Free transcript with Pinyin + Translation: https://www.yaya.press/doc/AAlBFNYl0t07xb2X0AXg Video of our Chinese wedding (!!): https://youtu.be/ATf_bThijx8?si=Ff_KerFMu4Prs-kq Yaya is a language learning web app. You can take notes with your language teacher during online classes, generate content, lessons and writing practices for any language for any level! How to use Yaya? Watch the tutorial video here: https://youtu.be/PPVUfRzlOHk --------- Schedule a free 30 minutes 1:1 online Chinese class ...
Jun 21, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Free transcript with Pinyin + Translation: https://www.yaya.press/doc/DZoO0kFByCaaqnxvTGtz www.yaya.press is a language learning web app. You can take notes with your language teacher during online classes, generate content, lessons and writing practices for any language for any level! How to use Yaya? Watch the tutorial video here: https://youtu.be/PPVUfRzlOHk ---- 打断 ｜dǎduàn｜interrupt; break off; cut off 亲子关系 ｜qīnzǐguānxì｜parent-child relationship 同龄 ｜tónglíng｜same age; of the same age 转折点 ｜zh...
Jun 07, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Free transcript with Pinyin + Translation: https://www.yaya.press/doc/QQaFqX6GklQAEiBN8XPu www.yaya.press is a language learning web app. You can take notes with your language teacher during online classes, generate content, lessons and writing practices for any language for any level! How to use Yaya? Watch the tutorial video here: https://youtu.be/PPVUfRzlOHk --- 娱乐 --yúlè--entertainment; recreation; amusement 项目 --xiàngmù--project; program; item 搞笑 --gǎoxiào--funny; humorous; amusing 帖子 --tiě...
May 23, 2024•20 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Free transcript with Pinyin + Translation: https://www.yaya.press/doc/seADexWXZ3YyEwPBJ1Ei www.yaya.press is a language learning web app. You can take notes with your language teacher during online classes, generate content, lessons and writing practices for any language for any level! How to use Yaya? Watch the tutorial video here: https://youtu.be/PPVUfRzlOHk If Yaya doesn't work for you, try here: transcript and vocabulary -- 入职 rù zhí | to take up a position; to start a new job 稀客 xī ke | ra...
Mar 24, 2024•25 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Free transcript with Pinyin + Translation: https://www.yaya.press/web_reader/904c35bb-77de-4665-b40d-b6a676bc1169 www.yaya.press is a language learning web app. You can take notes with your language teacher during online classes, generate content, lessons and writing practices for any language for any level! How to use Yaya? Watch the tutorial video here: https://youtu.be/PPVUfRzlOHk If Yaya doesn't work for you, try here: transcript and vocabulary ---- 同事 tóngshì | colleague 职场 zhíchǎng | wor...
Mar 02, 2024•20 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Free transcript with Pinyin + Translation: https://www.yaya.press/web_reader/3a3fd93d-c56b-4a39-9642-2a0d7b88445a Try Yaya for your Chinese Learning (it's built by my husband David) ! Yaya is a language learning webapp where you learn by reading - it is still the beta version so expect bugs! ;) Reading compelling content is one of the most effective ways to learn another language. And it's fun! Give a creative topic or prompt, and it uses AI to generate a dialog, story, article, or other fun typ...
Feb 17, 2024•20 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Free transcript with Pinyin + Translation: https://www.yaya.press/web_reader/237677ae-0c02-4ac6-a126-86d88ab55bc3 Transcript powered by Yaya : Yaya is a language learning webapp where you learn by reading - it is still the beta version so expect bugs! ;) Reading compelling content is one of the most effective ways to learn another language. And it's fun! Give a creative topic or prompt, and it uses AI to generate a dialog, story, article, or other fun types of content with sentence-by-sentence t...
Feb 04, 2024•25 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Free transcript with Pinyin + Translation: https://www.yaya.press/web_reader/f707174f-5279-41f9-b382-99d76234cbef Transcript powered by Yaya : Yaya is a language learning app where you learn by reading - it is still the beta version so expect bugs! ;) Reading compelling content is one of the most effective ways to learn another language. And it's fun! Give a creative topic or prompt, and we'll use AI to generate a dialog, story, article, or other fun types of content with sentence-by-sentence tr...
Jan 20, 2024•22 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Free transcript with Pinyin + Translation: https://www.yaya.press/web_reader/d33ec94e-05a6-4c6d-a9e5-69e962981c63 Transcript powered by Yaya : Yaya is a language learning app where you learn by reading - it is still the beta version so expect bugs! ;) Reading compelling content is one of the most effective ways to learn another language. And it's fun! Give a creative topic or prompt, and we'll use AI to generate a dialog, story, article, or other fun types of content with sentence-by-sentence tr...
Jan 07, 2024•23 min•Season 1Ep. 54
新年快乐，圣诞节快乐! 大家明年见～ Happy New Year! Merry Christmas! We will see you next year <3 Powered by Firstory Hosting
Dec 22, 2023•12 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Free transcript: https://www.yaya.press/web_reader/7538b60c-0c30-43f7-9efd-ce33629e7fc1 Transcript powered by Yaya : Yaya is a language learning app where you learn by reading - it is still the beta version so expect bugs! ;) Reading compelling content is one of the most effective ways to learn another language. And it's fun! Give a creative topic or prompt, and we'll use AI to generate a dialog, story, article, or other fun types of content with sentence-by-sentence translations at any reading ...
Dec 08, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 52
轿子 （Litter): The litter is a class of wheelless vehicles, a type of human-powered transport, for the transport of people. (Wikipedia) Free transcript: https://www.yaya.press/web_reader/3c1e3ccd-c1ea-4bec-9553-e7f0b0ab91f1 Transcript powered by Yaya : Yaya is a language learning app where you learn by reading - it is still the beta version so expect bugs! ;) Reading compelling content is one of the most effective ways to learn another language. And it's fun! Give a creative topic or prompt, and w...
Nov 19, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Free transcript: https://www.yaya.press/web_reader/34ff6508-28d3-4113-9666-6e523b0f933c Transcript powered by Yaya : Yaya is a language learning app where you learn by reading - it is still the beta version so expect bugs! ;) Reading compelling content is one of the most effective ways to learn another language. And it's fun! Give a creative topic or prompt, and we'll use AI to generate a dialog, story, article, or other fun types of content with sentence-by-sentence translations at any reading ...
Nov 05, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Free transcript: https://www.yaya.press/web_reader/6918b2ce-e54e-499e-b62a-48b2ad49d40e Free vocabulary: https://xinqinglu.medium.com/episode-49-vocabulary-0ac1bc01a063 Transcript powered by Yaya : Yaya is a language learning app where you learn by reading - it is still the beta version so expect bugs! ;) Reading compelling content is one of the most effective ways to learn another language. And it's fun! Give a creative topic or prompt, and we'll use AI to generate a dialog, story, article, or ...
Oct 02, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Free transcript: https://www.yaya.press/web_reader/db14b126-f207-456e-876c-7cb1b5a37c5b Free vocabulary: https://xinqinglu.medium.com/episode-48-vocabulary-c39fdb47d58e Transcript powered by Yaya : Yaya is a language learning app where you learn by reading - it is still the beta version so expect bugs! ;) Reading compelling content is one of the most effective ways to learn another language. And it's fun! Give a creative topic or prompt, and we'll use AI to generate a dialog, story, article, or ...
Sep 10, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Free transcript: https://www.yaya.press/web_reader/bab2369e-ab42-44de-b6e0-1b215516363e Powered by Yaya : Yaya is a language learning app where you learn by reading - it is still the beta version so expect bugs! ;) Reading compelling content is one of the most effective ways to learn another language. And it's fun! Give a creative topic or prompt, and we'll use AI to generate a dialog, story, article, or other fun types of content with sentence-by-sentence translations at any reading level. You ...
Aug 17, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Free transcript: https://www.yaya.press/web_reader/6e1fad58-d63f-41ec-b926-9cd33007588a Powered by Yaya: Yaya is a language learning app where you learn by reading - it is still the beta version so expect bugs! ;) Reading compelling content is one of the most effective ways to learn another language. And it's fun! Give a creative topic or prompt, and we'll use AI to generate a dialog, story, article, or other fun types of content with sentence-by-sentence translations at any reading level. You c...
Aug 06, 2023•15 min•Season 2Ep. 12
In this episode, I am joined by Yuna (again) to talk about her experience and observations in the so-called "Internet Factories" in China, such as Baidu, Tiktok, Meituan or Alibaba! Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cko0g8j5m1toy0984t6s7mqtk/comments Free Transcript (powered by yaya.press ): https://www.yaya.press/web_reader/177ecb21-650d-424f-8b58-79d468ca48db (Leave a comment if you have any difficulties access the transcript or you want to report a bug!) V...
Jul 13, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cko0g8j5m1toy0984t6s7mqtk/comments Free Transcript (Powered by www.yaya.press): https://www.yaya.press/web_reader/6e0372be-63d1-408e-b6f9-66a2c4a1cee4 Check out www.yaya.press which is a language learning tool for you to generate little articles and dialogues in any language at any level, 100% developed by my husband David and myself! Also check out the Music film (Official MV) for song “Worshiper” original song composed and ...
Jun 10, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Leave a comment and share your thoughts Free Transcript: https://www.yaya.press/web_reader/ba8c322f-5b13-4363-95b4-45ff22f5dde7 We have entirely upgraded our transcript system! This is powered by the new WebApp that my husband has been developing - "Yaya.press" so you can easily read the Chinese, Pinyin and English interlaced, with all the vocabulary embedded in the article. When you hover on the words, you can also see the meaning and prononciation. In the meantime, you can also register a free...
Jun 04, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 44
This is part of a series of special episodes for beginner level Chinese listener with my husband (who is a Chinese learner!) Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cko0g8j5m1toy0984t6s7mqtk/comments Full transcript: https://convo-chinese-joanne.medium.com/special-episode-11-%E5%86%A5%E6%83%B3-do-you-meditate-5b2fe0da1e07 -- Vocabulary: 嘉宾 Guest | Jiābīn 邀请 Invite | yāoqǐng 冥想 Meditation | míngxiǎng 接触 Contact, exposure to | jiēchù 有兴趣 Interested | yǒu xìngqù 一点点基础...
May 18, 2023•16 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cko0g8j5m1toy0984t6s7mqtk/comments Transcript: https://convo-chinese-joanne.medium.com/episode-43-%E6%97%A0%E6%B3%95%E5%8F%8C%E9%87%8D%E5%9B%BD%E7%B1%8D%E7%9A%84%E7%83%A6%E6%81%BC-why-cannot-we-have-double-citizenship-e59d83c9381e Vocabulary: 加那利群岛 Canary Islands | Jiā nà lì qúndǎo 神仙 Devine | shénxiān 潜水 Diving | qiánshuǐ 新冠 Covid | xīnguān 封锁 Lock down | fēngsuǒ 诡异 Weird, spooky | guǐyì 熟悉 familiar | shúxī 应付 cope | yìngfù ...
May 06, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cko0g8j5m1toy0984t6s7mqtk/comments Transcript: https://convo-chinese-joanne.medium.com/episode-42-%E6%88%91%E7%9C%9F%E7%B3%BB%E5%A5%BD%E9%92%9F%E6%84%8F%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF-i-really-love-hong-kong-5b2a4bf729c9 Vocabulary 出差 Business trip | Chūchāi 初中 Junior High School | chūzhōng 人生旅途 Life Journey | rénshēng lǚtú 疫情 Epidemic | yìqíng 缓和 Reprieve, getting better | huǎnhé 亚洲区 Asia | yàzhōu qū 金融行业 Financial Industry | jīnróng hán...
Apr 22, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cko0g8j5m1toy0984t6s7mqtk/comments Full Transcript: https://convo-chinese-joanne.medium.com/episode-41-%E6%95%B0%E5%AD%97%E6%B8%B8%E6%B0%91%E7%9A%84%E6%96%B0%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB-def3b062e050 ---------------- Vocabulary: 投缘 Get along well | Tóuyuán 江西 Jiangxi province | jiāngxī 赣州 Ganzhou city| gànzhōu 接受教育 Receive Education | jiēshòu jiàoyù 红十字 Red Cross | hóng shízì 经历丰富 Experienced | jīnglì fēngfù 数字 Digital | shùzì 游牧民族 Noma...
Mar 26, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Today I have a very special guest for the podcast - a listener from Singapore! OKJ, who is now living in Singapore and a documentary director, has been learning Chinese for the past one year through this podcast channel. He reached out to me two weeks ago, and here we are, for the first time ever, with an episode with a fan! Check out OKJ's super cool documentary series on TikTok or his Youtube channel to see his journey of Chinese learning. He also does interviews and documents interesting stor...
Mar 12, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cko0g8j5m1toy0984t6s7mqtk/comments Full Transcript : https://medium.com/@convo-chinese-joanne/episode-39-%E5%9C%A8%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%92%8C%E5%9B%BD%E5%A4%96%E4%B8%8A%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6-university-experience-b7accb198972 Vocabulary: 云南 Yunnan | Yúnnán 昆明 Kunming | kūnmíng 宁波 Ningbo | níngbō 本科 Undergraduate | běnkē 硕士 Master | shuòshì 博士 PhD | bóshì 国际法 International Law | guójìfǎ 瑞典 Sweden | ruìdiǎn 冰岛 Iceland | bīngdǎo 冰天雪...
Feb 12, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Transcript: https://convo-chinese-joanne.medium.com/episode-38-%E6%B5%81%E6%B5%AA%E5%9C%B0%E7%90%83%E8%AE%A1%E5%88%92-project-wandering-earth-a3602208720 Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cko0g8j5m1toy0984t6s7mqtk/comments ---- Vocabulary: 寂寞 Loneliness, lonely | Jìmò 约好了 Agreed to… | yuē hǎole 伦敦 London | lúndūn 机场 Airport | jīchǎng 没有想象的那么 Not as expected | méiyǒu xiǎngxiàng dì nàme 常客 regular guest/visitor | chángkè 说不清楚 Can't say accurately/cannot explain...
Feb 04, 2023•12 min•Season 1Ep. 38
我们又回来啦，好久不见！ 祝大家新春快乐！兔年吉祥！Happy Chinese New Year ! Full Script: https://convo-chinese-joanne.medium.com/se-10-%E4%B8%AD%E5%8D%8E%E5%B0%8F%E5%BD%93%E5%AE%B6-watching-japanese-anime-about-chinese-cooking-2f5dffab9519 Link mentioned in the show: WWE champion John Cena speaks Mandarin, professes love for Lao Gan Ma Japanese Anime: Chuuka Ichiban! Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cko0g8j5m1toy0984t6s7mqtk/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting...
Jan 22, 2023•17 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Leave a comment and share your thoughts : https://open.firstory.me/user/cko0g8j5m1toy0984t6s7mqtk/comments Full Script: https://convo-chinese-joanne.medium.com/episode-37-%E5%93%AA%E4%B8%AA%E5%9B%BD%E5%AE%B6%E7%9A%84%E7%81%AB%E8%BD%A6%E6%9C%80%E5%A5%BD-which-country-has-the-best-train-b48b5118eb9f Vocabulary: 火车 Trains | Huǒchē 系统 System | xìtǒng 高铁 High Speed Rail | gāotiě 多伦多 Toronto | duōlúnduō 小插曲 Anecdote, Hiccups | xiǎo chāqǔ 返程 return journey | fǎnchéng 行驶 Travel, driving on the way | xín...
Oct 23, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cko0g8j5m1toy0984t6s7mqtk/comments Full transcript: https://convo-chinese-joanne.medium.com/episode-36-%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC24%E5%B0%8F%E6%97%B6%E8%B5%B0%E4%BA%86100%E5%85%AC%E9%87%8C-we-walked-100-km-in-24-hours-6c4f0c70b3cd ---- Vocabulary: 艰难 Tough | Jiānnán 艰苦 Hardship | jiānkǔ 任务 The task | rènwù 一辈子 A lifetime | yībèizi 约了 A date | yuēle 一帮朋友 A group of friends | yī bāng péngyǒu 计划 Plan | jìhuà 时刻 Moment | shíkè 星星 Stars |...
Sep 08, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 36
