Streaming Content in Mandarin

Most streaming platforms offer content with subtitles or dialog in Mandarin

YouTube

Popular TV Series

These wildly popular TV series have their own Mandarin Chinese channels.
PAW Patrol
https://www.youtube.com/@PAWPatrolMandarin
Peppa Pig
https://www.youtube.com/@PeppaPigChineseOfficial
Octonauts
https://www.youtube.com/@OctonautsMandarin
PJ Masks
https://www.youtube.com/@%E7%9D%A1%E8%A1%A3%E5%B0%8F%E8%8B%B1%E9%9B%84-%E5%AE%98%E6%96%B9%E9%A2%91%E9%81%93

Cultural Enrichment
for Advanced Learners

李子柒LI Ziqi
A Chinese Lifestyle YouTuber cooking and doing handicrafts. It’s very relaxing to watch.
https://www.youtube.com/@cnliziqi
舌尖上的中国A Bite of China
A documentary series on the history and traditions of food, dining, and cooking in China.
https://www.youtube.com/@ABiteofChinaOfficialChannel
中国奇谭 Yao: Chinese Folktales
Inspired by traditional Chinese legends and folktales, this newly-released animated series is very well-received in China. “Yao” in the title means “strange, supernatural beings”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iefR6VbE8E&list=PLBakWosU0sfiTLqhGTV9EMDcfApEfFM6e

Prime

Popular TV Series

If you have Amazon’s Prime check out these shows in Mandarin Chinese…
Creative Galaxy
Tumble Leaf
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Pete the Cat

Scroll down the language list so you can select subtitles and audio.

For the subtitles
中文（简体）means Chinese-Simplified, the writing system that is taught in our CI classes.

For the audio
中文（中国）and 中文（台灣 ）are both Mandarin but with regional accents and minor vocabulary differences, much like English (US) compared to English (UK).

Disney+

If you have a subscription to Disney plus, there is a rich trove of resources for learning Chinese. Any Disney (including Pixar, Marvel, etc) film that has been ever released in China or Taiwan can be found with Chinese audios and subtitles on Disney Plus.

For the subtitles
Chinese (简体) means simplified Chinese.
Both Chinese (粤語) and Chinese (繁體) are traditional Chinese.

For the audio
Chinese (中文) – Mandarin (Taiwan accent)
Chinese (普通话) – Mandarin (China accent)
Chinese (粤語) – Cantonese (Do not select this one – Cantonese is very different from Mandarin)