ChinesePod - Beginner
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- Elementary | Looking for a Parking Space · 13 minIn modern China, the middle class is growing and cars are crowding the roads of all major cities. Parking is limited, and knowing how to ask if there are any parking spaces left…
- Elementary | Changing Subway Lines · 18 minIn recent years, both Shanghai and Beijing have been zealously extending their subway lines, making transport by subway a convenient, realistic options for most city dwellers…
- Elementary | Open the Trunk! · 15 minWhether you're a tourist with a plethora of heavy bags or a mafia gangster with some relatively sensitive cargo, it's important to be able to ask the driver to open the trunk of…
- Elementary | Turn It Down, Please · 15 minWhether you've just gotten off a 12-hour flight or been up all night partying, sometimes you just want some peace and quiet on your taxi ride home. Unfortunately for you, the cab…
- Elementary | What's This Made of? · 14 minWhether you're shopping for furniture or buying low-quality knick-knacks at the fake market, it always helps to know what your product is made of to help determine a fair price…
- Elementary | Where Did You Learn Chinese? · 16 minOnce you get past the initial niceties and compliments that inevitably take place during a conversation, your newfound Chinese friend will most likely ask you where you've…
- Elementary | Please Heat My Food · 13 minModern China has reinvented the convenience store. Or rather, it has borrowed Japan's reinvention of the convenience store. But in any case, it's new heights of convenience…
- Elementary | Looking for a Tour Guide · 14 minSo are you looking for a tour guide, or are you just looking for a friend of a friend to show you around the city for free? No matter; those two are the same word in Chinese!…
- Elementary | Forks and Spoons · 18 minTrue, asking for a fork is pretty much "giving up" when you're living in China, but there are times when it's not so frowned upon. And a spoon is basically always OK; eating soup…
- Elementary | Can I Sit Here? · 15 minNoisy, crowded restaurants and cafeterias are especially common in China; it is the largest country in the world, after all. This alone may not be too jarring for a newly-arrived…
- Elementary | Can I Eat With You? · 15 minA new workplace can be intimidating at first if you don't know anyone and especially if no one is speaking English! The first step to breaking the ice and becoming more familiar…
- Elementary | Big Numbers · 16 minToday's podcast is all about massive numbers in Mandarin Chinese. We're talking the numbers used in high-occurrence discussions on the population of China, US debt to China, your…
- Elementary | Buying High-Speed Train Tickets · 16 minIf you're a fan of traveling (and if you're in China or planning a visit, you almost undoubtedly are!) then chances are you're going to need to buy train tickets at some point…
- Elementary | Exchanging Dollars for RMB · 16 minOne of the first things you're going to need to do in China is change some of your hard-earned cash into spendable RMB. Today's dialogue follows one such traveler as they venture…
- Elementary | Words of Encouragement · 14 minIt's been a rough week. The work piled up over the holiday last week and all your dutiful employees have been working long overtime hours. What's the best way, other than an…
- Elementary | Spending Money in Hong Kong · 16 minAs one of Asia's premier shopping cities, Hong Kong has more than a few places to spend your hard-earned cash. No matter what it is you buy, your coworkers will undoubtedly be…
- Elementary | A Present for Mid-Autumn Festival · 19 minMid-Autumn Festival, which is celebrated every year on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, is a celebration in honour of the moon, and sharing mooncakes is one of the hallmark…
- Elementary | Photocopying and Printing · 17 minWhat do you do when you're thrust into an office environment with little English and a multitude of tasks to complete? ChinesePod offers a solution with today's lesson on the…
- Elementary | Finding the Office Building · 17 minYou've gotten directions to the office and gotten your friend to tell the taxi driver where to go. All you need to do now is find your way out of the taxi to the correct floor in…
- Elementary | Buying a Prepaid Cell Phone Card · 15 minSo you've just had an hour-long argument with your landlord about the electricity bill or exchanged a few hundred texts with your significant other; either way your phone is out…
- Elementary | Restaurant Recommendation · 16 minEach person has his own preferences, but the Chinese way to finding a good restaurant is -- no, not Yelp or Dianping -- asking friends, face to face, the good old-fashioned way!…
- Elementary | Directions for the Taxi Driver · 19 minWhy bother to even ask for directions at all, when you can just hop in a cab, call your Chinese friend, and have her tell the driver where you want to go? In this lesson, our…
- Elementary | Getting to the Office · 15 minYou'd normally just check online for the fastest route via public transportation to get to your destination, but you're out of data on your smartphone and can't find wireless…
- Elementary | Afternoon Meeting · 14 minAfternoon meetings are a fact of life in many offices, but in many companies they're on a dangerous collision course with the Chinese "afternoon nap" custom. In this lesson…
- Elementary | Boxing Day · 13 minNo, Boxing Day has nothing to do with the big fight on Pay-Per-View. It's that semi-mystical holiday celebrated by the loyal subjects of the queen. Apparently it's all about…
- Elementary | Getting an Official Receipt · 16 minIf you intend to claim something as an expense in China, you need an "official receipt" (AKA "fapiao"). So don't just fight over the bill -- make sure you get this…
- Elementary | Choosing a Room · 16 minYou've had a long day and finally arrive at your hotel, ready for some much needed R&R. But alas, the room you desire isn't available! What is to be done? Today's unlucky…
- Elementary | The Better Man · 17 minIf you're going to treat men like objects, it's important to be able to compare them like objects. In this Chinese lesson, a group of ladies in the office compare two of their…
- Elementary | Hospitality Series 7: Hotel Room Cleaning · 13 minSo you slept in until noon, and NOW it's convenient for you to have housekeeping clean your room? That's fine... you're the guest after all. Find out what both the request and…
- Elementary | Hospitality Series 6：Buying a Handbag · 12 minWe revisit Ms. Wu's saga in New York in today's elementary lesson as we follow on a handbag shopping excursion. Will she be able to find one that suits her? Learn how to shop for…
- Elementary | Hospitality Series 4: Chinese Breakfast · 20 minWe're back with another useful lesson for the hotel-staffing Chinese learner. Hotel guests highly value their breakfast. Today's lesson will teach you how to direct guests to…
- Elementary | Hospitality Series 3: Slippers, Toothbrush and Toothpaste · 20 minEveryone forgets the essentials sometimes when they travel. What's a poor traveler to do without their toothbrush? Listen in as a forgetful hotel guest asks hotel staff for vital…
- Elementary | Hospitality Series 2: China Union Pay · 18 minOur hospitality saga continues with an encounter between a young woman and a hotel clerk. Learn how to talk about room reservations and China Union Pay bank cards in today's…
- Elementary | Hospitality Series 1: Welcome to the Hilton! · 23 minImagine that you work at the Hilton in New York City, and you're tasked with welcoming Chinese guests in Mandarin. You better know exactly what to say, and this Chinese lesson…
- Elementary | Dental Floss · 14 minIn recent years, China's stunning economic progress has propelled it into the ranks of "nations that pretend to use dental floss to appease their dentists." Many Chinese people…
- Elementary | Scheduling a Time · 17 minThat Manager Li is a busy, powerful woman. You can't expect to just pull her aside next to the water cooler; you're going to need to schedule your precious face time with her. In…
- Newbie | Learn Mandarin From Commercials: 士力架 (Snickers) · 6 minLearn Mandarin From Commercials Series helps you experience the culture from Chinese entertainment through commercials where you can learn everyday Chinese phrases and…
- Newbie | Learn Mandarin From Commercials: 滴滴 DiDi Phone Number Security · 8 minLearn Mandarin From Movies Series aims to increase awareness of fun Chinese movies that can help you improve your Mandarin Chinese level. Episode link…
- Newbie | Learn Mandarin From Commercials: Volkswagen · 8 minLearn Mandarin From Commercials Series helps you experience the culture from Chinese entertainment through commercials where you can learn everyday Chinese phrases and…
- Newbie | Learn Mandarin From Commercials: 滴滴 (Di Di) · 9 minLearn Mandarin From Commercials Series helps you experience the culture from Chinese entertainment through commercials where you can learn everyday Chinese phrases and…
- Elementary | Character Amnesia · 16 minLearning how to hand-write characters can be a daunting task for those of us just starting to learn Chinese; how often have you forgotten how to write a character? The answer is…
- Newbie | Where are you from? Talking About Your Hometown · 13 minIn this lesson, Joe and Lyn are teaching you an important topic that always comes up when you meet somebody for the first time - talking about your hometown. Let's check it out!…
- Elementary | Thanksgiving Turkey · 19 minThanksgiving means "turkey day" to most Americans. While the Chinese can get behind the whole idea of a day giving thanks, they also have a few less-than-enthusiastic opinions…
- Elementary | Making Plans for the Day · 19 minMost successful professionals are excellent planners, or at least have a responsible secretary to take care of all their scheduling needs! Learn how to delegate your scheduling…
- Newbie | 88 characters with Carly, Part 12 · 7 minJoin Carly as she explains 88 common & simple Chinese characters you will find all over China. In this 12th lesson Carly will give you a final recap of the last set of characters…
- Elementary | Favorite Sports · 17 minSports are a popular topic of discussion all over the world, and China is no exception. In this podcast, learn how to discuss which sports you like to play. Episode link…
- Newbie | 88 characters with Carly, Part 11 · 7 minJoin Carly as she explains 88 common & simple Chinese characters you will find all over China. In this 11th lesson Carly will give you details for characters used for other…
- Elementary | Marriage and Divorce · 17 minMarriage and divorce. We hope you'll be talking much more about one over the other, but just in case, tune into this lesson to learn how to talk about getting married and…
- Newbie | 88 characters with Carly, Part 10 · 7 minJoin Carly as she explains 88 common & simple Chinese characters you will find all over China. In this 10th lesson Carly will give you details for characters used for other…
- Elementary | Thanking a Hospitable Friend · 19 minIf you've ever had the fortune of being "taken care of" by a Chinese friend while in China, then you know how truly hospitable the Chinese can be. When it comes time to say…
