{"id":4922,"date":"2016-02-24T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/?p=4922"},"modified":"2017-07-13T12:48:22","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T04:48:22","slug":"twcc47-quickly-can-pick-conversational-chinese-episode-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/twcc47-quickly-can-pick-conversational-chinese-episode-47\/","title":{"rendered":"TWCC47 &#8211; How Quickly Can You Pick Up Conversational Chinese?, Episode 47"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_438\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]--><br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4922-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_white_chicks_in_china\/s3.amazonaws.com\/twcc\/TWCC47.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_white_chicks_in_china\/s3.amazonaws.com\/twcc\/TWCC47.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_white_chicks_in_china\/s3.amazonaws.com\/twcc\/TWCC47.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_white_chicks_in_china\/s3.amazonaws.com\/twcc\/TWCC47.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/?powerpress_pinw=4922-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_white_chicks_in_china\/s3.amazonaws.com\/twcc\/TWCC47.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TWCC47.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/hk\/podcast\/two-white-chicks-in-china\/id951551922?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.writtenchinese.com%2F%3Fp%3D4922\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<h2>We&#8217;re back for another episode of Two White Chicks in China!<\/h2>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Our question this week comes from Elina who asks us &#8216;How long did it take to pick up conversational mandarin?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>If you want to ask us a question just go to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/voicemail\/\"> voicemail page and leave us your question<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h2>In This Episode We Talk About&#8230;<\/h2>\n<li>A Review!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/shanghaiist.com\/2016\/01\/22\/fake_prostiution_ring_bust.php\" target=\"_blank\">Gang of dudes in Guangdong sentenced for catfishing clients by pretending to be sexy ladies<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Our question from Elina<\/li>\n<li>North and South dialects<\/li>\n<li>Sound native<\/li>\n<li>Practise with the locals<\/li>\n<li>Learn on a need to know basis<\/li>\n<li>Learn the sounds of the language first<\/li>\n<li>Watch Chinese movies<\/li>\n<li>Learn with a hobby<\/li>\n<li>Our Chinese words of the week is &#8216;dialogue&#8217;: <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/duihua\/1298\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u5bf9\u8bdd<\/a> (du\u00ec hu\u00e0), learn more Chinese words on our <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Online Dictionary<\/a>.\n<li>DON&#8217;T FORGET TO CLAIM YOUR FREE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/27-ways-the-wcc-dictionary-app-can-help-you-learn-chinese\/\">WCC DICTIONARY<\/a> FLASHCARDS! 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