a dinner reservation, you learned how to say you needed a dinner reservation for how many people. You're almost done, but you're still going to need to leave your phone number and ...
12 Joulu 202212min
