How do people talk about age in Mandarin — without directly asking? 🧧🐎 In this episode, Mindy and Joeru break down the most common ways to ask and answer age-related questions in Mandarin — and introduce a very Taiwanese twist: using zodiac signs to roughly guess someone’s age. You’ll learn how to talk about age, birth year, and zodiac signs in a natural, conversational way — just in time for Lunar New Year. 📘 Podcast Notes Full transcripts and structured study support to help you turn listening into real learning. Now Available here: https://ko-fi.com/bitesizechinese 🎯 Today’s Topic: Talking about age, birth year, and zodiac signs in everyday Mandarin 🗝 Key Sentence: 我屬馬。(Wǒ shǔ mǎ.) – I’m a Horse. / I was born in the Year of the Horse. 🗣 Listener Challenge: 「你屬什麼？」 If you’re not sure, look up the zodiac animal for your birth year and give it a try! Share your sentence with us on Instagram and tag @bitesize.chinese — we’d love to see it 😊 🍰 About Bitesize Basics 🍰 Welcome to 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀 — a podcast series for beginner Mandarin learners (A1)! Each episode teaches one useful grammar point or vocabulary set through fun, practical conversations. Learn with Mindy and Joeru and build your Mandarin step by step! 🔅 Podcast Notes | 逐字稿＋學習筆記 🔅 Buy us a coffee｜贊助我們一杯咖啡 🔅 Leave a comment | 留言給我 🔅 Bitesize Chinese 一口中文 Website 🔅 Bitesize Chinese 一口中文 Instagram 🔅 Learn Chinese with us | 跟我們學中文 Powered by Firstory Hosting

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