Mandarin Monkey Podcast

Mandarin Monkey
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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.

  1. hace 6 d

    Real Mandarin & English Conversation - Summer Holiday

    Links ✏️ Skritter - Learn to write Chinese skritter.com?ref=mandarinmonkey Use promoCode: MANDARINMONKEY for 10% off everything 🐵 Learn Mandarin with us: https://mandarinmonkey.com/ 🎮 Check out our Monkey Plays channel:    / @monkeyplaysmandarin   ❤️ Support Monkey Plays Patreon Page: https://patreon.com/monkeyplaysgames?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 🗣️ Want more opportunities to speak Mandarin outside of lessons? Join learners from around the world for fun discussions, games, and real conversations in our Mandarin Hangouts. Start speaking more Mandarrin today: https://mandarinmonkey.com/hangouts/ Description Why do children get such long summer holidays? How are working parents supposed to survive them? In Mandarin Monkey Podcast Episode 475, Ula and Tom discuss the challenges of working from home while the children are off school, the history behind the six-week summer break, and how school holidays compare across the UK, Taiwan, Japan, Europe and the United States. They also talk about education pressure, SATs and GCSEs, choosing useful subjects, changing careers later in life, and why it is never too late to learn new skills. Plus, could spending the summer at a Mandarin camp in Taiwan help bilingual children improve their Mandarin? Ula and Tom explore Taiwanese summer camps, overseas Chinese programmes and the possibility of working remotely from Taiwan while the kids learn Mandarin. You’ll also hear their favourite language-learning strategy: when you don’t know a word, find another way to communicate your meaning! Topics in this episode include: 🇬🇧 Summer holidays and parenting in the UK 🇹🇼 Taiwanese summer camps for overseas children 📚 Education pressure, SATs and GCSEs 💼 Changing careers and learning new skills 🏠 Working from home with children 🗣️ Mandarin communication strategies 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Raising bilingual children ✈️ Spending the summer in Taiwan Mandarin Monkey is a bilingual Mandarin Chinese and English podcast for learners who want to improve their listening skills through natural, entertaining conversations about language, culture, parenting and everyday life. Comment below: How do you survive over the summer holiday? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Real Mandarin & English Conversation - Summer Holiday

  2. 24 jul

    Real Mandarin & English Conversation | Backpacking Trip Countdown

    Skritter - Learn to write Chinese skritter.com?ref=mandarinmonkey Links: ✍️ Skritter - Learn to write Chinese skritter.com?ref=mandarinmonkey Use promoCode: MANDARINMONKEY for 10% off everything 🎓 Book Mandarin lessons and explore Mandarin Monkey: https://mandarinmonkey.com/ Support Monkey Plays Patreon Page: https://patreon.com/monkeyplaysgames?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 🎮 Check out our Monkey Plays channel:    / @monkeyplaysmandarin   🗣️ Want more opportunities to speak Mandarin outside of lessons? Join learners from around the world for fun discussions, games, and real conversations in our Mandarin Hangouts. Start speaking more Mandarrin today: https://mandarinmonkey.com/hangouts/ Could we survive a three-day backpacking adventure without destroying our feet—or each other? 😅 In episode 474 of the Mandarin Monkey Podcast, we chat in Mandarin and English about our upcoming Isle of Wight hiking and camping trip. We discuss what to pack, walking for hours every day, camping food, uncomfortable sleeping mats, blisters, hiking shoes, carrying too much equipment—and Tom’s collection of unnecessary survival gadgets. We also talk about: 🏢 Working remotely vs having a physical Mandarin Monkey office 👩‍💼 Whether Ula was born to be a boss 👨‍🏫 What makes someone a great Mandarin teacher 💼 Hiring people based on attitude, not just experience 📱 The difficulty of separating work from personal life 🥾 Preparing for our first proper backpacking adventure ⛺ Camping gear, food, shoes and surviving sore feet Have you ever been backpacking? Tell us what we should pack to make the trip easier and more comfortable! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Real Mandarin & English Conversation | Backpacking Trip Countdown

  3. 17 jul

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

    Links:Skritter - Learn to write Chinese skritter.com?ref=mandarinmonkey Use promoCode: MANDARINMONKEY for 10% off everything 🐵 Learn Mandarin with us: https://mandarinmonkey.com/ Support Monkey Plays Patreon Page: https://patreon.com/monkeyplaysgames?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 🎮 Check out our Monkey Plays channel:    / @monkeyplaysmandarin   🗣️ Want more opportunities to speak Mandarin outside of lessons? Join learners from around the world for fun discussions, games, and real conversations in our Mandarin Hangouts. Start speaking more Mandarrin today: https://mandarinmonkey.com/hangouts/ In this episode of the Mandarin Monkey Podcast, Tom shares the story of unexpectedly spending an hour getting a dental crown instead of a quick check-up, while Ula teaches essential Mandarin vocabulary for visiting the dentist in Taiwan. Along the way we compare: 🦷 UK vs Taiwan dentists💉 Pain, injections and funny dental stories🏥 Healthcare and privacy differences🇹🇼 Useful Mandarin words and phrases for dental appointments😂 Real conversations between a British husband and Taiwanese wife Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

  4. 10 jul

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

    Links: Skritter - Learn to write Chinese skritter.com?ref=mandarinmonkey Use promoCode: MANDARINMONKEY for 10% off everything 🐵 Learn Mandarin with us: https://mandarinmonkey.com/ 🎮 Check out our Monkey Plays channel:    / @monkeyplaysmandarin   🗣️ Want more opportunities to speak Mandarin outside of lessons? Join learners from around the world for fun discussions, games, and real conversations in our Mandarin Hangouts. Start speaking more Mandarrin today: https://mandarinmonkey.com/hangouts/ Description: The UK is melting, every air conditioner is sold out, and all five of us ended up sleeping together in the living room. 🥵 In Episode 472 of the Mandarin Monkey Podcast, Tom and Ula talk about surviving the UK heatwave without air conditioning, buying second-hand things, dreaming about winning £10 million, and what they would build in their dream house. Then the conversation gets deeper: Are new generations becoming less intelligent because of technology and AI? Do difficult experiences make people more successful? Why do Tom and Ula both struggle to stop working and simply relax? And finally, Tom admits that his Mandarin has been pushed to the bottom of his priority list since moving back to the UK. Is it time for him to start taking Mandarin lessons again? In this episode: 🔥 Surviving a UK heatwave without air conditioning 🛋️ Why the whole family slept in the living room 🛍️ Would you buy clothes or electronics second-hand? 💰 What would we do if we won £10 million? 🏊 Our ridiculous dream house plans 📱 Is technology making us less intelligent? 💪 Does hardship make people more successful? 🧠 Why we both find it difficult to stop working 🇨🇳 Why Tom wants to start learning Mandarin seriously again The Mandarin Monkey Podcast is a real bilingual conversation podcast where we naturally switch between Mandarin Chinese and English. Listen to authentic conversations, improve your Mandarin listening skills, and learn how Chinese is actually spoken in everyday life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

  5. 3 jul

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

    🔗 Links: Skritter - Learn to write Chinese skritter.com?ref=mandarinmonkey Use promoCode: MANDARINMONKEY for 10% off everything 🐵 Learn Mandarin with us: https://mandarinmonkey.com/ 🎮 Check out our Monkey Plays channel:    / @monkeyplaysmandarin   🗣️ Want more opportunities to speak Mandarin outside of lessons? Join learners from around the world for fun discussions, games, and real conversations in our Mandarin Hangouts. Start speaking more Mandarrin today: https://mandarinmonkey.com/hangouts/ ❓ How did we talk about? How do they choose their Mandarin names? What does your Mandarin name actually say about you? In this episode of the Mandarin Monkey Podcast, Ula and Tom talk about how Mandarin names are chosen, why parents sometimes use birth dates and birth times when naming their children, and how Mandarin learners can choose a Mandarin name based on pronunciation, personality and meaning. Tom also shares the story behind his Mandarin name, 唐明偉 Tang Ming Wei, and Ula explains why Mandarin names often carry parents’ hopes and expectations for their children. Along the way, we also talk about: 🔥 Surviving another UK heatwave without air conditioning 💬 Why British people complain about the weather so much 🎙️ Whether podcast hosts should talk to each other or directly to the audience 🔢 A surprisingly difficult number-guessing game 👓 Whether Ula’s new glasses suit her face — or her personality 🏷️ The differences between Chinese and English naming culture This is a natural bilingual conversation in Mandarin and English, perfect for upper beginner, intermediate Mandarin learners who want to improve their listening skills and hear how Mandarin is actually used in real conversation. What’s your Mandarin name? How did you choose it? Tell us in the comments! 👇 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

  6. 26 jun

    Not a normal episode - Sweating to tactical retreat

    A brief annocunement on our impending heatwave survival and the ongoing health and wellfare of all others. We couldn't record a full episode, it's too hot outside and inside so no way to record without not wearing clothes or being extremely hot. We will be back to normal next week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Not a normal episode - Sweating to tactical retreat

  7. 19 jun

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

    Can AI replace human connection? What do Freemasons actually do? And how can learning Mandarin shape your career and life opportunities? In Episode 470 of the Mandarin Monkey Podcast, Tom and Ula explore language learning, artificial intelligence, online education, social media, mental health, and modern life through a relaxed Mandarin and English conversation. In this episode: • A listener from Germany shares how Mandarin transformed their career • The benefits of staying connected to Chinese after formal study • What Freemasons really do and the charity work behind the organisation • Building the new Mandarin Monkey learning platform using AI • Why many language learners feel nervous meeting a new teacher • The UK's planned social media restrictions for under-16s • AI as a tool for productivity, creativity, and emotional support • Whether AI can ever truly understand human struggles • The future of AI assistants booking travel, events, and everyday tasks • A surprisingly passionate debate about coconuts This episode is ideal for Mandarin learners, language enthusiasts, expats, bilingual families, AI enthusiasts, and anyone interested in personal growth, education, and technology. The Mandarin Monkey Podcast is a bilingual Mandarin Chinese and English podcast designed to help learners improve their listening skills through natural conversations about culture, life, parenting, language learning, travel, technology, and current events. If you're learning Mandarin and want more natural Chinese listening practice, you'll hear real conversations, authentic vocabulary, and everyday expressions used in context. Resources: 🐵 Learn Mandarin with us: https://mandarinmonkey.com/ ✍️ Learn Chinese writing with Skritter: https://skritter.com?ref=mandarinmonkey Use promo code MANDARINMONKEY for 10% off. 🎮 Watch Monkey Plays: https://www.youtube.com/@monkeyplaysmandarin Enjoyed the episode? Follow the podcast, leave a rating and review, and share this episode with another Mandarin learner. Your support helps us continue creating free Mandarin listening content for learners around the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

  8. 12 jun

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

    Can a Taiwanese really dislike bubble milk tea? 😱 In this episode, Ula, Tom, and Yating sit down for a relaxed Mandarin-English conversation covering everything from bubble tea and Taiwanese food to relationships, life abroad, and cultural differences. Yating shares what it's like living in Sweden for nearly a decade and reveals a surprising opinion that leaves Ula heartbroken. Tom joins the conversation with his experiences living in Taiwan, his advice for foreigners considering a move there, and his thoughts on adapting to a completely different culture. The trio also discuss one of the questions they're asked most often: how have Ula and Tom managed to work together, build Mandarin Monkey, raise a family, and stay happily married for so many years? 🥤 Topics in this episode: • A Taiwanese who doesn't like bubble tea?! • Chinese zodiac vs Western star signs • Living in Sweden as a Taiwanese expat • Tom's advice on moving to Taiwan • Working with your spouse every day • Building a business together • Long-term relationships and marriage • Taiwan culture, food, and daily life • Real Mandarin and English conversation Whether you're learning Mandarin, interested in Taiwan, living abroad, or simply enjoy authentic bilingual conversations, this episode is full of natural language, cultural insights, and plenty of laughs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

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  • Creado por
    Mandarin Monkey
  • Años en activo
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodios
    528
  • Clasificación
    Apto
  • Derechos de autor
    © Mandarin Monkey
  • Sitio web del podcast
    Mandarin Monkey Podcast
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