Chinese (Mandarin)

• 2,555lessons
• 122units
• 6levels
• 489hours of study

Levels

1. Start here

   Pinyin & Tones

   How Mandarin sounds and how pinyin writes it: the four tones and the neutral tone, every initial and final, tone changes, spelling rules, and how characters are built -- before the Foundations level.

   24 lessons · 3 hStart →

2. Level 1

   Foundations

   HSK 1 (HSK 3.0): greetings and introductions, 是 sentences, questions, numbers and money, measure words, family, describing with 很 and 最, dates and time, places, wanting and ability, food, getting around, 觉得, and actions finished with 了 or happening now -- the 500-word HSK 1 list.

   188 lessons · 28 hStart →

3. Level 2

   Everyday Chinese

   HSK 2 (HSK 3.0): experiences with 过, 着 and 一边, already/just/again, comparisons, 得 and 地, shopping, result and direction complements, 把 and 让, time and sequence, because/although/if, opinions, health, food and festivals, school and work -- the 750-word HSK 2 list.

   373 lessons · 52 hStart →

4. Level 3

   Independent Chinese

   HSK 3 (HSK 3.0): giving opinions and comparing, describing people, telling stories about the past, change and continuation, the 被 passive and more 把, conditions with 只要, 只有 and 不论, emphasis with 连…都, purpose and cause, rhetorical questions, work, travel, study, health, money, sport and society -- the 1,000-word HSK 3 list.

   589 lessons · 88 hStart →

5. Level 4

   Upper-Intermediate Chinese

   HSK 4 (HSK 3.0): even if, no matter what, since and otherwise, surprise and strong feelings, formal written Chinese, debate, trends and statistics, everyday 成语, and topics from family, health and the environment to work, money, research, cities, the arts, history and nature -- the 1,000-word HSK 4 list.

   555 lessons · 96 hStart →

6. Level 5

   Advanced Chinese

   HSK 5–6 (HSK 3.0): building an argument, strong feelings, the classical elements of written Chinese (之, 其, 所, 以…为), law and public notices, Chinese at work, money, the news, society, health, science and the arts -- the HSK 5 and 6 word lists.

   378 lessons · 97 hStart →

7. Level 6

   Proficient Chinese

   HSK 7–9: classical function words, rhetoric, 成语, sayings and 歇后语, register, dialects, Taiwan and Hong Kong usage, internet language, the news and politics, business, academic Chinese and the argumentative essay, science and medicine, classical poetry and the Analects, modern literature and film, speeches, debate and translation.

   448 lessons · 125 hStart →

More practice

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