The Latest Mandarin Chinese Language Lessons
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Priority seats: To sit or not to sit Pre Intermediate
To sit or not to sit, that is the question in the modern society. Giving up your seat to elders and those in need is considered to be a virtue in Asia, but in recent years, it has become a moral obligation. If you have ever sit in a priority seat and endured the mental pressure of someone asking you to stand up, this lesson is for you!
transportation, subway, seat
Prenatal Checkup, Part 1 Intermediate
You're pregnant! In today's podcast, let's learn how to talk about maternity and prenatal checkup in Mandarin. If there's a steamed bun in your oven, this is the lesson for you.
pregnancy, hospital, checkup
职场抱怨王 Part 1 Upper Intermediate
我们在工作上常常会遇到不顺心的事情，这个时候抱怨同事可以让我们更有动力上班！这集课程里，我们会介绍一些跟职场有关的惯用语，让你下次跟朋友抱怨时，不怕找不到词儿说啦！
work, office, business, colleague, idioms
Coffee Break Series - How to Congratulate Someone Pre Intermediate
In this lesson, we are showing you how to congratulate and give best wishes to others in a business setting. Joshua and Alice will talk about different phrases you should use in special occasions, let's check it out!
video, Coffee break, business, etiquette
Character Mind map: 包 bag Elementary
In Chinese, you often encounter single characters that have multiple related meanings. This has the potential to confuse learners because sometimes it is hard to make connections between component characters and their meanings within multiple-character words. That's why we created this Character Mind Map series, where we focus on characters and the words they make up.Today, we're talking about 包 and all the interesting words using this character. Let's check them out!
video, Character Mind Map, character, words, food
Michelle's COVID-19 Journey - with vocabs Newbie
ChinesePod's Michelle kindly shares her experience through contracting and recovering from COVID-19 with Chi, introducing a number of related vocabularies along the way. She's currently waiting for her final test results to confirm her full recovery. Let's wish her all the best!
virus, coronavirus, sick, epidemic
Animal Proverbs: Shoot the Bird That Pokes Its Head Out Intermediate
Animal metaphors are prevalent in almost every language, but people from different cultures may regard the same animal differently. In Chinese proverbs, you will see a lot of animal metaphors to symbolize human actions. In this lesson, we're showing you three common proverbs related to mice. They can be directly translated to "The shot hits the bird that pokes its head out", "Dumb birds can go into the forest earlier if they fly first", and "A bird in hand is worth hundreds in the bush." Do you know what they actually mean? Check out these proverbs and learn how to apply them to daily life!
video, animal proverb
最后一杯热拿铁 Part 1 Advanced
你喜欢读爱情故事吗？你是推理小说迷吗？这个系列可以满足你所有的期待！快来跟着我们的主角秦宇的脚步，来看看他与一位神秘女子在咖啡馆发展的故事吧！
story, love, romance, literature
Can You Take a Photo For Me? Newbie
This new lesson is about a major problem for people when traveling alone. And that is taking pictures of yourself! Yes you can always take selfies, but it doesn’t work for full body photos! In this lesson, Joe and Lyn will show you how to ask someone to take pictures of you when you’re traveling in China. After the video, you can say goodbye to selfie fails and say hello to insta-worthy photos!
video, travel, photography, favor
抗击疫情 温暖同行 Upper Intermediate
新冠肺炎大大影响了我们的生活，不管是出国旅游，去外面吃饭，还是去商场购物，都跟以前不一样了。在这集课程里，我们会介绍一些跟病毒，防疫措施有关的生词，我们快来听听吧！ P.S. For the dialogue in this lesson, we uploaded the version without sound effects or background music, please let us know if it's less distracting.
virus, covid-19, sick, current events, safety
Coffee Break Series - Phone Etiquette Pre Intermediate
Today, we have a new episode of the coffee break series for pre-intermediate students! Alice and Lyn are showing you useful phrases you must know for any phone conversation in a business setting. After this lesson, you will have all the terminology you need to make or answer calls, and to avoid those annoying ones.
video, Coffee break, business, phone, etiquette
Character Mind Map: 出 out Elementary
In Chinese, you often encounter single characters that have multiple related meanings. This has the potential to confuse learners because sometimes it is hard to make connections between component characters and their meanings within multiple-character words. That's why we created this Character Mind Map series, where we focus on characters and the words they make up.Today, we're talking about 出 and all the interesting words using this character. Let's check them out!
video, character, Character Mind Map
COVID-19, Rumors and Beer Intermediate
It is not that easy to stay sane lately as the whole world has been gloomy (天昏地暗) due to COVID-19, to put it mildly. This lesson is about being confused by fears and rumors surrounding the pandemic. As we all know, coronavirus and Corona beer share nothing but a similar name, but that didn't prevent the rumors from flying around. Gosh! (天啊!) How much do we hope the pandemic could end soon!
video, virus, current events
武汉：千万人口城市揿下重启键 Media
武汉在四月八号正式解封，终于在两个月后结束封闭，对外开放。政府采取了什么措施来继续防控疫情呢？让我们一起来听这次的新闻课程吧！
news, current events, virus
Miss, is this yours? Newbie
Have you ever tried to talk to a stranger on the street? Maybe you’re trying to get someone’s attention because he dropped something on the floor or you just want to get a pretty girl’s number. No matter what the reason is, this lesson is going to be useful for you because Joe and Lyn will show you different ways to strike up a conversation with someone you don’t know.
mall, stranger, video, greetings
吃惊，惊讶，惊人，惊喜 Upper Intermediate
你知道吃惊，惊讶，惊人，惊喜的差别吗？你知道怎么用这四个词吗？在今天的课程里，我们会用很多不同例句来解释这四个相似词的差异。不知道的朋友们，赶快来听听这集课程！
grammar, synonyms, words, language
Coffee Break Series - 5 Ways to Say I’m Sorry Pre Intermediate
This lesson is gonna be very useful for people who mess up a lot at work because we’re going to teach you 5 ways to apologize in Chinese. You know sometimes no matter how sincere and apologetic you are, a simple 对不起 just doesn’t cut it. Well after watching this lesson, you’re going to be ready for those awkward situations.
video, Coffee break, business, apology, etiquette