To our fellow CPodders,
We want to sincerely apologize for all the service disruptions that happened over the past 24 hours. Yesterday, we had planned a 6 hours server upgrade to make the site smoother, faster and more reliable to all of our users. Unfortunately, we ran into unforeseen problems; thus, forcing us to unexpectedly […]
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While I’ll cover the details (and secrets) of last months ChinesePod Meet-Up: London on-mike (check the Saturday show next week), I can’t stress enough how much fun it was. Admittedly, I expected 3-4 people to show up and to walk into a table of 14 (good-looking & cool) people was…to be honest, intimidating.
One came from […]
We’ve made it easier than ever for you to keep your goal (presuming it is “Learn Chinese”…)- Sign up for a one year subscription and we’ll knock the price down to $199. Just think of the progress you could make in one year! By next Christmas, you’ll be chatting away in Chinese with Jenny, […]
The Last (but nowhere near to ‘least’) iPod Winner!
Published by January 3rd, 2007 in Uncategorized. 3 CommentsWell, after the internet disruptions and holiday mayhem, we have finally gotten around to announcing our latest winner in our holiday giveaway.
Congratulations to Theresa Hesketh, who will be prancing around this new years with a flashy new Red iPod from ChinesePod! Please send us an email Theresa or feel free to post on here.
Speaking […]
That’s, er, Sergei and Larry, not Ken and Jenny.
Ken Carroll
It’s official! The London ChinesePod Meetup has been set: Friday, Dec. 29th @ The Bar Room Bar (directions here ), from 5:30p onwards. We might stay there, we might go for a meal…wherever the evening takes us. Bring as many as you like!
Hope to see you there, Happy Hols.
Aric
P.S. While ChinesePod gave […]
We are just brimming over with Christmas cheer here - maybe its the Christmas music (the Mariah Carey Christmas CD) or maybe it’s because we get to give away an iPod every Monday afternoon, and who doesn’t love giving away things (or winning them for that matter!).
What about Miguel Hererra from Spain? Does he like […]
ChinesePod returns for the “U.K. Meetup Part-Deux” - I just don’t know when. I will be in the U.K. from Dec. 16th - January 6th and would love nothing more than to hang out with (see: using ChinesePod’s dosh to buy ya a “cuppa” or “pint”) those who listen.
Ideas? Dates? Place?
I’m open - but […]
What is 菜鸟?
Published by December 11th, 2006 in Uncategorized and About the Chinese language. 7 Comments菜鸟 (càiniǎo) is the ChinesePod name given to the “Newbie” lessons. But what does it mean? Well, it means just that… “newbie.”
The word 菜鸟 is made up of the characters 菜 (cài), meaning “vegetable” or “dish,” and 鸟 (niǎo), meaning “bird.” This doesn’t seem to make much sense. That’s because the word came from 闽南话 […]
Study as a Journey
Published by November 28th, 2006 in Uncategorized and Learning Chinese. 29 CommentsAs more and more people begin studying Chinese, plucky entrepreneurs rush to meet the demand. Just do a search for “learn Chinese” on Google and you’ll see what I’m talking about. “Rapidly learn Chinese,” one ad says. “Master Chinese, and fast,” proclaims another. “Learn in 10 days,” they promise.
The truth about learning Chinese should not […]
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