New Night Bus — slow stories for the ride home

Lessons you can press play on.

像听歌一样学语言。

Every lesson is an album. Every line plays with its translation, like lyrics — slow it down, loop it, save the phrase for later. Mandarin for English speakers, English for Mandarin speakers.

Web player today · iOS and Android coming spring 2027

Albums, not chapters.

Twelve albums from HSK 1 to 4, plus English at work. Each one is 5 to 9 short lessons around a single place or situation.

Lyrics mode. Press play.

This is a real lesson with real audio. The transcript follows the voice, line by line — tap any line to jump to it.

Two of us, please 来两位

Tea House · HSK 2 · Mei Lin

0:000:31

Built for the bus, and for 11 p.m.

  • 声Daily Mix 1吃Daily Mix 2个Daily Mix 3

    A Daily Mix that knows your level

    Every morning, twenty minutes of lessons at your level, mixed with the phrases you saved last week. Press play once.

  • 0.75×1× Repeat line

    Slow it down. Loop the hard line.

    Drop to 0.75× without the chipmunk effect, and repeat any line until your mouth catches up with your ears.

  • 那来一壶乌龙茶吧。Then a pot of oolong, please.

    Only before the coffee kicks in.只在咖啡起作用之前。

    Save the phrase, not the whole lesson

    Tap save on any line. It goes to your phrases with its audio, and comes back in your next Daily Mix.

On the web now. On your phone next.

The web player works today on any laptop or phone browser. Native apps for iOS and Android, with offline albums, are coming in spring 2027.

9:41

Good evening, Jordan

12-day streak · 18 min today

Tea HouseNight BusNext StopFirst Day

Made for you

声Daily Mix 1Tones and rhythm吃Daily Mix 2Food words个Daily Mix 3Measure words

HSK 2 albums

Two of us, please好的,这边请。
9:41
Playing from albumTea House•••
Two of us, pleaseMei Lin · HSK 2

欢迎光临!几位?Welcome! How many of you?

两位。我们想喝茶。Two. We'd like some tea.

好的,这边请。Sure, this way please.

我们有绿茶、红茶和乌龙茶。We have green tea, black tea and oolong.

乌龙茶怎么样?How is the oolong?

很香,有一点甜。Very fragrant, a little sweet.

那来一壶乌龙茶吧。Then a pot of oolong, please.

0.75×
iOS Coming spring 2027 Android Coming spring 2027

Mei Lin, smiling, in a bright classroom in Vancouver.

Made by a teacher

“My students learn on the bus and late at night. Lessons should feel as easy as playing music.”

Mei Lin 林梅 · bilingual Mandarin and English teacher, Vancouver

Mei has taught both languages for twelve years — to commuters, nurses, exchange students and their parents. She writes and records every album herself, in both directions, and listens to every lesson on the 99 B-Line before it ships.

  • 12albums
  • 73lessons
  • 2directions

Free to start. Plus when it sticks.

Prices in Canadian dollars. Cancel any time.

  • Free

    CA$0

     

    • 3 albums and Daily Mix 1
    • Lyrics mode, slow and repeat
    • Save up to 20 phrases
    Start listening
  • Most students

    Plus

    CA$7.99 / month

    or CA$59 a year

    • Every album, both directions
    • All Daily Mixes
    • Unlimited saved phrases
    • Offline listening when the apps arrive
    Try Plus free for 14 days
  • Classroom

    CA$4 / student / month

     

    • Assign albums to a class
    • See who practised, and for how long
    • Your own recorded lessons
    Talk to Mei

Your first album is three minutes away.

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