The Latest Mandarin Chinese Language Lessons
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Don't Never Say Never Qing Wen
Qing Wen is back to make sure you are always making good use of the word 'never' in Chinese. In this episode, learn how and when to use the two forms of 'never' in Mandarin: 从来没 (cónglái méi) and 从来不 (cónglái bù).
Reading Faces and Shanghai Architecture Dear Amber
Save face, lose face... your face is doing a lot. Today on Dear Amber we discuss the ancient Chinese art of 'face-reading.' Learn what your facial features tell Chinese people about you. And an architect joins us to talk skylines, construction sites, and design in a modern, developing Shanghai. Come visit us in the comments section and share your thoughts, too!
F1 in China Upper Intermediate
Zooming cars, screeching tires. The only thing missing is a helmet and seatbelt to strap you in. You heard Formula One racing was coming to China. You thought it was already here. Listen to this podcast and learn in Chinese about the noise and speed of this race that is the big brother of your Shanghai morning commute.
entertainment
Street Food Buffet Vocab Tour
Now, everyone loves a good Chinese buffet. Perhaps the buffet you know and love, however, will seem somewhat wanting after seeing what a true Chinese street buffet is all about. Watch this lesson, and see everything street food is, in the heart of the grittiness that breeds deliciousness.
Street Food Buffet Vocab Tour
Now, everyone loves a good Chinese buffet. Perhaps the buffet you know and love, however, will seem somewhat wanting after seeing what a true Chinese street buffet is all about. Watch this lesson, and see everything street food is, in the heart of the grittiness that breeds deliciousness.
food, video
Come on up! Newbie
While you may not relish your walk up five flights of stairs six times a day, think of it as a pre-Huangshan hike training ground. Or the third stage of your triathlon-esque commute home. The way to stairmaster-free nice buttocks. After all, the elevator-less buildings of China were the breeding ground for the likes of Yao Ming and Liu Xiang. So, lift those knees, and get buzzed up to the fifth floor, and listen to this ChinesePod lesson on going upstairs.
accommodation, directions
Lao Wang's Office 3: A Call for Innovation Intermediate
We know our friendly little boss is eager to please, and in this episode of Wang's Office, the call goes out for 'innovation!' Listen in and find out what interesting forms that takes with our quirky boss, and learn some vocabulary in Mandarin Chinese to use when exercising your own boss management skills.
business, computers, home and office
Checking Baggage Elementary
You have an inkling from a post-packing teeter on the bathroom scale that your baggage may be overweight. Your only hope to avoid overweight fees is charming that handsome check-in clerk with a batting of eyes and barrage of Chinese. That, or employing strategic passport placement to cover the scale display numbers. In this lesson, use your Mandarin to check-in your bags and curry some bulkhead seat favors.
transportation, travel, airport
The Expat Show and a Jingle Contest News and Features
As usual, find out what lessons are coming out next week. Jenny will also tell us what the Expat Show is, where it is, and who will be there. Then we'll hear a bit about user rankings on ChinesePod. Finally, we ask our ever-imaginative ChinesePod users to create a new "News & Features" jingle to use at the beginning of this very show. Send it in MP3 format, 129 kbps, 5-10 seconds long, to chinesepod@praxislanguage.com. (If you're super cool, you can even give us the "fade out" music as well for the end of the show. Original creations only, please!)
Making Negative Comparisons Qing Wen
Today on Qing Wen we teach a structure that will help you to make comparisons in the negative: A 没有 (méiyǒu) B (Adj). So if you want to say your Chinese isn't as good as Connie's, for example, you will know the Chinese to say it after this podcast. Listen and try your own sentences in the comments section!
Cosmetic Surgery and Mooncakes Dear Amber
Whether it's double eyelids or taller noses... cosmetic surgery is gaining popularity in China. Today, Dear Amber goes on location to a fluffy pink cosmetic surgery clinic and talks to the doctors about plastic surgery, China-style. And... you've seen them, been gifted them, and wondered what exactly people see in them. To celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival we bring you enlightenment on mooncakes, and what this holiday is all about.
Considering a Credit Card Upper Intermediate
With traditional Chinese money values (hiding piles of cash in a sock in the closet) changing, so is the world of debt in China. While you still won't find your card as welcome as a nice brick of not-so-crisp 100 notes, join in the debate of cash versus credit in this podcast. You will learn about the good, the bad, and the ugly of applying for a Chinese credit card, in Mandarin.
money, shopping
Trip to the Vegetable Market Vocab Tour
Somehow even the most mundane of tasks can take on a new elegance when Jenny Zhu is the subject. In this vocab tour, we take you down the street to the damp and wet we call the vegetable market, here in China. Come on location and learn what you're making for dinner tonight.
Trip to the Vegetable Market Vocab Tour
Somehow even the most mundane of tasks can take on a new elegance when Jenny Zhu is the subject. In this vocab tour, we take you down the street to the damp and wet we call the vegetable market, here in China. Come on location and learn what you're making for dinner tonight.
show, shopping, video
Keys, Wallet, Phone Elementary
Good things come in threes. Case in point: watch, bag, DVD. In this case: keys, wallet, phone. All good things, and good things to remember to bring with you when you leave the house. In this podcast, learn how to do a Mandarin Chinese mental checklist before leaving the house, to make sure that you don't end up locked out, penniless and searching in vain for a germy public phone on a borrowed dime.
accessories, accommodation
农产品补贴 Advanced
农产品补贴问题一直是争论的焦点。世贸多哈回合的谈判多年未果，也是由于这个问题。按照WTO相关规则，各国政府都可以对农产品给予不同程度的补贴。到底该不该补贴？怎样补贴？如果各国都取消补贴会怎么样？各国政府都难以解决的事，我们也只能说说罢了。
government
Los Angeles Intermediate
Many a little ditty has been written about the land of beach bunnies, surfer dudes, movie stars, Kobe Bryant and The Lakers. After a day of treating yourself to a new Armani on Rodeo Drive and finishing your Skinny triple French Vanilla Half Caf on Melrose, put the top down on your Beamer and take a drive East on the 10 to the San Gabriel Valley. Grab some authentic Hunan Fish Head and practice your Mandarin with a cute fuwuyuan! Welcome to our ChinesePod tour of The City of Angels, in Mandarin Chinese.
entertainment, town and city, professions
Street Argument Newbie
You know the signs. A mass of people, ten deep, reminiscent of a football huddle. A flying chair. A lot of arguing and pointing and yelling, but nary a punch thrown. Yes, it is the China street argument. Whether you're a looky-loo, or more of the steal-a-furtive-glance type, listen to this Chinese lesson and join in on the biggest spectator sport in urban China.
people, town and city
New Lessons, Video, and Groups News and Features
News and Features has become a weekly segment on ChinesePod, and it now boasts the content to make it worthwhile! Find out what new lessons are coming out next week, some of the plans for video, and what the deal with this whole groups thing is.