Elementary | Sound Check

Marriage 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 divorced in Mandarin Chinese. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1783 

Join 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 Chinese cities such as Beijing & Shanghai. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/4580 

What's that screeching sound? Is it Peking Opera? Oh, wait, it's just a talent show. In this Mandarin podcast, you'll learn how to use Chinese to describe that television staple, the talent show. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1241

The competition is heating up as the judges decide to throw musical instruments into the talent show mix. Learn the Chinese words for playing various instruments, and be sure you know what "PK" means. (And you thought all Chinese words were written in characters?) Episode link ...

Whoa!  Hope you like this new episode--it has a slightly different, more creative format!

Songs:  "Rain Check" -Dylan Sitts, "Paris in Spring" -Trabant 33, "It's Dark Outside" -Mary Riddle

Chinese is a major world language, but music is the international language. In today's lesson, naughty Lin Feng and his friends are learning about music. Hum along, sing the song, beat the gong! Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1135