Simple Stories in Chinese Chinese with Mabel

Hi, nihao!

I'm Mabel who is an online Chinese Tutor.

Welcome to my Simple Stories in Chinese podcast, a podcast where I narrate short/simple stories with a mix of Chinese and English. These are great for beginners and can help intermediate Chinese students improve too.



I created this podcast because, after being asked by my students for podcasts to help them learn Chinese, I realized that there aren't all that many. So, I created my own. 



Below is a running list of all the podcast episodes. I hope you enjoy it!



Today's story is one of the classic stories and it's one of them I loved in my childhood. It had been searching for how he was. Where does he fit in? That’s the same question I have been asking myself, and I wish that one day I would find my place just like the ugly duckling - 丑小鸭 chǒu xiǎoyā. 



You can Check out the video on my YouTube.

And the transcript you can find it on my website: chinesewithmabel.com

Thank you for watching!

Hi, nihao!

I'm Mabel who is an online Chinese Tutor.

Welcome to my Simple Stories in Chinese podcast, a podcast where I narrate short/simple stories with a mix of Chinese and English. These are great for beginners and can help intermediate Chinese students improve too.

You can also check out this on my YOUTUBE Channel.



I created this podcast because, after being asked by my students for podcasts to help them learn Chinese, I realized that there aren't all that many. So, I created my own. 



Below is a running list of all the podcast episodes. I hope you enjoy it!

Season 1 is the most famous story from all over the world!



Today, let's journey into the countryside where a misbehaving boy taking care of his flock of sheep. Little did he know, his actions would teach him a valuable lesson about honesty and trust.

it’s one of the famous stories —  "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"  - 狼🐺来了 （direct translation is “The wolf is coming!”）



You can also follow me on Spotify and Apple podcasts for the audio.

And you can find more information on my website: chinesewithmabel.com

Thank you for watching!

你好nǐhǎo, welcome to another ep. learning Chinese with Mabel!
In this Ep., we are going to talk about clothing & accessories, and we will also learn how to use measure words!!! I know, we have so many of them but don't worry, I got your back!You can also check out my YouTube channel for the video.

Let's subscribe to my channel and start your Chinese learning journey with me!🌸

I'm Mabel, I’m a native Chinese teacher traveling the world, I’ve been teaching Chinese as an Au pair and online tutor for 7 years and I’m also a language lover and learner.After teaching more than 30 students online I decided to create this channel to share with more people about Chinese vocabulary, Chinese grammar, Chinese culture, Chinese stories with pinyin, and English translation for listening and speaking practice.With my channel, you can easily start to learn and understand common and complicated Chinese words, sentences, and more.If you are a Chinese beginner, I’m planning to upload videos about Chinese pronunciations and daily life Chinese conversations in A mini Chinese course format, which can help you learn easily and more effectively.Don’t miss it!

Nǐ hǎo, welcome to Chinese with Mabel! we gonna talk about the F word in Chinese. I bet you are curious about how to swear in Chinese as I do in any other language.  

You can also check out my Youtube Channel for the video.

I'm Mabel, I'm a native Chinese teacher traveling the world, I've been teaching Chinese as an Au pair and online tutor for 6 years, and I'm also a language lover and learner.

After teaching more than 30 students online I decided to create this channel to share with more people about Chinese vocabulary, Chinese grammar, Chinese culture, Chinese stories with pinyin, and English translation for listening and speaking practice. With my channel, you can easily start to learn and understand common and complicated Chinese words, sentences, and more.

If you are a Chinese beginner, I am planning to upload videos about Chinese pronunciations and daily life Chinese conversations in A mini Chinese course format, which can help you learn easily and more effectively.

Don't miss it! And, you can also visit my website for more information!

Let's subscribe to my channel and start your Chinese learning journey with me!

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Hi, welcome to Chinese with Mabel!
This one I will show you the most Chinese way to greet people!
If you only know 你好 then you're out 了（slang, which means you're out of date）
You can also check out my Youtube channel for the video.


I'm Mabel, I’m a native Chinese teacher traveling the world, I’ve been teaching Chinese as an Au pair and online tutor for 5 years and I’m also a language lover and learner.

After teaching more than 30 students online and I decided to create this channel to share with more people about Chinese vocabulary, Chinese grammar, Chinese culture, Chinese stories with pinyin, and English translation for listening and speaking practice.

With my channel, you can easily start to learn and understand common and complicated Chinese words, sentences, and more.

If you are a Chinese beginner, I’m planning to upload videos about Chinese pronunciations, Daily life Chinese conversations in A mini Chinese course format, which can help you learn easily and more effectively.
Don’t miss it!

Let's subscribe to my channel and start your Chinese learning journey with me!🌸

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Hi, welcome to Chinese with Mabel!



Today we talk about Chengyu which is idioms. and here are the 10 most common Chengyu you can use right away.

And you can to go my Youtube Channel for the video too.

I'm Mabel, I’m a native Chinese teacher traveling the world, I’ve been teaching Chinese as an Au pair and online tutor for 5 years and I’m also a language lover and learner.

After teaching more than 30 students online and I decided to create this channel to share with more people about Chinese vocabulary, Chinese grammar, Chinese culture, Chinese stories with pinyin, and English translation for listening and speaking practice.

With my channel, you can easily start to learn and understand common and complicated Chinese words, sentences, and more.

If you are a Chinese beginner, I’m planning to upload videos about Chinese pronunciations, Daily life Chinese conversations in A mini Chinese course format, which can help you learn easily and more effectively.
Don’t miss it!

Let's subscribe to my channel and start your Chinese learning journey with me!🌸

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The Story of 马马虎虎mǎmahǔhu - careless/ so-so
In the Song Dynasty, there was a painter who liked to paint anything he felt like painting. Most people could not understand his paintings.

One day, when he had just finished a painting of a tiger's head, his friend came to ask him for a painting of a horse. So, he painted a horse's body behind the tiger's head.

His friend asked him if the painting was of a tiger or a horse. He answered, "马马虎虎 (mǎma hūhu) horse and tiger".

His friend rejected his painting, so he put it up in his living room.

His eldest son asked him "What was in the painting?" He answered, "A tiger." However, when his younger son asked him he answered, "a horse."

Shortly after this, his eldest son while hunting shot someone’s horse because he thought it was a tiger. The painter had to pay the owner of the horse a lot of money.

His second son went out and saw a tiger and he wanted to ride it because he thought it was a horse. But, when the boy tried to ride the tiger it killed him.

The painter was very sad, so he burned the painting.

These days the idiom is used to describe someone who is careless or situations and things that are not special or just common.

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Learn Chinese with other great Apps/websites:
I only recommend the Apps/websites that I truly think can help Chinese learners.
- Pleco (My favorite Chinese & English dictionary app)
- Skritter (Best app for learning how to write Chinese)
- Readibu (Free version is good for Intermediate and Advanced levels)
- Doulingo (Good for learning basic phrases )

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Check daily vocabulary and sentences on my Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/chinesewith...