by @themandarinedit
Welcome to Little Mandarin — your weekly podcast for Chinese language, culture, and real life. New episodes every Tuesday. A space for curious learners, working professionals, and anyone who wants to learn, improve, or reconnect with Chinese. Expect useful everyday language, cultural insight, a bit of history, and a closer look at modern Chinese life. ▶ Lessons: preply search：xinyue z. https://preply.com/en/?pref=NjkzNjk1Mw==&id=1750365014.903645&ep= ▶ YouTube: The Mandarin Edit
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May 26, 2026
<p>🎓 Learn Mandarin with Me — 1-on-1 on Preply!<br>💸 Get 30% OFF your first class<br>🔗 <a href="https://preply.com/en/?pref=NjkzNjk1Mw==&id=1753189602.091521&ep=">https://preply.com/en/?pref=NjkzNjk1Mw==&id=1753189602.091521&ep=</a><br>📋 Check out my full profile:<br>🔗 <a href="https://preply.com/en/tutor/2970664">https://preply.com/en/tutor/2970664</a></p><p>This episode is part of the <strong>Essential Mandarin series</strong> on <strong>Little Mandarin Season 2</strong>, designed to take you from complete beginner to real-life everyday Mandarin.</p><p>In Lesson 6, we’re learning how to talk about <strong>close family</strong> in Mandarin — and why family words in Chinese can feel much more specific than they do in English.</p><p>You’ll learn useful everyday words like <strong>妈妈</strong>, <strong>爸爸</strong>, <strong>哥哥</strong>, <strong>姐姐</strong>, <strong>弟弟</strong>, and <strong>妹妹</strong>, as well as simple pronouns like <strong>我</strong>, <strong>你</strong>, <strong>他</strong>, <strong>她</strong>, and <strong>它</strong> to help you build real sentences.</p><p>We’ll also explore why Chinese family terms are often so detailed, and how ideas about age, family role, and relationships are reflected directly in the language.</p><p>By the end of this episode, you’ll be able to talk simply and naturally about your close family in Mandarin.</p>
May 19, 2026
<p>🎓 Learn Mandarin with Me — 1-on-1 on Preply!<br>💸 Get 30% OFF your first class<br>🔗 <a href="https://preply.com/en/?pref=NjkzNjk1Mw==&id=1753189602.091521&ep=">https://preply.com/en/?pref=NjkzNjk1Mw==&id=1753189602.091521&ep=</a><br>📋 Check out my full profile:<br>🔗 <a href="https://preply.com/en/tutor/2970664">https://preply.com/en/tutor/2970664</a></p><p>This episode is part of the <strong>Essential Mandarin series</strong> on <strong>Little Mandarin Season 2</strong>, designed to take you from complete beginner to real-life everyday Mandarin.</p><p>In Lesson 5, we’re learning how to talk about <strong>dates and birthdays in Mandarin</strong> — and also how Chinese ways of expressing time are deeply connected to the natural world.</p><p>You’ll learn how <strong>日</strong>, <strong>天</strong>, <strong>星期</strong>, <strong>月</strong>, and <strong>年</strong> work in Mandarin, how to say full dates naturally, and how to talk about your birthday with confidence.</p><p>We’ll also explore why time words in Chinese often connect to the <strong>sun</strong>, the <strong>moon</strong>, the <strong>sky</strong>, and traditional ways of understanding the calendar — including why Chinese New Year does not always fall on the same date as January 1st.</p><p>By the end of this episode, you’ll be able to say dates, talk about birthdays, and understand time expressions in Mandarin in a much deeper and more interesting way.</p>
May 12, 2026
<p>🎓 Learn Mandarin with Me — 1-on-1 on Preply!<br>💸 Get 30% OFF your first class<br>🔗 <a href="https://preply.com/en/?pref=NjkzNjk1Mw==&id=1753189602.091521&ep=">https://preply.com/en/?pref=NjkzNjk1Mw==&id=1753189602.091521&ep=</a><br>📋 Check out my full profile:<br>🔗 <a href="https://preply.com/en/tutor/2970664">https://preply.com/en/tutor/2970664</a></p><p>This episode is part of the <strong>Essential Mandarin series</strong> on <strong>Little Mandarin Season 2</strong>, designed to take you from complete beginner to real-life everyday Mandarin.</p><p>In Lesson 4, we’re learning how to count from <strong>0 to 99</strong> in Mandarin — one of the most practical and satisfying steps for beginners.</p><p>You’ll learn how Mandarin numbers are built, how to say numbers more confidently with <strong>Pinyin</strong>, and how to use them in real life for things like <strong>phone numbers</strong> and <strong>years</strong>.</p><p>We’ll also look at a fun cultural topic: why Chinese people care so much about numbers, and how ideas of <strong>luck</strong>, <strong>sound</strong>, and <strong>symbolism</strong> shape the meanings of numbers like <strong>4</strong>, <strong>8</strong>, and <strong>9</strong>.</p><p>By the end of this episode, you’ll be able to count more confidently in Mandarin and start noticing numbers everywhere around you.</p>
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Welcome to Little Mandarin — your weekly podcast for Chinese language, culture, and real life.
New episodes every Tuesday.
A space for curious learners, working professionals, and anyone who wants to learn, improve, or reconnect with Chinese. Expect useful everyday language, cultural insight, a bit of history, and a closer look at modern Chinese life.
▶ Lessons: preply search：xinyue z. https://preply.com/en/?pref=NjkzNjk1Mw==&id=1750365014.903645&ep= ▶ YouTube: The Mandarin Edit
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