Ni hao! That means “hi” in Chinese – and that’s how Kai-Lan greets you every day! Kai-Lan Chow is a cheerful Chinese-American preschooler. Come play with her and her best friends Rintoo the tiger, Tolee the koala, and Hoho the monkey. Along the way, these bilingual buddies speak in English and Chinese. They always need your help to play interactive games and learn new Chinese words along the way!
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ReviewsReviewer: BrickLock19 - favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite - August 19, 2022
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Man, Archive is nice enough to not take this down and let people watch it for free. After all, all videos are videos.
Reviewer: TRISTON BROUSSARD - favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite - March 16, 2022
Subject: Ni Hao, Kai-Lan The Complete Series
5 Stars
Reviewer: Tyler_loves_noggon - favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite - November 29, 2021
Subject: question regarding the wonderpets.
i remember watching this show all the time. it's a shame they replaced noggon with disny chanle. I was wondering where i could find the wonderpets here in this archive.
Reviewer: The Childhood Nostalgia Archiver -
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite - August 27, 2021
Subject: Love it!!!
I remember watching this underrated Nick Jr. classic all the time as a kid, thank you for uploading!
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Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2009
The main show in this DVD is A trip to China. In it Kai lan and her friends board a plane and fly to China to meet Kai Lan's aunt and a baby Panda. Of course it is a cartoon, so there are no realistic scenes in it from China, but it does show a little about the cultural difference. Eating noodles and putting on slippers in the house. It also has a section with the famous changing of the mask. The end has a lot of fireworks (which were invented in China).
The moral lesson is about trying new things, and it thankfully does not have the really negative behavior or actions like some of the other episodes.
The meeting the pandas is not realistic b/c it is a family that lives together and of course they talk --- but my little one (2 years old) loved it because they introduced the panda as a bao bao. Which is her Chinese nickname. The main Mandarin word taught is Happy and there is a little song about it that has the word Happy through out it.
The other 2 episodes are Rain or Shine and The Ant Playground.
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2020
This product came brand new with a plastic cover over the case and the disc had no damages whatsoever. I have not played it yet but I am very confident that it will work perfectly. I know that this show is great for kids from past experience and I would definitely recommend this item.
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2019
Gave this to my older brother as a gift for his trip to China. I can now say he's fluent in mandarin. He was talking a course in mandarin at the time, but I mean, who's to say this didn't help him master it?
On a serious note this is cute, educational and great for kids. You do learn a couple of helpful phrases here and there.
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2015
It's adorable! Kids really love it. But, I would not say it's that educational, as there are very, very few words in Mandarin taught in the story. Those words don't connect to each other, either. They are randomly selected, such as watermelon, grandfather, grandfather's sister, happy, etc. There is some interesting parts where they talk a little bit about the Chinese culture, such as giving babies "tiger head shoes" as a way to repel evil spirits and how the Chinese address close friends as uncle, sister, brother, etc. The show is a good vehicle to introduce some Mandarin to young kids at age 4 or 5, but my pre-k and kindergartener students know much more words in 30 minutes than the whole movie. So, I would say that this show is good for entertaining purposes only.
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2014
If you are only wanting to buy one Kai-Lan movie, this is it. We have several and by far this one is my daughters favorite and mine. As well as watching the show, my daughter and I love to play pretend "flying" to China (and other places around the world, but she usually wants to go to China) This one has so many great features, plus the other episodes on the disc. One of the reasons I like this episode so much is it shows the world map in relation to where they are and it covers traveling and also trying new things. Plus, PANDA BABY!
Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2009
We are a interracial family and have really wanted our child to learn Chinese along with English. Kai Lan truly has sparked her interest. She is 4. She is constantly coming up to us and asking us how do you say "----" in Chinese. She also tells us words in Chinese that she learned from Kai Lan. She loves watching this movie and insists on watching it at least twice a day. She also now loves learning Chinese. I have every intention of buying all the Kai Lan movies and/or books as they have been a huge plus in helping our child learn Chinese.
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2019
My daughter is obsessed with this DVD. And she'll use the Chinese words she learns when we play together. The DVD comes with two bonus episodes in addition to the main episode.
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2009
My kids (ages 5 and 7) love Kai-lan. I was pleased that there was not as much [...] behavior on this one--it dealt with some fears about trying new things (and they always liked the new things--I think it would be better if sometimes they tried it--and liked the old shoes better). Great culture (shoes off in the house, spending time with older relatives, bamboo forest, naming ceremony) and vocabulary, catchy songs. An unofficial bonus is that for this midwestern girl, Kai-lan's super-Michigan accent in English is a comforting taste of home.
Top reviews from other countries
4.0 out of 5 stars Good to practice some chinese
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 19, 2011
The characters are nice and amicable, there are songs,
and each chapter has the same structure:
Kai Lan is doing something.
Some of her friends have troubles (one gets angry or don't like waiting or does not know how to do something and wants to quit).
Kai Lan checks what the problem is and figures out how to solve it (calm down, do something you like while you wait, keep trying, etc).
There is a song for it, with the same tune in all chapters, although the wording changes.
All in all, it is interesting and nice if you look after learning some chinese, and even if not, it is more entertaning than Dora the Explorer and such.
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 3, 2016
i loved it but i had to rip it to play on my sons european dvd.
1.0 out of 5 stars titulo engañoso..ojo region 1- USA
Reviewed in Spain on September 26, 2014
primero, ha tardado 2 semanas en llegar la película, aunque solicité el servicio 2-3 días. Lo pedí porque pone Reino Unido, y resulta que viene de México y pone claramente en la caratula REGION 1. QUE EXPLIQUEN PORQUE PONE REINO UNIDO??? SI VIENE POR AVIÓN DE USA!!!?? será que hace escala..
AHÍ OS VA DE VUELTA..
5.0 out of 5 stars Great DVD before our trip to China.
Reviewed in Canada on February 11, 2012
This is a great DVD for kid around 1.5-3.5 years old. My daughter loves it, and she can sing the songs in it. Although today's China is different from what's in DVD, it didn't stop my daughter's imagination. Kai Lan is such a cutie!
4.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
Reviewed in Canada on September 19, 2013
Love watching these DVDs with my son. It will definitely help with me teaching him chinese at a young age. Chinese vocabulary well integrated into the show. Makes the words/phrases easy to remember!