The Benefits Of Learning Chinese In Movies And TV Series

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Learning a foreign language by watching movies/TV series can be a great way to get ahead in learning a second language. Of course learning Chinese has no exception. If you have been learning Chinese for a period of time, watching Chinese movies can help you with your listening skills, but also improve your spoken Chinese, too.

Chinese spoken in movies is very close to what you'll hear if you speak with native Chinese speakers. Sometimes, you will encounter some dialects, that is also an interesting part.

Watching TV series is a fun and entertaining way to immerse yourself in the language context, which offers you the benefits of visual comprehension. If you're tired of going to class or reading a book, learning Chinese through movies and …show more content…

It is one of China's largest streaming video sites. The TV Channel offers thousands of latest TV dramas that are newly released. There is a special channel offer some mini-series and gains great attention among Chinese netizens.

Most Chinese movies has Chinese subtitles, in this way, your Chinese listenng and reading comprehension can be greatly improved. Youku can be my top position among the resources to watch Chinese movies.

2. Tudou TV
Watch Chinese movies

Tudou, another Chinese video sharing website, merged with YouKu. It provides many full-length TV series, TV shows and movies from China, South Korea, America and other European countries. For some new released movies, you may have to subscribe to their monthly or yearly plan.

3. PPTV
PPTV, formerly known as PPLive, is a right place for you to watch Chinese TV series. The series are categorized in multiple aspects, like countries, themes, year and actors. As to other Chinese video sites, there are some ads before you actually enjoy the TV series. You have to pay if you would like to block the ads.

There are also applications for desktop and mobile platform, both Windows and Mac, Android and iOS versions are …show more content…

There are programs on Windows and Mac available. But the whole interface is in Chinese, so if you can't recognize hanzi very well, it would be a great challenge for you to browse the channels you want. The quality of playback is generally very good and users should have a decent connection.

5. Baidu TV
Baidu TV Series Channel is attached to Baidu, China's largest search engine. The site provides a large number of up-to-date hit dramas and feature programs. With considerable financial strength, Baidu can provide viewers with the up-to-date the most complete TV plays.

6. iQiyi
Watch Chinese TV series

Iqiyi TV, like Hulu in the US, is a streaming video platform that owed by Baidu, which focusing on Chinese HD TV series and movies. It not only provides the newest copyrighted video content, but also produces its own funny content to attract young generations.

7. QQ TV watch Chinese TV Shows

QQ is the largest and most popular instant-messaging platform in China. Its TV Channel provides the full-episode TV plays online. With your login to QQ account, you will be able to bookmark the shows you would like to watch later and subscribe to the update of the series. You can also download the videos to your computer or mobile devices to watch later. Its mobile app supports Android, iOS and Windows Phone platform.

8. Sohu

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