Elementary | Words of Encouragement
It's been a rough week. The work piled up over the holiday last week and all your dutiful employees have been working long overtime hours. W...
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Elementary | Spending Money in Hong Kong
As one of Asia's premier shopping cities, Hong Kong has more than a few places to spend your hard-earned cash. No matter what it is you buy,...
Elementary | A Present for Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival, which is celebrated every year on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, is a celebration in honour of the moon, and shar...
Elementary | Photocopying and Printing
What do you do when you're thrust into an office environment with little English and a multitude of tasks to complete? ChinesePod offers a s...
Elementary | Finding the Office Building
You've gotten directions to the office and gotten your friend to tell the taxi driver where to go. All you need to do now is find your way o...
Elementary | Buying a Prepaid Cell Phone Card
So you've just had an hour-long argument with your landlord about the electricity bill or exchanged a few hundred texts with your significan...
Elementary | Restaurant Recommendation
Each person has his own preferences, but the Chinese way to finding a good restaurant is -- no, not Yelp or Dianping -- asking friends, face...
Elementary | Directions for the Taxi Driver
Why bother to even ask for directions at all, when you can just hop in a cab, call your Chinese friend, and have her tell the driver where y...
Elementary | Getting to the Office
You'd normally just check online for the fastest route via public transportation to get to your destination, but you're out of data on your...
Elementary | Afternoon Meeting
Afternoon meetings are a fact of life in many offices, but in many companies they're on a dangerous collision course with the Chinese "after...
Elementary | Boxing Day
No, Boxing Day has nothing to do with the big fight on Pay-Per-View. It's that semi-mystical holiday celebrated by the loyal subjects of the...
Elementary | Getting an Official Receipt
If you intend to claim something as an expense in China, you need an "official receipt" (AKA "fapiao"). So don't just fight over the bill --...
Elementary | Choosing a Room
You've had a long day and finally arrive at your hotel, ready for some much needed R&R. But alas, the room you desire isn't available! What...
Elementary | The Better Man
If you're going to treat men like objects, it's important to be able to compare them like objects. In this Chinese lesson, a group of ladies...
Elementary | Hospitality Series 7: Hotel Room Cleaning
So you slept in until noon, and NOW it's convenient for you to have housekeeping clean your room? That's fine... you're the guest after all....
Elementary | Hospitality Series 6：Buying a Handbag
We revisit Ms. Wu's saga in New York in today's elementary lesson as we follow on a handbag shopping excursion. Will she be able to find one...
Elementary | Hospitality Series 4: Chinese Breakfast
We're back with another useful lesson for the hotel-staffing Chinese learner. Hotel guests highly value their breakfast. Today's lesson will...
Elementary | Hospitality Series 3: Slippers, Toothbrush and Toothpaste
Everyone forgets the essentials sometimes when they travel. What's a poor traveler to do without their toothbrush? Listen in as a forgetful...
Elementary | Hospitality Series 2: China Union Pay
Our hospitality saga continues with an encounter between a young woman and a hotel clerk. Learn how to talk about room reservations and Chin...
Elementary | Hospitality Series 1: Welcome to the Hilton!
Imagine that you work at the Hilton in New York City, and you're tasked with welcoming Chinese guests in Mandarin. You better know exactly w...