This lesson is about renting an apartment in China. Find and rent an apartment you like in Shanghai, ask how big your future apartment is, how much the rent is and what district of the city it is located in. After learning this lesson, you will be able to use Mandarin Chinese to find your own apartment in China.
Mar 06, 2026•19 min
Learn practical and useful vocabulary related to buying groceries in a supermarket in China. Learn names of the food products that we cannot live without, like bread, butter, milk, yoghurt, cheese, eggs, meat etc. Living in China can be tough if you can’t find the food you are used to. And after all, it’s much safer to buy food in such supermarkets as Carrefour in China. Please sign up and become a registered member to download ALL 270+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts, worksheets, videos...
Mar 05, 2026•27 min
This is a review lesson (but with some new vocabulary). We will review phrases related to showing the direction and location in Mandarin Chinese and such directional verbs as 来 lai2 (to come) and 去 qu4 (to go). Please sign up and become a registered subscriber in order to download ALL 270+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts and worksheets.
Mar 04, 2026•22 min
Different tastes, smells, flavours in Mandarin Chinese. How does it taste? How does it smell? etc. Lesson PDF transcripts include extra grammar information, not available in the audio version. Please signup and become a registered member to download ALL 270+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts and worksheets.
Mar 03, 2026•25 min
Ask an ayi (this is how you call a housekeeper in Mandarin Chinese) to do some household duties. Everything you need about household duties in Mandarin Chinese is in this lesson. Please signup and become a registered subscriber to download ALL 270+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts, worksheets and more.
Mar 02, 2026•24 min
Another great song in Mandarin Chinese to improve your listening comprehension. Learn new vocabulary, listen and practice to sing along. Please signup and become a registered member to download ALL 276+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts and worksheets.
Mar 01, 2026•22 min
Learn Chinese language expressions related to doing business in China. Order products from a factory in China in Mandarin Chinese. If you plan to do business with China and will order products manufactured in China, you will find this lesson handy. Please signup and become a registered member and download ALL 270+ audio lessons, full PDF transcripts, worksheets and situational dialogues.
Feb 28, 2026•25 min
Learn to bargain in Chinese. Bargaining in China is important, it’s a part of the culture here. Review how to buy things and also learn new useful phrases from this lesson. Signup today and become a registered member to download ALL 270+ audio lessons with full PDF lesson transcripts, worksheets and extra situational dialogues.
Feb 27, 2026•19 min
Watch and learn how to bargain in Mandarin Chinese. This is a video dialogue of lesson 35. This lesson is based on the vocabulary of the previous audio lesson with additional new words and expressions. Subscribed users will access a complete PDF lesson transcript for this video episode together with lesson 35 with English explanations and a vocabulary section. Please signup to access the PDFs!
Feb 26, 2026•2 min
Learn about types of visas, how to apply for a Chinese visa and make sure you do not expire one. Find out what will happen if your visa has expired. Book your airplane tickets one-way or a round-trip. In one word, prepare for your trip. Please sign up and become a registered subscriber to download ALL 270+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts, worksheets and situational dialogues.
Feb 25, 2026•35 min
What holidays are there in China and what people do during those holidays? Learn such expressions as have a nice a holiday! Have a nice weekend! Middle Autumn Festival and moon cakes, Chinese New Year and Dragon Boat Festival. Learn all about these traditional Chinese holidays and beyond! Please sign up and become a registered member to download ALL 270+ audio lessons with full PDF lessons transcripts.
Feb 24, 2026•29 min
This lesson is about making an investment in Shanghai, but it’s not limited to it, everyone will find a lot of useful vocabulary in this lesson, used for daily conversation in Mandarin Chinese. Please sign up and become a registered subscriber to download ALL 270+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts and worksheets.
Feb 23, 2026•33 min
Vocabulary and expressions in Mandarin Chinese related to using a computer and Internet. Working with files and folders, chatting in Chinese with your friends online. Your computer has crashed! Tell your Chinese online friend that you need to restart your computer! Please signup and become a registered subscriber to download ALL 276+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts and worksheets.
Feb 22, 2026•27 min
This lesson will teach you some usefull expressions in Mandarin Chinese used when you need to have your things fixed. Please signup today and become a registered member to download 276+ audio lessons with ALL full PDF transcripts, worksheets and dialogues.
Feb 21, 2026•21 min
This lesson models the real situation of opening a bank account in Mainland China. You will learn words and expressions in Mandarin Chinese and will be able to speak Mandarin Chinese to a bank clerk in China and open a bank account. It’s a very comprehensive lesson with many new and useful expressions. Please signup and become a subscriber to download the PDF transcript.
Feb 20, 2026•32 min
From this lesson you will learn the words and expressions in Mandarin Chinese related to teaching and education. As usual, this lesson starts with the new vocabulary followed by situational dialog and grammar notes. Please signup and become a registered subscriber to access ALL 276+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts and worksheets.
Feb 19, 2026•30 min
Learn about Chinese Art, Chinese traditional paintings. Find out what the difference between the traditional Chinese paintings and western oil paintings is. Learn Chinese calligraphy. Situational dialogues in this lesson are recorded several times, with pauses in necessary places for you to repeat them. Please sign up and become a registered subscriber to download ALL 276+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts and worksheets.
Feb 18, 2026•23 min
Learn about driving in China and about getting a Chinese driving license. Please sign up and become a registered subscriber to download ALL 270+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts and worksheets.
Feb 17, 2026•24 min
14Seeing a doctor in China and visiting a Chinese hospital. This lesson will teach you the names of some common diseases and the names of the departments in a Chinese hospital. In case of emergency, it’s important to know how to call an ambulance in China. Please signup and become a registered subscriber to download ALL 276+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts, worksheets and additional situational dialogues.
Feb 16, 2026•23 min
Are you planning to adopt a child from China? Do you want to know what to say? How to comfort him/her? Learn some words and expressions in Mandarin Chinese used when talking to a child. Baby talk in Mandarin Chinese. Please signup and become a registered subscriber to download ALL 276+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts and worksheets.
Feb 15, 2026•19 min
Learn about marriage and wedding ceremony in Mandarin Chinese. Please signup and become a registered subscriber to access ALL 270+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts and worksheets.
Feb 14, 2026•25 min
Learn to say Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in Mandarin Chinese and listen to a song. Please sign up and become a registered subscriber to download ALL 270+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts and worksheets.
Feb 13, 2026•19 min
Learn about Nightlife in China, pubs, bars, drinks and more in Mandarin Chinese. Please sign up and become a registered subscriber to download ALL 270+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts and worksheets.
Feb 12, 2026•25 min
Learn about playing different musical instruments in Mandarin Chinese. Please signup and become a registered subscriber to download ALL 270+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts and worksheets.
Feb 11, 2026•22 min
Learn what to say in Mandarin Chinese in order to protect yourself from those con artists and scammers you may encounter when visiting China. Please signup and become a registered subscriber to download ALL 270+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts, worksheets and more.
Feb 10, 2026•22 min
Visit an antique market and learn about some useful expressions in Mandarin Chinese. Please signup and become a registered member in order to download ALL 270+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts, worksheets and situational dialogues.
Feb 09, 2026•27 min
Perhaps you will need to speak some Mandarin Chinese when going to a gym in China. In this lesson you will learn most of the vocabulary related to a workout in a gym. Please sign up and become a registered subscriber to download ALL 276+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts and worksheets.
Feb 08, 2026•29 min
Learn about Chinese New Year and what Chinese are doing during Chinese New Year. Pay a New Year call to your friends or relatives. Please sign up and become a registered member to download ALL 200+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts and worksheets.
Feb 07, 2026•18 min
Learn vocabulary and common expressions related to TV and Movies. Listen to the situational dialog at the end of the lesson and answers to the worksheets of the previous lesson. Please sign up and become a registered member to download ALL 200+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts and worksheets and more.
Feb 06, 2026•33 min
Learn how to use proper Mandarin Chinese at the post office! You will master such expressions as send a package, regular or registered mail, postcard, etc. Listen to the situational dialogues and learn the new vocabulary. Please signup and become a registered member to download ALL 276+ audio lessons with full PDF transcripts, worksheets and extras!
Feb 05, 2026•30 min