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Amy 艾米
Podcast Learner嗨，我叫Amy！我是澳大利亚人，以前是做设计的。二十七岁的时候我去了云南旅行，然后就爱上了中文。我现在还在学，水平大概是HSK 4，所以我特别理解学中文有多难，也有多好玩！
Hāi, wǒ jiào Amy! Wǒ shì Àodàlìyà rén, yǐqián shì zuò shèjì de. Èrshíqī suì de shíhou wǒ qùle Yúnnán lǚxíng, ránhòu jiù àishàngle Zhōngwén. Wǒ xiànzài hái zài xué, shuǐpíng dàgài shì HSK 4, suǒyǐ wǒ tèbié lǐjiě xué Zhōngwén yǒu duō nán, yě yǒu duō hǎowán!
"Hey, I'm Amy! I'm Australian, and I used to work in design. When I was twenty-seven I took a trip to Yunnan and fell in love with Chinese. I'm still learning — roughly HSK 4 — so I totally get how hard and how fun learning Chinese can be!"
不怕慢，只怕站。
Don't fear going slowly — only fear standing still.
About Amy
Amy is the learner's voice on every Mandarin Temple podcast. She is an Australian graphic designer who started learning Mandarin at twenty-seven after a trip to Yunnan changed her life. She is not a teacher — she is a student, and that is exactly the point. When Jason explains a grammar pattern, Amy asks the follow-up question you were about to ask. When a character looks impossible, she is the first to say "wait, how do you remember that?" Her mistakes are real, her "aha!" moments are genuine, and her perspective bridges the gap between expert instruction and beginner experience. She brings warmth, humor, and the kind of vulnerability that makes learning feel safe.
Personality
Hobbies
- Graphic design and illustration
- Watercolor painting
- Yunnan coffee tasting
- Language exchange meetups
- Documenting her learning journey on social media
Goals
- Reach HSK 6 and read a novel in Chinese
- Design a visual Chinese character learning system
- Show other adult learners that starting late is not starting behind
She keeps a "mistake journal" where she writes down every Chinese blunder she makes — her favorite entry is ordering "sleep" (睡觉) instead of "dumplings" (水饺) at a restaurant.
Amy's Picks from Mandarin Temple
Content Amy recommends based on their experience and expertise.
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