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

180 minutes

Rough estimate of a day listening to natives + podcast (convo Chinese)

Tuesday, Feb 17

Tikaf Viper
120 minutes

Honestly. We went to a Chinese new year party and I watched a lot of 春晚!!!

Tuesday, Feb 17

Cliff Larsen
50 minutes

Mandarin bean and Tea time chinese

Monday, Feb 16

Metellus
240 minutes

春晚and饺子。过年好!

Monday, Feb 16

Tikaf Viper
30 minutes

Monday, Feb 16

Dashielle
35 minutes

Monday, Feb 16

Dashielle
120 minutes

Rough estimate for driving for several hours both ways.

Monday, Feb 16

LB
45 minutes

Not much but a bit.

Monday, Feb 16

Cliff Larsen
79 minutes

Monday, Feb 16

Mariano
119 minutes

Monday, Feb 16

Mariano
60 minutes

YouTube videos: Shuoshuo Chinese and Everyday Chinese

Monday, Feb 16

Nick Dee
30 minutes

YouTube videos: Shuoshuo Chinese

Monday, Feb 16

Nick Dee
45 minutes

Chinesepod, Mandarin bean and Teatime Chinese

Sunday, Feb 15

Metellus
150 minutes

Starting a week of meeting with natives for CNY + some Chinese pod podcasts.

Sunday, Feb 15

Tikaf Viper
25 minutes

Sunday, Feb 15

Andrea M.
87 minutes

Tons listened to.

Sunday, Feb 15

Cliff Larsen
45 minutes

More listening to common Chinese sentences (Shuoshuo Chinese videos)

Sunday, Feb 15

Nick Dee
60 minutes

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 t...

Sunday, Feb 15

Nick Dee
40 minutes

Tea time chinese and better in chinese

Saturday, Feb 14

Metellus
35 minutes

Saturday, Feb 14

Andrea M.
42 minutes

Saturday, Feb 14

Dashielle
30 minutes

Saturday, Feb 14

Dashielle
100 minutes

And more with music

Saturday, Feb 14

Cliff Larsen
187 minutes

Saturday, Feb 14

Mariano
40 minutes

Saturday, Feb 14

Kevin Lee

Leaderboard

RankScorePersonal goal progress
1.Tikaf Viper28.0280%
2.Mariano22.8176%
3.Cliff Larsen17.5887%
4.Nick Dee10.08100%
5.Kevin Lee7.4149%
6.Metellus6.1761%
7.Andrea M.4.2542%
8.LB4.013%
9.cytryna372.516%
10.Dashielle2.2822%
11.Kenny0.582%
Linkhttps://www.hackingchinese....
Days left3
Participants19
Hours reported105.66
DurationFebruary 10, 2026 to
February 28, 2026 (19 days)