CHINESE FOR REAL LIFE

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A cooking video about making mapo tofu MAPO TOFU · 24 DRAFT LINES · 0:00–1:12 Making mapo tofuOriginal footage by 美食作家王刚 · Wikimedia Commons

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The Beijing subway and mapo tofu previews use Wikimedia footage with short, approximately timed sample captions. The mapo tofu captions are machine-derived drafts; timing and wording still need listening verification. The subway announcement voice type is unknown. Other creator videos play through YouTube.

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SOMETHING TO LISTEN TO REAL-VOICE AUDIO

A little listening practice.

Listen to a short teaching dialogue, choose a phrase and try a quick recall. Four selected phrases; not timed to the recording.

HOW IT WORKS

One moment.
Many ways to learn.

  1. 01Watch & listen

    Pick a real video and listen to its original audio.

  2. 02Study the moment

    Use available captions or creator chapters, and import your own subtitles.

  3. 03Make it yours

    Record a line and listen back. Save a phrase to review on this device.

BEFORE YOU START

Learning Mandarin with videos

How can I practise listening and speaking?

Choose a video, listen to the original audio and repeat a phrase. Where sample lines are available, try replaying or looping a line and recording yourself to listen back.

Are subtitles available for every video?

Not yet. A few videos have short, approximately timed sample lines; others link to creator materials or need subtitles. Sample timings still need listening verification.

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TRY THE LEARNING PLAYER

Every line has
a little more to give.

Try 24 draft lines from the first 1:12 of a mapo tofu video. The wording and timings still need listening verification.

Open the learning player ↗
MAPO TOFU · DRAFT CAPTION

哈喽大家好我是王刚

Hālóu dàjiā hǎo, wǒ shì Wáng Gāng.Hello everyone, I am Wang Gang.
中文PinyinEnglish↻ Loop

WHAT'S NEXT

A little practice,
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