Intermediate | Munich

We're here to pick someone up from the airport today. Learn not only how to discuss this important action, but also some essentials for small talk with your newly-arrived guest. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1444 

In part 1 of this detective story, we follow Detective Li and his assistant Xiao You on a trip to the bath house. Follow along and learn some Chinese as Detective Li applies his powers of deduction to this murder case. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1677 

So you've had some time to get into the World Cup. How do you describe your favorite players? What are the Chinese names of two of the world's most famous footballers? Find out all of this and more in today's intermediate lesson on World Cup talk. Episode link: https://www.chines ... Show More

Today's Chinese lesson will have you on the edge of your seat, if you get excited easily. You'll learn how to tell others to hold their horses in Mandarin. What's your hurry? Learning Chinese takes time. Lots and lots of time. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/ ... Show More

You can't go forward all the time (unless you study Mandarin with ChinesePod, of course!) Sometimes you need to put 'er in reverse. Today's podcast tells you how to talk in Chinese about road safety. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1112 

Answering the question "Can you speak Chinese?" in the affirmative is always a proud moment. Perhaps, yes, literally, one moment. Let's call the inevitable next moment, with its subsequent barrage of language, ear assault. But hey, you're already ahead of the game because ... Show More

Little did you know when you started learning Mandarin that you would be placed in the thick of an age-old war of 'where' words. Decide which camp has your allegiance--the roll of your tongue 'nar,' favorite of Beijing cabbies and northern ayis. Or 'nali,' ... Show More

You've just gotten off your train in a strange city, and darkness is falling. You're tempted to follow the paunchy gent with the cigarette in his lips. Turning up the charm, he grunts as he gestures toward the cab with no meter. Do you dare hop in? Listen to today's M ... Show More

In the hierarchy of language learning, there are the 'haves' and the 'havenots.' The 'haves' are those that know how to ask for something. The 'havenot' is that guy over there wildly gesturing, grunting, pointing and flailing at the laoban. In Chin ... Show More

Whether you've headed to this lesson because you're feeling a little lethargic in your study efforts, or because the idea of a cheerleader egging you on brings you some sort of post-jock high school flashback comfort, you're sure to gain a little spring in your step. ... Show More

Some things get better with age: a violin, a painting, a big Bordeaux. Some things do not: computers, shoes, and dairy products. In today's Chinese lesson, you'll learn how to talk in Mandarin about that dodgy carton of semi-solids in your fridge. Episode link: https://ww ... Show More

You know it's summertime when those trucks roll into the city, feeding streetside stalls thronging with business as the evening ambles home. Ask anyone who lives here: watermelon is a small joy of life in China. But no one will force it on you. And to get it, you've got t ... Show More

In this podcast, you'll learn how to complain about a poor cell phone signal. That must be why you didn't understand what your Chinese friend was saying...right? Make sure you always come through loud and clear when you speak Mandarin. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod ... Show More