You Can Speak Chinese, but Can You Understand...

Whether you're planning your first trip to China or reminiscing about past adventures, Jared and John share why even a little Chinese can transform your experience, from connecting with locals through place names and ordering regional specialties to navigating trains, buses, and ...  Show more

What happens when a childhood choice turns into a life-changing career change?In this episode, Jared talks with Jake Hines, an Australian content creator based in Xiamen, China, whose Chinese learning journey began in high school thanks to a nudge from his mom. After years workin ...  Show more

With more and more “laowai” coming to the People’s Republic, more and more find themselves in conversations about the occasional frustration one finds at that point in Mandarin where you’re good enough to get by, but are far from fluent. In this podcast, Ken, Jenny and Aggie d ...

Why are you learning Chinese? Will it help you at work? Is Mandarin your ticket to a life of adventure? Are you just a mental masochist? Listen to today's lesson and learn how to tell others why you're learning this beautiful and challenging language. Episode link: https://www ...

In this episode of Coffee Break Chinese you'll learn to say that you can speak a little Chinese. You'll also learn to talk about the other languages you speak, and to deal with language problems. By the end of the lesson you'll be able to ask people to speak more slowly, to re ...

In this episode we grabbed a list of funny questions from the interweb and tried to work our way through them. We got there in the end and hopefully gave you a few laughs along the way. You will hear Chinese, you will hear English, you will learn Mandarin and English and also som ...  Show more