Quick Survival Chinese Perfect for Travelers to China

Name: Quick Survival Chinese Perfect for Travelers to China
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Practical Chinese Crash Course for Beginners

Created byMiracle Mandarin Chinese School

Last updated 5/2017

Chinese (Simplified)

What you'll learn

Basic expressions in Chinese including self-introduction, greetings, money, numbers, time
Doing shopping in Chinese, bargaining conversations
Taking taxi in China and talk to taxi drivers by giving instructions in Chinese
Odering food and drinks in Chinese
Confident in meeting Chinese with basic mandarin communication skills.Odering food and drinks in Chinese

Course content

6 sections • 18 lectures • 1h 27m total length

介绍1:18
Geetha is a student who newly arrived China. She took the survival course and enjoyed practice and interaction with local people when shopping, taking taxi, etc.

Survival Chinese Expressions-1-Self Introduction5:14
Introduce yourself in Chinese, your name, your nationality. To start a conversation by speaking Chinese with local Chinese people will create a friendly atmosphere.
Survival Chinese Expressions-2-Courtesy Expressions6:00
We will learn the following expressions in this video:
Hi : 你好 nǐ hǎo ！
Thank you! 谢谢 xiè xiè
You are welcome! 不客气！ bú kè qì ！
Sorry ! 对不起 duì bú qǐ ！
It doesn't matter! 没关系！méi guān xì！
Nice to meet you! 很高兴认识你！hěn gāo xìng rèn shí nǐ ！
Me too! 我也是！ wǒ yě shì
Survival Chinese Expressions-3-Daily Greetings4:38
Survival Chinese Expressions-4- Live in China7:07
When Chinese people are trying to talk with you in Chinese, you'd better know these sentences and questions.
Do you speak English? 你说英语吗？ Nǐ shuō Yīngyǔ mɑ?
I don't understand. 听不懂。 Tīng bu dǒng.
I speak a little bit Chinese. 我说一点点汉语。 Wǒ shuō yì diǎndiǎn Hànyǔ.

Chinese Numbers 17:54
Numbers 0-10, 11 basic numbers in Chinese. In the following video lessons, you'll find they are quite useful in expressions about numbers over 10, time and date.
Chinese Numbers 26:29
Let's learn how to say more numbers with 1-10. Quite easy and logical!
Chinese Numbers 35:57
In this video, we're going to learn how to say 12 months and 7 days of one week in Chinese.
week 星期 xīngqī
month 月 yuè
Chinese Numbers 43:13
We only need to know "o'clock" and "minute", then we can express "time" in Chinese.
o'clock 点 diǎn
minute 分 fēn

At the restaurant 1-Food and Drinks6:56
In this video, let's practice with teacher to remember 9 useful words about food and drinks.
At Restaurant 2-Order at a cafe or a restaurant3:27
We are going to learn how tell what we'd like to order.
I'd like to… 我要… Wǒ yào…
At Restaurant 3-Order at a cafe or a restaurant5:13
After learning this lesson, we will be able to order a cup of coffee in Chinese at café, like " I'd like to have one cup of coffee, cold, big, take away".

Taxi Talk 1-Places5:22
Let's learn how to tell taxi driver "I go to...".
I'm going to… 我去… Wǒ qù…
Taxi Talk 2- Where to go3:27
We are going to learn an important question to help us find our way in this video.
Where is the toilet? 洗手间在哪里？ Xǐshǒujiān zài nǎli?
Taxi Talk 3- Directions4:02
If taxi driver doesn't know how to go to your destination, these 5 direction words definitely will help you.
Go on straight. 一直走。 Yìzhí zǒu.
Turn right. 右拐。 Yòu guǎi.
Turn left. 左拐。 Zuǒ guǎi.
Stop. 停。 Tíng.
Arrived. 到了。 Dào le.
Taxi Talk 4-Taking a Taxi3:42
In this video, let's practice with teacher about the conversations of taking taxi and asking the way.
Quiz 1
Quiz 2
Quiz 3
Quiz 4

Requirements

This is a short course for a rapid introduction to Chinese.
Basic knowledge of Pinyin-the pronunciation system will be best.
Chinese-English dictionary is always a great companion when you start to learn Chinese. It can be digital like an app.
In this course we are going to learn some basic Chinese expressions including greetings, self introduction, numbers, time, money, basic shopping converstation, taxi taking experessions, etc.
100 Most Frequently Used Sentences in Chinese available in the end of this course, can be downloaded before you actually start the course.

Description

Survival Chinese Crash Course is highly recommended to learn after learning Chinese pronunciation, which is a perfect course for beginners who are planning to travel in China, to get survived in daily Chinese or simply experience Chinese study.

The whole course is total 17 video lectures and 1 summary in PDF at the end of the course for 100 Frequently Used Mandarin Chinese Expressions and Sentences. It covers the most frequently used topics including daily courtesy greetings and expressions, numbers, money, time, shopping, ordering food and drinks in a restaurant, taxi talk, etc.

With this course you will learn and practice the survival Chinese words and sentences following the teacher's instructions step by step in a comfortable pace. Pictures, audios and exercises are prepared to help you practice and memorize the expressions easily.

Who this course is for:

Great course for those newly arrived in China and whoever are planning to visit China
Mandarin beginning learners who need to learn very basic and practical daily Chinese
Beginners who are planning to travel to China, or just get survived in daily life, or just experience Chinese study.

Quick Survival Chinese Perfect for Travelers to China

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Course content

介绍1 lecture • 1min

由此处开始4 lectures • 23min

Chinese Numbers, Dates and Time4 lectures • 24min

Shopping2 lectures • 8min

At Restaurant3 lectures • 16min

Taxi Talk4 lectures • 17min

Requirements

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