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Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Business Chinese - Going Abroad

Xiaoli’s friend - Mr Li, is planning to go abroad. Xiaoli is curious about where he would go and what he would do in a foreign land. And that is why they are having this conversation today in our chinese podcast: "I heard that you are going abroad." Tune in and listen to today's podcast.

Try the chinese test for this lesson to consolidate the knowledge that you have just learned from this chinese podcast.

Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Business Chinese - Receive and give compliments

One thing you will notice in China when you compliment someone is that they rarely will accept your compliment. It is quite polite to look humble and it is seen as presumptuous to reply "thank you!". Quite often you will hear a famous chinese expression that is used in that kind of situation. But we in the western world have a bit of trouble understanding that, so much that we are the subject of a popular chinese joke regarding our misunderstanding of this important cultural difference. Tune in to this lesson to find out...

If you want to consolidate what you have learned, why not try the exercises for this lesson? Please Chinese test to try the exercises now.

Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Business Chinese - Introducing yourself to others

Chinese put a great deal of care to treat people with respect in the way they address each other. So as a rule of thumb it is rare that anyone will call you by your first name.

In this lesson, Weili and Xiaoguang meet for the first time, therefore they need to introduce to each other. Because they do not know each other they take a great deal of care in using the right words so that they treat each other in a respectuful way. Obviously once they become well acquainted they treat themselves in a more informal way, as you would expect friends to...

What is in this lesson:
- Introducing yourself to others
- Verb "to be"
- Simple ways to ask a question
If you want to consolidate what you have learned, why not try the exercises for this lesson? Please Chinese test to try the exercises now.