Learn Chinese: From Zero to Chinese Hero - Mandarin HSK 1-3

Explore the building blocks of pinyin by learning the 23 initials, hearing and repeating each initial with sample words, and completing a short practice to familiarize pronunciation.

Explore pinyin finals in this lesson by mastering six simple finals, nine compound finals, and nasal finals, then practice pronunciation and tones through guided reading and drills.

Explore the four Mandarin tones—flat, rising, low-dipping, and falling—alongside pinyin letters, initials, and finals, and practice pronouncing words and tones for practical communication.

Review pinyin conclusions by bringing it all together through special syllables, initials-only pronunciations, and tone placement on the six simple finals, with listening and reading practice.

Explore hanzi, the Chinese characters, from their origins to radical and phonetic components. Learn to memorize, read, and write about 600 characters by at-risk three using pinyin and practice.

Explore the basic rules of writing Hanzi, master the 17 strokes and top-to-bottom, left-to-right stroke order, then practice writing numbers 1–10 in Hanzi with guided sheets.

Lay the foundations of Mandarin through basic phrases, greetings, and introductions. Learn numbers 1–10 and simple verbs for eat and drink, and confidently say wo jiao, meaning my name is.

Learn to introduce yourself in Mandarin at HSK 1, using be-verb phrases like I am Chinese, study six new words, and practice yes-no questions with ma through two texts.

Practice introducing yourself in Chinese by listening, filling blanks, and translating between Chinese and English; build sentences about names, professions, and nationality, then review homework.

Explore how to express closeness in Chinese by using 'xiao' with a surname, since 'xiao' means small and signals closeness, as in Xiao Wang or Xiao Li.

Practice introducing yourself in Chinese and translating English phrases into Chinese. Identify people and relationships—who you are, who they are, and your friends and classmates—plus a homework check.

Learn Chinese numbers from zero to ten, practice saying digits, and use phrases to ask for and say your phone number.

Practice numbers by telling and asking for phone numbers, forming sentences like 'what is your phone number' and 'his/ her phone number,' and review plural forms and homework.

Learn to ask and tell ages in Chinese, master numbers under 100, and use the le particle to indicate yearly age change with phrases like how old are you.

Practice translating English into Chinese and answer family and age questions to reinforce sentence structures. Remember that in Chinese, we cannot use the be verb; review homework and language study.

Explore China’s age culture, including named stages like red baby and age cardamom, and milestones at 18, 30, and 60—majority, independence, and the big birthday, Shibetsu Sansui and Liu Shui.

Master expressing abilities in Chinese with hui before verbs, including bu hui for cannot, and practice asking can you speak Chinese and ability questions like write or read Chinese characters.

Learn how to ask about a solution in Chinese and express abilities using the verb-plus-noun format. Practice with five new words and two texts.

describe people and things using new chinese words and two texts, practice asking is this good, answer with hun, and use subject plus hun plus adjective to describe.

Engage in a practice session to ask about abilities and describe things in Chinese through listening tasks, fill-in-the-blank, translation, and character writing, finishing with homework.

Learn to politely reject Chinese kindness using bu, say thank you, and emphasize refusals by repeating phrases three times with chanda for a clear, respectful boundary.

Learn to ask and answer the date in Chinese using jing tian (today), zuo tian (yesterday), ming tian (tomorrow), and how to say dates by month and day with weekdays.

Yoyo leads a practical Chinese date-questions practice, guiding students through phrases like what date is it today, yesterday, and tomorrow, and selecting words to form Chinese sentences.

Express your needs in Chinese using xiang, practice phrases for what you want to drink, eat, or buy, and learn how to form yes-no questions with ma.

Practice expressing needs and using measure words in this HSK 1–3 lesson. Engage in vocabulary drills, fill-in-the-blank tasks, listening, and translation for buying water, rice, caps, and prices.

Celebrate your progress in HSK 1 as you learn greetings, numbers, and basic verbs—the building blocks of Mandarin—and commit to continued practice as you move into the second part.

Explore everyday expressions and questions in HSK1, like ni hao ma (how are you) and what is this, while learning verbs to go and see to converse.

Learn to ask location in Chinese using be at, in, on. Build dog, cat, kitten, vocabulary and phrases like where is the kitten, the dog is here.

learn the pattern subject zai place verb to describe actions at a location, using dad cooking at home as the core example and other sentences like mom at the store.

Practice lesson centers on describing location and actions, with listening and translation practice from English to Chinese, including 'kitten is under the table' and 'puppy is on the table'.