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Hacking Chinese Podcast — 325 episodes · page 1 of 4
323 - How to get the most out of your first semester of Chinese
322 - The forking path: A human approach to learning Chinese
321 - How to stop translating in your head and start thinking in Chinese
320 - Beginner Chinese listening practice: What to listen to and how
319 - No, ChatGPT can't analyse your Mandarin pronunciation
318 - 9 questions about Pinyin and Chinese pronunciation
317 - Getting the most out of Hacking Chinese in 2026 (back-to-school course discounts)
316 - How to nail dictation tests in Chinese: A guide to 听写/聽寫 (tīngxǐe)
315 - Communicative handwriting: Writing Chinese with a real purpose
314 - How to create mnemonics for general, abstract or overlapping character components
313 - Why you should listen to the Hacking Chinese Podcast
312 - The Chinese iceberg: Why speaking more isn’t enough to speak better
311 - New book: Hacking Chinese: The Snake Collection
310 - 30 minutes of podcast, 3 minutes of Chinese
309 - Dealing with Chinese characters you keep mixing up
308 - How much Chinese should you listen to every day?
307 - How technology can stop you from learning Chinese
306 - How technology can make learning Chinese easier
305 - When spaced repetition fails, and what to do about it
304 - How to make Chinese easier by using mnemonics and memory techniques
303 - Learn Chinese by playing Chinese chess (象棋, xiàngqí)
302 - The best podcasts for learning Chinese in 2026
301 - Effective progress or experience points? The double-edged sword of measuring your Chinese learning
300 - Why learning Chinese pronunciation by using English words is a really bad idea
299 - How to not memorise Chinese characters: The anatomy of bad mnemonics
298 - The best time to start learning Chinese is now: A guide for expats
297 - Improve your Chinese conversations by listening to the listener
296 - Chinese is fascinating and exciting, not weird and stupid
295 - Which Chinese language course should you take?
294 - The 10 best free Chinese listening resources for beginner, intermediate and advanced learners
293 - Remembering is a skill you can learn: Mnemonics for Chinese learners
292 - A practical guide to your ideal Mandarin self: Build motivation that lasts
291 - Are mnemonics too slow for Chinese learners?
290 - Spaced repetition: What it is and how to use it to learn Chinese
289 - Reader and listener survey + Lunar New Year discount
288 - New book: Hacking Chinese: the Dragon Collection
287 - How to get honest feedback to boost your Chinese speaking and writing
286 - Chinese reading practice for beginners: 7 resources to improve your Mandarin
285 - Chinese subtitles and transcripts: Reading before, while or after listening
284 - Chinese listening, fast and slow: Three ways of slowing down Mandarin speech
283 - Best of Hacking Chinese 2025
282 - Diversify how you study Chinese to learn more
281 - Reading is a lot like spaced repetition, only better
280 -Chinese characters and words that refuse to stick: Killing leeches
279 - Learning Chinese words: When quantity beats quality
278 - A minimum-effort approach to writing Chinese characters by hand
277 - Cultivate your Chinese flashcard garden... or burn it down and start afresh
276 - 4, 3, 2, 1: Fluency! A great technique to boost your Mandarin speaking ability
275 - How to talk about Chinese characters in Chinese
274 - Why not going to China now could actually be good for your Chinese
273 - What a big Rubik’s Cube taught me about Chinese characters
272 - Learning (or not learning) Chinese slang
271 - 7 ways to learn to write Chinese characters
270 - How to not teach Chinese characters to beginners: A 12-step approach
269 - Same building blocks, different characters: How component placement changes meaning in Chinese
268 - 16 myths about learning Chinese that are holding you back
267 - How to improve your Mandarin speaking skills with a tutor
266 - What important words are missing from HSK?
265 - 5 common challenges in Mandarin listening comprehension and how to overcome them
264 - Learning Chinese through comprehensible input
263 - Classroom Mandarin: Essential expressions for learning Chinese in Chinese
262 - Getting the most from Hacking Chinese in 2025: Back-to-school course discount, 2025
261 - Should you learn to speak Chinese before you learn Chinese characters?
260 - 16 reasons to learn to write Chinese characters by hand
259 - Using AI chatbots for low-stress Mandarin speaking practice
258 - How to find the perfect Mandarin tutor for you: A complete guide
257 - Student Q&A: July, 2025: AI feedback, input methods and topics for writing
256 - 8 reasons to learn to write Chinese characters by hand
255 - 7 characteristics of a great Chinese tutor or private teacher
254 - How to get the most out of your Chinese tutoring sessions
253 - 8 myths about learning Chinese that are holding you back
252 - Beyond tīng bu dǒng, part 7: How to navigate different types of listening in Mandarin
251 - Student Q&A: June, 2025: Beginner listening, group conversations, and Chinese news
250 - Will Hacking Chinese help you learn Mandarin?
249 - Zi.Tools: A powerful free resource for exploring Chinese characters
248 - Student Q&A: May, 2025: Learning Chinese characters and words with flashcard apps
247 - 7 kinds of tone problems in Mandarin and what to do about them
246 - Why using a good dictionary can be bad for your Chinese reading ability
245 - The 10 best free Chinese reading resources for beginner, intermediate and advanced learners
244 - Student Q&A: April, 2025: Reading with Pinyin, Chinese texts on your phone, and deciphering handwriting
243 - How to use mnemonics to learn Mandarin tones and pronunciation
242 - Don’t be a tourist if you want to learn Chinese
241 - Cramming vs. spaced repetition: When to use which method to learn Chinese
240 - The best YouTube channels for learning Chinese
239 - Student Q&A: March, 2025: Chinese slang, leaving expat bubbles, and competing with other learners
238 - Learning Chinese by playing board games
237 - Love and language: Challenges and opportunities in learning Chinese with a partner
236 - The Input Pyramid: Chinese Listening for Any Situation
235 - Student Q&A: February, 2025: Improving listening ability quickly, using transcripts, and understanding rapid Mandarin
234 - Reader and listener survey + Lunar New Year discount
233 - The three roads to mastering Chinese
232 - Best of Hacking Chinese 2024
231 - Student Q&A, January 2025: Chinese that reads like English, feedback from AI, and writing formal Chinese
230 - What native speakers know about Chinese (and what they don't)
229 - Don’t use mnemonics for everything when learning Chinese
228 - Benchmarking progress in Chinese to stay motivated
227 - Can English learning materials help you learn Chinese?
226 - Student Q&A, December 2024: Learning similar Chinese characters, polyphonic characters, and flashcards vs. reading for building vocabulary
225 - Which Chinese learning resources are worth paying for?
224 - Welcome to The Fluent Listener, a new course from Hacking Chinese!