ChinesePod - Beginner

Mandarin Chinese lessons for beginners through entertaining dialogues AI summary

ChinesePod LLC Visit website › Education · EN · 1019 episodes · latest 2026-11-13

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ChinesePod makes learning Mandarin fun and easy. It isn't your typical language learning resource - we think you'll be entertained as well! If you’re just trying to learn some survival Chinese or looking to start a lifelong relationship with the language, this ChinesePod - Beginner Level Podcast Channel is where to start. Expand your Mandarin Chinese learning experience by also SUBSCRIBING to ChinesePod - Intermediate and ChinesePod - Advanced Podcast channels. For more lessons, go to www.chinesepod.com and take us for a spin.

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Elementary | Looking for a Parking Space

2026-11-13 · 13 min

In 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 is a valuable skill for drivers (and…
Elementary | Changing Subway Lines

2026-11-11 · 18 min

In 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. The only caveat is that you need to know…
Elementary | Open the Trunk!

2026-11-09 · 15 min

Whether 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 a car. Today's lesson will teach you how…
Elementary | Turn It Down, Please

2026-11-06 · 15 min

Whether 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 driver is a Beijing opera enthusiast and…
Elementary | What's This Made of?

2026-11-04 · 14 min

Whether 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. There's nothing worse than realizing your…
Elementary | Where Did You Learn Chinese?

2026-10-30 · 16 min

Once 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 learned such exemplary Mandarin. Today's lesson…
Elementary | Please Heat My Food

2026-10-28 · 13 min

Modern 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. These stores are now places you can pick up…
Elementary | Looking for a Tour Guide

2026-10-27 · 14 min

So 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! Learn how to get help finding a tour guide…
Elementary | Forks and Spoons

2026-10-23 · 18 min

True, 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 with chopsticks is not for everyone.…
Elementary | Can I Sit Here?

2026-10-21 · 15 min

Noisy, 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 foreigner, but you may be a bit more…

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Oldest episode in feed: 05/2019 · over 7 years
Typical length: 14 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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