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By: Harold Burton

Harold Burton — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:39:00 +0000

Yahoo View is one of the best places to watch anime online for free and legally. It has high-quality uploads and a wide collection of anime movies and anime series. From Attack on Titan to Cowboy Bebop and Death Note to One Punch Man, it covers several popular and not-so-famous ones too.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 20:15:57 +0000

For those who like cartoons at a beginner level – I like the 巧虎島 series. You can find them on youtube, but they’re hard to find if you search in English. Best to do it in Chinese. I think they are aimed at 4-6 year olds, so don’t expect a complicated story. The stories are about 10 minutes long, use conversational Chinese, have subtitles, and are pretty light hearted. This series for me is exactly at my n+1 level right now. Don’t confuse these with the instructional series which are more aimed at toddlers, but those aren’t bad if you have small children that you want to teach Chinese.

By: Mick

Mick — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 11:06:47 +0000

Hearing people speak the language is vital to learning a new dialect, and watching TV makes it fun! It’s a great way to pick up new vocabulary to support your learning.

By: david

david — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 16:27:21 +0000

you mentioned that in taiwan you can get the simpsons dubbed into chinese.

Please tell me where i can find this? this sounds amazing.

Chinese comedy doesn’t apply to me, but what i think you mentioned once in your books reading, reading a book that you have read before in english, but in chinese will make it more interesting and easier to read.
I’m sure the same goes for Tv series. & the simpsons is one of the best
cheers

By: Santhia Perry

Santhia Perry — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 16:35:29 +0000

I watch Drama Fever and there are many Taiwanese dramas. This is helping me with conversational Chinese and also helps me to remember a lot of my vocabulary.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 13:03:07 +0000

Thanks for the article! Just one question: how can I find anime in Chinese? Tudou and similar sites are often quite messy and when the video isn’t hard subbed i can’t figure out how to download it to try to apply subs afterwards. Moreover, I can’t figure out which anime have been dubbed in chinese, is there a list somewhere of anime dubbed in Taiwan?

By: 可安

可安 — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 07:05:34 +0000

In reply to 可安. *discovered (not dissevered! Sorry for the typo)

By: 可安

可安 — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 07:04:07 +0000

Hi there

Thanks for the super useful article! I’ve been learning Chinese intensively for two years now, and have loved your website since I dissevered it early on in my studies.

I’ve just tried watching the Simpsons – one of my favourite TV shows in English – but found it a little beyond my level so now happily watching Sponge Bob. I was wondering however if anyone could provide me with a link to watch Sponge Bob with Chinese subtitles…I find this really helps me to understand.

Thanks for your time!

By: Harland

Harland — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 17:11:11 +0000

Cooking shows: I’m always afraid of cooking as a topic for language learning, as it has a specialized vocabulary that is never used in real life.

Homemade: Meh. Can get these on unblocked websites, anyway.

Quiz shows: Can’t stand ’em in English. Besides they’re no fun if you can’t play along at home.

Anime: (Runs far, far away)

Comedy: Chinese comedy is less than funny.

Oh, well, I was hoping for something useful. I suppose I’ll keep looking. The real challenge is to find something that’s not stultifyingly boring. Yeah, I’ve tried a lot of categories. The ones that are remotely interesting always threaten to teach me useless vocabulary. I don’t want to learn the names for the Tang dynasty’s ranks of nobility, I want to know how to talk to people today!