Duration of the online course: 1 hours and 51 minutes
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Learning Mandarin can feel intimidating at first, but with the right starting point it becomes surprisingly approachable. This free online course is designed for absolute beginners who want practical Chinese they can use immediately. From your very first session, you’ll focus on real-life situations: meeting someone, exchanging names, confirming details politely, and building the kind of everyday vocabulary that makes conversations possible.
Step by step, you’ll gain confidence forming simple, natural sentences and asking essential questions. You’ll practice how to talk about where you’re from, share your hometown, and ask for contact details without hesitation. As your foundation grows, you’ll become comfortable expressing dates, days of the week, and specific times so you can make plans, schedule activities, and talk about your routines with clarity.
The course also helps you sound more authentic by introducing key Mandarin patterns that beginners often struggle with. You’ll learn how to choose the right words for place and time, how to handle yes or no questions smoothly, and how to speak about past actions in a way that fits how Chinese is commonly used. You’ll also explore everyday topics like family members, transportation, weather, and simple invitations, giving you useful language for travel, study, work, or personal goals.
With short videos and targeted exercises, you’ll reinforce what you learn and develop a steady learning rhythm. By the end, you won’t just recognize phrases you’ve memorized you’ll be able to build basic sentences, understand common prompts, and respond in a confident, beginner-friendly Mandarin style.
Video class: How to ask and introduce someone’s name in Chinese | HSK 1 - Lesson 01 - Learn Mandarin Chinese
12m
Exercise: What phrase is used to ask for someone's family name in Chinese?
Video class: How to introduce your nationality in Chinese | HSK 1 - Lesson 02 - Learn Mandarin Chinese
11m
Exercise: How do you confirm someone's nationality in Chinese?
Video class: Talking about where someone’s hometown is in Chinese | HSK 1 - Lesson 03 - Learn Mandarin Chinese
12m
Exercise: Choose the words for “where” in Mandarin Chinese:
Video class: How to ask for someone’s phone number in Chinese | HSK 1 - Lesson 04 - Learn Mandarin Chinese
08m
Video class: How to express the date in Chinese | HSK 1 - Lesson 05 (Clip) - Learn Mandarin Chinese
06m
Exercise: The sentence “Wǒmen yī yuè yī hào qù Xī'ān” means “We go to Xi’an on January 1st”. Choose the words that correspond to “to” and “on”:
Video class: How to ask someone to a movie in Chinese | HSK 1 - Lesson 06 (Clip) - Learn Mandarin Chinese
03m
Exercise: How do you ask if someone is busy in Chinese?
Video class: Talking about your daily routines in Chinese | HSK 1 - Lesson 07 (Clip) - Learn Mandarin Chinese
03m
Exercise: How do you say "good morning" in Chinese based on the lesson?
Video class: How to express the 7 days of the week in Chinese | HSK 1 - Lesson 08 (Clip) - Learn Mandarin Chinese
03m
Exercise: How do you ask for the day of the week in Chinese?
Video class: How to address family members in Chinese | HSK 1 - Lesson 09 (Clip) - Learn Mandarin Chinese
04m
Exercise: How to say 'three people' in Chinese using measure words?
Video class: How to express a specific time in Chinese | HSK 1 - Lesson 10 (Clip) - Learn Mandarin Chinese
04m
Exercise: Which words below have their meaning related to “minute”?
Video class: How to express the year & age in Chinese | HSK 1 - Lesson 11 (Clip) - Learn Mandarin Chinese
04m
Exercise: How is the year 1982 expressed in Chinese?
Video class: How to offer a drink in Chinese | HSK 1 - Lesson 12 (Clip) - Learn Mandarin Chinese
03m
Exercise: How do you express a choice between tea and coffee in Chinese?
Video class: Asking how something is going in Chinese | HSK 1 - Lesson 13 (Clip) - Learn Mandarin Chinese
04m
Exercise: If we want to ask yes or no questions, what word do we need in our sentence?
Video class: Expressing actions from the past with ?(le) | HSK 1 - Lesson 14 (Clip) - Learn Mandarin Chinese
04m
Exercise: How is the past tense commonly indicated in the Chinese language?
Video class: How to call in sick in Chinese | HSK 1 - Lesson 15 (Clip) - Learn Mandarin Chinese
04m
Video class: Talking about going by plane/train in Chinese | HSK 1 - Lesson 16 (Clip) - Learn Mandarin Chinese
04m
Video class: Saying "in front of & behind" in Chinese | HSK 1 - Lesson 17 (Clip) - Learn Mandarin Chinese
04m
Video class: Saying "top, under, inside, outside" in Chinese | HSK 1 - Lesson 18 (Clip) - Learn Mandarin Chinese
04m
Exercise: How do you express that a cat is under a chair in Chinese?
Video class: Talking about the weather in Chinese | HSK 1 - Lesson 19 (Clip) - Learn Mandarin Chinese
03m
Exercise: Choose an appropriate answer to “Tiānqì zěnmeyàng?”
Video class: Emphasizing details about the past in Chinese | HSK 1 - Lesson 20 (Clip) - Learn Mandarin Chinese
04m
Exercise: How do you emphasize time, way, or place in Chinese for past actions?
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Course comments: Mandarin
Students found the free course impressive and enjoyable, praising the professor’s teaching style. Many felt they learned quickly (making simple sentences and understanding basic phrases) and appreciated homework that filled gaps in lessons.
Malique Davis
I am very grateful for what I have learned in this elementary course. I even filled in the blanks on the lessons that were cut short as homework.
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very impressive
Saniah Bint Uthman
just a few weeks since I started but I can even make small sentences and I can hear answers understand a few sentences
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Eman Rassoul
We can say also., "ni cong na'r lai" where are you from Isn't
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Perfect learning experience and teaching style of the teacher is too good.
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