The Latest Mandarin Chinese Language Lessons

Let's Go to a Movie Pre Intermediate

In this lesson, we discuss going to see a SCARY movie and what other alternatives there may be. Join Jenny and Grace as they discuss going to see the new Jurrasic Park 2.

人机合一（一）Android Part 1 Advanced

This lesson is a fun, satirical look at customer-no-service, which is the same in any culture. Our author, Xiao Yao, introduces us to different types of people we meet when we approach a counter needing help. Her article illustrates modern uses of traditional phrases and ends with a punch line, making digging into the text well worth the effort. So some of the words have alternate meanings than you would find in a dictionary, and some are current millennial Internet slang. 在这里跟大家分享一篇肖遥的专栏文章《人机合一》，这是发表在2017年的《三联生活周刊》上的一篇随笔，文字轻松明快，内容幽默有趣，下面，我们解析一下这篇1000字左右的文章。这篇文章，我们会分为四个部分进行解读，今天我们进行第一个部分的解读： 第一段主要讲了三种类型的办事员或公务员，老Q、小咪、小F，这三种人各自都有自己的特点：老Q是索要贿赂型，小咪是长相好，但态度不好的类型，小F惜墨如金型，他们代表了三种不负责任的公务人员，他们消极怠工，不热爱自己的工作，不愿耐心回答问询，对待顾客冷漠，还不如机器人。 第一段很容易理解，大意就是对一些官僚机构的办事效率慢，消极懈怠的工作态度，进行了生动的描述，希望我们都不要遇到这样的状况，也不要这样对待他人，希望大家都会被生活所善待，也学希望借着这篇文章我们也学会了怎么来应用这些词句。

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Go to the Emergency Room 去看急诊 Intermediate

This very useful lesson gives us some practical information about going to an emergency department in China today. As this is an intermediate lesson, a more detailed translation is provided in the written dialog section. We have also included terms for the various medical departments in a hospital.

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Intro/Grace Wong How to Use ChinesePod

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Intro/Grace Wong How to Use ChinesePod

Who is this Grace Wong? I'm the Community Manager! Have a question? Ask me!

Counting to 10 Newbie

Join Grace on the farm as she counts all the animals! Learn your numbers from 1 to 10 and the names of farm animals and dragonflies. In this lesson, Grace uses measure words for the different animals. Chinese has many measure words. As we build our lessons, we will identify the various measure words and when they are used.

I Don't Feel Well 我不舒服 Pre Intermediate

This lesson introduces dialog that expresses how to communicate when someone doesn't look well and when someone one has an upset stomach. The vocabulary includes the descriptions of how one feels as well as examples of popular Chinese midnight snack. This is pre-intermediate, so we are using more Chinese to explain the lesson. The Expansion and Grammar sections have a lot of material to work on, as well. Enjoy! And let's hope you don't ever have to use this material!

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The Tones of Ma Newbie

The Chinese language has 4 tones. Follow along with Grace as she brings the 4 tones of Ma alive! The newbie lesson pairs nicely with "The Characters of Ma!"

The Characters of Ma Newbie

This is a breakdown of the characters or hanzi behind "Ma!" This lesson pairs nicely with the newbie lesson "Tones of Ma!"

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