Participation
in Chinese listening challenge, February 2026
60 minutes 1.0h
YouTube videos
30 minutes 0.5h
Listening to podcasts, Thursday
45 minutes 0.75h
Listening to podcasts, Wednesday
45 minutes 0.75h
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).
50 minutes 0.83h
YouTube videos: Shuoshuo Chinese, Mandarin With Piao (very good channel but unfortunately no longer active)
30 minutes 0.5h
YouTube Chinese: Lazy Chinese
70 minutes 1.17h
YouTube videos, mainly Shuoshuo Chinese
35 minutes 0.58h
Listening to Chinese YouTube videos with common sentences and phrases (Shuoshuo Chinese and Everyday Chinese)
60 minutes 1.0h
30 min podcasts, and 30 min YouTube videos
60 minutes 1.0h
YouTube videos: Shuoshuo Chinese and Everyday Chinese
30 minutes 0.5h
YouTube videos: Shuoshuo Chinese
45 minutes 0.75h
More listening to common Chinese sentences (Shuoshuo Chinese videos)
60 minutes 1.0h
I've decided to do some focused listening this month, listening daily to common sentences. There are a few YouTube channels that have videos that are good for this, eg 50 sentences spoken at slow then normal speed. Shuoshuo Chinese has a few, Everyday Chinese and Mandarin Corner also have them.
60 minutes 1.0h
Podcasts: TeaTime Chinese (old episodes), MaoMi Chinese
30 minutes 0.5h
YouTube videos (Easy Talk Chinese)
30 minutes 0.5h
YouTube videos (Comprehensible Mandarin, Rita Mandarin Chinese)
| Challenge time progress: | |
|---|---|
| Goal progress: |
| Score | 12.33 |
|---|---|
| Rank | 4th |
| Hours reported | 12.33 |
| Goal | 10h |