Language Learning Recommendation: Children’s Videos and Playlists for Learning Chinese
Last updated September 5th, 2025
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Hello everyone, I wanted to share with you all some videos I have used to learn Mandarin Chinese that are geared towards children. I think it’s important to practice using children’s media, especially as an intermediate or beginner because it will create a great foundation to build off of. It also helps with listening and pronunciation because the narrators often speak very clearly and at a medium to slow pace.
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Vegetarian Wolf 不吃肉的大灰狼
by Little Chinese Learners
Very simple, beginner friendly language
Has Pinyin as CC subtitles
Very slow pronunciation
Has English subtitles
Only uses simplified characters
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Mandarin AniBooks by BookBox | Official Playlist
by BookBoxInc
12 videos
Slow and medium paced pronunciation
Has Pinyin and English as CC subtitles, but both cannot be displayed at the same time.
Only uses simplified characters
Book Box also offers many other languages. There are a few for smaller languages indigenous to India, conlangs, and few in other more popular languages that only got one or two videos.
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Little Fox Chinese
I recommend these selected playlists for intermediate learners and above, but this channel has plenty of beginner friendly videos and songs, as well as other playlists of stories I did not include. There is no Pinyin or English subtitles on any of the videos listed, but all of them have simplified Chinese subtitles except for “Journey to the West”.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 爱丽丝梦游仙境
Cinderella 灰姑娘
Journey to the West 西游记
Puss in Boots 穿靴子的猫
The Jungle Book 森林王子
The Little Mermaid 小美人鱼
Thumbelina 拇指姑娘
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