Learn Chinese with Stories | maayot
Episodes
Advanced | 槐树 | Pagoda Tree | Mandarin Chinese Story
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pagoda tree is also known as Chinese scholar tree. It is a very common tree species in China, especially in northern China. To Chinese people, the pag...
Intermediate | 东郭先生和狼 | Mr Dongguo And A Wolf | Mandarin Chinese Story
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Chinese, people use Mr. Dongguo to describe people who are too kind and Zhongshan Wolf to describe people who are ungrateful. Those two terms are o...
Beginner | 好男人的标准 | The Standard Of A Good Man | Mandarin Chinese Story
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The criteria to evaluate people is a very broad topic and difficult to come up with a conclusion. In today’s story, we are going to discuss the stan...
Advanced | 中国古代的“高尔夫球” | The Ancient Chinese "Golf Ball" | Mandarin Chinese Story
25 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Golf has become synonymous with fashion and high-end activity. In fact, many sports activities have social attributes. In today’s story, we are goin...
Intermediate | 狐假虎威 | Bully People By Flaunting One's Powerful Connections | Mandarin Chinese Story
25 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In China, the tiger is known as the King of the forest, while the fox is known for its crafty. What happens when these two animals meet? In today’s ...
Beginner | 上海好丈夫 | Good Husband In Shanghai | Mandarin Chinese Story
25 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In traditional Chinese values, it is the family concept that the man goes out to work while the woman looks after the house. But for Shanghai local pe...
Beginner | 不一样的事情 | Different Things | Mandarin Chinese Story
18 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There is a Chinese saying goes "Seeing is believing." No matter how much we thought we know about a place without actually visiting there, as long as ...
Advanced | 中国的面条 | Noodles In China | Mandarin Chinese Story
18 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Noodles are popular staple food for Chinese people no matter in the southern or northern regions of China. In each province, they have their own way c...
Intermediate | 中国人的虚岁 | The Nominal Age Of Chinese People | Mandarin Chinese Story
18 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As many people know, Chinese people have two ages, one is nominal year of age and the other is called full year of age. Even for some Chinese people...
Beginner | 去好朋友家做客 | Be A Guest In Best Friend’s House | Mandarin Chinese Story
11 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When our friends invite us coming over to their house for lunch or dinner, we often try to be as helpful as we can as a guest. In today’s story, our...
Intermediate | 司马光砸缸 | Sima Guang Smashed The Water Vat | Mandarin Chinese Story
11 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sima Guang was a famous historian in Chinese history. His major achievement was writing a history book of China called “History As A Mirror”. The ...
Advanced | 神兽麒麟 | Mythical Creatures “Chinese Unicorn” | Mandarin Chinese Story
11 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Chinese unicorn is a sacred animal and represent propitious in Chinese mythology. For thousands years, people have had various imaginations about ...
Advanced | 中国古代的学费 | Tuition Fees In Ancient China | Mandarin Chinese Story
04 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In modern society, the tuition fees we paid for our schooling is accounted in currency. In ancient China, there are various form of “tuition fees”...
Intermediate | 人类高质量男性 | High Quality Male Of Human Being | Mandarin Chinese Story
04 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It may sounds very strange to link the word “quality” with human in Chinese. So when someone calls himself as a high quality male of human being, ...
Beginner | 去银行（一段对话） | Go To The bank (A Conversation) | Mandarin Chinese Story
04 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nowadays, e-payment has provided great convenience to us, and saves us a lot of time to withdraw money from the bank. But for some business, we still ...
Beginner | 看到我的包了吗？（一段对话） | Have You Seen My Bag? (A Conversation) | Mandarin Chinese Story
28 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes it happens to us, when we are in a public place, such as a restaurant, or a coffee shop, we may accidently left something there and realized...
Advanced | 孙悟空是谁？ | Who Is Sun Wukong? | Mandarin Chinese Story
28 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sun Wukong , also known as the Monkey King, is a key character of the famous Chinese novel “Journey to the West”. He has power of the almighty, ...
Intermediate | 秋季登香山 | Climbing Huong Son In Autumn | Mandarin Chinese Story
28 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Autumn is an ideal season for outdoor activities, such as hiking, and mountain climbing etc. In today’s story, we are going to climb up to Huong Son...
Beginner | 祝您住得愉快（一段对话） | Enjoy Your Stay (A Conversation) | Mandarin Chinese Story
21 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When we check into a hotel, we often tell the reception our preferences towards the room or make sure they arrange the room according to our request. ...
Advanced | 中元节与钟馗 | Ghost Festival and Zhong Kui | Mandarin Chinese Story
21 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today is the Ghost Festival in China, it is also known as Zhong Yuan Festival. The festival is used to memorize ancestors and family members who have ...
Intermediate | 早睡早起身体好 | Early To Bed And Early To Rise Makes A Man Healthy | Mandarin Chinese Story
21 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Going to bed early and getting up early is a widely accepted lifestyle that is beneficial to health and efficiency of work and study. However, it beco...
Intermediate | 中文的量词 | Quantifiers In Chinese | Mandarin Chinese Story
14 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For Many people who study Chinese may find it is difficult to learn quantifiers because there are a lot of quantifiers, and some of them don't follow ...
Beginner | 美国的中餐和中国的中餐（一段对话） | Chinese Food In The US And In China (A Conversation) | Mandarin Chinese Story
14 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nowadays, there are Chinese restaurants all over the world, and there is a wide variety of them, including Sichuan, Cantonese, Northeastern and Shangh...
Advanced | 传承至今的爱情信物 | Tokens Of Love Passed Down To This Day | Mandarin Chinese Story
14 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we know, Chinese people always express their feelings implicitly. Especially in ancient times, when people met someone they like, they could not ex...
Beginner | 吃上海菜（一段对话） | Have Shanghai Cuisine (A Conversation) | Mandarin Chinese Story
07 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When we going out with friends, the selection of restaurant would always be an unavoidable topic. In today’s story, we are going to listen to a conv...
Intermediate | 鱼香肉丝为什么没有鱼? | Why Does The Fish Flavored Pork Slices Dish Have No Fish? | Mandarin Chinese Story
07 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The fish flavored pork slices is a classic and popular dish in China, it is blended with various flavors. For people who have this dish for the first ...
Advanced | 唐代的美酒 | The Liquors Produced In Tang Dynasty | Mandarin Chinese Story
07 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Whether in ancient times, or in modern times, liquor always is an essential thing on the dining table when people gathered in a banquet. In many peopl...