Chinese speaking practice: language islands
Prepare answers to the questions people really ask you, then repeat them until they come out automatically. Each island has 8 everyday questions in Mandarin and English.
People
Core words
Home
Food
- Food & drink basics
- Breakfast
- Drinks
- At the coffee shop
- Tea
- Eating out
- At the table
- Chinese dishes
- Hotpot & barbecue
- Regional cuisines
- World cuisines
- Fast food
- Snacks & street food
- Desserts & sweets
- Fruit
- Vegetables
- Meat & seafood
- The kitchen
- In the fridge
- Cooking
- Cooking 2: prep & methods
- Seasonings & tastes
- Eating habits
Shopping
Getting around
Free time
Body & mind
Education
Work
World around us
Society & culture
Events
- Canton Fair
- The Olympics
- The World Cup
- Football leagues
- Basketball leagues
- UFC & MMA
- Boxing
- Sumo
- Marathons
- Formula One
- Tennis Grand Slams
- Elections
- New Year's Eve & Day
- Christmas
- Halloween
- Valentine's Day & Qixi
- Lantern Festival
- Qingming Festival
- Spring Festival travel
- Temple fairs
- Ramadan
- Eid al-Fitr
- Eid al-Adha
- Hajj
- Easter
- Diwali
- Buddha's Birthday (Vesak)
- Hanukkah