Chinese listening challenge, February 2026

This is a listening challenge! Listen to as much Chinese as you can before the end of the month. Please read the linked article for more information and inspiration.


Recent activities

90 minutes

2.28 but I got a ton done! Thanks hacking Chinese!

Sunday, Mar 01

Cliff Larsen
197 minutes

Saturday, Feb 28

Mariano
13 minutes

Saturday, Feb 28

Mariano
100 minutes

Going through the workbook listening sections, listening to the talk to me in chinese podcast.

Saturday, Feb 28

cytryna37
60 minutes

Wildlife documentary

Saturday, Feb 28

Tikaf Viper
60 minutes

Easily with the Chinese music and Xinjiang eating video. Yum.

Saturday, Feb 28

Cliff Larsen
60 minutes

YouTube videos

Saturday, Feb 28

Nick Dee
170 minutes

Recent days: going through the workbook listening sections, podcast „Talk to me in chinese“, listening to the conversations of my Chinese colleagues.

Friday, Feb 27

cytryna37
88 minutes

Friday, Feb 27

Mariano
180 minutes

Trying to get into advanced territory for the last stretch. Listened to 2故事FM podcast episodes, one of which I had to listent to at slower speed. Went on with a CCTV9 documentary on fauna and flora...

Friday, Feb 27

Tikaf Viper
30 minutes

Listening to podcasts, Thursday

Friday, Feb 27

Nick Dee
45 minutes

Listening to podcasts, Wednesday

Friday, Feb 27

Nick Dee
15 minutes

Not much today... I'm sick

Friday, Feb 27

Cliff Larsen
120 minutes

More Olympics in Chinese and 故事FM.

Thursday, Feb 26

Tikaf Viper
133 minutes

Thursday, Feb 26

Mariano
3 minutes

Thursday, Feb 26

Mariano
47 minutes

Just a few podcasts and a video

Thursday, Feb 26

Cliff Larsen
180 minutes

Over the last 2 days, I followed some olympics events on CCTV, plus some more YouTube videos street interview and the latest 故事FM episode.

Wednesday, Feb 25

Tikaf Viper
110 minutes

Wednesday, Feb 25

Mariano
60 minutes

Finished the podcast.

Wednesday, Feb 25

Cliff Larsen
45 minutes

Tuesday, Feb 24

Andrea M.
45 minutes

YouTube videos: Shuoshuo Chinese, Everyday Chinese, and Nail Chinese with Stella (this is a relatively new channel that I really like watching for comprehensible input).

Tuesday, Feb 24

Nick Dee
141 minutes

Up-to-date now.

Tuesday, Feb 24

Mariano
60 minutes

Tuesday, Feb 24

Mariano
42 minutes

Tuesday, Feb 24

Mariano

Leaderboard

RankScorePersonal goal progress
1.Tikaf Viper37.0370%
2.Mariano30.05100%
3.Cliff Larsen21.11105%
4.Nick Dee12.33123%
5.Kevin Lee7.4149%
6.cytryna377.046%
7.Metellus6.1761%
8.Andrea M.4.2542%
9.LB4.013%
10.Dashielle2.2822%
11.Kenny0.582%
Linkhttps://www.hackingchinese....
Participants19
Hours reported132.18
DurationFebruary 10, 2026 to
February 28, 2026 (19 days)