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Lesson LibraryThrowback Thursday

Throwback Thursday

Every Thursday we revisit a classic lesson from our archives.

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Numbers in Chinese

Learn more about numbers

8 Minutes • Video
663

Furniture

Learn words and phrases related to furniture

2 Minutes • Audio
662

Meals: Related Words

Learn essential vocabulary about common terms related to meals

3 Minutes • Audio
661

Having a Happy Birthday in China

Learn how to congratulate people and wish them well on various occasions

10 Minutes • Audio
660

This is How You'll Perfect Your Chinese Pronunciation

Discover effective strategies and tips for learning Chinese

3 Minutes • Video
659

What to Do if You're Struggling with Learning a Language

Discover effective strategies and tips for learning Chinese

5 Minutes • Video
658

Internet Café

Learn the phrases to use at an internet cafe

7 Minutes • Audio
657

A Street, A Memory

Hear a story about young Chinese love

2 Minutes • Audio
656

Jewelry

Learn essential words related to jewelry

3 Minutes • Audio
655

You Can't Leave China

Learn about the Beijing International Airport

13 Minutes • Audio
654

Talking about Your Dislikes

Learn how to talk about things you dislike

4 Minutes • Audio
653

The Four Chinese Tones

Learn the four tones of Chinese

8 Minutes • Audio
652

5 Ways to Immerse Yourself in Chinese Without Living in the Country

Discover effective strategies and tips for learning Chinese

4 Minutes • Video
651

The Art of Ordering Noodles

Learn how to order noodles

23 Minutes • Audio
650

Getting Married

Learn how to post comments about getting married

5 Minutes • Audio
649

Off-Year's Day

Learn all about Off-Year's Day

3 Minutes • Video
648

3 Ways to Engage Your Mind While Learning Chinese

Discover effective strategies and tips for learning Chinese

5 Minutes • Video
647

Too Cool For School? Top 15 Phrases for Bad Students!

Learn words and phrases to talk about bad students

3 Minutes • Audio
646

Clothes

Learn words and phrases about clothes

4 Minutes • Audio
645

Rules of the Road

Learn Chinese adverbs that express degree

14 Minutes • Audio
644

It's Time to Celebrate!

Learn how to post comments about Lantern Festival

6 Minutes • Audio
643

Fortune Cookies - Chinese Weddings

Hear some insights on how to "get lucky" in China

13 Minutes • Audio
642

5 Ways to Profit from Your Mistakes While Learning Chinese

Discover effective strategies and tips for learning Chinese

5 Minutes • Video
641

Where Are the Power Converters?

Learn how to say, "Where are the power converters?"

4 Minutes • Audio
640

Sichuan: Part 1 - Earthquake

Learn about some earthquake safety procedures

2 Minutes • Video
639

How to Understand Real-Life Conversations in Chinese

Discover effective strategies and tips for learning Chinese

2 Minutes • Video
638

Chinese May 2020 Review - The Easiest Way to Start Writing

Discover your new learning strategies and free resources of the month.

6 Minutes • Video
637

The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac

Learn essential twelve signs of Zodiac

2 Minutes • Audio
636

Introducing a Coworker in China

Learn how to introduce someone in a business setting

10 Minutes • Audio
635

The Ambassador and the Head of Security

Learn all about the past continuous tense

10 Minutes • Audio
634

Shandong: Part 3 - The Market

Learn about Gail's local hometown market

2 Minutes • Video
633

Vocabulary and Phrases at the Restaurant

Learn words and phrases at the restaurant

3 Minutes • Audio
632

Being polite helps in China

Learn how to express your feelings in Chinese and what is considered polite

12 Minutes • Audio
631

Business People: Common Terms

Learn essential vocabulary about common terms related to business people

2 Minutes • Audio
630

Family

Learn words and phrases related to family

3 Minutes • Audio
629

Core Words: How to Say “Hand,” “January” and More!

Learn 20 high-frequency expressions, including the parts of the body

7 Minutes • Video
628

I May Just Be Anorexic

Learn how to use the Chinese word "really" correctly

14 Minutes • Audio
627

Feeling Exhausted

Learn how to post comments about being exhausted

5 Minutes • Audio
626

Describing Time: Common Words

Learn essential vocabulary and common terms used to describe time

3 Minutes • Audio
625

How to Talk About Your Own Family

Learn how to talk about your family

17 Minutes • Video
624

Core Words: How to Say "Kilogram," "Fast Food" and More!

Learn 20 high-frequency expressions, including words for measurement and numbers

12 Minutes • Video
623

What's Your #1 Reason for Learning Chinese?

Discover effective strategies and tips for learning Chinese

4 Minutes • Video
622

Not too Shabby

Learn about a Chinese adjective that means "not good" or "not bad"

10 Minutes • Audio
621

Verb-ing: 在... vs. ...着

Learn the difference between 在... and ...着

15 Minutes • Video
620

Credit Cards in China

Learn the Chinese auxiliary verb that means something is possible

12 Minutes • Audio
619

How to Say Sorry

Learn how to say sorry

10 Minutes • Video
618

Sauces:Common Words

Learn essential vocabulary about common terms related to different sauces

4 Minutes • Audio
617

Chinese New Year

Learn all about Chinese New Year

4 Minutes • Audio
616

Buying - Finding a Phone Card in China

Learn how to ask where you can buy something

11 Minutes • Audio
615

At the Aquarium

Learn five words about the aquarium

1 Minute • Video
614

Computer Words

Learn five words and phrases related to computers

1 Minute • Video
613

Gardening: Related Words

Learn essential vocabulary about common terms related to gardening

3 Minutes • Audio
612

The Downside of Faking an Injury in China

Learn about skiing in China and how to exaggerate your feelings

13 Minutes • Audio
611

Just Relaxing

Learn how to post comments about relaxing

6 Minutes • Audio
610

Going Camping

Learn about going camping and improve your reading skills

1 Minute • Audio
609

Must-Know Expressions for Agreeing and Disagreeing

Learn must-know expressions for agreeing and disagreeing

4 Minutes • Video
608

How to Practice Speaking

Discover effective strategies and tips for learning Chinese

4 Minutes • Video
607

Hearing a Raven and Hearing a Magpie

Learn about superstitions related to hearing a raven, and hearing a magpie

2 Minutes • Audio
606

General Tso's China - Mid-Autumn Festival

Hear a quirky or momentous tidbit from history, and take a deeper look at its impact on society and the people of China today

10 Minutes • Audio
605

The Four Chinese Tones

Learn about the four Chinese tones

4 Minutes • Video
604

Airport adventure in China

Learn about a sentence pattern that will help you transition what will happen if one thing doesn't happen first

13 Minutes • Audio
603

Learn How to Make Complaints in Chinese - Vocabulary

Learn how to make complaints

1 Minute • Video
602

Basic Bootcamp

Learn useful words and phrases for beginners

6 Minutes • Video
601

How are you in Chinese?

Learn how to ask and answer the question "How are you?"

6 Minutes • Audio
600

How to Apply Your Chinese Learning Habits Anywhere

Discover effective strategies and tips for learning Chinese

3 Minutes • Video
599

Using 一下 (yíxià) and 一点儿 (yì diǎn ér)

Learn how to use 一下 (yíxià) and 一点儿 (yì diǎn ér)

2 Minutes • Video
598

How Often Do You Study Chinese?

Learn about going to a Chinese class

13 Minutes • Audio
597

Different Uses of 吧

Learn about the different uses of 吧

12 Minutes • Video
596

10 Ways to Say Hello

Learn 10 ways to say hello

5 Minutes • Video
595

How long have you been studying Chinese?

Learn how to ask and answer the question, "How long have you been studying Chinese?"

7 Minutes • Audio
594

Chinese February 2020 Review - Your New Year’s Resolution Solution

Discover your new learning strategies and free resources of the month

7 Minutes • Video
593

Riding the Bus, Part 1 - Does This Bus go to Taipei?

Learn how to say, "Does this bus go to Taipei?"

4 Minutes • Audio
592

Chinese Slang Expressions Using Animals, Part 2

Learn slang expressions that use animals

6 Minutes • Audio
591

Whose is this in Chinese?

Learn how to ask and answer the question, "Whose is this?"

5 Minutes • Audio
590

Wallet

Learn words and phrases to talk about your wallet

2 Minutes • Audio
589

Computers and Computing

Learn expressions about computers and computing

7 Minutes • Audio
588

Christmas Day

Learn words and phrases related to Christmas

4 Minutes • Audio
587

How to Crush Your Learning Goals

Discover effective strategies and tips for learning Chinese

5 Minutes • Video
586

Chinese Self-Introduction

Learn how to greet someone and introduce yourself

16 Minutes • Audio
585

At the Office

Learn the expressions to use at the office

6 Minutes • Audio
584

How Much do you Love Chinese Cuisine?

Learn how to say "both"

12 Minutes • Audio
583

Must-Know Adverbs and Phrases for Connecting Thoughts

Learn must-know adverbs and phrases for connecting thoughts

4 Minutes • Audio
582

Computer

Learn essential vocabulary for using the computer

2 Minutes • Audio
581

Turn on the Air Conditioner

Learn how to ask to turn things on and off

8 Minutes • Audio
580

Body Parts

Learn essential vocabulary related to various body parts

3 Minutes • Audio
579

How Do You Decipher Chinese Characters?

Learn how to decipher Chinese characters

3 Minutes • Video
578

Possession

Learn how to talk about possessions

3 Minutes • Audio
577

Weekend Hiking in China

Learn about a holiday that revolves around mountain climbing

9 Minutes • Audio
576

Chinese Slang Expressions Related to the Internet

Learn slang expressions related to the internet

5 Minutes • Audio
575

Do you feel lucky, Punk?

Hear the story of our Chinese host

5 Minutes • Audio
574

Energy: Common Terms

Learn essential vocabulary to talk about energy

4 Minutes • Audio
573

What Do You Do in Your Spare Time in China?

Learn about using the Chinese conjunction which means "or"

11 Minutes • Audio
572

Hygiene Actions

Learn five words about hygiene

2 Minutes • Video
571

Transform Your Daily Commute

Discover effective strategies and tips for learning Chinese

5 Minutes • Video
570

Aquarium

Learn vocabulary to help you navigate your trip to the aquarium

2 Minutes • Audio
569

10 Must Know Math Words

Learn 10 must-know math words

3 Minutes • Video
568

A Tough Chinese Choice

Learn how to use the modal particle 呗 to imply that something is obvious

12 Minutes • Audio
567

Getting Help From Your Chinese Teacher

Learn about asking a teacher for help

12 Minutes • Audio
566

Planning a fun night in China?

Learn a useful Chinese grammar pattern and what everyone wants to know about China

12 Minutes • Audio
565

Going on a Trip

Learn how to post comments about being at the airport, waiting for a flight

5 Minutes • Audio
564

Office

Learn the words for items you can find in an office

2 Minutes • Video
563

The Missing Boyfriend

Learn what to expect from a Chinese restaurant

13 Minutes • Audio
562

How Do People Celebrate Christmas in China?

Learn how people celebrate Christmas in China

3 Minutes • Video
561

Happy New Year! Words & Phrases for the New Year!

Learn words and phrases for New Year’s Day

3 Minutes • Audio
560

Making Art

Learn about making art and improve your reading skills

2 Minutes • Audio
559

Flavors

Learn five words about flavors

1 Minute • Video
558

Deciding on the Perfect Wedding Gift in China

Learn about wedding gifts and the proper way to make a concession

13 Minutes • Audio
557

Sweet Free Internet

Learn how to ask to get online and review how to ask about pricing

10 Minutes • Audio
556

Learn About Occupations in Chinese - Vocabulary

Learn how to talk about your occupation

1 Minute • Video
555

Job Search

Learn essential vocabulary for job searching process

3 Minutes • Audio
554

What are Chinese Characters?

Learn the basic about Chinese characters

2 Minutes • Video
553

Chinese Interjections - Part 1

Learn some of the most common interjections

10 Minutes • Video
552

Position / Direction

Learn vocab related to positions and directions

5 Minutes • Audio
551

What's wrong?

Learn how to say hello on the telephone and ask to speak to someone

12 Minutes • Audio
550

Saying "Two": Is It 二 (èr) or 两 (liǎng)？

Learn which one to use to mean "two"; 二 (èr) or 两 (liǎng)

2 Minutes • Video
549

The Stolen Purse

Learn the easiest way to sympathize with someone

10 Minutes • Audio
548

Top 10 Foods That Will Make You Live Longer

Learn words and phrases to discuss the foods that will help you live longer

2 Minutes • Audio
547

Untranslatable Words

Learn some untranslatable words

8 Minutes • Video
546

Currency Exchange

Learn five words about exchanging currency

2 Minutes • Video
545

Chinese Slang Expressions for Being Optimistic

Learn slang expressions for being optimistic

6 Minutes • Audio
544

Saying Goodbye When You Leave Your Job in China

Learn how to say goodbye in a business setting

10 Minutes • Audio
543

School Supplies

Learn essential vocabulary related to school supplies

2 Minutes • Audio
542

Mammals

Learn five words for different mammals

3 Minutes • Video
541

The Chinese Math Professor

Learn your basic numbers

15 Minutes • Audio
540

Get What you Want Using Chinese

Learn so much that could help you while getting around China including how to buy a bus ticket

15 Minutes • Audio
539

Looking for a Bargain in China

Learn how to use 的 to create a noun phrase

12 Minutes • Audio
538

Asking "When" in Chinese

Learn how to ask "When?"

4 Minutes • Video
537

The Legal System: Common Terms

Learn essential vocabulary and common terms related to legal system

4 Minutes • Audio
536

What's wrong in Chinese?

Learn how to ask and answer the question, "What's wrong?"

4 Minutes • Audio
535

Thank You!

Learn how to say "thank you"

4 Minutes • Audio
534

Chinese Slang Expressions for Talking

Learn slang expressions for talking

5 Minutes • Audio
533

Chinese Slang Expressions for Hobbies

Learn slang expressions for hobbies

5 Minutes • Audio
532

Shandong: Part 2 - Food

Learn how to prepare a meal in Gail's hometown style

2 Minutes • Video
531

Don't Pester the Chinese Bus Driver!

Learn how to repeat single character verbs

14 Minutes • Audio
530

Laba Festival

Learn all about Laba Festival

3 Minutes • Video
529

Chinese December 2019 Review - How to Double Your Speaking Time in Chinese

Discover your new learning strategies and free resources of the month.

6 Minutes • Video
528

Daily Life Related Actions

Learn words and phrases about daily actions

4 Minutes • Audio
527

The Elusive Chinese Toilet

Learn the Chinese verb that expresses ownership

10 Minutes • Audio
526

Chinese Slang Expressions for Clothing

Learn slang expressions for clothing

5 Minutes • Audio
525

Chinese Surprise Party

Learn how celebrating birthdays came about in China and how you can express impatience

9 Minutes • Audio
524

New Consonants, Part 1

Learn about the perfect pronunciation of Chinese consonants

6 Minutes • Video
523

Allergic to Chocolate!

Learn how to talk about one of the most important food items known to man: chocolate

10 Minutes • Audio
522

Late Night Guest

Hear a story about temptations of food and beer from late night guests

3 Minutes • Audio
521

15 Break-Up Lines

Learn 15 break-up lines

5 Minutes • Video
520

St. Patrick's Day

Learn words and phrases for St. Patrick’s Day

4 Minutes • Audio
519

Foods

Learn about Chinese foods

5 Minutes • Audio
518

10 Questions You Should Know

Learn 15 questions you should know

6 Minutes • Video
517

Working Your Way Through School in China

Learn how to position time phrases correctly in your speech

12 Minutes • Audio
516

10 Must-know Words to Party in China

Learn 10 must-know words to party in China

5 Minutes • Video
515

Talking About Your Job in Chinese

Learn how to talk to a coworker

10 Minutes • Audio
514

Sichuan: Part 2 - Animals

Learn about the panda bear

2 Minutes • Video
513

Feeling Pulses in Your Right and Left Eyes

Learn the superstitions about feeling pulses in your right and left eyes

2 Minutes • Audio
512

This Please

Learn how to say "this, please"

4 Minutes • Audio
511

Does Chinese Have a Past Tense?

Learn about a past tense in Chinese

3 Minutes • Video
510

Social Media

Learn essential vocabulary for discussing social media

3 Minutes • Audio
509

A Chinese Apology

Learn about Chinese adverbs of degree

13 Minutes • Audio
508

What Time Is It?

Learn how to ask what time it is

6 Minutes • Audio
507

Crossing a Chinese City Street is a Challenge!

Learn how to use the expression 怎么也 to say you've tried everything but to no avail, from a conversation between two people in China

14 Minutes • Audio
506

War

Learn essential words needed when talking about war

3 Minutes • Audio
505

Double Ninth Festival

Learn Chinese words about Double Ninth Festival

3 Minutes • Video
504

Must Love Dogs in China

Learn how to use the character 差, which means "something else"

13 Minutes • Audio
503

Chinese Insurance Might Not be a Sure Thing!

Learn how to use 白 to say something was done without results, or in vain, from a conversation between two people in China

13 Minutes • Audio
502

Dating

Learn common Chinese words related to dating

2 Minutes • Video
501

The Perils of Beauty

Hear what happened when our host let her vanity get the better of her and bought some new contact lenses that would change the color of her eyes

2 Minutes • Audio
500

What's In the Sky?

Learn about what is in the sky and improve your reading skills

5 Minutes • Audio
499

Take Charge of the Situation Using Your Chinese

Learn different directions and bus taking tips to help get you around China

15 Minutes • Audio
498

10 Phrases for Surviving Back to School

Learn 10 phrases for surviving back to school

4 Minutes • Video
497

You're Welcome!

Learn how to say "you're welcome"

7 Minutes • Audio
496

How to Talk About Where You're From

Learn how to talk about where you are from

14 Minutes • Video
495

Tomb Sweeping Day

Learn all about Tomb Sweeping Day

4 Minutes • Audio
494

Chinese Slang Expressions for Daily Life

Learn slang expressions for daily life

5 Minutes • Audio
493

Home Tools

Learn five words for home tools

1 Minute • Video
492

Finding a Room to Share in China

Learn a little bit more about the Chinese numbering system

13 Minutes • Audio
491

Bugs

Learn about bugs and improve your reading skills

1 Minute • Audio
490

How old are you in Chinese?

Learn how to ask and answer the question "How old are you?"

6 Minutes • Audio
489

Relaxing at Home

Learn the expressions to use when relaxing at home

6 Minutes • Audio
488

5 Sentence Patterns for Beginners

Learn 5 sentence patterns for beginners

3 Minutes • Video
487

In the City

Learn the words for places in the city

2 Minutes • Video
486

Many Kinds of Leaves

Learn about different kinds of leaves and improve your reading skills

6 Minutes • Audio
485

Chinese February 2019 Review - 7 Tested, Timeless Ways to Learn

Discover your new learning strategies and free resources of the month.

9 Minutes • Video
484

At the Local Market

Learn how to post comments about an unusual thing found at a local market

5 Minutes • Audio
483

The Easy Way

Learn about a high degree adverb and how to become accustomed to your new life in China

10 Minutes • Audio
482

Around Town

Learn essential vocabulary for getting around town

2 Minutes • Audio
481

Who Is It?

Learn how to ask, "Who is it?"

4 Minutes • Audio
480

Top 10 Phrases to Know When Having a Baby

Learn top 10 phrases to know when having a baby

4 Minutes • Video
479

Father's Day

Learn words and phrases to talk about Father's Day

2 Minutes • Audio
478

Christmas

Learn Chinese words about Christmas in China

2 Minutes • Video
477

10 Must-know Autumn Vocabulary

Learn 10 autumn words

2 Minutes • Video
476

Asking "What" in Chinese

Learn how to ask "What?"

3 Minutes • Video
475

Essentials - Can You Write That Down?

Learn how to ask someone to write something down for you

13 Minutes • Audio
474

Christmas Day

Learn all about Christmas Day

3 Minutes • Video
473

Useful and High Frequency Chinese Adjectives

Learn adjectives

4 Minutes • Audio
472

Is it Too Late for Chinese Tea?

Learn about Chinese tea houses and an easy way to make comparisons

14 Minutes • Audio
471

Plants

Learn five words for different plants

1 Minute • Video
470

Ghost Festival

Learn all about Ghost Festival

4 Minutes • Audio
469

Restaurant

Learn vocab related to restaurants

4 Minutes • Audio
468

Three Places You Have to See When in China

Learn about three incredible places to visit

20 Minutes • Audio
467

Teachers' Day

Learn all about Teachers' Day

3 Minutes • Audio
466

Trains

Learn vocabulary about trains

5 Minutes • Audio
465

Making a Reservation at a Chinese Restaurant

Learn how to call a restaurant to make a reservation

11 Minutes • Audio
464

Safari Animals

Learn common Chinese words for safari animals

2 Minutes • Video
463

How To Say "Happy New Year" in 34 Languages

Learn how to say "Happy New Year" in 34 languages

1 Minute • Video
462

On the Way

Learn all about being polite

7 Minutes • Audio
461

I Demand English Subtitles

Learn a bevy of measure words you can use to convince others you are a seasoned professor of Chinese linguistics

12 Minutes • Audio
460

A Visit to the Chinese Emergency Room

Learn a structure that will help you avoid repeating adjectives

11 Minutes • Audio
459

Top 10 Phrases Your Parents Always Say

Learn top 10 phrases your parents always say

4 Minutes • Video
458

Buying a Bike in China

Hear the story of our Chinese host

4 Minutes • Audio
457

Belly Up - Baijiu

Learn about a unique food or drink of the culture and delve into the culture surrounding the consumption of it

12 Minutes • Audio
456

International Women's Day

Learn about the relationship between men and women in today's society

3 Minutes • Audio
455

Dragon Boat Festival

Learn all about Dragon Boat Festival

4 Minutes • Audio
454

Do You Trust Chinese Milk Powder?

Learn about an adverb which implies that something was done repeatedly in the past

12 Minutes • Audio
453

Personalities

Learn five words to describe people's personalities

2 Minutes • Video
452

Getting Around - Asking Directions in China

Learn how to ask for directions

9 Minutes • Audio
451

Home Interior

Learn essential vocabulary for describing home interior

4 Minutes • Audio
450

Talking About Your Age

Learn how to ask about someone's age

3 Minutes • Video
449

10 New Year's Resolutions

Learn 10 New Year's resolutions

3 Minutes • Video
448

Mandarin or Chinese?

Learn about Mandarin Chinese

2 Minutes • Video
447

Buy Brand China

Learn not only about a high degree adverb but the computer trends in China

11 Minutes • Audio
446

Please Say it Once Again

Learn how to say, "Please say it once again"

5 Minutes • Audio
445

Top 10 Foods That Will Kill You Faster

Learn words and phrases about foods that will kill you faster

2 Minutes • Audio
444

What are the Scariest, Must-Know Words for Halloween?

Learn words and phrases related to Halloween

5 Minutes • Audio
443

At a Hotel

Learn five words about hotels

1 Minute • Video
442

My Day

Hear typical day of our Chinese host

3 Minutes • Audio
441

Out at Dinner

Learn how to post comments about having dinner with friends

5 Minutes • Audio
440

Beijing Traffic

Learn about the usual traffic in Beijing and a helpful expression

10 Minutes • Audio
439

Taking a Taxi

Learn how to take a taxi

5 Minutes • Audio
438

Can You Take My Picture?

Learn how to ask someone to take your picture

5 Minutes • Audio
437

Natural disasters

Learn about natural disasters in China

5 Minutes • Audio
436

Dragon Head Raising Day

Learn all about the Dragon Raising Its Head Festival

3 Minutes • Video
435

Shopping

Learn vocabulary about shopping

4 Minutes • Audio
434

Cooking

Learn words and phrases related to cooking

2 Minutes • Audio
433

Lantern Festival

Learn all about Lantern Festival

4 Minutes • Audio
432

Clothing Related Actions

Learn vocabulary for clothing-related actions

2 Minutes • Audio
431

Health and Diet

Learn expressions related to health and diet

7 Minutes • Audio
430

The Worker's Paradise in China

Learn an important piece of Chinese grammar that will help you emphasize what you are talking about depending on the position of it in your sentence

13 Minutes • Audio
429

Pets

Learn about pets and improve your reading skills

1 Minute • Audio
428

Medicine

Learn five words related to medicine

1 Minute • Video
427

What is Pinyin?

Learn what pinyin is

2 Minutes • Video
426

Mother's Day

Learn words and phrases about Mother’s day

2 Minutes • Audio
425

Chinese Slang Expressions for Weather

Learn slang expressions for weather

6 Minutes • Audio
424

Tour de Shanghai—All the Sights and Sounds

Learn about some places to tour while in China and an adverb to help you emphasize those places

14 Minutes • Audio
423

Home Appliances

Learn five words about home appliances

2 Minutes • Video
422

10 Ways to Save the Planet in Chinese

Learn 10 ways to save the planet in Chinese

6 Minutes • Video
421

10 Gift Ideas You Must Know

Learn 10 gift ideas

2 Minutes • Video
420

Study Subjects

Learn five words for study subjects

2 Minutes • Video
419

Are the Stars Aligning in China?

Learn how to use two-character adverbs

11 Minutes • Audio
418

Road Rage in China

Learn about a certain Chinese character sentence that emphasizes an action, but hopefully this will just be a good review for you

12 Minutes • Audio
417

10 Phrases that Make You Look Like a Fool

Learn 10 phrases that make you look like a fool that you should avoid

4 Minutes • Video
416

National Tree Planting Day

Learn all about National Tree Planting Day

3 Minutes • Video
415

What are Chinese Tones?

Learn about the different tones in Chinese

2 Minutes • Video
414

Hobbies

Learn five words about hobbies

1 Minute • Video
413

The Life Aquatic

Learn how to say "If"

15 Minutes • Audio
412

How Much are you Willing to Pay for an iPhone in China?

Learn how to use the subordinating particle 的

11 Minutes • Audio
411

National Tree Planting Day

Learn all about National Tree Planting Day

4 Minutes • Audio
410

How to Get Your Vegetables in China

Learn about a well-balanced diet in China and how to express the word "please" correctly

12 Minutes • Audio
409

Chinese Slang Expressions Using Colors, Part 1

Learn slang expressions using colors

6 Minutes • Audio
408

New Year's Day

Learn all about New Year's Day

4 Minutes • Audio
407

Essentials - Let Me Through!

Learn how to ask someone to get out of the way, politely

10 Minutes • Audio
406

Dragon Head Raising Day

Learn all about Dragon Head Raising Day

4 Minutes • Audio
405

International Women's Day

Learn all about International Women's Day

4 Minutes • Audio
404

Hunting for Bargains in China

Learn how to use the word "who" as an indeterminate object

12 Minutes • Audio
403

A Chinese case of mistaken identity

Learn about a question pronoun and who the Chinese consider beautiful

11 Minutes • Audio
402

Fruits

Learn five words about fruits

1 Minute • Video
401

The Difference Between Theory and Practice in China

Learn a Chinese pattern that will help you give emphasis to your sentences

13 Minutes • Audio
400

Getting Around in China: How Do I Get Home?

Learn how to talk about taxis and subways and ask if something is far or near

15 Minutes • Audio
399

How Do You Use the Particle 啊 (a)?

Learn about the particle 啊 (a)

3 Minutes • Video
398

How Can the Common Man Find Love in China?

Learn how to use nouns made up of adjectives such as 白富美 and 高富帅, from a conversation between two people in China

13 Minutes • Audio
397

Commuting to Work

Learn the expressions to use when commuting to work

6 Minutes • Audio
396

Crossing Borders

Learn five words related to crossing borders

1 Minute • Video
395

Qixi Festival

Learn all about Qixi Festival

3 Minutes • Video
394

Get Where You Need To Go With a Mobile Chinese Language Partner

Learn what to say and expect once you get into that Chinese taxi

17 Minutes • Audio
393

Journey to Shaanxi: Part 3

Learn about Shaanxi

2 Minutes • Video
392

Advice from Mom

Hear the story of our Chinese host

5 Minutes • Audio
391

What’s the Adjective That Describes Your Personality the Best?

Learn key adjectives you can use to describe your personality

9 Minutes • Audio
390

I Can't Find My Glasses

Learn key Chinese vocabulary for talking about useful accessories like glasses and jewelry

11 Minutes • Audio
389

Major Cities

Learn words and phrases about major cities

2 Minutes • Audio
388

Your Home-cooked Meal Away from Home

Learn useful language when you are a guest in someone's home

14 Minutes • Audio
387

Feeling sick in China

Learn two Chinese characters that we use to express different types of pain and how to decipher which character to use and when

14 Minutes • Audio
386

Cooking

Learn five words related to cooking

2 Minutes • Video
385

Shopping Forever in China

Learn about shopping for clothes and the waiting game that comes with it

13 Minutes • Audio
384

Explaining Symptoms in Chinese: Part I

Learn how to talk about symptoms

7 Minutes • Audio
383

Do You Need to Take Sick Leave in China?

Learn how to show your concern to someone who's sick

12 Minutes • Audio
382

The Hotpot Dinner

Learn about the special Chinese dish called hot pot, all the while teaching you about frequency

11 Minutes • Audio
381

A Chinese Mother with Big Dreams

Learn how to use the advanced double negative pattern

13 Minutes • Audio
380

Do you have any brothers or sisters?

Learn how to ask and answer the question "Do you have any brothers or sisters?"

7 Minutes • Audio
379

What's the weather like in Chinese?

Learn how to ask and answer the question, "What's the weather like?"

4 Minutes • Audio
378

Planning a Honeymoon in Chinese

Learn how to use the pattern 还是

13 Minutes • Audio
377

Chinese Pronunciation

Learn about pinyin sounds in Mandarin Chinese pronunciation

11 Minutes • Audio
376

Making Plans

Learn how to make plans

3 Minutes • Video
375

Post Office

Learn five words about the post office

1 Minute • Video
374

Get Your Vegetables!

Learn the words for all kinds of vegetables

2 Minutes • Video
373

Changing Money

Learn words and phrases to use when changing money

3 Minutes • Audio
372

Greetings

Learn how to use some common Chinese greetings

3 Minutes • Video
371

Getting Lost in the Chinese Kitchen

Learn about not only a Chinese object marker, but Chinese down-home cooking

13 Minutes • Audio
370

Going on a Business Trip in China

Learn how to report a work schedule to your boss

12 Minutes • Audio
369

It's All Her Mother's Fault

Hear our Chinese host wades into the debate about the state of the housing market

4 Minutes • Audio
368

Mammals

Learn words and phrases for different mammals

5 Minutes • Audio
367

Saving Energy in China

Learn a frequently used verb that has several meanings

12 Minutes • Audio
366

Asking "Who" in Chinese

Learn how to ask "Who?"

3 Minutes • Video
365

Restaurant 3 - Getting the Bill

Learn how to get the bill at a restaurant

8 Minutes • Audio
364

A Visit to the Mall

Learn how to post comments about going shopping

5 Minutes • Audio
363

Studying a Language

Learn five words related to studying a language

1 Minute • Video
362

Where Is the Convenience Store?

Learn how to say, "Where is the convenience store?"

8 Minutes • Audio
361

Sichuan: Part 4 - Nature

Learn about Sichuan

2 Minutes • Video
360

Time, Precious Time in China

Learn a new use for a common pronoun that you most likely already know

11 Minutes • Audio
359

Do You Have a Hidden Talent for Speaking Chinese?

Learn about the tragedy that China faced during WWII and about tense

12 Minutes • Audio
358

The Hundredth Time's the Charm in China

Learn a sentence pattern that will help you emphasize something is more than what you expected

13 Minutes • Audio
357

Help!

Learn how to ask for help

8 Minutes • Audio
356

Valentine's Day

Learn all about Valentine's Day

3 Minutes • Video
355

That's the Spot in China

Learn how to give directions

14 Minutes • Audio
354

A Single Valentine's Day

Learn how to talk about your birthday, your parents, and the relationships that bind you together through even the most difficult times

2 Minutes • Audio
353

Where do you live?

Learn how to ask and answer the question "Where do you live?"

6 Minutes • Audio
352

Tone Change Rules

Learn about rules for tone changes

2 Minutes • Video
351

Fourth of July in the United States

Learn words and phrases related to the Fourth of July in the United States

4 Minutes • Audio
350

The Power of Religion in China

Hear the story of our Chinese host

5 Minutes • Audio
349

The Broken Refrigerator

Learn what happens when tragedy strikes

10 Minutes • Audio
348

The Worst Chinese Movie

Learn about Chinese superlatives at three different degrees

14 Minutes • Audio
347

The Unhelpful Chinese Operator

Learn about a Chinese adverb that can make other words negative

13 Minutes • Audio
346

At the Market #2

Learn how to say "still" and "also"

7 Minutes • Audio
345

A Trip to the Chinese Doctor

Learn a Chinese interrogative adverb that means "where"

14 Minutes • Audio
344

Do you speak English?

Learn how to use the phrase "Do you speak English?"

4 Minutes • Video
343

Which Delicious Chinese Dish Would You Like to Order?

Learn how to ask about the popular dishes in a restaurant

11 Minutes • Audio
342

Commonly used medicines and drugs

Learn about medicines that are common in China

5 Minutes • Audio
341

Chewing the Fat - Chinese Furniture

Hear a quirky or momentous tidbit from history, and take a deeper look at its impact on society and the people of China today

14 Minutes • Audio
340

Eating - Ordering Noodles

Learn how to order food

10 Minutes • Audio
339

What's the Obvious Solution in China?

Learn how to say "how come," from a conversation between two people in China

12 Minutes • Audio
338

Caught Red Handed

Learn about a Chinese adverb phrase

12 Minutes • Audio
337

Can you Speak Chinese

Learn how to form possessives in Chinese using de

10 Minutes • Audio
336

The Phone Call

Learn how to say hello on the telephone and ask to speak to someone

9 Minutes • Audio
335

The New Chinese Apartment

Learn to make a suggestion, which could lead to a better solution

14 Minutes • Audio
334

Your Dog Looks Kinda Sick

Learn the Chinese phrase that means "impossible"

9 Minutes • Audio
333

Memorial Day

Learn words and phrases related to Memorial Day

3 Minutes • Audio
332

Lightning Never Strikes Twice

Learn about China's wacky weather, especially in the spring

10 Minutes • Audio
331

Riding the Bus 2 - Where is the Bus Going?

Learn how to say, "Where is the bus going?"

6 Minutes • Audio
330

Do People in China Understand Where you are Coming From?

Learn how to form questions in Chinese and who else seems to migrate to China--you aren't the only one enjoying China for what it is

12 Minutes • Audio
329

Do You Know the Essential Summer Vocabulary?

Learn essential words and phrases for summertime

3 Minutes • Audio
328

Tourism

Learn five words related to tourism

2 Minutes • Video
327

Do you like Chinese food

Learn how to ask and answer the question, "Do you like the Chinese food?"

8 Minutes • Audio
326

Labor Day in the United States

Learn words and phrases related to Labor Day

4 Minutes • Audio
325

Are you hungry in Chinese?

Learn how to ask and answer the question, "Are you hungry?"

6 Minutes • Audio
324

Who can you trust in China?

Learn about interrogative modal particles

13 Minutes • Audio
323

The Chinese Soccer League

Learn how sports work in China

11 Minutes • Audio
322

Eating - Get Me to a Restaurant!

Learn how to ask where to find a restaurant

14 Minutes • Audio
321

Housework

Learn five words related to housework

1 Minute • Video
320

Parking a Bike in Beijing

Learn about basic bike etiquette

12 Minutes • Audio
319

Familiar Consonants, Part 1

Learn the perfect pronunciation of Chinese consonants

4 Minutes • Video
318

A Difficult Diagnosis

Hear the story of our Chinese host

4 Minutes • Audio
317

The perfect Chinese boyfriend

Learn the difference between two similar Chinese verbs

12 Minutes • Audio
316

Living with My Boyfriend

Learn about housework

3 Minutes • Audio
315

A Tall, Tall, Chinese Tale

Learn a lot of useful Chinese vocabulary to use when someone is a little less honest than they should be

13 Minutes • Audio
314

Can You Eat Spicy Chinese Food?

Learn how to say "I'm full"

8 Minutes • Audio
313

The Weather

Learn five words about the weather

1 Minute • Video
312

Parting is Sweet and Sour

Learn how to say some farewell phrases

12 Minutes • Audio
311

Discussing a Document in Chinese

Listen to a conversation about a document

3 Minutes • Video
310

You'd Better Use a Chinese Dictionary

Learn the conjunction 就, which is used to signify temporal and causal relationships between actions

12 Minutes • Audio
309

Chinese Traffic Chaos

Learn how to use the preposition 往, meaning "towards," to give directions

10 Minutes • Audio
308

Asking for Help in Chinese

Learn about the usage of a key Chinese character, 没, and also how to ask for help

9 Minutes • Audio
307

Hunting for Jobs in China

Learn about complements

15 Minutes • Audio
306

Going to the Movies in China

Learn a Chinese phrase that helps you express that something intensifies as another does too, with two patterns to express just this

14 Minutes • Audio
305

What are The Top 10 Summer Sports

Learn words and phrases to talk about summer sports

2 Minutes • Audio
304

The Non-Existent Chinese Can Opener

Learn the Chinese word that means "after" or "afterwards"

11 Minutes • Audio
303

Taking a Trip with Friends

Learn how to use the verb "to come"

3 Minutes • Video
302

High Tech China

Learn about using the Chinese pronoun "oneself," along with some other pronouns

11 Minutes • Audio
301

Bugs!

Learn five words about bugs

2 Minutes • Video
300

Business Etiquette

Learn business etiquette

4 Minutes • Audio
299

Wal-Mart, You've Got Competition

Learn about one of the strangest developments to hit the Chinese economy, and practice your Chinese language abilities in the process

3 Minutes • Audio
298

Top 20 Chinese Verbs 4

Learn five of the most common verbs

3 Minutes • Video
297

Tomb Sweeping Festival

Learn all about Qingming Festival

3 Minutes • Video
296

Chinese Airport Security

Learn how to get yourself past Chinese airport security without being arrested

13 Minutes • Audio
295

Phrases You Won't Learn in Class

Learn five phrases that you might not come across in Chinese class

12 Minutes • Audio
294

Chinese Expressions and Words for the Classroom 2

Learn classroom vocabulary

3 Minutes • Video
293

April Fools' Day

Learn all about April Fools' Day

3 Minutes • Video
292

Birds

Learn five words for different birds

2 Minutes • Video
291

Where did you learn Chinese?

Learn how to ask and answer the question, "Where did you learn Chinese?"

8 Minutes • Audio
290

How Do You Read This?

Learn how to say, "How do you read this?"

4 Minutes • Audio
289

Beijing Beijing Part 2

Hear the story of our Chinese host

5 Minutes • Audio
288

Rooms

Learn five words about rooms

1 Minute • Video
287

Who Hit Whom in China?

Learn how to use 也 to say "not"

12 Minutes • Audio
286

Mid-Autumn Festival

Learn all about Mid-Autumn Festival

3 Minutes • Video
285

Essentials - No, Thanks!

Learn how to refuse something

10 Minutes • Audio
284

Gods of the Test

Hear the story of our Chinese host

4 Minutes • Audio
283

Bag a Chinese bargain

Learn another use of a versatile word

13 Minutes • Audio
282

The Chinese Road Less Traveled

Learn the Chinese verb "have to"

12 Minutes • Audio
281

Feeling Under the Weather in China

Learn about the adverb meaning "first"

10 Minutes • Audio
280

Style or Warmth (Part II)

Hear the story of our Chinese host

4 Minutes • Audio
279

The Joy of Chinese Cell Phones

Learn a phrase to help you make suggestions or get an opinion on something, which you might need since you are not a native

11 Minutes • Audio
278

The Lost Wallet in China

Learn how to say you "must" do something

10 Minutes • Audio
277

Making Sure Your Chinese Friend is Okay

Learn an expression that means "how" or "why"

13 Minutes • Audio
276

The No Bargain Zone in China

Learn Chinese subject omission

13 Minutes • Audio
275

Geographical features

Learn about various geographical features of China

6 Minutes • Audio
274

Winter on the Great Wall

Learn measurements in Chinese, including length, size, and distance

11 Minutes • Audio
273

The Most Expensive DVD in China

Learn the Chinese co-verb that means "to want to," which will come in handy when you want to do something when in China

11 Minutes • Audio
272

Take Me to Tiananmen Square

Learn how to tell a cab driver where you want to go

12 Minutes • Audio
271

Clothing

Learn the words for clothing

2 Minutes • Video
270

Beijing Bicycle

Listen to Echo describe the perils of her daily commute to work

4 Minutes • Audio
269

This Chinese Lesson Proves That Curiosity Doesn't Always Kill the Cat!

Learn vocabulary for big cats

2 Minutes • Video
268

Memories of Wenchuan, Part II

Hear the story of our Chinese host

5 Minutes • Audio
267

Are You Too Busy for Love in China?

Learn how to talk about something you have done before and are planning on starting again in the future

10 Minutes • Audio
266

Calling the Chinese Doctor's Office

Listen to a phone call to the doctor's office

1 Minute • Video
265

Getting Your Lunch Delivered in China

Learn how to call a restaurant for delivery

11 Minutes • Audio
264

Riding the Rails 2 - Long Distance Travel

Learn how to take a rail

8 Minutes • Audio
263

Mom Knows Best in China

Learn the top three uses of the modal particle 呢

16 Minutes • Audio
262

Panda Express - Visiting Beijing

Hear an insider's tour of a Chinese tourist destination

18 Minutes • Audio
261

Days in the Sun

Hear our Chinese host talk about maintaining a positive outlook on life in China

2 Minutes • Audio
260

Pop and Traditional Culture

Learn about Chinese pop and traditional culture

6 Minutes • Audio
259

Shopping for a New Chinese Computer?

Learn another usage of a auxiliary particle that you most likely have learned previously

12 Minutes • Audio
258

What time is it?

Learn how to talk about time expressions in Chinese such as "already" and "now"

8 Minutes • Audio
257

A Sinister Plot in China

Learn how to increase the difficulty level a small notch, which will also kick up our level of drama and excitement

11 Minutes • Audio
256

Shopping for an Outfit in China

Listen to a conversation in a clothing store

2 Minutes • Video
255

The Persistent Salesman in China

Learn about Chinese verb reduplication, which de-emphasizes the action

13 Minutes • Audio
254

Where Are You?

Learn how to ask where somebody is

3 Minutes • Video
253

Will Chinese Perfume Make Your Wife Happy?

Learn about asking about the details of someone's business trip

13 Minutes • Audio
252

Whenever I think of Seafood....

Hear the story of our Chinese host

3 Minutes • Audio
251

The Joy of Being Busy

Listen to our Chinese host talk about what she does in her spare time to relax in China

2 Minutes • Audio
250

Living Alone

Hear about the trials and tribulations of living alone in China

4 Minutes • Audio
249

The Cute Chinese Cat

Learn how to introduce yourself or someone else

11 Minutes • Audio
248

Finding Important Places in China

Learn a word that can be used as a verb or a preposition

12 Minutes • Audio
247

Chinese Colors

Learn about some crazy Chinese colors, and we'll show you how to express how crazy they are

10 Minutes • Audio
246

Transport

Learn about widely-used modes of transportation in China

5 Minutes • Audio
245

A Nerve-racking Interview in China

Learn how to make lists

14 Minutes • Audio
244

You Ever Had Nights Like This

Hear our Chinese host tell us about her dreams

3 Minutes • Audio
243

My Forbidden City Story

Hear our Chinese host tell us about a trip she took to the Forbidden City and the impression it made on her

3 Minutes • Audio
242

Top 20 the Traditional Chinese Verbs 4

Learn five of the most common verbs

3 Minutes • Video
241

How to Put Feelings into Chinese Words

Learn emotion vocabulary

3 Minutes • Video
240

Where Are the Power Converters?

Learn how to say, "Where are the power converters?"

7 Minutes • Audio
239

Give Them Something to Talk About

Learn how to tell someone where you come from

12 Minutes • Audio
238

Do You Have Power Converters?

Learn how to say, "Do you have power converters?"

7 Minutes • Audio
237

Talking about Possessions

Learn how to ask about your possessions

3 Minutes • Video
236

Counting (1-10)

Learn how to count 1-10

6 Minutes • Audio
235

Typos in Chinese

Learn a sentence pattern that will help you make suggestions or ask for an opinion

12 Minutes • Audio
234

The Ideal Candidate

Learn about the Chinese informal particle used to remind a friend of what just took place

13 Minutes • Audio
233

Lower the Price Please!

Learn how to say, "Lower the price, please"

6 Minutes • Audio
232

Chinese Thumb Torture

Learn new adjectives to use when talking about heavy and light objects

13 Minutes • Audio
231

This Chinese Lesson Is NOT Just for the Birds!!

Learn vocabulary for birds

2 Minutes • Video
230

Numbers 11-100

Learn how to count from 11-100

6 Minutes • Video
229

The Chinese Professional

Learn how to ask plenty of Chinese questions and learn what to expect if you are at all interested in teaching English in China

11 Minutes • Audio
228

Certain Medicine in China

Learn medical phrases

7 Minutes • Audio
227

Do You Want to Have a Chinese Wedding?

Learn how to use the pattern 像

15 Minutes • Audio
226

This Chinese Online Store Sells Everything!

Learn how to form rhetorical questions, from a conversation between two people in China

12 Minutes • Audio
225

Top 5 Ways to Get Around Beijing: Bus

Learn how to get on a bus

2 Minutes • Video
224

Mongolian Border Crossing: Part 3

Hear the story of Anthony as he explores the China/Mongolia border

3 Minutes • Video
223

Your One Stop Shop for All Your Chinese Needs

Learn about measure words, money, and the Chinese convenience store

16 Minutes • Audio
222

What a Cute Chinese Child!

Learn about a phrase that can be rather confusing

12 Minutes • Audio
221

The Wine and the Waitress in China

Learn a Chinese adverb that is used in a comparative degree and shows mental action

10 Minutes • Audio
220

The Chinese Telemarketer

Learn a Chinese structural particle used to describe the way an action is carried out

10 Minutes • Audio
219

What's Your Chinese Sign?

Learn how to wish someone happy holidays We will also give you some insight into the Chinese calendar

13 Minutes • Audio
218

A Drunken Compliment

Learn how to use the Chinese adverbs meaning, "really" and "extremely"

9 Minutes • Audio
217

Fat Cat in China

Learn about expressing excessiveness with adjectives

9 Minutes • Audio
216

Sun and Sweets

Listen to our host talk about her experience with Wenyu Cheese on Nan Luogu Xiang

1 Minute • Audio
215

Talking Technology in the Traditional Chinese

Learn technology vocabulary

3 Minutes • Video
214

ChineseClass101.com Is Not Your Ordinary Wolf in Sheep's Clothing!!

Learn vocabulary for wild animals

2 Minutes • Video
213

Getting Around Using Chinese

Learn transportation vocabulary

3 Minutes • Video
212

Break and Enter

Learn how to get a visa or passport at a local embassy

11 Minutes • Audio
211

Whose Underpants?

Learn some verbs and nouns for dealing with laundry

13 Minutes • Audio
210

Culinary Confusion in China

Learn an adverb that you have seen in other forms, and about hot pot

15 Minutes • Audio
209

Self-Introductions

Learn how to introduce yourself

3 Minutes • Video
208

Patience is a Virtue in China

Learn about the adverb "almost" and how strict the Chinese school system is

12 Minutes • Audio
207

Filling up on Delicious Chinese Snacks

Learn about the adverb "just" and street food in China

15 Minutes • Audio
206

Taking a Holiday

Learn how to say "to go"

3 Minutes • Video
205

Beijing Restaurant Renovation

Learn about washrooms, or the lack thereof, and a specific verb compliment

9 Minutes • Audio
204

Train ticket - the impossible Chinese quest

Hear the story of our Chinese host

5 Minutes • Audio
203

The Art of Using Chinese Chopsticks

Learn about a Chinese particle that relates to past experiences

9 Minutes • Audio
202

All You Need is Love in China

Learn about the future past tense and what your breakfast choices will be like when you visit China

15 Minutes • Audio
201

Partying in Old-school Beijing

Learn about traditional living communities and an adverb that helps you express that there might be something bad about the situation, but not bad enough to dismiss it

15 Minutes • Audio
200

The Secret to a Spotless House

Learn about obsessive cleanliness disorder

14 Minutes • Audio
199

Top of the Morning to Ya!

Learn how to soften what you say in Chinese using a modal particle

11 Minutes • Audio
198

How Much do you Hate Bitter Chinese Coffee?

Learn how to say "surprisingly" or "unexpectedly" using the character 才

12 Minutes • Audio
197

Talk About Hobbies in the Traditional Chinese

Learn hobby vocabulary

3 Minutes • Video
196

Chinese Power Crisis

Learn about purchasing electricity and two functions of a particle that may be slightly confusing

11 Minutes • Audio
195

Panda Express - Visiting Shanghai

Hear an insider's tour of a Chinese tourist destination

18 Minutes • Audio
194

Last Minute Travel Panic in China

Learn the uses of 在 with localizers

5 Minutes • Audio
193

Beijing Beijing Part 1

Hear the story of our Chinese host

4 Minutes • Audio
192

Chinese for Special Events

Learn about special events

5 Minutes • Audio
191

A Case of Mistaken Identity in China

Learn the Chinese translation to the word "then"

10 Minutes • Audio
190

We All Scream for Ice Cream in China!

Learn about the best way to cool off in the summer

9 Minutes • Audio
189

Angry to Death in China

Learn how to express extreme emotion, and about some outstanding Chinese athletes

9 Minutes • Audio
188

An Awkward Situation in China

Learn how to say "to think"

15 Minutes • Audio
187

The Traditional Chinese Expressions That Help with the Housework 2

Learn housework vocabulary

3 Minutes • Video
186

Getting the Digits

Learn how to ask about how much something costs

10 Minutes • Audio
185

Wishing You a Happy Chinese Birthday

Learn how to make a wish and what you should eat when it is your birthday

8 Minutes • Audio
184

Chinese Society

Learn about life in China

15 Minutes • Audio
183

Calling for an Ambulance in China

Learn about prepositions

11 Minutes • Audio
182

Being a Smart Kid

Hear about memories of a childhood in China

2 Minutes • Audio
181

Getting Married in China

Learn about oppressive Chinese marriage customs

14 Minutes • Audio
180

My Struggles with Chinese Banks

Hear a story about what happened when our hostess forgot the username and password for her online bank account

4 Minutes • Audio
179

Bear Through This Chinese Video Lesson and Learn Awesome Forest Animal Vocabulary!

Learn vocabulary for forest animals

2 Minutes • Video
178

The Great Chinese Potty Dilemma

Learn how to ask for a bathroom

11 Minutes • Audio
177

What are you going to do?

Learn how to use the verb "to do"

4 Minutes • Video
176

Fitting In and Making Friends—Several Surefire Chinese Phrases to Help Your Social Life

Learn what to say and how to act during a business dinner while in China

18 Minutes • Audio
175

Getting News in China

Learn how to talk about yourself and other people, using a compound phrase

8 Minutes • Audio
174

Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid

Learn five common mistakes made by learners of Chinese

15 Minutes • Audio
173

Is the Honeymoon Over in China?

Learn the grammar pattern 除了

13 Minutes • Audio
172

Love Hurts

Learn how to ask if someone has free time and how to express great satisfaction

11 Minutes • Audio
171

The Unmerciful Chinese Hands

Learn a Chinese sentence pattern that tells someone to do as he or she pleases

11 Minutes • Audio
170

Learning Chinese Vocabulary for Farm Animals Has Never Been More Fun!

Learn vocabulary for farm animals

2 Minutes • Video
169

Chinese Recipes for Fluency

Learn cooking vocabulary

3 Minutes • Video
168

I Am a Vegetarian

Learn how to say, "I am a vegetarian"

11 Minutes • Audio
167

You're Lying to Me!

Learn how to add emphasis to a sentence using "even"

12 Minutes • Audio
166

Love or Bread?

Hear the story of our Chinese host

5 Minutes • Audio
165

Basic Greetings

Learn basic greetings

6 Minutes • Audio
164

Have a Whale of a Time with ChineseClass101.com!!

Learn vocabulary for marine animals

2 Minutes • Video
163

Too many Chinese culinary choices

Learn about the functions of Chinese adverbs

12 Minutes • Audio
162

Winter

Learn common Chinese words related to winter

2 Minutes • Video
161

Taking the Scenic Route in China

Learn about touring China and adjectival verbs

13 Minutes • Audio
160

Shopping in China

Learn about some great places to shop on your trip while in China

8 Minutes • Audio
159

Where Did You Learn to Speak Chinese Like That?

Learn how to speak over the phone with a friend, especially when you are saying goodbye

14 Minutes • Audio
158

Restaurant 1 - How Many People?

Learn how to ask, "How many people?"

7 Minutes • Audio
157

Making Apologies

Learn how to apologize

3 Minutes • Video
156

Don't Get Left out in the Chinese Cold (or Heat!)

Learn how to speak about the weather and how to hail a taxi

17 Minutes • Audio
155

What Makes a Chinese Word

Learn about Chinese characters

14 Minutes • Audio
154

Chinese Expressions That Help with the Housework 1

Learn housework vocabulary

3 Minutes • Video
153

How to Stay in Style in China

Learn how to check into a Chinese hotel and ask questions

16 Minutes • Audio
152

Tones in Combination

Learn how to pronounce tones in combination with other tones

12 Minutes • Audio
151

Questions of Marriage

Learn how to say "On one hand"

15 Minutes • Audio
150

The Picky Chinese Eater

Learn the Chinese expression "a little," and how to use it whether it be in a negative sense or not

14 Minutes • Audio
149

What's Your Email Address in China?

Learn about email addresses in the corporate world and about doing favors for friends

9 Minutes • Audio
148

The Early Chinese Customer

Learn how to ask what time something opens

12 Minutes • Audio
147

You've got a lot to complain about in Chinese

Learn which sentences need a verb and which ones don't

13 Minutes • Audio
146

Staying Fit with the Traditional Chinese Exercises

Learn exercise vocabulary

3 Minutes • Video
145

Apologies

Learn how to apologize

6 Minutes • Audio
144

Restaurant 2 - Waiter!

Learn how to call for the waiter

6 Minutes • Audio
143

Getting Around: Finding the Subway in China

Learn how to ask directions to the subway

10 Minutes • Audio
142

Learn the Proper Way to Do Business in China

Learn some appropriate business etiquette and how to address people

22 Minutes • Audio
141

The Chinese Gold Rush

Learn about a reform policy that helped some get rich quick and an advanced way of offering explanations

17 Minutes • Audio
140

Making the Most of Your Time in China

Learn about itineraries

24 Minutes • Audio
139

Chinese Self Introduction

Learn how to introduce yourself

6 Minutes • Audio
138

My Girlfriend

Hear the story of a Chinese woman looking back on the relationship she had with her best friend in China as a child and the innocence of the relationship

3 Minutes • Audio
137

Your Father is Santa Claus?

Learn Christmas-related Chinese vocabulary

13 Minutes • Audio
136

Investing in the Chinese Stock Market

Learn how to communicate indifference between two choices when you aren't exactly thrilled about either one

13 Minutes • Audio
135

The Urge to Write

Learn about a young Chinese woman who has struggled with pleasing people in her writing and learn how she handles it

2 Minutes • Audio
134

Journey to Shaanxi: Part 1

Learn about Shaanxi

2 Minutes • Video
133

How to Make a Chinese First Impression that will Last a Lifetime

Learn how to make a good impression while in China, which includes introducing yourself and making apologies

12 Minutes • Audio
132

Turning On the Light in China

Learn about the verb 开, and how to use it in the context of driving and electronics as well as matters of the heart

9 Minutes • Audio
131

What's in Your Daily Cycle of Chinese?

Learn vocabulary for your daily routine

2 Minutes • Video
130

Searching for Information in China

Learn about what is off limits when using the Internet in China and how to answer someone ambiguously

9 Minutes • Audio
129

Do these Chinese clothes make me look fat?

Learn how to ask questions and use them to get vital information

10 Minutes • Audio
128

In China, turning Japanese

Review a particle and learn about the history of Japan's and China's influence on each other

11 Minutes • Audio
127

Numbers 1 to 100 in Chinese

Learn about numbers 1 to 100

15 Minutes • Audio
126

Being a Chinese culinary champion

Learn how to use a common phrase independently or with an adverb

11 Minutes • Audio
125

English Info Guide

Learn how to ask about an English Info Guide

5 Minutes • Audio
124

Back to the Village, Part II

Hear our Chinese host narrate a story all about her last trip back to her home village

3 Minutes • Audio
123

The Tastiest Drink in China

Learn the Chinese verb meaning "to want"

8 Minutes • Audio
122

Lost in Translation - Finding yourself in Chinese

Learn vocabulary to help you find someone, which is handy especially when you are picking someone up

19 Minutes • Audio
121

Playing the China Card

Learn some of the rules to play a favorite Chinese game called Mahjong, of which you may have played a version on the computer

11 Minutes • Audio
120

Talking About Your Daily Routine in the Traditional Chinese

Learn daily routine vocabulary

3 Minutes • Video
119

This Chinese Bathroom is Occupied

Learn how to navigate complicated washroom situations

11 Minutes • Audio
118

Shopping at Hongqiao Market

Learn about the Chinese continuous aspect and above all, what shopping in a Chinese market is like

13 Minutes • Audio
117

Don't Miss Your Chance - How to Close the Deal in Chinese

Learn about the importance of business cards in China

14 Minutes • Audio
116

Useful Phrases in the Chinese Classroom

Learn some helpful phrases to use in the classroom

11 Minutes • Audio
115

Saying No

Learn how to say no

3 Minutes • Audio
114

Get the party started in China

Learn a particle that we use intentionally

11 Minutes • Audio
113

School Subjects

Learn the words for school subjects

2 Minutes • Video
112

What's the Rush in China?

Learn the varying degree of the Chinese verb "to die"

12 Minutes • Audio
111

My Weight-Loss Challenge

Hear about a secret Chinese weight loss tips; how to take those pounds off and keep them off

3 Minutes • Audio
110

All you Can Eat News - Gay Pride in Shanghai

Learn gay pride week in Shanghai

8 Minutes • Audio
109

Time And Tickets Wait For No Chinese Man

Learn about the history of Chinese cinema and review telling time

10 Minutes • Audio
108

Working on a Dream

Hear a story about making decisions after college in China

3 Minutes • Audio
107

Apple Computers

Learn about Chinese verb reduplication

8 Minutes • Audio
106

Post Office

Learn the phrases to use at a post office

7 Minutes • Audio
105

Getting Around in China: Does This Bus Go to...?

Learn how to ask about bus destinations

14 Minutes • Audio
104

The Dubbing Room

Learn how to create sentences that include descriptions of how long it took you to do something

12 Minutes • Audio
103

Introducing Others in Chinese

Learn how to introduce others

9 Minutes • Audio
102

The Oldest Trick in the Book

Learn the ins and outs of how to talk about lending and borrowing things

13 Minutes • Audio
101

The Chinese Knock-Off Phone

Learn a Chinese structural particle, which will help you tell everyone about the knock-offs you bought while visiting China

14 Minutes • Audio
100

Right or Wrong?

Hear about one of our host's past relationships and the effect that it had on her

3 Minutes • Audio
99

Talking Nationality in Chinese

Learn how to ask and talk about ethnicity

10 Minutes • Audio
98

Exchanging Contact Info

Learn how to exchange contact info

8 Minutes • Audio
97

Medical Assistance in China

Learn how to ask medical assistance

6 Minutes • Audio
96

Meeting - China Conversation

Learn about the Chinese culture

10 Minutes • Audio
95

Computers

Learn the words for items related to computers

2 Minutes • Video
94

The Heartbreaker

Learn different ways to talk about making money and passing time

11 Minutes • Audio
93

Cramming it in China

Learn how to express that you have a lot of something

15 Minutes • Audio
92

Hong Kong: Part 2

Learn about Hong Kong

2 Minutes • Video
91

Tell them what you really think in Chinese

Learn verb echoing and polite Chinese conversation

12 Minutes • Audio
90

The 4 Chinese Tones

Learn about Chinese tones

5 Minutes • Audio
89

Cooking in the Kitchen

Learn the words for items you find in a kitchen

2 Minutes • Video
88

Introduction to Chinese

Learn five very good reasons to learn Chinese

11 Minutes • Audio
87

Meeting - Studying Chinese

Learn how to talk about being a student

12 Minutes • Audio
86

Comfort Food

Learn a fantastic Chinese recipe

3 Minutes • Audio
85

Who Will Get the House?

Learn a grammar pattern that compares two sentences that have an unsure outcome and then shrinks them into one

14 Minutes • Audio
84

What's My Password, Honey?

Learn how to deal with online security, so you are the only one that uses your identity

16 Minutes • Audio
83

Courage!

Hear a story about the first time our host gave blood

2 Minutes • Audio
82

Chewing the Fat - The Significance of Color in Chinese Culture

Learn about the significance of certain colors in Chinese culture

12 Minutes • Audio
81

Style or Warmth (Part I)

Hear the story of our Chinese host

5 Minutes • Audio
80

Excuses for Being Late in China

Learn about Chinese work culture

11 Minutes • Audio
79

Room Service in China

Learn how to check into a hotel room in China

11 Minutes • Audio
78

Riding bicycles in China

Learn the Chinese word for "helmet"

13 Minutes • Audio
77

The Not So Sweet Tooth

Learn about a verb that changes meanings when used in a different setting

10 Minutes • Audio
76

The Overdrawn Welcome

Learn how to say "how long" and two different words that translate as "to live"

13 Minutes • Audio
75

Goodbye

Learn how to say goodbye

5 Minutes • Audio
74

How to Get Rich Quick in China

Take a look at a get-rich scheme in contemporary China

16 Minutes • Audio
73

Getting Around China - I Want to Go Here!

Learn how to tell a taxi driver where you want to go

10 Minutes • Audio
72

Checking out of Hotel China

Learn some great hotel related vocabulary including the Chinese word for "room key" and the verb for "checking out"

13 Minutes • Audio
71

Enter the Traveller

Learn key vocabulary to help you glide past customs and into China

9 Minutes • Audio
70

Why Are You Crying?

Learn how to ask a question in Chinese using the word "why"

10 Minutes • Audio
69

Weather

Learn the words for weather

2 Minutes • Video
68

Test Your China Knowledge

Learn about Chinese exams and popular culture

14 Minutes • Audio
67

Guangxi Yangshuo: Part 1

Learn about Sichuan

2 Minutes • Video
66

Shocking Language Training

Hear the story of our Chinese host

3 Minutes • Audio
65

General Tso's China - One Child Policy

Learn about the famed one-child policy

9 Minutes • Audio
64

Marine Animals

Learn common Chinese words for marine animals

2 Minutes • Video
63

The Hunt for Wireless Internet in China

Learn the Chinese grammatical equivalent of "haves" and "have-nots"

11 Minutes • Audio
62

Mind your Manners - Chinese Table Etiquette

Learn the do's and don'ts of Chinese table manners

10 Minutes • Audio
61

Changes

Hear about what our host considers about a perfect match

2 Minutes • Audio
60

Chewing the Fat - Standards of Beauty

Learn about Chinese standards of beauty

18 Minutes • Audio
59

The Clueless Chinese Linguist

Learn about written Chinese

11 Minutes • Audio
58

I Don't Understand

Learn how to say, "I don't understand"

7 Minutes • Audio
57

The Latest Chinese Diet

Learn how to speak with increasing intensity in either good or bad situations

15 Minutes • Audio
56

Did You Know Learning Chinese is Considered a Sport…Sometimes?

Learn vocabulary for sports

2 Minutes • Video
55

Cracking the Safe

Learn a new verb complement and review some of the most common ways of saying "file", "document" and "case"

10 Minutes • Audio
54

How are you?

Learn how to use Chinese adjectives and how to negate them

8 Minutes • Audio
53

Likes and Dislikes

Learn how to talk about likes and dislikes

8 Minutes • Audio
52

Business Greetings - Welcome!

Learn about business greetings

4 Minutes • Audio
51

Numbers 10-100

Learn numbers 10-100

9 Minutes • Audio
50

Sports

Learn the Chinese words for common sports

2 Minutes • Video
49

Journey to Shaanxi: Part 2

Learn about Shaanxi

2 Minutes • Video
48

The Sweet and the Sour - Rules in China

Learn about the irony of rules in China

19 Minutes • Audio
47

Colors

Learn the Chinese words for common colors

2 Minutes • Video
46

Hitting the Telephone in China

Learn how to ask where things are, and review everything we've learned to date for telling people what we know and don't know

12 Minutes • Audio
45

A Chinese Ghost Story

Learn a frightful load of useful vocabulary you can use in the run-up to Halloween

12 Minutes • Audio
44

A Chinese Holiday Mix-up

Learn how to talk about dates and times

10 Minutes • Audio
43

To Save or to Sleep: Stray Dogs in Beijing

Hear the story of our Chinese host

4 Minutes • Audio
42

A Brush with Death

Hear about overcoming the sense of guilt and pain when bad things happen to good friends

2 Minutes • Audio
41

Feel the Sunshine

Learn how to break the ice by talking about the weather

9 Minutes • Audio
40

Mongolian Border Crossing: Part 1

Hear the story of Anthony as he explores the China/Mongolia border

2 Minutes • Video
39

Chinese Cuisine

Learn about the varied cuisines of China

29 Minutes • Audio
38

Important Holidays

Learn about some significant dates for Chinese people

13 Minutes • Audio
37

Top 5 Ways to Get Around Beijing: Subway

Learn to ride the rails like a local

2 Minutes • Video
36

Do You Like Dumplings?

Learn how to get what you want

10 Minutes • Audio
35

Top 5 Classroom Phrases

Learn five useful phrases to use in the classroom

9 Minutes • Audio
34

This Sounds Familiar

Learn how to ask about singers and songs

11 Minutes • Audio
33

The Housing Market in China

Learn a new technique to ask a question

14 Minutes • Audio
32

This Please

Learn how to say "this, please"

4 Minutes • Audio
31

Ghostly Curiosity

Hear our Chinese host describe her feelings about a haunted house in the neighborhood

4 Minutes • Audio
30

Eating - Waiter, the Bill!

Learn about Chinese money and how to get the bill in a restaurant

12 Minutes • Audio
29

Chinese Vocabulary for Insects Doesn't Have to Bug You Any Longer!

Learn vocabulary for insects

2 Minutes • Video
28

Riding the Bus 3 - Please Tell Me When We Arrive.

Learn how to say, "Please tell me when we arrive"

7 Minutes • Audio
27

Plants

Learn common Chinese words for plants

2 Minutes • Video
26

Meeting in China - Where are You From?

Learn how to tell others where we are from, and ask others about their own nationality

10 Minutes • Audio
25

Restaurant 4 - Paying in Plastic

Learn how to pay with a card

4 Minutes • Audio
24

Fairy Tales

Learn the common words you can find in Chinese fairy tales

2 Minutes • Video
23

A Mother's Concern

Learn how to talk about your birthday, your parents, and the relationship that binds you together through even the most difficult times

2 Minutes • Audio
22

Storm Clouds Ahead

Learn how to put sentences into the past tense, and how to suggest that something has changed or just recently happened

9 Minutes • Audio
21

Out of Your League

Learn two ways to add emphasis to different kinds of sentences

10 Minutes • Audio
20

Call your mother

Learn how to form question-sentences in Chinese that begin with "why"

8 Minutes • Audio
19

The Flirt

Learn how to talk about why you "do not have" or "did not do"

9 Minutes • Audio
18

Who is She?

Learn how to form sentences

9 Minutes • Audio
17

What do you want to drink?

Learn how to phrase questions in Chinese by taking a verb and its negative together

8 Minutes • Audio
16

Where Are You From

Learn how to use the Chinese copula shi to talk about permanent states of being

8 Minutes • Audio
15

Bottled Water Please

Learn how to say, "Bottled water, please"

8 Minutes • Audio
14

Driver! We're lost!

Learn how to address your taxi driver properly and give him the right directions

13 Minutes • Audio
13

Asking for Help

Learn how to say hello on the telephone and ask to speak to someone

10 Minutes • Audio
12

Riding the Bus 1 - Does This Bus go to Beijing?

Learn how to say, "Does this bus go to Beijing?"

9 Minutes • Audio
11

Code Red in China

Learn some bathroom vocabulary, and gain the confidence to ask for things by name

12 Minutes • Audio
10

Checking into Hotel China

Learn how to check into a hotel room in China

12 Minutes • Audio
9

Getting the Bill

Learn how to talk about changes of state

9 Minutes • Audio
8

A Date Gone Wrong

Learn another way to emphasize what we are saying and also a new casual way to order drinks at a restaurant or bar

11 Minutes • Audio
7

Where is the Washroom

Learn how to ask where things are located

8 Minutes • Audio
6

What Shall We Eat

Review the lessons you have already seen

9 Minutes • Audio
5

School

Learn the words for items you can find at a school

2 Minutes • Video
4

Colorful Days

Learn how to say a variety of different colors

9 Minutes • Audio
3

Thank You!

Learn how to say "thank you"

5 Minutes • Audio
2

A Concerned Friend

Learn how to say hello on the telephone and ask to speak to someone

10 Minutes • Audio
1

Introductions

Learn how to say hello

8 Minutes • Audio