Participation
in Listening challenge, September 2022



56 minutes
0.93h

Sunday, September 25th

18 min
Ask Andy: Difference between 要 vs 想
https://youtu.be/qNCn8fDr0Pg

Things I didn’t realize:

想念 refers to thinking about or missing things

我想念吃可口的甜点。

Uses for 要 I didn’t know
I had forgotten to use the 了 with 要 in my writing and speech with future tense.
我要去看医生了。
我今天要练习听力了。
Amount of time to do something
他决定喜不喜欢电影的要15分钟。
他吃完饭要30分钟。
Cost of something
那边个可爱的婴娃娃要一百美元。
搬家要六千美元。

I will remember to be extremely polite and use 想要。
13 min 25 s = 13.42 min
和,与,跟
https://youtu.be/j7uSNrkGAIY

10 min
老人与海 Audible Audiobook

15 min
Various YT shorts

~56.42 min

Timely - It is a question I wrote down (about 要 v 想) to look up. Great channel recommendation!

86 minutes
1.43h

Saturday, September 24th

Little Fox: 小蝙蝠和朋友们
Episodes 20-22

Sys Mandarin 功夫熊猫
Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

YT shorts

老人与海 Audible
Repeated the same five minutes of content three times.

Total: 86 min

76 minutes
1.27h

Friday, September 23rd

Learn Chinese From Daily Headline: HSK 3 Friday, September 23rd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYtSDpp0S3E

Sys Mandarin 功夫熊猫
Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uusmoe7lZA8
Part 2 (1st time viewing) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwWHKkAGcFA

ChinesePod

YT Shorts

Total: ~76 min

42 minutes
0.7h

动画
4:02

Various YT shorts
5 min
怎么用宁可HSK5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ogtCmeH2Ek
1 min

小蝙蝠和朋友们
Episodes 17-20

Chinese Pod
(20 min)

Total: 41.6333 (rounding up to 42)

21 minutes
0.35h

动画

回忆 (verb) HSK 4
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7gsZ3Cp54GM

Little Fox
动物们吃什么
小象
小蝙蝠和朋友们: Episodes 12-16

Lingling Mandarin
Intermediate Conversations: 魔鬼邻居: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2jD2vZgN-k

Total 21.1 min

25 minutes
0.42h

Tuesday, September 20th

动画

Little Fox
小蝙蝠和朋友们: Episodes 1-11

Total 24.95 min (rounding up to 25)

117 minutes
1.95h

喜羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP 11
https://youtu.be/_0UKD31H0t0
15 min

Various 动画 shorts
3 min
HSK 5 Vocab 纪念
Keepsake, souvenir

https://youtu.be/ha-3yG8L2dE

~1 min

HSK 4 Vocab 严肃 serious, strict, solemn

https://youtu.be/kc0UqvQd7jU

~1 min

Audio Drama
Passive listening, read zero subtitles, understood nothing.

~79 min

Audio Drama
~3 min listened and read MTL subtitles

喜羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP 12
15 min

117 min

41 minutes
0.68h

Sunday Sep 18

Trailer for LGBTQIA+ Taiwanese Drama
~3 min

羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP10
https://youtu.be/4KNI0MZy10o
Remaining episode
11.5 min
Little Fox: Meet The Animals~章鱼🐙
~3 min

Learn Chinese Through News: Queen Elizabeth II
23:11 (23.18 min)

New Words from Simple Characters
https://youtube.com/shorts/HBm0P_yKEIo?feature=share
Notable to me:
回收 ♻️
一打 dozen
回声 echo
(~1 min)

Total:
41.68

40 minutes
0.67h

Saturday Sept 17

羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP10
https://youtu.be/4KNI0MZy10o
Partial Episode
4.5 min

喜羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP 09
https://youtu.be/38QngWKWXog
~15 min

喜羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP 08
https://youtu.be/TI4MtVSVFyI
~15 min

宁可。。。。也不(想,会,愿)
Would rather do v1 than v2
S + 宁可 + v1 + 也不(想,会,愿)+ v2。。。
我宁可吃巧克力,也不想打扫我的房间。
我宁可输,也不会放弃。
https://youtube.com/shorts/vaXpiN2aVU4?feature=share
~1 min

Chinese Pod: At the Office
4 min 56 s ~4.93 min
Total
40 min 43 s ~40.72 min

21 minutes
0.35h

Little Fox
Meet the Animals
海象
~2.5 min
猎豹
~3. 5 min

喜羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP 03 狗狗好伙伴
https://youtu.be/MKGtcyIW3iw
~15 min

Total: 21 min

26 minutes
0.43h

喜羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP 02 月圆之夜
https://youtu.be/sK-roJwuFMo

~15 min

Chinese Pod idioms using 五
~10 min

前途 vs 前景

https://youtube.com/shorts/aAqQAUZopCw?feature=share

前途 <—— describes people’s future prospects; opportunities
前景 <—— describes future prospects of entities like countries, businesses, etc.

~1 min

Total: 26 min

27 minutes
0.45h

Various 动画
(~10 min)

Makeup Tutorial https://youtu.be/gydhl6zQdP4
(~10 min) This was really too fast for me to understand.

喜羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP 04 灰太狼的诡计
https://youtu.be/Fy-Y9CiLmAk
(~7.5 min) Half of this episode)

Total: 27.5 min

68 minutes
1.13h

小点点们在镜子之家
https://youtu.be/bPDJkF1Qo7Y
(~2.5 min)

羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP 06
https://youtu.be/mAtO3qufTqo
(~15 min)

喜羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP 05 身份危机

https://youtu.be/kAQ_uC3-iU0
(~15 min)

喜羊羊与灰太狼 羊村守护者 EP 04 灰太狼的诡计
https://youtu.be/Fy-Y9CiLmAk
(~7.5 min) Rest of episode from Thursday, Sept 15

有名 vs 著名
https://youtube.com/shorts/mxuZGStGTqc?feature=share

(1 min)

有名 <—informal;(adjective)

著名 <—formal with a positive connotation and implies achievements (can be adjective or verb)
(resource that goes into greater detail, but not listening a listening activity)

https://www.echineselearning.com/blog/differences-between-three-famous-chinese-words

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knowing and understanding
https://youtu.be/WGhOJmsUHWY

明白vs 懂

知道 vs 认识

了解 vs 理解
明白vs 理解

~17 min

How to use 所? Example: 你所说的。。。It shows a more advanced command of the language
https://youtu.be/D_fckFFNavA

10.75 min

Total
68.75 min

6 minutes
0.1h

Little Fox Meet the Animals: 猎豹 Cheetah [https://youtu.be/GFFMsH6LPfY]
Little Fox Meet the Animals: 海象 Walrus [https://youtu.be/pj9CvkPXItY]
These little videos are very cute and enjoyable, however, I wouldn't be able to understand very much without subtitles.

15 minutes
0.25h

https://youtu.be/YRnE2yB5jVA
I listened and read the subtitles at the same time. I understood most of the words but only when reading along.

65 minutes
1.08h

ChinesePod, 说说 Zhongwen YT channel, Eazy Chinese with Li Can Harry Potter Audiobook (from Patreon Page)




Challenge time progress:100%
Goal progress:121.9%
Score12.19
Rank8th
Hours reported12.19
Goal10h