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Language exchange in Shanghai

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My favorite topics

Art, books, sports, trips, foods, games, interesting life stories,...

My language exchange partner is

I want to have some long-term friends for cultural/language exchanges :)

My learning goals

Current goal: being able to hold daily conversations in Russian, Japanese and Polish

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Ideal language community partner

She or he likes to know Chinese culture. We can talk about Chinese...

My learning goals

Oral Communication in French and Arabic

My favorite topics

Culture difference Real Daily life in your country

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Shanghai

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My learning goals

I hope to communicate with people from other countries.The purpose...

My favorite topics

My interests are quite extensive. Movies, TV shows, cartoons, Musical Instruments, painting, studying or chatting are all acceptable!!!

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anyone who is interested in Chinese culture can come to me!!I welcome everyone!!As long as you talk to me, I will be very happy!!!

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Shanghai

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Swiss German

My favorite topics

Bonjour my name is Choyi, I live in Shanghai now. I wanna learn...

Perfect language exchange partner

Humour, optimiste and friendly.

My learning goals

I wanna learn French and I hope I can talk without any obstacles.

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I want a conversation partner who is

polite,talkative and humorous...

My learning goals

Make more friends

My favorite topics

music, TV program, history, food,movie, anything you like.

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My learning goals

Meet new friends from different countrie...

My favorite topics

Movie Music Photography Pets Travelling

My language exchange partner is

Nice Kind Helpful Positive

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Shanghai

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My favorite topics

Why don’t we talk about our fantasy ...

Ideal language community partner

Humorous,positive and outgoing

My learning goals

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Shanghai

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

I need a good partner...

My learning goals

I enjoy making friends and share my life.

My favorite topics

Latin Music.Art.Cultural.Design.Language.Photograph.Food.Taylor Swift. Mariah Carey

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Shanghai

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My learning goals

Advanced,be able to think and answer questions in English at...

My favorite topics

Travel, shoot, fitness, healthy lifestyle, movie, music, environment protection, technology, volunteer

Perfect language exchange partner

She/he is interesting, easy to get along with, life-loving, sports-loving, bursting with curiosity

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Shanghai

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My favorite topics

Anything really, come and be goofy w/ me ;...

I want a conversation partner who is

Open minded and fun to talk to

My learning goals

Probs going to move to Frankfurt next year for uni so it would be nice to improve my German

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Shanghai

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My language exchange partner is

someone who's interested in music, films..or always has something...

My learning goals

Be able to speak a foreign language like a native!

My favorite topics

Learn some slangs in English or Portuguese! wanna talk like a native!

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My learning goals

学习英语并认识新朋友 Leaving English and searching some nice friend...

My favorite topics

游戏 健身gym 美食cooking

Ideal language community partner

A nice friend!

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My favorite topics

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

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My learning goals

talk with anyone

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Shanghai

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Perfect language exchange partner

Humor、interesting and like musi...

My learning goals

Learn the culture of different countries

My favorite topics

football,basketball,history

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My learning goals

Fluent in daily talk and beyon...

My favorite topics

Art(esp. Dancing), life, language, music, philosophy...

I want a conversation partner who is

Intellectual, empathetic, spontaneous, humorous, helpful, kind...

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Shanghai

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My favorite topics

Traveling Culture of different countries Daily lif...

My language exchange partner is

Patient and friendly ^_^

My learning goals

Speak freely and make friends Understand movies Broaden my horizons

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"Fantastic app full of fantastic people. I’ve made many friends and I’m even planning trips to see them. It’s turned my life around!"

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Shanghai

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Ideal language community partner

积极向上、乐观开朗、语言表达能力极强,有良好的忍耐...

My learning goals

对未知事物的求知欲,了解更多的文化,打开更广阔的视野,国籍有界限,文化无界限。expand horizon

My favorite topics

思想文化、饮食、生活风俗、个人兴趣爱好、以及实时新闻讨论,尤其对旅游、历史、军事、科技发展等感兴趣

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My learning goals

Interestin...

My favorite topics

Art, IT, history, language

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Easy talk

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Shanghai

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My favorite topics

Football, Music , Arts, Philosophy...

Perfect language exchange partner

Smart and kind of weird ( I hate average and typical kind of people)

My learning goals

Be able to speak Chinese fluently, Travel all over china and why not to other countries, find people to do music with

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Shanghai

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I want a conversation partner who is

anyone who want to share your story with me...

My learning goals

improve my spoken English

My favorite topics

life sports movie travel

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My learning goals

再考HSK6级。也想学习手语...

My favorite topics

音乐,电影,艺术,食物,旅游, 文化。我也喜欢爬山看看星星与月亮。抖音:amandaplease

My language exchange partner is

热情,耐心,活泼的人

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My favorite topics

各国饮食,文化,生活,社交,也欢迎在上海的外国友人来交...

Ideal language community partner

能够互相交流,周末可以相约一起去喝一杯

My learning goals

通过学习语言可以和对方流利的交流,感受对方文化

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Ideal conversation exchange partner

Sense of humour Talkativ...

My learning goals

To reach a degree of fluency in mandarin To ne able to carry a conversation

My favorite topics

Sports Politics Life Travel Apps Technology

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My learning goals

I hope I can learn English very muc...

My favorite topics

I'm interested in a lot. If you want to know me, you'll know more

Perfect language exchange partner

I hope he's an interesting soul. Looking forward to chatting with you

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My favorite topics

For me, any topic is OK, but it's better not to be "disgusting"...

I want a conversation partner who is

People who enjoy talking to me, who can share the "trifles" of life with each other.The quality of friends is more important than the quantity. What kind of person you think I am depends on whether I want to talk to you or not.️

My learning goals

I don't just want to learn the language. I want to know more about the culture of other countries. I hope I can make a sincere friend and know the world well.️

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My language exchange partner is

帅 话多 有礼貌 衣品好 善...

My learning goals

能更加流利的跟别人沟通 不要让语言成为我们沟通的障碍

My favorite topics

电影 文学 穿搭 还有衣服的搭配 护肤方面

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My learning goals

Learning and making friend...

My favorite topics

Everything is ok

Ideal language community partner

Fun and enthusiastic

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My favorite topics

society, culture, language learning and teachin...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

open-minded

My learning goals

better German, some Spanish and Cantonese.

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Perfect language exchange partner

Anyone and everyone. Smart guys preferred...

My learning goals

Talk freely with natives

My favorite topics

Architecture, City and urban issues, Design, Data, Computer, Technology

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Shanghai

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My learning goals

For social and business purpose...

My favorite topics

Business, super running, golf, art, fashion, suit, red wine, cigars, fitness, noble spirit, women

I want a conversation partner who is

Intelligent 、Intellectual 、elegance、noble、beautiful 、handsome

Looking for a Tandem conversation partner in Shanghai?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 11,159 speakers in Shanghai looking to learn together. Download the Tandem app for free to start practicing languages with locals!

Frequent City Questions

How many people are available for language exchange in Shanghai?

There are 11,159 members in Shanghai on Tandem.

Which other locations in China other than Shanghai are available for language exchange on Tandem?

Tandem is also available in locations such as <a href=/language-exchange/china/yantai />Yantai, <a href=/language-exchange/china/qingdao />Qingdao, and <a href=/language-exchange/china/changsha />Changsha.

What is Tandem and what is language exchange?

Tandem is the language learning app where millions of people teach each other. More than 500,000 people visit Tandem each month and 11,159 do it in Shanghai.