Relevant Content
We'll always make sure you know exactly what the lesson is about. You will easily understand whether it is relevant for you.

Online Group Shopping

Great Hosts
Here at ChinesePod, all our lessons are presented in an entertaining manner by our great hosts. You'll find language learners, teachers, and even professors sharing their insights, ideas, and teaching methods in our video and audio lessons.
Brief Lesson Summaries
A brief introduction of the lesson will always tell you what this lesson is about and what language level is the intended target. If you're interested in the subject, but might not be able to understand it in full, fear not; we have transcripts of lesson dialogues vocabulary so you can follow along.
IN THIS LESSON
ID: 2805 Intermediate
Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Singles Day in China are now huge shopping events. It is particularly common in The East to group together with friends or co-workers to bulk-buy certain products online and get a better price. Tune in and learn all about it.
Fiona Tian,Gwilym
Awesome Materials
Our lessons contain natural communication in Chinese in video and audio format. We have have lessons focused on video or a podcast format and our lessons have transcripts of Lesson Dialogues, Important Vocabulary, Expanded Materials for a deep dive into the lesson topic and Exercises focused on testing your retention.
Detailed Vocabulary
Each lesson has it's unique vocabulary and will provide you with definitions and recordings so you can practice the pronunciation. You will also be able to grasp the core material of a lesson at a glance. Here we're showing you the Simplified Chinese version.
SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
双11 shuāngshíyī Singles' Day (Nov. 11 sales for single people to treat themselves - Nov. 11 in numbers looks like four single people)
搞 gǎo to hold; to do
活动 huódòng a promotion
点击 diǎnjī to click (on a computer)
诶双11快到啦淘宝天猫京东都在搞活动啦要不要一起来团购啊
ēi 诶shuāng shí yī 双11kuài dào 快到la 啦Táobǎo 淘宝tiānmāo 天猫jīngdōng 京东dōu 都zài 在gǎohuódòng 搞活动la 啦yào 要bù yào 不要yīqǐ 一起lái 来tuángòu 团购ā 啊
Hey, it's almost Singles' Day, so Taobao, Tmall and Jingdong Mall are all holding promotions! Do you want to group buy with me?
啊我是古代人从来没团购过要怎么团啊
ā 啊wǒ 我shì 是gǔdài 古代rén 人cónglái méi 从来没tuángòu 团购guò 过yào 要zěnme 怎么tuán 团ā 啊
Ah, I'm a bit of a dinosaur. I've never done group buying before, how do you form a group?
这个简单第一种最方便的就是点击网上商城的团购页面直接参与商家团购
zhè ge 这个jiǎndān 简单dìyīzhǒng 第一种zuì 最fāngbiàn 方便de 的jiùshì 就是diǎnjī 点击wǎngshàng 网上shāngchéng 商城de 的tuángòu 团购yèmiàn 页面zhíjiē 直接cānyù 参与shāngjiā 商家tuángòu 团购
That's the simple bit. The most convenient way, is to navigate to the group buying page of the online store, that way you can group buy directly from the merchant.
听起来好像很容易我可以试试看还有别的吗
tīng qǐlai 听起来hǎoxiàng 好像hěn 很róngyì 容易wǒ 我kěyǐ 可以shìshi 试试kàn 看háiyǒu 还有biéde 别的ma 吗
It sounds very easy, I can give it a try. What else is there?
Natural Dialogues
Each lesson is centered around a natural dialogue with key vocabulary directly prepared and translated for your use. You can also listen to each sentence as an individual recording to improve your listening and comprehension skills.
Try It For Free
ChinesePod is 100% Free to Try. Create an account today and get started!