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Christmas Special Mailbag | Real Chinese Greetings, Flying Fears & Festive Facts

Christmas Special Mailbag | Real Chinese Greetings, Flying Fears & Festive Facts

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It’s our Christmas Special Mailbag.

We answer listener questions about real Chinese greetings, why “Ni Hao Ma” sounds unnatural, fear of flying explained by a pilot, and how to type pinyin with tone marks properly.

We finish with a fun Christmas quiz full of strange traditions and surprising facts from around the world.

If you’re learning Mandarin and want natural Chinese, not textbook Chinese, this episode is for you.

Topics include

• What to say instead of “Ni Hao Ma”

• Casual vs polite Chinese greetings

• Flying anxiety and turbulence explained

• Typing pinyin with tones

• Christmas traditions and trivia

Merry Christmas and thank you for listening to Mandarin Monkey.

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