239 - Student Q&A: March, 2025: Chinese slang, leaving expat bubbles, and competing with other learners
Episode description
Is learning Chinese slang worth your time? What do you do when someone with less study time speaks better than you? And how can you escape the expat bubble and start learning Mandarin?
#learnchinese #q&a #speaking #slang #expat #progress
Chinese speaking challenge, March 2025: https://www.hackingchinese.com/chinese-speaking-challenge/
Student Q&A: March, 2025: Chinese slang, leaving expat bubbles, and competing with other learners: https://www.hackingchinese.com/student-qa-march-2025-chinese-slang-leaving-expat-bubbles-and-competing-with-other-learners/
Links for question 1 about other people learning faster
How long do you have to study Chinese to make it useful? https://www.hackingchinese.com/long-study-chinese-make-useful/
Why your Chinese isn’t as good as you think it ought to be: https://www.hackingchinese.com/why-your-chinese-isnt-as-good-as-you-think-it-ought-to-be/
Links for question 2 about learning Chinese as an expat
You won’t learn Chinese simply by living abroad: https://www.hackingchinese.com/you-wont-learn-chinese-simply-by-living-abroad/
The 10 best free Chinese listening resources for beginner, intermediate and advanced learners: https://www.hackingchinese.com/the-10-best-free-chinese-listening-resources-for-beginner-intermediate-and-advanced-learners/
The 10 best free Chinese reading resources for beginner, intermediate and advanced learners: https://www.hackingchinese.com/10-best-free-chinese-reading-resources-beginner-intermediate-advanced/
Unlocking Chinese: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners: https://www.hackingchinese.com/courses/unlocking-chinese-ultimate-guide-beginner/
Links for question 3 about slang:
Learning (or not learning) Chinese slang: https://www.hackingchinese.com/learning-not-learning-chinese-slang/
Should you learn Chinese vocabulary from lists? https://www.hackingchinese.com/should-you-learn-chinese-vocabulary-from-lists/
More information and inspiration about learning and teaching Chinese can be found at: https://www.hackingchinese.com/
Music: "Traxis 1 ~ F. Benjamin" by Traxis, 2020 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)