Participation
in Chinese listening challenge, February 2026
60 minutes 1.0h
Wildlife documentary
180 minutes 3.0h
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. Evening spent rewatching episodes of 无所畏惧.
120 minutes 2.0h
More Olympics in Chinese and 故事FM.
180 minutes 3.0h
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.
60 minutes 1.0h
Lunch with friends
120 minutes 2.0h
Listened to video games guides on Bilibili and Mandarin Corner on YouTube. I’m also trying some new podcasts.
300 minutes 5.0h
A day in town with friends.
180 minutes 3.0h
Same as before, swap podcast for movie.
180 minutes 3.0h
Listened to another 八分 and Convo Chinese podcast. Also watched some Olympic Games snowboarding event on CCTV5, and went out with friends
150 minutes 2.5h
I’m currently listening to the cultural podcast 《八分》hosted by 梁文道. Much too difficult two years ago, even with reduced speed. Now it feels ok, although still challenging.
A board game evening with natives too.
180 minutes 3.0h
Rough estimate of a day listening to natives + podcast (convo Chinese)
240 minutes 4.0h
春晚and饺子。过年好！
150 minutes 2.5h
Starting a week of meeting with natives for CNY + some Chinese pod podcasts.
60 minutes 1.0h
Listened to 大叔 podcast about life with parents.
60 minutes 1.0h
Listened to a new podcast: learning Chinese through stories.
| Challenge time progress: | |
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| Goal progress: |
| Score | 37.0 |
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| Rank | 1st |
| Hours reported | 37.0 |
| Goal | 10h |