6 Chinese TV series to practice your language skills 🎬
Chinese TV series can make learning Mandarin more fun and natural. Each episode pulls you into stories full of culture, history, and everyday life.
Here are 6 must-watch Chinese TV dramas to add to your list 📺
TV-Series Vocabulary
电视剧
diànshìjù
TV drama; series
集
jí
episode
季
jì
season
剧情
jùqíng
plot; storyline
6 Must-Watch TV Series
for Language Learners
Nirvana in Fire follows a story of a man who enters the capital of Liang under an alias to seek justice for a conspiracy that labeled his family as traitors 12 years before.
《琅琊榜》
Lángyá Bǎng
Nirvana in Fire
// Picture source: 百度百科
Genre: Wuxia; Historical Drama Year: 2015 Watch on: iQIYI (爱奇艺 Àiqíyì) 1 season, 54 episodes
WHY YOU'LL LIKE IT
A masterpiece of Chinese storytelling, often compared to Game of Thrones.
Beautiful martial arts scenes and poetic dialogues full of idioms.
🎬 武侠小说 (wǔxiá xiǎoshuō) means martial arts fiction or wuxia novels. It's a popular genre of Chinese literature that tells stories about martial heroes.
Chinese time-travel whodunit series that tells the story of a game designer and a college student who are trapped in a time loop, encountering a bus explosion.
《开端》
Kāiduān
Reset
// Picture source: 百度百科
Genre: Time-travel; Mystery; Thriller Year: 2022 Watch On: Tencent Video (腾讯视频 Téngxùn Shìpín) 1 season, 15 episodes
WHY YOU'LL LIKE IT
Fast-paced with plenty of suspense and plot twists.
Introduces cultural elements of modern city life in China.
Story of conflicts and struggles of a white-collar worker and her family members.
《都挺好》
Dōu Tǐng Hao
All Is Well
// Picture source: 百度百科
Genre: Drama Year: 2019 Watch on: iQIYI (爱奇艺 Àiqíyì), Youku (优酷 Yōukù) 1 season, 46 episodes
WHY YOU'LL LIKE IT
Realistic family conversations, great for intermediate learners.
Gives insight into modern vs. traditional views in China today.
The story of 3 very different urban women who have reached their thirties while facing challenges at a crucial stage in their lives, and embracing the "adult" life.
《三十而已》
Sānshí Éryǐ
Nothing But Thirty
// Picture source: 百度百科
Genre: Drama Year: 2020 Watch on: Tencent Video (腾讯视频 Téngxùn Shìpín) 1 season, 43 episodes
WHY YOU'LL LIKE IT
Lots of modern slang and office vocabulary.
Captures the glamorous yet challenging urban lifestyle of Shanghai.
The Long Season is a Chinese mystery suspense series - a story spanning nearly 20 years about multiple characters involved in a dismemberment case in a small factory town in Northeast China.
《漫长的季节》
Màncháng De Jìjié
The Long Season
// Picture source: 百度百科
Genre: Mini Drama Year: 2023 Watch on: Tencent Video (腾讯视频 Téngxùn Shìpín) 1 season, 12 episodes
WHY YOU'LL LIKE IT
Award-winning cinematography and storytelling.
Northeastern Chinese dialect useful for advanced learners who want to hear regional speech.
The Bad Kids* is a story of consequences among different families after 3 children accidentally film a murder.
*also translated as Cat's Cradle
《隐秘的角落》
Yǐnmì De Jiǎoluò
The Bad Kids
// Picture source: 百度百科
Genre: Crime; Suspense Year: 2020 Watch on: iQIYI (爱奇艺 Àiqíyì) 1 season, 12 episodes
WHY YOU'LL LIKE IT
Tight, suspenseful storytelling, you won't be able to stop watching.
Excellent practice for modern slang.
一起爬山吗?
Yìqǐ pá shān ma？
Wanna go for a hike?
// Picture source: 淘宝
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