misogi
Hold a 20-minute conversation in Mandarin

Rachel's climb

Day 39 of 365Guided by Virgil· 19h ago
18
day streak
475
XP · level 3
600 min
of 9,000 min
Behind
pace 90%
7% to the summitPlan says 664 min by today

This week

4 open
Watch one episode with Chinese subtitles
Pause and note three words you hear more than once.
Due Nov 6
20
Drill zh, ch, sh and r
Two minutes in front of a mirror, every day this week.
Due Nov 8
10
Shadow one podcast clip
Pick 60 seconds. Repeat it five times until you sound like the speaker.
Due Nov 8
20
5-minute chat, no English
With Lin or a language partner. Ask them to stop you if you switch.
BossDue Nov 11
80
Learn the numbers 1 to 100
+20 XP
Tone pairs: second vs third
+20 XP
Describe your apartment in 6 sentences
+20 XP

Camps

1/6 reached
20 minutes, all in Mandarin
9,000 min · by Sep 25
10-minute conversation
7,000 min · by Jul 17
HSK 2 practice test
5,000 min · by May 1
First 5-minute chat
3,000 min · by Feb 13
Order dumplings in Mandarin
1,200 min · by Nov 28
600 min to go
Pinyin and the four tones
300 min · by Oct 17

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Log

  • Nov
    2
    25 min+10 XP
    via Virgil
  • Nov
    1
    15 min+10 XP
    via Virgil
  • Oct
    31
    20 min+10 XP
    via web
  • Oct
    30
    40 min+15 XP

    Podcast on the flight home. Forty minutes and no movie.

    via Virgil
  • Oct
    29
    20 min+10 XP
    via web
  • Oct
    28
    10 min+15 XP

    Mixed up 四 and 十 again. Four and ten. Drilled it 20 times.

    via Virgil
  • Oct
    27
    25 min✓ Describe your apartment in 6 sentences+35 XP

    Rough day. Flashcards in bed so the streak lives.

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  • Oct
    26
    30 min+10 XP
    via Virgil
  • Oct
    25
    20 min+10 XP

    Shadowing

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  • Oct
    24
    20 min+10 XP
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  • Oct
    23
    15 min+10 XP
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  • Oct
    22
    30 min✓ Tone pairs: second vs third+35 XP

    Learned to say 'can you speak slower'. Most useful phrase yet.

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  • Oct
    21
    30 min+15 XP

    Read prices out loud at the Asian supermarket. Numbers are sticking.

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  • Oct
    20
    25 min+10 XP
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  • Oct
    19
    25 min+10 XP
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  • Oct
    18
    30 min+10 XP
    via Virgil
  • Oct
    17
    10 min+15 XP

    Minimal pairs: mā má mǎ mà. The neighbors must think I'm calling my mom.

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  • Oct
    16
    15 min+15 XP

    Back from Taipei. Asked for the bill in Mandarin, mǎidān, and it worked.

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  • Oct
    9
    25 min+15 XP

    Cooking video in Mandarin with subtitles. Caught 'a little salt'.

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  • Oct
    8
    10 min+10 XP
    via Virgil
  • Oct
    7
    15 min+10 XP
    via web
  • Oct
    4
    20 min✓ Learn the numbers 1 to 100+30 XP
    via web
  • Oct
    3
    20 min+10 XP

    Shadowing

    via Virgil
  • Oct
    1
    30 min+10 XP
    via Virgil
  • Sep
    30
    25 min+10 XP
    via Virgil
  • Sep
    29
    30 min+10 XP
    via Virgil
  • Sep
    26
    20 min+15 XP

    I fly to Taipei every quarter for work. Time to stop pointing at menus.

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