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Learn Chinese Mandarin fast!
Rating: 4.9 out of 5(17 ratings)
1,023 students

Learn Chinese Mandarin fast!

Teacher B teaches Chinese Mandarin fast
Created byTeacher B
Last updated 2/2022
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn how to greet people in Chinese Mandarin
  • Learn the 4 Chinese Mandarin intonations (tones)
  • Learn to identify numbers
  • Learn the names of everyday objects
  • Learn how to express yourself

Course content

1 section9 lectures46m total length
  • Intro + Teacher B's Intro.4:40

    Hello everyone! Thank you so much for enrolling in my Learn Chinese Mandarin Fast course! I am Teacher B.  Throughout this course you will learn many aspects of Chinese culture in addition to the basics of Chinese Mandarin.


    You've already completed the first steps by enrolling. Please watch the course's Introduction video in full to understand the course's objective and to get to know a little more about me and how it relates to Chinese culture.


    This course will mainly be spoken and written in English however, you will see & hear me speaking Chinese Mandarin. I speak standard simplified Beijing Chinese Mandarin.


    Pro tip: Please practice repeating the Chinese words and phrases with me to improve your pronunciations.

  • Chinese Tones7:01

    Chinese Mandarin is an easy language to learn.


    Throughout these videos I will introduce the 4 Chinese Mandarin tones, we will practice them together.


    You'll also learn many new Chinese Mandarin words.


    Chinese unlike English and many other Roman languages uses hanzi characters (汉字)hànzì; and pinyin to help give sounds to the words for non-Chinese speakers. For example, 吃 chī (to eat in Chinese).


    Let's go!

  • 1st & 2nd tones7:23

    We will listen and learn the differences between each intonation. Throughout this video we will see several Chinese characters, pinyins and their English translations.

    We will also recognize the various characters and how to practice saying these words the correct way in Chinese Mandarin.

  • Knowledge check: 1st & 2nd tones
  • 3rd tone & 4th tone6:13

    Since we’ve learned the 1st and 2nd tones, let’s continue learning the other 2 tones- the 3rd & 4th tones.

  • Knowledge check: 3rd & 4th tones
  • Chinese Greetings4:03

    Throughout this lesson, we will learn 5 Chinese greetings.

    Everything from the popular 你好 to the more polite 您好. There are several ways to say hello in Chinese Mandarin. Which do you know?

  • Knowledge check: Chinese Greetings
  • Chinese Pronouns5:53

    In this lesson, we will learn the Chinese Pronouns. These are some of the most important words you’ll need to master and know to continue learning Chinese Mandarin. I introduce them throughout this lesson.

  • Knowledge check: Pronouns
  • Survival Chinese Expressions7:06

    Let’s learn some fun survival Chinese expressions. Don’t worry, many of the words used throughout this lesson may be are new to you, but just follow along and practice. You’ll hear them in other Chinese courses. Let’s practice!

  • Knowledge check: Survival Chinese expressions
  • Basic Chinese Sentences3:52

    In this lesson we will learn several Basic Chinese sentences. Many of these words will be new to you however follow along with the pinyin and English translations on screen.


  • Final Quiz
  • Closing outro of Learn Chinese Fast0:28

Requirements

  • No prerequisite

Description

This course is designed for everyone who desire to learn about Chinese Mandarin and some fun facts about contemporary Chinese culture but who have limited time.


This course is designed with you in mind. The course is taught in English however there are the Chinese characters, pinyin and English on screen for everyone to follow along and to master the language. I designed this course with practicality, first hand lived experiences about my time in China.


Why you should choose this course:

I've lived in China for over 3 years. I learned Chinese while living in Beijing. I also traveled around China and 14 other countries and have personally seen how Chinese Mandarin is spoken in many of those places I've visited.


Chinese Mandarin is easy to learn.


The course is engaging.


Each lesson is succint and easy to absorb.


Designed so you can learn on the go.


Each lesson is under 10 minutes long, the course goes at a normal pace, the videos are all downloaded so you can watch the contents repeatedly and take notes.


After each section there is a knowledge check pop quiz consisting of a few questions.


Those quizzes are there to confirm that you're engaged and learning the courses contents.


Objective of this course is to help as many people around the world learn some Chinese Mandarin and aspects about Chinese culture from a former Chinese resident.


Who this course is for:

  • Beginner