Advanced Chinese Listening by American


Although we say this is good for advanced Chinese learners, this is great for Chinese beginners and up as well as English learners.

In this video, 白洁 taught you how to say sneakers in British English (i.e. trainers), and in Chinese ( 运动鞋 yun4 dong4 xie2 )

Shopping = 逛街
honk = 按喇叭
to get lost = 迷路了
really interesting/fun = 真是有意思
market (selling vegetables and meat) = 菜市場
egg plant = 茄子
egg = 鸡蛋
Chinese idiom 一个头两个大 it means “to be in trouble or difficulty”
zucchini / courgette = 小胡瓜; 意大利黄瓜 or 西葫芦
handsome boy/man = 帅哥
pants /trousers = 长裤
panties or Underpants /pants or snickers = 内裤 ( inner pants = underwear)
embarrassing = 羞死人了
I don’t want to live = 不想活了。
When Americans say “My God!”, we Chinese would say “妈呀


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