The Best Podcasts for Learning Chinese (All Levels)

[@yatingcheng9150]

Hi, Izzy, you are superb. I am a native Mandarin speaker, and I'd like to recommend a podcast called “you can learn Chinese”. It's a English speaking podcast where non-native Chinese learning experts discuss how to learn the language. Therefore it's more a study forum than a Mandarin listening skill practice resource. I find it very inspirational for other language learners.

[@Layla_K]

Thanks a lot for your recommendation!!

[@nicoleraheem1195]

Thank you for the recommendation 💜

[@daisuke910]

This is great! I am learning Mandarin and I need to look for new podcast since lots of podcast from Gimlet has been stopped 🥲

[@MrAceman82]

谢谢

[@hilarytang82]

Hi hi! How are you?

[@Ratchrz20]

I am a Native American, and OMG you are simply radiant!!! For REAL THO, I only found your video because I am interested in learning Chinese. Thank you for your uploads.

[@liiyuu27]

我是中文母语者，一起学习吗😊

[@Ratchrz20]

@@liiyuu27 hello 👋, I'm really NEW to mandarin or even just the Chinese language in general but I hope to understand what you just wrote to me. Thank you and gave a good day.

[@liiyuu27]

@@Ratchrz20 I said I am a native Chinese speaker, can we study together?❤

[@RaiderClarke312]

​@@liiyuu27 I've been learning Mandarin for 8 Months. I understood the beginning of what you said in Mandarin without Using Translation...

[@liiyuu27]

@@RaiderClarke312 You are great, keep going, if you need help, I can help you because I want to learn English too

[@abdurrehman4112]

The last podcast called "Dashu Mandarin" is really the best out of all and the best thing about their podcast is it will help you understand the Chinese culture more deeply with three different highly qualified teachers plus they belong to the different province of china which will also help you learn to listen different dialects i have been listening to their podcast from episode 1 and it has helped me to improve my listening ability and also being able to learn some daily life vocabulary and it also give you the subtitle option so if you came across new words you can search in Chinese dictionary and find their meaning and can easily understand their conversation

[@RichardChineseLanguage]

Agreed 🤣

[@socialcelerity8983]

Totally agree !

[@lin.hikiro]

absolutely, in fact I've been binge listening to their podcasts lately, glad to see fellow chinese learners who also find it helpful. 😌

[@Pacolad]

1. Chinese Pod 2. Melnyks Chinese 3. Chillchat 4. TeaTime Chinese 5. Speak Chinese Naturally 6. Dashu Mandarin

[@fogartylj]

I'd like to recommend a podcast called "Chinese Language Convo Club". One native speaker who usually speaks only in Chinese, and an American who pivots between Mandarin and English. My favorite part is the pronunciation training at the end of each episode. I haven't found other podcasts that do just that so far. It's great for putting sentences together (one of my weak areas) and better pronunciation. Just my 2 cents! ;)

[@dasolkim9108]

Thank you for the recommendation~

[@yoboicc_418]

Fellow junior doc here, dunno how I stumbled across Chinese learning vids as I am fluent. but wow, your tones are pretty on point!

[@analogpark8059]

Thanks for this! My favorite podcast recently has been MaoMi Chinese, which is sort of lower-intermediate level. She picks really interesting topics, uploads a free transcript on the website, and speaks somewhat slowly (but not beginner-slow). Highly recommend! 👍

[@geolykos]

Tried it but she talks nonstop without explaining almost anything. Maybe good for picking up accent but if you don’t know what it’s about it won’t help with learning the language. Maybe good for advanced students.

[@absbsbrkdndjrb]

​@@geolykosit might be true that it wouldn't be perfect for true beginners but immersion like that in a language, even if you aren't following everything (or even just a little) is a great way to learn, even if it is frustrating. You don't have to use this kind of podcast if it isn't your style, but it is one of the best ways to get better at a language!

[@analogpark8059]

@@geolykos She talks way too slow for advanced students. If you're trying to really get something out of MaoMi you should use the transcript on the website while listening. It's super convenient--just tap the character and a little dictionary entry pops up.

[@geolykos]

I love that all of them are on Spotify!

[@scipioafricanus2195]

I started reading fluent Forever on your recommendation and I have to say it's really good. I really appreciate all the recommendations and resources you have put out there in your Chinese videos. I've been learning on and off for a few years now and have recently dived back in and I'm going at it from all angles haha. Thanks again for making these helpful videos

[@emillysantos6118]

I'm studying English and I have a intermediate level, I am really happy that I could understand all you said, actually I'm trying to learn Chinese too and I'm a totally beginner, I am very grateful for your help and advices that you pass for us, thanks so much, I love your videos! 🥳

[@liiyuu27]

加油，中文博大精深😂

[@josilenefernanda3047]

I'm in the same way

[@TeaTimeChinese]

謝謝你在視頻中提到 "茶歇中文" 播客。你的頻道很有趣。期待更多精彩的内容！

[@angelgarciadevinuesa152]

Excellent video Izzy, congratulations! I am studying German, my seventh language, and I usually apply the methods you mention. I would add that listening to and reading stories for young children is very useful when we are starting out in a new language. I have done it many times throughout my language learning and it works, especially if we use the same stories. Thank you very much for your recommendations!

[@alexheslop2917]

Try "Mandarin Monkey", they're a great Chinglish podcast from an English/Taiwanese couple who have a conversation where one of them speaks English and the other speaks Chinese the whole time. So you always have one half of the conversation, which really helps you to progress with your understanding!

[@letter131]

Hello! this was just what I was looking for! where Chinese and English are both used, would you know where this podcast is available?

[@alexheslop2917]

@@letter131 Yep, should be available on all podcast platforms, I listen to it /watch it on KZbin, or listen to it on Spotify :)

[@emmabell3217]

i really enjoy mandarin monkey podcast and have ended up having lessons on their platform.

[@manuelmeindl5243]

Same here :)

[@astrolillo]

WMAF, very novel Lots of non-native heavily accented pronunciation. Half of the podcast is not even in Chinese Wow, how awesome

[@andrewadams3297]

Thanks Izzy! Your videos help me maintain my enthusiasm for learning Chinese in my spare time! I’ll definitely incorporate some of these podcasts in my practice regimen.

[@aoikarin1384]

I started studying Chinese this year, thanks to you. ❤ You are an inspiration. ❤

[@liang2133]

我觉得你的频道用来学英语也很好！讲话清晰，特别适合作为听力材料。

[@dashumandarin]

谢谢凯琪的支持，欢迎常来daaaaaaashuuuuuuzhooooongweeeeen做客 😂🎉❤

[@RichardChineseLanguage]

[@ccpoke8104]

That short clip at 0:56 was deeply resonating. I am in a high intensity year and a half long course to take students from zero to fluent and man, when you said "for even more Chinese learning" that was my exact response. Anyways great video! -From your local 白人

[@louisebarthelemy1968]

This is really helpful, thank you very much! I found Nathan's Podcast a few weeks ago and I am glad to add new ones to my listening list! 加油

[@MrMIMIFAN]

Hi, Izzy, 妳中文說得好可愛啊 I've been watching your videos for a while, and they are not only informative, but helped me a lot get used to the accent of British Englsih. I think I was supposed to comment this on your another video "how to learn a British Accent fast"😂Anyway, thank you so much, Izzy😆

[@chulpgarifullina]

Hi, Izzy! Thank you so much for your videos about learning Chinese! ♥️it would be very interesting to watch your vlog or another type of video only in Chinese!:)

[@huasheng9695]

Here're some Mandarin based podcast from Taiwan that I listen to from a Taiwanese perspective~ Most of them are more chatty and only Mandarin(no English~)may be challenging for beginners~ (Not targeting for Mandarin learner ~) c+ talk show (talk about photography and random life~) 閨屬感｜宇宙林思宇x 程予希 two besties banter and talk about random topics as well 台灣通勤第一品牌 two besties banter a lot (-laughter alert！！！-) hope every Chinese learner could eventually understand most of their Mandarin~~ Happy podcasting ~~~

[@j.t.jainaul7518]

Your video gives me a lot of encouragement as a Chinese who wants to learn English, 谢谢❤

[@SKZTW2]

Wowww this is exactly what I needed! Thank you so much Izzy! It helps a lot ^^

[@IzzySealey]

So glad that it helps!! 😊

[@nuorobert6331]

@@IzzySealey A question, why are you so beautiful. you look like Chinese。

[@duraazuz4554]

Hi Izzy. Very glad to glad to see your channel . At the very beginning I thought you are a Chinese. But it doesn’t matter . your English pronounciation is crystal clear which is amazing for me. And I am a beer brewer in China Shenzhen . I love brewing beer and learning languages.

[@ZanyZeal_Who]

hello i'm chinese i want to learn english with native speaker if you wanna learn chinese we can make a friend

[@melytrancelover]

I just discovered your channel and you uploaded this incredible video. Thanks a lot!

[@100WorldHistory]

Thank you for this video, Izzy. You give me inspiration in studying Chinese.

[@tamermonier6250]

Hi jirasun

[@tessamarie8698]

Wow girl you are beautiful, super intelligent and incredibly helpful! Thank you so much for this video! You’re right it’s hard to find someone who’s in the right balance for beginner/intermediate. Ive been struggling a lot with my accent and proper pronunciation. But thank you so much for your advice. I wish you all the best, please never stop your videos.

[@LD-cm7jl]

I'm really helping your youtube channel with the algorithm here by watching all your chinese vids back to back

[@tagbon]

Very informative video, thanks for making this list. And I liked the fun edits you put in as well 😊

[@MNRCRTZ]

Thanks Izzy. Love your accent and charisma!!!

[@goldenhourss]

hi izzy! i'm a chinese native speaker who's trying to re-connect with her language and culture, as I was born and raised in Europe. i'm a foreign languages lover and unfortunately i never felt the urge to re-learn mandarin, but now as a uni student, here we are again. your channel has been super helpful and as a noob, i gotta say that your pronunciation is very spot on, good job :D

[@daria_leshchenko]

Hi! Maybe you want to practice Chinese with me? I am a Russian native speaker, I have been learning Chinese for 3 years and I want to find a pen pal!

[@pass3d]

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[@nyanpaw8907]

I am abit bias, now I want to study chinese with u :D so sweet, you are

[@JesusOrtiz-bq1xy]

Thanks for letting us save tons of time looking for podcasts, I really really appreciate it.

[@uarmyhope613]

Adding to all the great Taiwanese podcasts recommendations that are on this comment section, here are some great ones I listen to non-stop: - 'Learn Taiwanese Mandarin', short episodes, no English but still understandable for intermediates, I love each episodes content and how entertaining the host makes them -'Talk Taiwanese mandarin with Abby', Abby is amazing and all her topics are super interesting, the episodes are really short (less then 20 min) - 'Learn Chinese, the Taiwanese way', intermediate mandarin lessons, also on the shorter side. - '旅歐三小事', two girls talking about their different travel experiences, great fun, no English but a great way to feel like you're in the conversation with them. Any Taiwanese podcast recommendations for myself are also appreciated ~

[@yenvipham1406]

thanks for your recommend

[@nomadicrunner888]

Thank you! I've been searching for some podcasts to learn Mandarin, this helped a lot.

[@deboraflorez4406]

Hi Izzy! Thank you very much for sharing these useful tools. I love that you share quality content and have very good communication skills. Thank you for encouraging me to resume my Chinese learning.

[@ZanyZeal_Who]

hello i'm chinese i want to learn english with native speaker if you wanna learn chinese we can make a friend

[@StevenPham2310]

Thanks for sharing all the valuable resources. Just wanna say I love your charisma and energetic energy 🎉

[@La-gv3gn]

Hey Izzy I’m sending love from Saudi Arabia you’re my favorite channel that talks about mandarin. Truly thankful for all the work that you put to help other Chinese learners ❤❤❤

[@naotoyamashita7576]

I'm so lucky to find your channel! Cuz I was also starting to learn Mandarin in English, while I'm not a native English speaker :)) Gonna keep watching your videos from Japan〜

[@Ron260461]

Thanks for the recommendations for the Podcast. I have started listening to Teatime Chinese and it's pretty good...I would recommend this highly. Very easy listening and easy to understand plus you can view the transcripts and us it to follow the lesson

[@ashikihsan1946]

Hello, Thank you Izzy for introducing about the Chinese Podcasts to learn Chinese language. I wish you to learn Chinese quickly Izzy. You are a great teacher Izzy for introducing all the learning tips.

[@QuizmasterLaw]

" I love learning Chinese" Is really very good intermediate level first in chinese then reviews in english thorough, interesting, well read clear.

[@robertschlesinger1342]

Excellent video. Very interesting, informative, useful and worthwhile video.

[@eidanberg7471]

Holy shit I've been looking for a video like this for ages! Thank you so much!!!

[@elfr3032]

Thank you Izzy for making this video very helpful and informative! I was definitely looking for a Chinese podcast and these recommendations is suitable for all levels for Chinese learners love your videos!!🫶🏽🇨🇳

[@yudisjayaprabhowo978]

So great that finally "accidentally" found your channel (med stuff and language especially chinese) Hope will be more success and inspire people.. Hello from Indonesia 🙏🏽

[@hoongsg]

Thank you for the great recommendation, I've been struggling to find the intermediate podcast level that matches my level. So your suggestion is really useful

[@AnthonyAKung]

You're amazing, Izzy!! Thanks for doing all that research for us!! I'll start from the first one right now and look forward to making good progress!! 謝謝!!

[@acquiremandarin]

Dashu Mandarin is indeed a very good channel for intermediate learners.Highly recommend

[@povthojchannel996]

Love this sister's voice so so much

[@officialhansnick3927]

Hello Izzy, I am a student learning Chinese in the Confucius institute, this video will definitely help me alot in improving my Chinese language, t谢谢😊

[@assylzhaann7906]

Thank you so much! You really helped to save our time and keep the motivation

[@lornam3637]

I really enjoy Takeaway Chinese. It's about 30mins of chat in English and Mandarin. The presenters have a great rapport - one is an American living in Beijing, the other a native speaker. The topics and the conversation are lively and I usually learn or consolidate a fair bit of language. I also learn a lot of cultural stuff there. The down side is the American guy's tones are all over the place so I try to block his Chinese answers out 😂 It's worth listening to twice because there can be several new idioms introduced at once. I like it because I enjoy it's conversational entertaining manner and I look forward to it.

[@nickpain6827]

Cheers for the pointers Izzy! The only one I'd listened to regularly was Speak Chinese naturally and I've been looking for some different ones, especially as my reading and writing are happily jogging along but my listening and speaking are three hundred yards back down the road hands on knees and gasping for breath most of the time ;-) Super helpful!

[@nicoleyoshihara4011]

Just recently discovered this channel. Such a gem ^_^ Thank you!❤

[@geolykos]

Didn’t know ChinesePod was on Spotify. Thanks for the list; this is great to listen to during gym sessions!

[@muhammadalievna3779]

Love from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 ❤

[@deoregiant]

Thank you so much for putting this video. Your video is so helpful in learning Chinese.

[@KeithHoranParkour]

These suggestions are amazing. Thank you!

[@cherrysuongVlog]

Hi Izzy, your voice is so nice ! All of your videos are very helpful & meaningful ! Thank you very much for sharing ! I’m so lucky that I just saw your video today and now I’m your fan ^;^

[@ftose6637]

Highly recommend Maomi Chinese. It has short episodes in intermediate chinese, and the host explains difficult words in English. Well written episodes with interesting topics, and they have transcripts on their websites.

[@mehwishazeem925]

Where I can find maomi Chinese

[@socialcelerity8983]

Really high quality and very informative !

[@ivy.noppanica]

Hi Izzy! Thank you very very mush😻 This video is extremely helpful and I’ll surely integrate podcast session into my routine to help my Chinese learning journey.

[@nuorobert6331]

I can teach your Chinese , how about

[@nuorobert6331]

Native Chinese,

[@traditional1673]

I love your few videos I've seen so far, going to checkout the Podcasts. Keep doing what you do❤

[@Rosie-om8xg]

I’ve just started learning Chinese with Duolingo, and I’m trying to use other resources since I’ve heard Duolingo sometimes isn’t quite right and isn’t great for intermediates so I’ve been listening to the melnyks Chinese podcast and omg it is so good for me since it’s very structured and goes over simple sentences and phrases with convos and it shows you how to pronounce them which ducking isn’t always great at since it’s a robotic voice and I’ve also been using a notebook to go over my sentences and words and keep track of them Tysm for the recommendations :)

[@tinananananaaaa]

Loving the videos Izzy! Great to see you more active on youtube as well :D

[@mslincantonese]

Dashu Mandarin is my all time favourite ;) They always collaborate with other Chinese teachers too!

[@dashumandarin]

谢谢林老师！

[@paulinexiao5623]

Thank you for all these recommandations !

[@ProfPaulB]

Thanks, this is a great resource! Love the comic relief (esp. John Candy!)

[@РитаСамойлова-ц8с]

你好,Izzy! Thank you for a great video. I would like to recommend you a podcast 打个电话给你.In this podcast, two friends chat, share their experiences and opinions on different topics.I think you will be interested in listening to this podcast🤗

[@alexanderkofoed9786]

Thanks a bunch, this was super helpful

[@imhelenzhou]

Thank you for the podcasts recommendations!! Currently I’m listening to chill chat since it has longer episodes, and I like to listen to it while taking a stroll but definitely will check the rest!! 👍👍

[@FitProVR]

Thanks for this video. I’m not familiar with podcasts and it stresses me out to find ones on my level, this has helped me greatly. Cheers!🎉🎉🎉

[@cahyadibudiman9450]

Thanks! This helps a lot! :))

[@钦坝吧]

Dashu mandarin means 大叔中文，three middle aged men talk about some topics in Mandarin Chinese.

[@박효신-h7h]

감사합니다.

[@colinnass6118]

thank you for this ! your speaking ability after 1 year has shamed me (in a good way) to up my game … thanks again for the suggestions and inspiration/motivation

[@pietropedrini5752]

this was really useful, now I have enough study material for another 1 or 2 years haahaha, thank you

[@ronlu84]

i couldnt tell why your smile looked so familiar, until your dad wrote me an email at work last week, where i could see his last name. And then i could make the connection. Great videos !

[@jasonmalaysia1265]

lovely, keep moving 👏🏻💪🏻

[@frankn.l4877]

Thank you, good list

[@sparky11976]

Thanks, very helpful!!

[@kelwell0326]

Such an inspiration, Izzy 🥰

[@sastravithkhieu9353]

Thank you good advices!❤

[@claraappiah7461]

Thank you for sharing with us❤

[@gregoriussudaryono260]

It's a good idea to learn Chinese. Thank you for sharing good experience here, my friend. Congrats and success👍

[@Cwtan1964]

I stumbled on your channel! Whoa! You are such an amazing, talented, gifted, and beautiful princess! Still waiting to see you dance soon! Now an avid follower!

[@sergefrechette8995]

Looks interesting will try some.

[@ZanyZeal_Who]

hello i'm chinese i want to learn english with native speaker if you wanna learn chinese we can make a friend

[@Deckbark]

@@ZanyZeal_Who I'm not a native English speaker lololololololol

[@diegojimenez1726]

This was great! I've never even heard of any of these besides ChinesePod

[@sabaishare]

Really enjoy hearing your accent😊 as always Dear Izzy … thanks from Cambodia ! Btw , I am also listening to Learn Chinese and Chill ( Karen 老师 😊) . Will look for the rest that you have recommended… again thanks 🙏

[@wayoftips]

Love from Indonesia ❤️🌹

[@谷遇春]

I'm a native Mandarin speaker and am willing to help people who want to learn Mandarin.

[@hafsanazir3860]

Thank you and love you for sharing this wonderful tip. I have been listening to Chinese pod that you recommended previously in one of your video and it helped me a lot in improving my listening, vocabulary, tones, understanding and speaking. I listen to podcasts while I brush teeth, doing my morning routine or preparing breakfast. I have a question how do you manage to listen all these 6 podcasts in a day or in a week? Please share your routine in next video or on instagram story. Another suggestion you can have a Q/A session on instagram stories. Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰💜

[@1010matthk]

This channel is gonna be big

[@nogviolinmodern8862]

Thanks. this helped me very much with my Chinese speaking🤗

[@niswin7306]

1. Chinesepod 2. Chinese Lesson 3. Chill Chat 4. Tea Time Chinese 5. Speak Chinese Naturally 6. Dashu Mandarin

[@starlite.]

Great video, thank you!

[@bb.cute.channel]

Any tips for learning Cantonese, Izzy? 😊

[@dawitgetu4321]

Hey i have been watching your videos for a while now the anki video have helped me alot now i am on my way to master all hsk3 characters and this video was very much important for me as abeginner thanks very much four your time and support for us doing these videos sharing your experiance for us and selcting the best sites for learning chinese, good luck with your carrier thanks❤

[@IzzySealey]

😊❤️ aww so happy to hear it!!!!

[@joyzhou1604]

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