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author: rob
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date: 2007-10-21 18:33:24+00:00
slug: tudoucom-chinese-youtube
title: 'tudou.com : Chinese YouTube'
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If you are having trouble finding Chinese content to practice listening with, I found a neat site called [tudou.com](http://www.tudou.com/) (土豆 - tǔdòu - which, as far as I can tell, means "potato").
It's basically a Chinese version of youtube, but it looks a lot nicer. When you watch a movie, the layout simulates a theater. I find that a nice touch. And just setting the background to black instead of "youtube white" makes quite a bit of difference in the experience.
I can't navigate the site with any purpose yet because there are too many words I don't know, but it's easy to click around and play some clips in Chinese - some of which are captioned.
I think it's a good learning tool. It's easier than trying to find Chinese clips on youtube, and it streams a heck of a lot better than [cctv.com](http://cctv.com/default.shtml) (flash vs. WMV).