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ChinesePod - Intermediate
ChinesePod makes learning Mandarin fun and easy! In this Intermediate Level Podcast Feed, explore broader contexts and applications of frequently used expressions needed to navigate comfortably in a Mandarin speaking environment. Deepen your knowledge on current affairs while learning and increase your confidence level in speaking Chinese. Expand your Mandarin Chinese learning experience by also SUBSCRIBING to ChinesePod - Beginner and ChinesePod - Advanced Podcast channels. For a more in depth…
Episodes
- ChinesePod - Intermediate
Intermediate | Regional Accents Part II
When you are drowning in the language pool where fours become tens... or was that a ten becoming a four?? And was 'laji' trash, or garbage, or rubbish? And…
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Upper-intermediate | Pregnancy Series 8: About to Give Birth
Your little bundle of joy is almost ready to face the world. In today's Chinese lesson, learn to talk in Mandarin about the last few moments before childbirth…
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Intermediate | Regional Accents Part I
So they say you've got a laowai accent? Who cares! So does everyone else. It would be nice to take comfort in this fact... if it weren't that it makes it so…
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Upper-intermediate | Pregnancy Series 7: Choosing a Name for the Baby
Many Chinese believe that a baby's name affects its destiny. Today's Mandarin podcast will teach you how to agonize over the subtleties and hidden traps of…
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Intermediate | Train to Beijing
There is no greater social environment than a crowded Chinese train. You may think you're the shy sort, but after the first 24 hours with 36 to go, you'll be…
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Upper-intermediate | Pregnancy Series 6: Shopping for the Newborn
Babies are a big investment of time, money, energy, and money. Did we mention that babies cost a lot of money? Today's Chinese lesson will teach you about how…
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Intermediate | Sweet Roasted Chestnuts
Walking through a street food miasma where you smell the food before you see it, and seeing it is not necessarily believing it, this lesson is about one of the…
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Upper-intermediate | Pregnancy Series 5: Super Babies and Ultrasounds
Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither is a baby! In today's podcast, you'll learn to talk in Chinese about ultrasounds and tests for your little steamed bun…
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Intermediate | Knitting a Scarf
You used to tie yourself in knots over learning Mandarin before ChinesePod came along, and you've been looking for a new outlet for your knot-tying knack ever…
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Upper-intermediate | Pregnancy Series 4: Fetal Attraction
People get competitive about the silliest things. In today's podcast, let's learn about how far mothers will go to make sure they give birth to a child…
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Intermediate | Buying Batteries
Since you are old enough now to buy a hard drink, you don't have much need to tap your tongue on a 9 volt battery to get a buzz anymore. However, when the…
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Upper-intermediate | Pregnancy Series 3: Prenatal Checkup
Getting poked, prodded and scanned is all part of the birthin' process. Is your uterus in the right place? Are you eating enough? Learn all this and more in…
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Intermediate | Flowers and Bugs
If the title of this lesson conjures up gory images of the tacky floral bedroom curtains so lovingly lent to you by your packrat landlord... or that cockroach…
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Upper-intermediate | Pregnancy Series 2: Pregnancy House Ar-rest
When you're pregnant, the baby isn't the only one who can't go anywhere or do anything. Many Chinese families put all kinds of restrictions on pregnant mothers…
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Intermediate | Interviewing an Ayi
This isn't just any job interview. You're not selecting a maid, or an assistant. You're interviewing your mother substitute. Will you cook, will you clean my…
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Upper-intermediate | Pregnancy Series 1: Officially Pregnant
You're pregnant! In today's podcast, learn how to talk about maternity in Mandarin. If there's a steamed bun in your oven, this is the lesson for you. Episode…
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Intermediate | Pageant Final Episode
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the corrupt judges, scandalous rumor mills, trashy tabloids, and catty girls that made this lesson series…
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Upper-intermediate | Dog Meat and Animal Rights
In today's lesson we'll explore the controversial issue of eating dog meat in China. In today's podcast, learn how to hold your ground using Mandarin in a…
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Intermediate | Beauty Pageant: It's a Mess
When is a beauty pageant not a mess? All those bikinis, blow-dries, manicures, bleached teeth, body part enhancements. Ew. Our blogger finds out that the…
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Upper-intermediate | Zombies!
Who's that with the blank stare, shuffling feet, and unholy moan of frustration? Is it someone trying to learn Chinese without ChinesePod? Or is it a zombie?…
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Intermediate | Scandal in the Pageant
Back on the beat of the Blogger's Beauty Pageant and the Edison Chen story is looking more and more banal by the day. This time, ironically, it may be the…
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Upper-intermediate | Finance Segment on TV
In these troubled times, purchasing a Guided membership at ChinesePod is the best thing you can do with your money. Next best is stuffing a big wad of Chinese…
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Intermediate | Behind the Scenes at the Beauty Pageant
After a loooong sabbatical during which some of the contestants were convalescing from some much-needed plastic surgical procedures, we welcome back our…
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Upper-intermediate | Health Check
What's up, doc? Today's Chinese lesson brings you to everyone's favorite hang-out: the doctor's office! You'll learn to use Chinese to say your favorite…
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Intermediate | Romance in the Beauty Pageant
A room full of beautiful, brainy bloggers. It was only a matter of time. Romance hits the runways in this edition of our beauty pageant serial. Is it true…
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Upper-intermediate | A Day at the Races
If horse racing is the Sport of Kings, gambling on horses must be the Sport of Emperors! Whether you come for the geldings, or just for the gin and cigars…
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Intermediate | Getting to Know the Beauty Pageant Judges
Today we revisit the intrigue of the Chinese beauty pageant world... Do we detect a whiff of corruption, bribery, and scandal brewing? Of course! What would a…
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Upper-intermediate | Buying Jade
You figured your Chinese stocks were your ticket to riches, until they sank like stones. Speaking of stones, have you ever considered investing in jade? Tune…
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Intermediate | Of Beauty Pageants and Plastic Surgery
So you signed up for that beauty pageant and naively thought that swimsuit competitions had been outlawed due to sexist issues? Not so... Listen to this…
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Upper-intermediate | Lost in the Desert
Have you ever wandered through a desert of suffering, with your tongue so dry that you could barely speak? Have you ever wished that some kind soul would show…
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Intermediate | Beauty Pageant Registration
Since gracing China with your presence you may be starting to suspect you’re getting better looking by the day: those double-eyelids, that great skin-tone, and…
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Upper-intermediate | Insurance Insanity
Nothing is certain but death and taxes. And also, the power of learning Mandarin with ChinesePod. For all the other uncertainties, take out some insurance…
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Intermediate | Beauty Pageant for Bloggers
Beauty' and 'bloggers' may not seem a likely recipe for an eye-pleasing swimsuit competition. But in the new internet age, worlds meld. In this podcast, learn…
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Upper-intermediate | Personal Trainer
You look like a Tang beauty, but your ideal is more like Bruce Lee. Time to hit the gym with a personal trainer. Today's podcast will teach you the ins and…
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Intermediate | Study Abroad
Studying abroad: glamorous, exciting, and culturally stimulating, all wrapped up in one ball. That is, till you found yourself living in the backwaters of…
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Upper-intermediate | The Good Husband
It's not easy to be the rice-winner. The boss is always after you. Even when you get home, the pressure never lets up. In today's podcast, learn to talk in…
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Intermediate | The DVD Ploy
In the realm of dating, men's ruses to get women into their arms are universal. Oh yes... don't fall for the 'arms around you to shield you from the cold', the…
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Upper-intermediate | Argument over Garbage (2)
Almost as fun as the argument itself is the post-mortem. Can those maniacs be serious? What were they thinking? What will we do if we bump into them again?…
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Intermediate | Evading Nosy Questions
There's a little busybody in all of us. Now is your chance... all those questions you always wanted to ask but didn't have the guts to. In this podcast, get…
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Upper-intermediate | Argument over Garbage (1)
You haven't lived until you've had a shouting match with your neighbors at 8:00 in the morning. Listen to this practical Chinese lesson and learn how to stand…
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Intermediate | Getting Your Hair Done
Inspired by actual events: a young woman's twenty-seven traumatic breakdowns after China hair salon debacles. This Chinese lesson is your hair intervention. In…
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Upper-intermediate | Job Market for Laowai
Plenty of foreigners come East in pursuit of the finer things in life: tailored clothes, chauffeurs, and pretentious villas. But if you don't have any special…
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Intermediate | Lost Cell Phone
There's nothing more traumatic than losing your cell phone. That is, until some good Samaritan dials the 'home' number and calls your wife, and lets her know…
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Upper-intermediate | The Big Deal about Shenzhou 7
Going to the moon is soooo passe. Not so! Listen to this podcast and learn more about China's grand plans for outer space. Want to study Mandarin in zero-G?…
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Intermediate | Singapore
Manicured landscape, clean streets, not a piece of trash in sight, humidity... no, you're not at Disneyworld, but you might as well be... it's the most sterile…
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Upper-intermediate | Agreement on Exclusive Representation
You've gotten drunk on the baijiu, put in your time at KTV, and now is your chance to finally close the deal. Do you have the Chinese to do it? In this…
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Intermediate | Ordering Chinese Take-out
It’s slightly reminiscent of your friendly neighborhood ‘Oriental Palace’, but where is the General Tsao’s Chicken and florescent pink sweet and sour pork?…
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Upper-intermediate | Battling Internet Addiction
Some addictions are better than others. Internet addiction, for example, is bad. Bad, unless of course, the addiction revolves around being on the internet…
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Intermediate | Dorm Life: Late For Class
They were the best of times, they were the worst of times. Let's go back to your student days. Oh, the days of the camaraderie of communal showers, burning…
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Upper-intermediate | Google vs. Baidu
Ali vs. Foreman... Skywalker vs. Vader... Donahue vs. Oprah... There was always a winner and a loser. This may not be any rumble in the jungle, but the results…
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Intermediate | Night Cat
You survived the bike ride home on the handlebars of your friend's bike who was too drunk to walk. You made it to your apartment. You should drink water, and…
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Upper-intermediate | F1 in China
Zooming cars, screeching tires. The only thing missing is a helmet and seatbelt to strap you in. You heard Formula One racing was coming to China. You thought…
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Intermediate | Automated Phone Recordings
Thank you for calling, for directions in English press 1 now: *1*... for directions in Mandarin press 2 now: *1*, *1*... for directions in Cantonese, press 3…
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Upper-intermediate | Considering a Credit Card
With traditional Chinese money values (hiding piles of cash in a sock in the closet) changing, so is the world of debt in China. While you still won't find…
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Intermediate | Using ChinesePod
Does it seem a little conceited to do a lesson about 'ourselves?' Hey, we waited two years and 3 months to do it. It's about time for a little tooting of the…
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Upper-intermediate | Editing a Photo
You've always secretly envied those lovers in the park. Laying across a mossy bank, in a blue tuxedo / pink taffeta rented wedding dress pinned up at the back…
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Intermediate | Teacher Salary and Perks
Of course, we know you're doing it for the sheer love of imparting knowledge, and the personal rewards of being mauled day in and day out by 45 snotty-nosed…
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Upper-intermediate | The 80/20 Rule
The 80/20 rule, if applied to Chinese learning, could very possibly mean that 20 percent of what you study will be what you use 80 percent of the time. So hit…
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Intermediate | Sydney, Australia
We all know the clichés... kangaroos koalas beaches sun g'day mate shiny happy people... and though we roll our eyes it's just 'cause we're jealous, let's face…
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Upper-intermediate | We're going to miss the plane!
Based on actual events, in this podcast we hear the story of four friends, a nearly doomed weekend sojourn, and perhaps the only safe driver in the land. Now…