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Mandarin Monkey Podcast

Mandarin Monkey
mandarinmonkey.com
526 episodes

Chinese and English Language podcast. A mixed couple (Tom & Ula) living in Taiwan, teach Chinese through the use of Chinglish (Chinese and English) on a variety of topics. Learn Chinese, study methods, Entertainment, news, life, business, hints and tricks to learning Mandarin. Hear a native speaking naturally and at natural pace but with the English translation so you can follow the context of the conversation. Enjoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

E473

Real Mandarin & English Conversation | UK Dentists vs Taiwan Dentists and Health Systom

about 17 hours ago

1h 2m


E472

Real-Life Chinglish Conversation | Are We Getting Dumber? | Does Tragedy Shape Who You Are?

Jul. 10

59m


E471

Real Mandarin & English Conversation | How To Choose A Mandarin Name? | Guess The Number

Jul. 3

55m


E470

Not a normal episode - Sweating to tactical retreat

Jun. 26

5m


E470

470 - Chinglish podcast | An Email From Germany, Freemasons, Brown and Yellow Coconuts, Can AI Be Our Friends?

Jun. 19

1h 8m


E469

469 - She Was Heartbroken 💔 | Real Mandarin & English Conversation

Jun. 12

1h 31m


E468

468 - Heatwave, Locked Keys & Camping Chaos!

Jun. 4

31m


E467

467 - What? A Taiwanese Doesn't Like Stinky Tofu?! | What? We're Shy Leos?!

May. 30

40m


E466

AI Judged Tom's Mandarin in 10 Seconds?! | Headbands Fun & Big Mandarin Monkey Updates

May. 22

49m


E465

465 - Meeting Ya Ting

May. 15

46m


E464

Episode 464 - Pizza Walk, School Systems and Finding Your Child’s Passion

May. 8

37m


E463

A Walk, A Rat, A £2 Coin & Camping Plans | Mandarin Monkey Podcast 463

May. 1

40m


E462

An episode out in the wild | Mandarin and English Podcast

Apr. 24

56m


E461

Can we pull this off?

Apr. 17

55m


E460

We Thought About Ending Mandarin Monkey... Then This Happened | Podcast 460

Apr. 8

46m


E459

The Final Episode | We Are Finally Saying Goodbye To The Podcast

Apr. 1

44m


E458

The Final Mailbag Episode 😢

Mar. 27

48m


E457

We Tried Planning Lapland in Mandarin… It Got Expensive Fast | Ep 457

Mar. 25

45m


E456

Listener Mailbag: Taiwan Ghost Month, Saving Face & Learning Mandarin in Real Life | Ep. 456

Mar. 20

50m


E455

This Might Be the Worst Podcast Game Ever

Mar. 18

45m


E454

Mailbag: Learning Mandarin While Doing the Dishes, Running, and Raising Bilingual Kids

Mar. 13

35m


E453

Our 36 Hours in Zurich | Swiss Chocolate, $50 Chocolate, Kangaroo Steak & Scooter Adventures

Mar. 11

51m


E452

We Forgot to Press Record… Then Got Hired to Film in Switzerland

Mar. 8

36m


E451

I Lost a Translation Job Over “Face” (And Called My Boss a Bastard)

Feb. 27

36m


E450

British Slang That Confuses Mandarin Learners | Episode 450

Feb. 25

36m


E449

From Tears to Taiwan, Real Mandarin Learner Stories That Will Inspire You | Mailbag #449

Feb. 20

37m


E448

Would You Survive 48 Hours Speaking Only Chinese?

Feb. 18

48m


E447

I Finally Understood My Mother-in-Law | Mailbag Mandarin

Feb. 13

45m


E446

My Child Understands Mandarin But Won’t Speak It

Feb. 11

40m


E445

We Tried Listing 100 Life Goals… Then Got Distracted

Feb. 6

56m


E444

444 Episodes Later… This Is Why Learning Mandarin Still Feels Hard

Feb. 4

41m


E443

Why “Ask” Is Wrong in Mandarin | Mandarin & English Podcast | Mailbag Episode

Jan. 30

49m


E442

Would You Risk Your Life for Fame? | Mandarin & English Podcast

Jan. 28

42m


E441

Why Mandarin Sounds Easy… Until a Real Person Speaks

Jan. 23

45m


E440

We Disappeared, Here’s Why | Mandarin & English Podcast | Ep 440

Jan. 16

57m


E439

Christmas Special Mailbag | Real Chinese Greetings, Flying Fears & Festive Facts

Dec. 19

1h 10m


E438

Why Your Chinese Sounds “Weird” and the UK Citizenship Test Quiz | Ep 438

Dec. 17

48m


E437

Why 'How Are You' Fails in Chinese | Bilingual Mandarin Podcast

Dec. 12

1h 1m


E436

Listener Mailbag: Soft Mandarin Broke My Brain

Dec. 5

51m


E435

UK Food Labels, Taiwan Life, And Christmas Nonsense Bilingual Chat

Dec. 3

37m


E434

Mailbag 434: Real Mandarin Problems, Real Fixes

Nov. 28

49m


E433

Our Most Random Podcast Start Ever | Bilingual | Chinese and English

Nov. 26

1h 12m


E432

The Mandarin Lip Reading Game Goes Wrong

Nov. 19

33m


E431

Immersion Is Not Enough: Real Chinese Learner Problems

Nov. 14

51m


E430

Can You Read Lips in Chinese? We Tried.

Nov. 12

34m


E429

Simplified vs Traditional, Sleep, and Starting Over in China | Mailbag #429

Nov. 7

1h 1m


E428

Mandarin Listening Practice (Taiwanese Accent): Camping, Power & Travel | Bilingual Chinese–English Ep. 428

Nov. 5

41m


E427

Bus Stop Mandarin, Sky Lantern Wishes, and Ordering in Kunming | Mandarin Listening Podcast

Oct. 24

53m


E426

Hump Day, VR Boxing, and Gua Sha Pain (Ep. 426) | Mandarin Listening Podcast

Oct. 22

58m


E425

Can You Learn Chinese in Your Sleep? | Mandarin Listening Podcast

Oct. 17

48m


E424

Totoro, Steak & Escape Rooms|Chinese–English Bilingual Podcast Listening Practice

Oct. 9

45m


E423

Listener Mailbag: First Mandarin Win to Night Market Fails

Oct. 3

58m


E422

Learn Mandarin Through Wild Camping

Oct. 1

40m


E421

Listener Mailbag: Stuck After HSK3 - Now What?

Sep. 26

1h 1m


E420

The Truth About Learning Mandarin: Your Top Questions Answered

Sep. 24

45m


E419

Stop Saying “Nǐ Hǎo” + When to Push Your Kids (and Yourself)

Sep. 19

48m


E418

Mandarin Chinese Podcast 418: Good News Roundup, Bilingual Chat

Sep. 12

59m


E417

Phones Are Listening. Ads Are Creepy. Where Should We Live? | Learn Mandarin Show

Sep. 10

57m


E416

Learn Mandarin Through Real Life: Neighbors, Center Parcs, Money Talk

Sep. 5

1h 4m


E415

Tuesday Bonus: Taiwan, Kids, and a Boiling Hot Tub | Learning Mandarin Through Real Life

Sep. 2

48m


E414

Work From Home or Café? | Productivity and Mandarin Culture Chat

Aug. 29

36m


E413

Learn Mandarin Through Real Life: Camping Without the Kids Mandarin Monkey Podcast – Episode 413

Aug. 8

56m


E412

Mandarin Practice at Home: Chaos, Kids, and Conversations

Aug. 1

1h 7m


E411

Spider Boat Trip, Job Hack, Little Wins | Mandarin Monkey podcast | Learn Mandarin Chinese with natural conversation

Jul. 25

56m


E410

Traveling Taiwan with Kids: Peace, Chaos & Unforgettable Memories | Mandarin Chinese and English pod

Jul. 10

54m


E409

Yes, It’s Cringe. Yes, You Should Still Do It | OuEr ErYi

Jul. 4

56m


The Only Way Out Is Through | Mandarin and English conversational podcast

Jun. 27

1h 1m


E407

British vs American English: Who’s Actually Right?

Jun. 20

1h 2m


E406

Being a Dad Today: Vulnerable, Honest, Real - Mandarin and English Podcast

Jun. 13

56m


E405

The One About Snails, Subtitles, and Salt Flats

Jun. 6

59m


E404

Why We All Need to Touch Grass | Mandarin Monkey podcast 404

May. 30

51m


E403

You Can’t Do That Here | Learn Mandarin Through the World’s Weirdest Bans

May. 23

57m


E402

Learn Mandarin with the World’s Weirdest Tourist Attractions | Mandarin Monkey Podcast 402

May. 16

51m


E401

401 - Camping with a strange man | Mandarin and English Podcast

May. 9

51m


E400

40 Words You Should Know in Mandarin (Well... Sort of) - Episode 400

Apr. 25

53m


E399

You Call That a Job? Learn Mandarin with the World’s Weirdest Work

Apr. 17

45m


E398

The Craziest World Records You’ve Never Heard Of – in Mandarin!

Apr. 4

57m


E397

Bizarre Inventions: Learn Mandarin with the World’s Strangest Ideas

Mar. 28

50m


E396

Mandarin Vocab Challenge: Can You Guess These Strange Foods? | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

Mar. 21

55m


E395

EP395 – The World's Strangest Laws: No Salmon Smuggling & Speedo Rules

Mar. 14

43m


E394

Ep. 394 – The World’s Strangest Hobbies & Bizarre Cultural Traditions

Mar. 7

59m


E393

忙碌 vs. 重要:我们如何看待艾森豪威尔矩阵? Busy vs. Important: Our Thoughts on the Eisenhower Matrix

Feb. 28

59m


E392

Life in the Mountains, Nosy Neighbors & Translating Yoshi 2.0

Feb. 21

58m


E391

Learn Mandarin with the Mandarin Monkey Podcast: Untranslatable Words You Need to Know!

Feb. 14

56m


E390

拍马屁 pāi mǎ pì - Slap the horses bum - Mandarin & English Podcast

Feb. 7

49m


E389

想 xiǎng vs. 要 yào | Confusion Mandarin & English words | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

Jan. 31

55m


E388

喳喳叫 - Hated words in Mandarin | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

Jan. 24

52m


E387

U.S. vs. TikTok: The Ban, The Drama & What’s Next! (English & Mandarin)

Jan. 17

1h 6m


E386

#386 - Mandarin-English Holiday Chat: Planning vs. Chilling

Jan. 10

44m


E385

385: Mandarin and English podcast | New Year, New Goals – Setting and Achieving Dreams in

Jan. 3

53m


E384

Relaxing Games, Sleepless Nights, and Raising Kids in a Tech World

Dec. 20

41m


E383

Turbulence, Theme Parks, and a Mandarin Christmas | Mandarin Monkey Podcast 383

Dec. 13

46m


E382

How TikTokers in Taiwan & China Gain Followers + Turning Our House into a Winter Wonderland

Dec. 6

41m


E381

#381 - Electrical Fire | Mandarin and English Podcast from Mandarin Monkey

Nov. 29

31m


E380

#380 - Bānjiā 搬家 | Moving House Day | Mandarin and English Bilingual podcast

Nov. 15

34m


E379

#379 - Burnt food or leftovers | Mandarin and English Podcast

Nov. 8

50m


E378

#378 - How Are You ... Tired | Mandarin and English Podcast

Nov. 1

47m


#377 - We Got it! Finally | Mandarin and English Podcast

Oct. 18

33m


回顾过去, 迎接新科技: Our Journey Down Memory Lane and a Gaming PC Buy!

Oct. 11

47m


#375 - Mistborn in Mandarin - Reading a Brandon Sanderson book in TWO languages

Oct. 4

54m