Newbie | Your Baby is So Cute!
Not every baby is cute, but here in China, almost all of them are, so you'll probably find yourself in many situations in which you'll feel the need to tell parents just how adorable their little one ...
30 Joulu 202215min
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
