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Mandarin Shadow Daily

Mandarin Shadow

A new Mandarin lesson every day, made for listening with no screen: graded stories to shadow, grammar taken apart, survival phrases for China, listening quizzes, a chat between a learner and a native speaker, a weekly audio drama and slow Chinese news. Every episode is graded to an HSK level and leaves you pauses to speak out loud.Want to see the words as well as hear them? Every kind of lesson here has an illustrated video version on our YouTube channel, with the characters, pinyin and English on screen, new videos every day for HSK 1 to 3, and longer lessons to shadow along with. Watch and subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@MandarinShadowA short lesson every day on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mandarinshadow/Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6EBzyJ8gKe7AsvfPIKayOd / Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id6824331266 / YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MandarinShadow

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32 episodes

  1. Learning Burst (HSK 2): Splitting the Bill with Friends 朋友一起付钱 (péngyou yìqǐ fù qián) 6:01
  2. Basics 3 (below HSK 1): The Neutral Tone 轻声 (qīng shēng) 12:19
  3. Learning Burst (HSK 1): Seeing a Doctor When You Feel Ill 看医生：我很不舒服 (kàn yīshēng: wǒ hěn bù shūfu) 5:43
  4. Learning Burst (HSK 1): What's Up the Mountain? 山上有什么？ (shān shàng yǒu shénme) 5:11
  5. Audio Drama: The Missing Key, Part 3 of 7 (HSK 2): The Man Next Door 隔壁的赵先生 (gébì de zhào xiānsheng) 19:10
  6. Listen and Answer (HSK 2): A First Date 第一次约会 (dì yī cì yuēhuì) 20:13
  7. Survival Chinese (HSK 1): Breakfast at a Coffee Shop 在咖啡馆吃早饭 (zài kāfēi guǎn chī zǎofàn) 18:11
  8. Learning Burst (HSK 2): Joining a Painting Club 从周一到周五都学画画 (cóng zhōu yī dào zhōu wǔ dōu xué huà huà) 5:44
  9. Basics 2 (below HSK 1): The Four Tones 四个声调 (sì gè shēng diào) 12:36
  10. Grammar in Focus (HSK 2): Because and So at the Market 因为……所以……：在市场买东西 (yīnwèi…… Suǒyǐ……: Zài shìchǎng mǎi dōngxi) 16:32
  11. Audio Drama: The Missing Key, Part 2 of 7 (HSK 2): The Video Call to Guangzhou 视频电话 (shìpín diànhuà) 15:45
  12. Two Hosts (HSK 2): Joining a Hobby Club 加入爱好俱乐部 (jiārù àihào jùlèbù) 14:01
  13. Listen and Answer (HSK 2): Opening a Bank Account 在银行开户 (zài yínháng kāi hù) 16:21
  14. Survival Chinese (HSK 1): Talking About a Bad Day 今天不是我的好日子 (jīntiān bú shì wǒ de hǎo rìzi) 16:38
  15. Shadow Story (HSK 3): Chen Yu Chooses Her Major 陈雨选专业 (chén yǔ xuǎn zhuānyè) 15:41
  16. Basics 1 (below HSK 1): How Mandarin Works 中文是什么 (zhōngwén shì shénme) 14:09
  17. Listen and Answer (HSK 1): Bus and Metro Rides 听一听：坐车去城里 (tīng yi tīng: zuò chē qù chénglǐ) 20:13
  18. Shadow Story (HSK 1): Li Na's Bad Day 李娜不好的一天 (lǐ nà bù hǎo de yì tiān) 20:16
  19. Shadow Story (HSK 2): Splitting the Bill with Colleagues 谁来付钱？ (shuí lái fù qián) 28:52
  20. Slow Chinese News (HSK 2 & 3): Zhengzhou Marathon and Chinese Culture 郑州马拉松里的中国文化 (zhèngzhōu mǎ lā sōng lǐ de zhōngguó wénhuà) 16:22
  21. Listen and Answer (HSK 2): Weather, Shopping and Work 听和答:天气、购物和工作 (tīng hé dá: tiānqì, gòuwù hé gōngzuò) 14:32
  22. Audio Drama: The Missing Key, Part 1 of 7 (HSK 2): The Missing Key 消失的钥匙 (xiāoshī de yàoshi) 11:02
  23. Survival Chinese (HSK 3): Taking a Taxi in China 打车:出租车常用语 (dǎchē: chūzūchē chángyòng yǔ) 10:14
  24. Two Hosts (HSK 2): Hotpot on the Weekend 周末吃火锅 (zhōumò chī huǒguō) 10:21
  25. Grammar in Focus (HSK 2): Comparing Things with Bi 用“比”来比较 (yòng “bǐ” lái bǐjiào) 8:58
  26. Shadow Story (HSK 2): Taking the Subway to a Friend's House 坐地铁去朋友家 (zuò dìtiě qù péngyou jiā) 14:59
  27. Listen and Answer (HSK 1): Daily Life Quiz 听和回答 (tīng hé huídá) 9:10
  28. Survival Chinese (HSK 1): At the Pharmacy: Asking for Medicine 在药店:我不舒服 (zài yàodiàn: wǒ bù shūfu) 7:11
  29. Shadow Story (HSK 2): Buying an Umbrella on a Rainy Day 下雨天买雨伞 (xiàyǔ tiān mǎi yǔ sǎn) 17:22
  30. Grammar in Focus (HSK 1): Le After the Verb for Finished Actions 动词后面的了 (dòng cí hòumian de le) 9:19
  31. Grammar in Focus (HSK 1): Using Le for Completed Actions 用「了」说做完了 (yòng「 liǎo」 shuō zuò wánle) 6:56
  32. Shadow Story (HSK 1): Xiaoming's Saturday 小明的星期六 (xiǎo míng de xīngqī liù) 9:25