Mandarin Monkey Podcast
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.
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- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 468
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
#60 - Keeping it Light | Chinese & English | Fun Questions
We keep the episodes light this season as we discuss some more questions from the people of the web. Some quite enlightening some not so much. but still a fun time had by all. Big thanks to Rebecca o…
00:58:32 |
Wed 09 Oct 2019
#59 - Fun Questions & Silly Answers
In this episode we grabbed a list of funny questions from the interweb and tried to work our way through them. We got there in the end and hopefully gave you a few laughs along the way. You will hear…
00:57:29 |
Mon 07 Oct 2019
#58 - Q&A | Rapid Fire Questions and Vocab
We discuss a range of funny questions in a wide range of general topics and teach you the vocabulary in Chinese around each of the questions. The last podcast was about natural disaters so we thought…
01:02:13 |
Fri 04 Oct 2019
#57 - Natural Disaster Volunteer | Vocabulary & Sentences
In this amazing episode we talk about natural disasters and all the words surrounding that topic. We discuss many different options, injuries and scenarios when dealing with rescuing people in a disa…
01:05:05 |
Mon 30 Sep 2019
#56 - nǐ suān le ma? 你酸了嘛？
In this episode we talk a lot about whether or not you are suan. Also we discuss technology and its importance in today's world. We talk about bilingual children and if its OK to give them a phone or…
01:12:52 |
Thu 26 Sep 2019
#55 - The 921 Earthquake in Taiwan, Social media power & 10 common mistakes
20 years ago, on the 21st of September, there was a huge earthquake in Taiwan. We talk about it in this podcast and also discuss how powerful social media is in our daily life. Also, we had a convers…
01:01:50 |
Fri 20 Sep 2019
#54 - Interview Questions for Ula & Mid Autumn Festival Stories
IN this episode we discuss Ula's upcoming job interview and 7 questions that are very useful when talking to a potential employer. Ula is nervous of course. We also discuss the stories around Mid Aut…
01:06:12 |
Wed 11 Sep 2019
#53 - Name 3 things & Trends
In this episode we discuss whats currently trending in regards to popular cultural things around the world. We also play a game where we have to think of three to five words within a certain amount o…
01:02:08 |
Mon 09 Sep 2019
#52 - Space, Planets and Astronauts
In this episode we discuss the Chinese for space and the planets and a bunch of Gods. Also where the meaning of the word in both English and Chinese. We also discuss theoretical questions as always a…
00:47:18 |
Thu 05 Sep 2019
#51 - Personality, Introverts and Extroverts
In this episode we discuss personalities at length in Chinese and English as always. We talk about interviews and how we hate them. We also dip into discussions about introverts and extroverts and th…
01:13:46 |
Mon 02 Sep 2019
#50 - Not The End Of The Road
This episode was brought to you by our Patrons. This is the 50th episode of the podcast, it's only taken a whole year to get here, and we still don't know many of you listeners! BUT we want to. Make …
01:10:27 |
Fri 30 Aug 2019
#49 - Procrastination, Gift Giving Culture & Fears | East and West
IN this episode we touch on procrastination and focus. The 5 second rule, gift giving culture in Taiwan and the west. We also discuss our weird fears. This episode went on an epic journey, only to di…
01:16:43 |
Mon 26 Aug 2019
#48 - Food, Relationship & Business | East vs West
We discuss the differences in culture between west and east. We touch on topics such as sex, business, food, schooling, relationships and more. This episode was dug up on the shores of Cavernous Cape…
01:04:24 |
Fri 23 Aug 2019
#47 - Table Manners in Taiwan & UK + Lefties
We discuss Taiwan's table manners versus England's. We also touch on other topics revolving around cultural manners, then we digress a bit about lefties and righties. This podcast was taken from the …
01:07:28 |
Tue 20 Aug 2019
#46 - Japanese & Taiwanese Culture & Mouthfull!
In this episode we discuss the differences (in our opinion)between Japan and Taiwanese culture and some other interesting tidbits. This episode was made by the legendary Japanese podcast maker, Hatto…
01:03:28 |
Sun 18 Aug 2019
Service Update - SORRY IT'S RAINING
Hi guys! This is just a quick service update as to why we haven't made a podcast in a week and a bit. Apologies to those who listen regularly and expect more regular episodes. We explain all in this …
00:04:43 |
Fri 16 Aug 2019
#45 - Bilingual Kids & Habits
In this episode we discuss having bilingual children and how we are raising ours to understand 3 languages. Then we move onto a large a deep discussion about habits in Taiwan vs UK. This episode was …
01:11:40 |
Tue 06 Aug 2019
#44 - Superstitions, 迷信 Míxìn, Reincarnation & Pride
In this episode we go deep. real deep. Into the depths of superstitions and then reincarnation. We discuss the Taiwanese superstitions and others from around the world. We talk about family and relat…
01:05:00 |
Sun 04 Aug 2019
#43 - What Does Success Look Like To You? Dinner with the Dead & History
In this episode we talk about if we could have dinner with someone who is alive or dead whom would it be, we also talk about time periods we would love to go back to or go forward to. Ula opens up ab…
01:02:30 |
Thu 01 Aug 2019
#42 - We're Back! Talents,Together Bucket Lists & New Hangouteers
In this episode of the Mandarin Monkey podcast we are officially back after being sick for a couple of weeks. AND being busy with our day job. But the fire of Hades himself couldn't stop us from maki…
01:14:59 |
Tue 30 Jul 2019
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