Took me from HSK3 to HSK5

If you’re like me and you’ve ran into difficulties improving your listening skills, this is the podcast for you! I was so frustrated that I’ve been studying for so long but I still couldn’t understand TV shows, the news, or people I was talking to. This podcast uses Chinese that is easy to follow along with. The hosts are light hearted and do a great job at explaining the vocabulary.  It’s not for beginners, but if you’re intermediate or advanced, I highly recommend this over other podcast. I’ve been listening to it every morning now for almost 2 years! It’s the best way I’ve found to immerse myself with the Chinese language without going to China!

- Stoneddolphin

Awesome resource and great community

My favorite podcast for practicing listening. Transcripts are super helpful. Explainer episodes enable learning through context. Appreciate the lack of English and different skill levels

-DJ Brasier

Amazing podcast to learn Chinese!

If you're looking for a SUPER COOL podcast to help you improve your Chinese: this is THE ONE! Their episodes are full of new vocabulary, interesting stories, and, the best part: the interaction between the two presenters is so amazing that you will want to listen to them again and again! Try it out. You will love it!

- DirectlyFromMontreal

Excellent for an Intermediate Mandarin Learner

I have never taken the tests but I am somewhere in the HSK 3-4 range. If that is where you are I highly recommend this podcast. I have studied in my free time for a few years. I have always struggled to find audio at my level and this is the best I’ve encountered. Too often things are far beyond my level and I need to translate sentence by sentence or they are so basic that they are not interesting. Some of the episodes are beyond my level but some are in that fantastic place where I can understand about 80% of the conversation and I can work on learning the rest. The show is brilliant and I just signed up to contribute on Patreon.

-Simon

 The best, the best! Decided to be a patron.

The couple’s chemistry makes me smile and very clear pronunciation, especially female. Male’s voice quality is very good too.

-ColoradoRockies

Thorough and immersive content for intermediate learners 

I love that no English is used in the explanation of the stories - this is perfect for my level and this type of immersive learning will boost my Chinese and is unlike the typical traditional educational materials out there. Thank you so much for creating this content!!

- Jessica

Amazing podcast

I listen to LCTS everyday, it has become my routine since I became a patreon. I really love this podcast, the two hosts are great and funny, the level is neither too easy nor too hard to follow, the content is interesting and it’s a great way to learn vocabulary and improve sentence structure. Can’t recommend this podcast enough for any learner!

- 冯铭霄

Finally! A delightful Chinese language learning tool

I listen to LCTS everyday, it has become my routine since I became a patreon. I really love this podcast, the two hosts are great and funny, the level is neither too easy nor too hard to follow, the content is interesting and it’s a great way to learn vocabulary and improve sentence structure. Can’t recommend this podcast enough for any learner!

- Nac

听故事学中文

 This podcast is the bomb! It has been hard to find a podcast that touches on higher level Chinese words while still explaining them. I want to say thank you to the creators and those that put in hard work creating the format and explaining the Chinese.

- Shane 阿信

谢谢你们做出这么好的播客

 谢谢你们做出这么好的播客！我在通勤的时候常常听你们的故事练习我的中文。我也很喜欢你们有男声和女声因为别的学中文的资源通常只有女声。因为你们只用中文解释故事的意思，可以帮助很多不同国家的人学中文。

- Nomi

Useful and realistic

This is a useful podcast. Both speakers give you a realistic sense of actual Chinese. It doesn’t put me to sleep like most language materials.

 

-Solemiocathay

Super useful for learning Chinese

My favorite podcast for practicing listening. Transcripts are super helpful. Explainer episodes enable learning through context. Appreciate the lack of English and different skill levels

- 唐雷克

A unique gem

LCTS is a unique gem among Chinese learning resources! As other reviewers have written, LCTS’ format is engaging (a natural, free-flowing, often humorous dialogue between two smart, articulate people); its content rich (about life, culture, songs, children stories); its resources helpful (including vocabulary lists and transcripts for each episode).

But what makes LCTS special are the hosts. Their passion for teaching Chinese comes across in every episode. Through their content and commitment to build community, it is obvious that they care about us (their dear listeners), our stories, and our successes.

I am among the many who have made LCTS a part of their Chinese learning journey. Two years into this journey that started with zero Chinese speaking/listening experience, I can honestly say that among all the Chinese learning resources available (podcasts… videos… courses… textbooks), LCTS has made the biggest contribution to my journey and my achievements related to Chinese learning.

So, thank you LCTS! I appreciate the effort and energy you have put into your craft in helping us along our journeys.

-Jason

One of the very best!

- Brown