
Elementary | Tone Rule: Changes for 'bu'
While the writer attempts to interject occasional humor into these intros, he knows there's nothing funny about the word ‘bu’, especially when you factor in the rules involved. Sorry, you don't know t...
26 Sep 20228min

Newbie | Nope, You Cannot!
I'm sure we have all pestered our parents asking them "can I do this?" or "can I do that?".In today's Newbie Mandarin lesson you will learn a really useful and highly repeated phrase for saying you ca...
23 Sep 202213min

Elementary | A Day in the Life of a Student
School days are here. In this lesson, read the diary of a student about their day at school. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/2081
21 Sep 202220min

Newbie | Buying Bread and Butter
It’s only right that with us being the “bread and butter” of your day, we also offer up a Mandarin Chinese lesson on buying these two basics at the grocers. In this podcast, learn how to request a spe...
19 Sep 202211min

Elementary | Elevator Issues
If there's one place you're apt to find yourself in a crowded elevator, it's China. With so many people around, chances someone will have to help you push your floor if it hasn't been pushed already. ...
16 Sep 202212min

Newbie | Would You Like Some Tea?
Today we're trying out a different style of lesson. We are following the traditional ChinesePod approach, but adding this visual element to hopefully make learning Chinese that little bit easier. We h...
14 Sep 20229min

Elementary | Ping Pong
ChinesePod loves sports, which is why ChinesePod has such a fantastic figure. So, in keeping with that “little meet-up” in Beijing happenin' in 2008, in this podcast we offer up a Mandarin Chinese les...
12 Sep 202211min

Newbie | Your Mandarin Is Really Good!
No matter where you are in China, Chinese people will be lavishing praise on you the moment you're able to utter even a simple "hello" or "thank you" in barely distinguishable Chinese. It's important ...
9 Sep 202214min





















