Maybe sometimes you should just listen to something in Chinese because it sounds freaking nice. Allow me to share with you some freaking nice-sounding voices.

In the first of many recommendation episodes to come, Brad gives a (sadly) unsponsored plug for the uncomfortably realistic Microsoft Read Aloud voices and soothes your troubled soul to sleep with one of his new favorite podcasts, 晚安粤语 Goodnight Cantonese. Use these two recommendations to slap your other unproductive, boring and painful listening tools in the 脸!

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00:21 REMINDER: You enjoy listening to Chinese! Time to treat yo self to two recommendations !

01:45 第一个 recommendation: Microsoft Read Aloud Natural Voices (so creepy but still so good!). Instructions on how to use it at 03:41. The shortcut is Ctrl+Shift+U in Microsoft Edge.

那个电工笑话 The electrician joke： 昨晚家里停电了，可是邻居家有电，所以我打电话叫电工来看看，等了半天到最后也没来，第二天遇到了问他：“昨晚怎么没来？”他说：“昨晚去了，看你家黑灯瞎火的以为没人，我就走了“ (here's a whole Zhihu thread full of jokes)

再听几遍 Listen to the 4 different voices:

• 02:34 Microsoft Xiaoxiao Online Natural (Mainland, female)
• 05:03 Microsoft Yunyang Online Natural (Mainland, male)
• 05:24 Microsoft HsiuChen Online Natural (Taiwan, female)
• 05:48 Microsoft HiuMaan Online Natural (Hong Kong, female)

06:33 第二个 recommendation: 晚安粤语 Goodnight Cantonese Podcast (trust me on this one!).

• Here's 晚安粤语 on: Xiaoyuzhou, Apple Podcasts, Ximalaya, and NetEase
• Don't forget to check out the other great stuff from 懿世界频道 on Ximalaya

09:09 For your listening pleasure, in its entirety:

Goodnight Cantonese Podcast Ep. 111 - 晚安粤语【第111夜】致未知的 2022

Go to the show notes for this episode at mianbao.fm for the full Chinese transcript!