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Lessons and Christmas News News and Features
News Flash: your next week of podcasts will cover the new plastic bag law, getting reservations at your favorite restaurant, and a crucial event in modern Chinese history, among other topics. Plus, 888 is a lucky number in China. Learn how to get 888 outstanding lessons all in one place, only at ChinesePod!
Swimming Pools and the Beijing Accent Dear Amber
Today we take a trip to local swimming holes... Dear Amber takes a look at your options, and what you should expect. And, upon your arrival in Beijing, you may find yourself wondering what language the taxi driver is speaking to you in. This wasn't in your textbook! We give some pointers on deciphering the Beijing accent.
Let's Go to Beijing What's the Story
Peaceful and hectic, gritty and ancient: Beijing is amazing. Here's an Intermediate video about China's capital, hosted by Connie. Learn to use Mandarin to order some meat on a stick, and try some traditional noodles. It's all happening in the Jing.
Let's Go to Beijing What's the Story
Peaceful and hectic, gritty and ancient: Beijing is amazing. Here's an Intermediate video about China's capital, hosted by Connie. Learn to use Mandarin to order some meat on a stick, and try some traditional noodles. It's all happening in the Jing.
Beijing, food, vacation, video
The Surname Code Intermediate
What's in a name? If you're speaking Chinese, a lot. In the land of homophones, seeing characters as bits and pieces is an essential skill. In this podcast, learn about "three dot water" and "double person" radicals and explain your name in Mandarin Chinese.
surname, names, family name, radical
Do you have a cold? Newbie
Flu season is upon us. Don your surgical mask, get jacked up on Vitamin C, and embrace obsessive-compulsive disorder in any form that involves non-stop hand sterilization. Someone's a-sneezing and if you don't watch out, it's gonna be you. In this lesson, learn to discern if that sneezer is a harbinger of colds to come, in Chinese.
health, medicine
Argument over Garbage (2) Upper Intermediate
Almost as fun as the argument itself is the post-mortem. Can those maniacs be serious? What were they thinking? What will we do if we bump into them again? With this podcast, you'll learn to pick over the bones of your latest squabble in Mandarin Chinese.
emotions, feelings, argument, fight, face, neighbor
Get in line! Elementary
For those amongst us who have taken it upon themselves to provide community service in the form of 'Line Management Consulting and Enforcement' and hope to leave a trail of orderly lines behind as their legacy, we provide this podcast. Learn how to confront the offender and whip that line into shape, in Chinese. Today, line-ups... tomorrow, subway cars...
line, society, manners
请 (Qǐng) - Please and Beyond Qing Wen
In this Qing Wen, yet another way to make ourselves sound like the polite people we are. However, there is so much more to 请 (Qǐng) than meets the eye. Listen to this episode to see all the many uses of this polite-sounding word!
An Executive Plan Report from Hong Kong News and Features
During the coming week, there will be lessons on topics including old Shanghai, Chinese surnames, and getting in line. You'll also learn more about the Argument Over Garbage. Finally, Jenny and John have an exclusive interview with a satisfied Executive Plan poddie, Gareth in Hong Kong.
Chinese Characters and the History of Sex in China Dear Amber
The debate rages on... which is better to learn: simplified Chinese characters, or traditional? Today on Dear Amber a couple of character gurus join us to inform and enlighten about some interesting origins and facts about this beautiful part of the Chinese language. Plus, historically, the changing attitudes the Chinese had towards sex may surprise you. Listen in and find out more, plus share your comments with us too!
Autumn Outing What's the Story
Autumn is the best season for traveling in China. Many schools in China arrange short field trips for students. In this Upper Intermediate video, take a walk down memory lane in Mandarin. At ChinesePod, we can't help fall-ing in love with Autumn Outings!
Autumn Outing What's the Story
Autumn is the best season for traveling in China. Many schools in China arrange short field trips for students. In this Upper Intermediate video, take a walk down memory lane in Mandarin. At ChinesePod, we can't help fall-ing in love with Autumn Outings!
fall, autumn, childhood, school, field trip, video
Catch the Train Newbie
One foot on the platform, the other foot on the train. Listen to today's Chinese podcast and learn how to talk all about those fateful few moments before the locomotive rolls on out -- in Mandarin. All aboard!
urgent, train, station
Argument over Garbage (1) Upper Intermediate
You haven't lived until you've had a shouting match with your neighbors at 8:00 in the morning. Listen to this practical Chinese lesson and learn how to stand up for yourself, in Mandarin. Tell 'em to take that trash out to the curb, where it belongs!
argument, fight, neighbor, dispute
Leaving Luggage with the Hotel Elementary
Perhaps you could have traveled a little lighter, in retrospect. But the fake LV suitcases came in such a beautiful set and they match your outfit so well, it would have been a shame to exclude any of them from the journey, no? In this podcast, learn freedom from sore arms, broken suitcase wheels, and marital discord. Learn how to check your luggage with the hotel, in Chinese.
hotel
Lao Wang's Office 5: Wang Tries to Excel at the Office Intermediate
Join us today for Manager Wang's Excel-lent Adventure. Has he found his calling in life? A way to finally show up that wretched new man about the office? Learn along in Chinese as Wang rolls up his sleeves and tries his hand at the computer--making an Excel worksheet, specifically--and in the process charts, boxes and calculates his way into another awkward office moment.
office, Excel, chart, boss
Often: Using 常常，经常，通常 (chángcháng, jīngcháng, tōngcháng) Qing Wen
So many words for 'often.' In this Qing Wen, we dissect three of the more common ones: 常常，经常，and 通常 (chángcháng, jīngcháng and tōngcháng). Listen in and learn the difference as you explore the mundane routines of your ChinesePod hosts.