{"id":20216,"date":"2025-03-04T15:49:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T14:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/?p=20216"},"modified":"2025-03-04T18:07:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T17:07:45","slug":"student-qa-march-2025-chinese-slang-leaving-expat-bubbles-and-competing-with-other-learners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-march-2025-chinese-slang-leaving-expat-bubbles-and-competing-with-other-learners\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Q&#038;A: March, 2025: Chinese slang, leaving expat bubbles, and competing with other learners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-wp-editing=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-march-2025-chinese-slang-leaving-expat-bubbles-and-competing-with-other-learners\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-20218 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-300x300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-1024x1024.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image.webp 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Is learning Chinese slang worth your time? What do you do when someone with less study time speaks better than you? And how can you escape the expat bubble and start learning Mandarin?<\/p>\n<p data-wp-editing=\"1\">This week\u2019s podcast episode is a reader and listener Q&amp;A, where I answer three questions about speaking Chinese.<\/p>\n<p>This time, I&#8217;m answering questions about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comparing yourself with people who learn faster than you do<\/li>\n<li>Breaking out of the expat bubble to start learning Mandarin<\/li>\n<li>Whether or not you should learn slang in Chinese (and how)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Tune in to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/podcast\/\">the Hacking Chinese Podcast<\/a> to listen to the related episode (#239):<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/51UbPrreC6vat5CLkUX1Nn?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border-radius:12px;\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n<em>Available on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/hacking-chinese-podcast\/id1536284827\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5iCRv1jg3j3yJZGJlYVYaO\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_HrVLau83Po\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0and many other platforms!<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Links to things mentioned in the introduction<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/chinese-speaking-challenge\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese speaking challenge, March 2025<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-march-2025-chinese-slang-leaving-expat-bubbles-and-competing-with-other-learners\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Student Q&amp;A: March, 2025: Chinese slang, leaving expat bubbles, and competing with other learners<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Links for question 1 about other people learning faster<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/long-study-chinese-make-useful\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How long do you have to study Chinese to make it useful?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/why-your-chinese-isnt-as-good-as-you-think-it-ought-to-be\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why your Chinese isn\u2019t as good as you think it ought to be<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3OssNZnx6q\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/why-your-chinese-isnt-as-good-as-you-think-it-ought-to-be\/\">Why your Chinese isn&#8217;t as good as you think it ought to be<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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