I listened to this on the drive to school with the kids. I love how ShaoLan dives into the history of the word, explain the roots and how it is relatable to the current world we live in. She interviews an inspirational individual every episode and in turn, teaches them Chinese. I love this concept!

7 minutes is the perfect amount of time for a healthy language snack. ShaoLan makes learning fun and helps reinforce a daily study habit. I’m a fairly new listener and episode 20 is my favorite so far. Funny and useful 😊 Rating individual episodes: E315 Love the comprehensive list of shoe related vocab: 鞋子。皮鞋。布鞋。女鞋。球鞋。男鞋。童鞋。穿鞋子。脱鞋。（take off shoes and also means ”slippers”）， 鞋店。Also, ShaoLan does an excellent job of refocusing the discussion back to 鞋子。👍 Just downloaded and bought the Chineasy app. On first try it looks like a very solid app but honestly I bought it to support this channel which I’ve found immensely useful.❤️

I’ve tried a lot of language learning podcasts, and this is the best by far at breaking down each word and explaining everything. Fantastic!

I’ve been trying to learn Chinese for years. I love the short, topic specific shows that I can listen to in the morning as I’m getting the day started. I always find something useful, interesting, and since I’ve been listening to Chinese for many years, but struggling to really understand it, this show helps me enormously with understanding daily conversations! Thanks so much.

Great podcast and especially well-structured for beginners, but it’s really beneficial for ALL levels. Two things this podcast does extremely well: Brevity and outlining of interview questions Chinese etymology Never stop learning! As an upper intermediate/advanced learner, I must admit I play it at 1.5-2x speed but I keep coming back to this excellent short form podcast for Shaolan’s breadth of knowledge and juicy bits of cultural and hyper detailed etymological wisdom that I don’t get from long form, Mandarin-only podcasts. I LOVE the etymology bits. She is an exceptional teacher and her radio voice exudes compassion and zen clarity! Recently I’ve also been loving the occasional forays into classical poetry and literature. 非常感谢您!

This podcast is habit-forming. The host is a great and worldly interviewer and her conversations always entertaining and fun. The explanation of words and characters is helpful and practical. The podcast has only gotten better since I began listening. Great way to build vocabulary and cultural knowledge. Please keep up the good work, Shiao-Lan!

This podcast is amazing I love it so much! Shaolan does such a good job at teaching and the podcasts are the perfect length. Every subject is interesting and I leave each podcast with knew knowledge. I especially love that Shaolan explains why the characters look the way they do, and their history. I would love to meet Shaolan she is so funny! She’ll be like “你好, 你最近好吗” and some random British guy on the podcast will be like “shay shay!” It makes me laugh so hard I honestly love and learn so much from this entertaining podcast.

Do you teach Mandarin or Cantonese?

I love this podcast. It’s super quick and yeaches you practical words in Chinese with context on how it’s used and the origin of the characters. I love that some words are more colloquial and would be things you don’t learn in a textbook. It really helps to make a language I once thought was so intimidating way more accessible.

Incredibly helpful, entertaining and educational! Keep up the great work! Xie xie!

ShaoLan please keep this podcast going! You brighten my day with your wonderful guests that make learning chinese seamless. I highly recommend this to business professionals who also have an interest in learning Chinese.

I ask my Alexa to play this podcast every morning while I’m getting ready. Shaolin brightens my day, and it is a great way to learn more of the language as well as chinese culture and history! Highly recommend.

Shaolin gives deep insights to the origin of each word and it’s place in chinese culture. It is much more memorable to learn chinese this way, with the context. She asks great questions of her guests and really engages with them. The conversations are short and enjoyable, a great way to add to your vocabulary or brush up on your language skills.

Each short lesson is great for diving into a word or phrase in a short amount of time. You learn a lot about different ways to use it so you are getting a small vocabulary and grammar lesson at the same time. Because the podcast is actually teaching a guest the phrase it makes learning more engaging because you feel you are not alone.

This is a great supplement to any academic course. It has helped me build on my vocabulary, having guests on is engaging, and it is SHORT! Awesome. 很好！

This show focuses mostly on vocabulary and phrases rather than listening and most of it is in English. I love the variety of different topics that aren’t covered in basic Chinese courses until much later. Shaolan’s explanations about culture and the characters help me to remember them.

They don’t speak as much Chinese as I was hoping, but it’s informative for people who are starting to learn about Chinese culture and language

I follow Chineasy on Tinycards and I was really hoping I’d fond them on podcasts. And I did and it’s great.

I speak English. I listen to many Chinese language learning podcasts. This is my favorite. I learn about Chinese culture as well as the language. And it really is EASY!

This podcast delivers intellectually satisfying content mixed with a little Chinese. It is a very informative and satisfying podcast. I definitely want to hear more!

I’m really enjoying this podcast! Thank you for taking the time to do it, and for being so consistent at it.

Enjoying your podcast a great deal! Thanks ShaoLan (and your team)!

I came across her TED talk a while ago. Boy am I glad I did. It proved to be the germ that sprouted into some amazing fruit. I was heading to Beijing for two weeks and didn't speak a lick of Mandarin. Searched for a Chinese language learning podcast that wasn't too dense and saw ShaoLan's familiar face and downloaded a few episodes to sample. They did not disappoint. Listening to this podcast, along with Mango Languages, provided me some very useful phrases. The format is perfect for those who don't have a lot of time to devote to language learning or who have fractured attention spans (e.g. me). Liked it so much I was champing at the bit for her Chineasy flashcard app. Keep up the great work!

ShaoLan has a really fun and enthusiastic attitude in teaching and sharing her native (mother) language and culture with others. I like learning about the cultural points that go along with the phrases and vocabulary that are taught. ShaoLan makes me come back for more Talk Chineasy everyday. I followed the Talk Chineasy podcast almost day-by-day last year beginning with the first episode on January 1, 2017.

These podcasts are quite useful for advanced beginner level Chinese vocabulary and the guests are interesting. I would prefer not to hear the foreign speakers pronouncing the words because I am working on my accent in Chinese, so I'd prefer the Chinese to be more immersion -the English speakers can speak English. It might also be helpful or possible to split the podcasts into business discussion podcasts, maybe focused on China or international, and Chinese study. She made a nice board game for kids that I encourage everyone to check out.

I studied Mandarin 15 years ago and am using this podcast to brush up. ShaoLan is a fantastic teacher. She makes the vocabulary relevant by teaching it in the context of a topical conversation with a guest. She explains the literal translation of each word, which makes the colloquial translation much more interesting than rote memorization. She also makes the written character easier to remember by explaining its origin. Excellent format and execution!

I have the books and the flash card. Love them. Just started listening to this podcast and so far so good. Learning to speak Chinese is quite different than learning the characters visually.

I enjoy listening to these podcasts very much because of the causal conversation and the relaxed atmosphere that she creates with her guests. It's a great way to pick up some new and useful Chinese phrases!

This should be the golden standard for language learning podcasts.

really love chineasy, and hearing words or phrases pronounced correctly takes the learning to a new level.

It's fun and easy to learn, love the cultural stories!

You not only learn a Chinese word but also learn interesting facts and news around that Chinese word from other people, such as MIT professor talking about their recent research on robotic development and machine learning!

I look forward to listening to the daily lesson each morning. So easy to pick up!

Amazing guest lists! Not just leaning about the Chinese language but also learning about culture. Surprise to see a staring list of guests join the sessions:)

This podcast not only teaches how to say useful things in Chinese, but also provides great cultural insights. I enjoy the conversations and find the special guests to be amazing!

So easy and fun to listen to!

I find it useful and helpful to learn both Chinese and English. I'll recommend subscribing this podcast. Will be benefited a lot from it!

I feel that I can actually learn Chinese from this podcast and not get bored! Great Chinese learning podcast!

簡單又有用的生活用語，有趣的互動式教學。從母語是英語的人的角度出發，適度地聯結中英兩種語言。不僅適合學中文，也可藉此學習和西方人溝通的方式。 Nice work. Kudos to ShaoLan!

I appreciate how they try to make language learning easy and fun! Chinese is difficult to learn, and it's so easy to give it up! Having this short episode every day makes it a lot easy! Please keep delivering the amazing work!

As a Chinese speaker, I absolutely enjoy the fun contents. It is the best materials to introduce to friends who want to learn Chinese as a first step!!

Thank you shaolan for launching this excellent podcast! It's really useful and really fits my tight schedule! Excellent! Love it!!!!

Thanks Shaolan! This is a super easy and useful way to learn Chinese for beginners!!

He picked up some Chinese while I was listening to it, amazing! Thanks for the awesome podcast!

I've wanted to learn Chinese for years but frankly, I've been intimidated. This podcast is the perfect bite sized introduction! So fun and easy to listen to.

I love listening to this podcast with my daughter driving to school in the morning. She's learning Chinese and I'm happy to encourage her in anyway I can! It's the language of the future.

What a great way to learn a new language. Fun for kids and adults, perfect for car rides.

Awesome Tool! 讚！

I feel like this program will make me understand and speak in no time. Well, in a reasonable timeframe.

This is great! Perfect for someone who is interested in China Chinese culture or its language; but even if not, the shows are still fun to listen to. Several unique things I like about Talk Chineasy: (1) it is short! Easy to fit in my busy schedule whenever I have a spare moment to learn something new (2) it has a new one every day! (3) The guests are cool and awesome! Not ordinary Chinese teachers, but people who you don't expect to learn Chinese with, which make the conversation very interesting. I love the dynamic of ShaoLan and the guests! Can't wait to listen more!