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

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
30 minutes

Saturday, Feb 14

Kevin Lee
60 minutes

Listening to conversations and podcasts

Saturday, Feb 14

cytryna37
98 minutes

Friday, Feb 13

Mariano
90 minutes

More tea time. Any suggestions!?

Friday, Feb 13

Cliff Larsen
60 minutes

Listened to 大叔 podcast about life with parents.

Friday, Feb 13

Tikaf Viper
60 minutes

Podcasts: TeaTime Chinese (old episodes), MaoMi Chinese

Friday, Feb 13

Nick Dee
30 minutes

YouTube videos (Easy Talk Chinese)

Friday, Feb 13

Nick Dee

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)