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Shopping in China Beijing Standard Time
There have been many major changes in shopping trends and services in China from the 80's to today. Maybe you've heard about Taobao, but how about Liangpiao? In today's show, we'll be talking about both of them along with a number of other shopping websites. Additionally, Jenny will share some of her copious experience with shopping online, her favorite hobby, while John and David listen in. Finally, we will recommend more high quality online shopping sites for you listeners to get your online shopping fix. We'd love to hear about your own shopping experiences, good and bad, so leave your comments below and enjoy the show. For more info and vocabulary related to buying things in China, check out our intermediate lesson on shopping in Shanghai and our upper-intermediate lesson on buying things on Taobao.
shopping
A Little Hint of Mystery, a Theme Week, and a Job Offer News and Features
This week John B and Jenny are in the studio for News and Features, and this time we're maintaining a bit of mystery concerning the exact lesson topics. But rest assured -- there are lots of great lessons coming out in the next week, as we begin our second Theme Week. This Theme Week is about children and parenting, and so you'll find plenty of lessons about relationships and little ones. During the episode we promised two links: one to Michael's blog post about dealing with anger in a foreign language, and the other to a job opening we have for a senior PHP developer. Enjoy!
news, features, lessons
Two tones, two meanings for 转 Qing Wen
Are you familiar with the verb 转? Do you know when it's read "zhuǎn" and when it's read "zhuàn"? You might be surprised that even the Chinese themselves get a bit tripped up by this one, but there are definitely some basic rules to be aware of. Learn them in this lesson.
pronunciation, transportation
Rowing a Boat Elementary
Renting a boat and going for a little row on the lake is quite common in China's parks. If you're here for a visit, you, too, may find yourself rowing a boat. So cover the essential Chinese vocabulary with us to ensure that language won't be what stops your little rowboat.
entertainment, energy, directions
康熙来了 Media
各位同学，注意啦！今天光临中文播客录音室的嘉宾是蔡康永和小S。哦，不对，不对，搞错了，他们俩都太忙了，来不了。那是著名作家李敖吗？什么呀，李敖大师天天忙着告人，才没空来呢！还是这样吧，我们一起去《康熙来了》的节目现场看看吧！ 来源链接：《康熙来了》之李敖大师
show, interview, people, personality, relationships
Mending Clothing Intermediate
Many homes have what's called a "mending pile," which is also referred to as "the place where old clothes go to die." In China, though, it's so easy to find someone to mend, patch, and alter all your clothing woes! In this Chinese lesson learn the key words to describe how clothes "go bad," the key verbs for fixing them, and even some key measure words.
clothes, measure words
Surfing the Internet Newbie
So what do you like to do in the evening? If your answer is something that does not involve going online, then you're weird, and we're not going to help you. If, however, you like going online for your entertainment, we've got just the Chinese lesson for you!
internet, hobbies, entertainment, movies
Detective Li 1: The Bath House Murder Upper Intermediate
In part 1 of this detective story, we follow Detective Li and his assistant Xiao You on a trip to the bath house. Follow along and learn some Chinese as Detective Li applies his powers of deduction to this murder case.
crime, detective story, police
Signs in China and Mistranslation Beijing Standard Time
Signs can be seen everywhere in China - on the roads, in subway stations, at the park, etc. Not only are these signs good language learning tools, the translations can also be quite humorous. In today's show, Jason, David and Connie explain the meanings of a few of these commonly-found signs and discuss their "interesting" translations. For pictures that go along with the show, check out the comments section below!
Chinese, culture, China, sign, sign language, translation
Three's Company News and Features
This time on News and Features we have three people in the studio (we tried to keep Rob out, but he's shifty and we didn't get the door closed in time). As always, we'll introduce next week's lessons, which include the first in a series of detective mysteries that we're sure you're going to love. Tune in to find out more!
ChinesePod, news, lessons, features
Ordering Fancy Coffee Intermediate
We know you've been ordering coffee in Chinese since your Newbie days, but have you been ordering fancy coffee? You know, the kind with cream and sugar and chocolate sprinkles? Because we sure are, and it's high time we invited you into our wonderful world... of fancy coffee.
coffee, ordering, size, food
Taking the Train to Beijing Newbie
If you're a newbie to China, then you've definitely got to make a trip to Beijing. This Chinese lesson for total beginners will help you to make sure you've got those train tickets... and maybe even help you be all bossy and make someone else go buy them.
transportation, train, time
Interesting Architecture Upper Intermediate
If you're familiar at all with Shanghai's modern Pudong skyline, you know that "interesting" is a good way to describe it. And with so much interesting architecture going up, you know there are going to be some nicknames given. In this Chinese lesson, we cover not only Shanghai's tallest buildings, but also some of Beijing's iconic structures.
architecture, city, entertainment, travel, culture
I don't smoke Elementary
If you come to China, you're going to be offered a cigarette. While you can get by on context and gestures, it's nice to know how to politely decline. While you're at it, you smokers out there can also learn how to ask for a light in Chinese.
habit
Understanding China's Geography Beijing Standard Time
Is a city bigger than a county? Where do South and North China actually begin and end? Jenny, Jason and David tackle these questions and more in a discussion of Chinese geography and Chinese administrative regions, plus a lot of useful vocabulary! Enjoy the show and as always feel free to leave your comments below. Additionally, check out our ChinesePod lessons on Chinese geography and differences between North and South China.
geography, city, China, province
Get Down to Business, Fancy Drinks, and Monkey Kings News and Features
This News and Features has a little bit of everything, from ChinesePod's new LinkedIn Group, Get Down to Business in Chinese, to lessons on how to order those oh so delicious "coffee drinks" and buildings named after pants. Seriously. Tune in and find out more!
news, lessons, ChinesePod
The Complement 不下 Qing Wen
Are you not down with 不下 (buxià)? With this lesson, all that will change. This time the Qing Wen crew explains how this complement combines with verbs to say that there isn't enough space or that something won't fit. Intermediate learners, make some space in your brain for this one. It's useful.
complement, grammar, space