Foundational Chinese-Mandarin for Novices and Intermediates

Build basic aural Chinese for real-life situations through lectures, plays, and interactive exercises. Cover greetings, numbers, family, dates, and hobbies with practice sessions to craft sentences and improve listening.

Master basic Chinese greetings and self-introduction, learn ni hao ma, you and me pronouns, ask someone's name and surname, and polite forms for introductions.

Master essential everyday Mandarin phrases for beginners, including greetings, responses, long time no see, what time is it, where are you going, and what do you like to eat.

Beginner to intermediate foundations in Chinese with sentence structure practice, focusing on basic vocab and phrases for greetings, asking for names, and the last name first convention.

Practice listening to basic chinese greetings and name exchanges, learn how to ask and answer last names, use polite forms, and recognize common surnames for real conversations.

Learn to count in Chinese, pronounce numbers clearly, and apply digits to phone numbers and zip codes. Master tens to ten thousand and the le versus ah distinction.

Learn to name and address Chinese family members, from dad and mom to siblings and uncles, using tone patterns, formal vs informal terms, and measure words.

Explore a family story to practice foundational mandarin vocabulary and everyday expressions, including phrases like mama in law, woman goes hunting, and interjections such as to shoo.

engage in story practice in mandarin 'who am i', using phrases like wo xihuan pizza and guoji to build novice and intermediate conversational skills.

Practice building Chinese family sentences using key vocabularies, possessives, measure words, and basic questions. Emphasize correct sentence order and natural, everyday usage.

Practice listening to family vocabulary and kinship terms, ask about family size, and describe occupations such as lawyer or English teacher in simple conversations.

Learn to tell time, days of the week, and dates in Chinese, covering o'clock and minutes, quarter and half past, time-to-next-hour forms, military time, am/pm, and date construction.

Practice sentence structures for dates, times, ages, and meals in Chinese, including asking for the date and time, stating age, and inviting someone to eat.

Engage in listening practice from lesson three, hearing sentences read slowly and then at regular pace to hear how Chinese people speak about dates, times, and everyday conversations.

Learn common chinese place names and meanings, such as shu guan library, gong yuan park, yin hang bank, post office yo ju, su tian bookstore, and du hotel.

Master daily activity verbs and sentence patterns in foundational Chinese Mandarin, including wake up, brush teeth, wash face, take a shower, eat, go to class, work, and talk about routines.

Practice Mandarin daily activity vocabulary by describing where she goes, actions like washing, and everyday preferences, building foundational skills for novices and intermediates.

Practice storytelling in Mandarin through Xiaoming's life to reinforce foundational Chinese and Hanyu concepts, using familiar names like Xiao Ming and Xiang Yu.

Explore common Chinese hobbies with practical verb-object phrases, frequency adverbs, and location-based sentence structures to describe likes, routines, and online activities.

Review and reinforce core Chinese vocab and phrases for weekend activities, music, reading, and television, then practice sentence structure to link verbs with objects and time expressions.

Explore this listening practice from lesson details weekend activities, hobbies, and preferences, featuring examples like watching television, dancing, singing, and going to a movie.

For intermediate learners, this lesson covers real-life visits with friends, hosting, greetings, offering tea or coffee, snacks, and the versatile kan with meanings such as look and read.

Practice Mandarin sentence structure and core vocabulary, focusing on particles like ya and la, movement cues enter, fast kwai, and common measure words for natural conversations.

Explains Mandarin grammar for this lesson, including softening verbs with particles, modifiers for quantity, and timing adverbs like not until or earlier or later than expected.

Learn essential Mandarin phone conversation phrases, including how to start a call, identify yourself, ask to speak to someone, request permissions, leave messages, and handle busy lines.

Learn practical phone conversation skills by mastering key vocab for calling, scheduling, and meeting arrangements, including basic sentence structures for asking availability, making appointments, and responding politely.

Learn to describe and ask about weather in Chinese, using today's weather, sunny or cloudy days, rain or snow, wind, and umbrella measure words.

Master how to describe weather in Chinese through foundational Mandarin for novices and intermediates, using essential weather-related language and sentence structures.

Learn how to say different fruits and colors in Chinese, practice number and measure word usage, and ask for quantities with duoshao.

Learn basic food vocabulary in Mandarin through lesson 9, including mian bao, mian teow, tang gao, bing ji ling, and coffee.

Master Mandarin direction and place-name vocabulary with terms like dongbei, dongnan, xiang, and be xishan, plus references to tushuguan and gongyuan.

Master basic Mandarin transportation vocabulary, including jiao tong gong ju, with car and train terms and place-name examples such as Taiwan, Fiji, and Warsaw.

Explore Chinese measure words and the rules behind them, including nominal and verbal classifiers, with examples like ben for books, tao for pairs, ge for nouns, and bei for cups.

Practice antonyms and common adjectives in foundational Chinese-Mandarin for novices and intermediates. Reinforce essential vocabulary and contrasts across basic descriptive terms.

Practice translating English sentences into Chinese through structured lessons inspired by Integrated Chinese Level One, with hands-on exercises and authentic examples.

Practice translation exercises from beginner to intermediate Chinese Mandarin, focusing on accurate meaning, grammar, and vocabulary usage in real-world contexts.

Engage in translation practice for lesson 2 to reinforce foundational Chinese Mandarin for novices and intermediates and strengthen practical language skills.

Practice translation in lesson 3 to strengthen foundational Chinese-Mandarin skills for novices and intermediates through guided exercises.

Engage in translation practice through lesson 4 to reinforce foundational Chinese-Mandarin skills for novices and intermediates.

Practice translation in Mandarin for novices and intermediates through lesson 5, reinforcing foundational language skills and essential vocabulary for effective communication.

Develop translation practice in Chinese Mandarin for novices and intermediates, strengthening accuracy and fluency. Engage with lesson 6 through practical translation tasks aligned with foundational course concepts.

Engage in translation practice to reinforce foundational Chinese-Mandarin skills in lesson 7, designed for novices and intermediates.

Advance foundational Chinese-Mandarin skills through translation practice in lesson 8, tailored for novices and intermediates.

Develop Mandarin translation skills through targeted practice in lesson 9, reinforcing foundational concepts for learners from novice to intermediate levels.

Engage in translation practice to strengthen foundational Chinese-Mandarin skills for novices and intermediates in lesson 10.

Practice translation tasks in Mandarin for novices and intermediates, reinforcing foundational concepts and building practical interpretation skills in lesson 11.

Engage in translation practice for Mandarin in lesson 12, reinforcing foundational skills for novices and intermediates. Build vocabulary and sentence structure through targeted translation exercises.

Practice translation to build Mandarin skills for novices and intermediates in Foundational Chinese-Mandarin, lesson 13, focusing on accurate meaning, nuance, and vocabulary usage.

Engage in translation practice with lesson 14, building foundational Mandarin skills for novices and intermediates.

Practice translation to build foundational Chinese-Mandarin skills for novices and intermediates, advancing through lesson 15.

Engage in translation practice for foundational Chinese-Mandarin, designed for novices and intermediates, in lesson 16 to build essential language skills through targeted exercises.

Practice translation to build foundational Mandarin skills for novices and intermediates. Lesson 17 focuses on translating Mandarin content within this course.

Practice translating Chinese to English in lesson 18, reinforcing foundational Chinese-Mandarin skills for novices and intermediates.

Engage in translation practice to build foundational Mandarin skills for novices and intermediates in lesson 19.

Engage in translation practice, lesson 20, to reinforce foundational Chinese-Mandarin skills for novices and intermediates.

Learn how to write Chinese characters for numbers one to ten, understand stroke order and structure, examine historical evolution and font variations, and discover meanings behind individual characters.

Explore character learning 2 concepts with characters 人 入 大 天 小 多少, and master stroke order, handwriting tips, and how shapes relate to meaning.

Learn the chinese characters 上 and 下, meaning up or above and down or below, writing strokes, and how ground relates to their shapes, including the verb shun meaning attend.

Discover common grammar mistakes English speakers make when learning Chinese, and apply practical fixes to improve accuracy.

Learn when to use mei (没) and bu (不) in Mandarin: mei marks absence of possession, existence, or completed past actions, while bu negates facts or habitual states.

This lecture explains Mandarin adjectives without a to-be verb, shows subject–adjective order, uses hen for very, and places negation before the adjective.

Explore when to use liang (两) and er (二) in Chinese, from digits in phone numbers and counting with measure words to ordinals and time expressions.

Explore how time and location placement shapes Chinese sentence structure, distinguishing noun and adverb time, and when to place location after the verb when the action impacts a location.

learn how chinese measure words or classifiers come before nouns when counting. use common words like ge, plus specialized terms for parts, jewelry, foods, and money.

Master Mandarin question formation by building yes-no and open questions, using ma and bu, and key question words like shen me and na li.

Learn how to use 和 to connect nouns, verbs, and short phrases, and explore other Chinese conjunctions for linking sentences, expressing order, addition, and consequence with practical examples.

Master the uses of 的 for possession, adjectives before nouns, and post-verb adjectives, and learn the something, something structure that emphasizes time, place, and manner.

Discover how 还是 and 或者 express choices and alternatives in mandarin, including after verbs and adjectives, in conditional contexts, and to signal 'either option works'.

Explore how Chinese uses shi differently from English, omitting shi for dates, time, age, and weather, and practice ci plus a verb for ongoing actions and location emphasis.

Discover how the Chinese particle 了 marks completion and change, not always past tense, with placement after the verb or after a long object to emphasize tone.

Master the Mandarin terms for all—chuan, go, doe, and so yo—and learn their use with nouns, verbs, adjectives, and negation to express whole or multiple subjects.

Introduces basic Mandarin vocabulary and essential phrases through story 1: smiling flowers, tailored for novices and intermediates.

Learn foundational mandarin for novices and intermediates through story 2: animals and colors, featuring dialogues, perception cues, and everyday phrases amid seashore scenes.

Build foundational Mandarin vocabulary for naming different kinds of rooms in Chinese and describing common items, using terms such as washer, curtain, Shih Tzu, mountain, and Chen Zhen Fang.

Learn foundational Chinese vocabulary to express emotions and feelings, built from basic terms and phrases, to improve everyday Mandarin communication.

Explore foundational Chinese-Mandarin by learning common verbs used for actions in Chinese and building practical vocabulary for novices and intermediates.

Learn Chinese vocabulary for toiletries by exploring terms such as tissue and other listed items, building foundational Mandarin recognition for novice and intermediate learners.

Learn Mandarin vocabulary for jobs and professions, including work-related terms. Practice phrases to discuss jobs and what you like about your work.

Explore basic Mandarin vocabulary related to classroom and daily objects, as introduced through example terms like dianhua, siew bao, and shofar.

Learn everyday chinese encouragement words like jia you to cheer up and boost confidence, and phrases that say everything will be fine, ma shang, and that tough times are temporary.

Learn to name various clothing patterns in Chinese and practice saying them, expanding everyday Mandarin vocabulary for clothing patterns.

Learn everyday chinese breakfast items, including bouncy (baos) and montauk, youtiao with doujiang, congee options, chai dan, xiangya, p dan, roujiamo, yuan you spring rolls, and cheong fun.

Learn to politely decline in Chinese while preserving face, using phrases like next time, not convenient today, a rain check, or wait for a chance.

Learn everyday chinese vocabulary for using the television, focusing on television related phrases and common words to describe actions and settings on television.

Master everyday mandarin conversations at a fast food restaurant, from lining up and checking the menu to ordering at the counter, requesting beverages, sides, and combo meals for takeout.

Learn everyday Mandarin shopping dialogues for buying clothing, asking for sizes and colors, discussing fit, prices, discounts, and paying with cash or card.

Learn everyday Chinese grocery store conversation, including key terms for shopping carts, baskets, shelves, weighing with jin, pounds, and how to ask for prices and quantities.

Explore everyday items in Chinese Mandarin, including shampoo, body wash, hair conditioner, brand names, scents, soap, toilet paper, facial cleanser, and makeup, through practical scenarios.

Learn everyday cafe vocabulary and ordering phrases, from Americano and cappuccino to lattes and desserts, and practice menu questions, recommendations, restrooms and wifi access.

Master foundational mandarin for everyday scenarios by learning practical phrases for getting a taxi or Uber, tailored for novices and intermediates.

Practice everyday Mandarin by exploring place names and transportation vocabulary, including Beijing and bus terms, to build practical speaking skills for real-life travel scenarios.

Explore an everyday hotel scenario in Mandarin, using minibar vocabulary and hotel dialogue to build foundational language skills.

Practice mandarin in real scenarios focused on my dog to build foundational speaking and listening skills for novices and intermediates.

Analyze a real school scenario using short dialogues about seeing one from each other and social judgments, featuring expressions like 'shame on me' and 'shame on you'.

practice a real scenario of saying I don't feel well today in Mandarin, and learn basic introductions and interactions when meeting someone.

Practice a real scenario of asking someone out in foundational Mandarin, using cultural context and everyday phrases such as greetings and family terms like uncle.

Explore real scenario conversations for asking for directions in Mandarin, designed for novices and intermediates to build confident Chinese communication.

Practice Mandarin in a real scenario of seeing a doctor to build foundational communication skills for novices and intermediates.

Practice real scenario conversations about hobbies and interests to build Mandarin skills for novices and intermediates.

Foundational Chinese-Mandarin for novices and intermediates presents a real scenario from my hometown, illustrating practical language use and cultural context through everyday dialogue.

Practice real scenario conversations in foundational mandarin for welcoming someone to your home. Tailor content for novices and intermediates.

Explore a real scenario of buying seafood in Mandarin, highlighting hand washing and phrases suggested by the caption.

Practice real-life Mandarin in a bathroom scenario, exploring basic phrases like asking for your title, references to Hong Kong and Zhongguo, and everyday interactions.

Practice basic Mandarin in a real scenario at a night market in Harbin, China, designed for novices and intermediates to strengthen foundational Chinese-Mandarin skills.

Practice real scenario mandarin for a movie date, building foundational language skills for novices and intermediates.

Explore a real scenario of a couple fighting in Mandarin, helping novices and intermediates build foundational language skills.

Explore real scenario Mandarin phrases for beginners and intermediate learners, focusing on how to reject someone.

Practice real scenario conversations in Mandarin to handle complaints with friends, building foundational speaking and listening skills for novices and intermediates.

Engage in a real scenario Mandarin practice module, using listening and speaking cues from the river drift setup to build foundational skills for novices and intermediates.

Practice basic Mandarin through a real scenario—walking my dog—focusing on simple sounds and everyday phrases.

Spot real car brands in rush hour traffic, recognizing Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Lincoln, while building foundational Mandarin for novices and intermediates.

Practice real scenario eating malaban and learning Chinese ingredients through peer-to-peer interaction to build foundational Mandarin for novices and intermediates.

practice foundational Chinese-Mandarin through a real scenario called my life as a dog, designed for novices and intermediates.

practice real scenario conversations about eating skewers and asking about mom and dad, designed for Mandarin learners.

Spot car brands in rush hour using foundational Mandarin skills designed for novices and intermediates, building practical recognition through active listening cues.

Explore basic Mandarin through a playful, funny video about what is in my bag, helping novices and intermediates learn everyday vocabulary.

Learn foundational mandarin through a humorous scenario where Nana arrives and a party unfolds. Follow the quest as characters search, find bahulu, and discuss making deals, expressing hope and timing.

Practice body parts vocabulary in Mandarin through a vocabulary test featuring tissue terms. Develop foundational Mandarin skills for novices and intermediates with this body parts focus.

Practice body parts vocabulary in Mandarin with a second test, reinforcing foundational Mandarin skills for novices and intermediates.

Practice common adjectives through a vocabulary test tailored to foundational mandarin learners. Explore diverse examples from the caption to reinforce adjective recognition and usage in context.

Practice fruit vocabulary in foundational Mandarin for novices and intermediates, with focus on mango, cashew, and xiangjiao to prepare for a vocabulary test.

Practice Mandarin place vocabulary through a dedicated vocabulary test featuring place names from the caption, including Café Den, Curacao, Kyushu, and names like Joshua, Ian, and Jesse.

Practice food vocabulary through a rapid test, recognizing terms like mian piao, me fan, bao variants, pizza, new pie, and sha la while following simple gestures.

Practice a vocabulary test on daily objects to build foundational Mandarin word recognition, using gesture cues and terms like tissue, tumor, and tissue margin.

Engage in a weather vocabulary test to reinforce foundational Mandarin for novices and intermediates, building essential terms and practical pronunciation through targeted practice.

Practice Mandarin vocabulary for furniture and appliances through a targeted test. Build foundational Mandarin skills for novices and intermediates using furniture and appliance terms.

A vocabulary test on electrical appliance terms, part 2, helps novices and intermediates build foundational mandarin for everyday use in this course.

Practice animal vocabulary through a quick vocabulary test, reinforcing beginner to intermediate Chinese Mandarin with key terms and phrases from the course title.

Practice foundational Mandarin vocabulary through a vegetable vocabulary test, reinforcing basic word recognition for novices and intermediates.

Practice classifier and measure word usage in Chinese through a vocabulary test featuring items such as shoe, coffee, bay cafe, and other shown terms.

Engage in a vocabulary test focused on computer-related terms within foundational mandarin, exposing beginners to a diverse sequence of names and terms to reinforce recognition.

Engage in a vocabulary test of medical condition terms through a phonetic sequence of syllables, reinforcing basic Mandarin recall.

Develop foundational Mandarin daily activity vocabulary through a vocabulary test featuring terms such as shuai jiao and gong zuo, helping novices and intermediates build recognition and pronunciation.

Practice beverage vocabulary in Mandarin with a focused vocabulary test, using cafe-related terms and names from the session.

Participate in a container vocabulary exercise to practice Mandarin terms with a sequence of names - Joshi, Bates, Pinky, Pansy, Cheshire, Tom - and receive pronunciation-focused feedback.

Practice clothing and accessories vocabulary in Mandarin for beginners and intermediate learners. Complete a focused vocabulary test to reinforce terms for clothes and accessories in everyday contexts.

Practice Mandarin vocabulary for accessories through a focused vocabulary test designed for novices and intermediates, using phrases from the caption to reinforce essential terms and concepts.

Practice toiletries vocabulary through recurring terms like tissue, reinforcing recognition and pronunciation for learners at the novice to intermediate level.

Practice room vocabulary in a Mandarin-focused test, featuring items like cashier, wash, fountain, tissue, and names such as Joshua, Josue, and Jesse.

Practice Mandarin nature vocabulary by testing terms such as taiyang (sun), yin, jishu, and shan through a quick vocabulary exercise.

Practice Mandarin vocabulary through a material-focused test, recognizing and recalling proper nouns such as Joshi, Muto, Bu, Yamaoka, Tesshu, and Minghua.

Master payment-related Mandarin vocabulary through a focused test, including shouyin (cashier) and other related terms.

Practice garden items vocabulary in Mandarin through a vocabulary test, reinforcing foundational Mandarin for novices and intermediates.

Develop foundational Mandarin vocabulary for daily work routines through a vocabulary test, including terms like dianhua and phrases such as for dancing, chaotian, and chi-hui.

Work through job-focused Chinese vocabulary, exploring passion, pursuit, situation, and engineer terms (gongcheng shi) via a concise vocabulary test.

Build Mandarin sports vocabulary through terms like ping pong and jiu jitsu, and prepare for a quick vocabulary test.

Practice a vocabulary test for a movie theater to build foundational mandarin using terms such as jishu, ding, yin yang, dan, ying piao, and yuan.

Practice festival vocabulary and test your recall with focused word items from the course, including terms and names like Shunji, Joshi, Jingi, Fujin ji, Kyushu, and Mujin ji.

Test your foundational insect vocabulary in Mandarin through a focused drill, reinforcing terms like jishu, jishou, chong, taotao, and changchong.

Practice vocabulary for different types of residences in foundational Chinese-Mandarin, reinforcing recognition through a targeted vocabulary test and aligning with novice and intermediate learning goals.

Engage in a seafood vocabulary test to strengthen foundational Mandarin skills for novices and intermediates.

Identify birthday-related Mandarin terms and names from the caption, and reinforce recognition and pronunciation through a targeted vocabulary test.

Practice car-related mandarin vocabulary through a foundational course designed for novices and intermediates, and test your understanding with a focused vocabulary assessment.