Free Online Chinese Lessons:
Here you will find 21 (and growing) free online lessons with interactive media elements. The lessons include reading, speaking, writing, modern vocabulary, grammar, calligraphy, examples and exercises.
Lesson 1: Pinyin AlphabetThis is a crucial starting point for learning how to pronounce Mandarin Chinese characters.
Lesson 2: PronunciationThis lesson will focus on the pronunciation of Chinese characters and the four tones.
Lesson 3: GreetingsThis lesson will teach you the basic greetings in Chinese: hello and good bye.
Lesson 4: Thank you and SorryThis lesson will teach you how to express appreciation and apologize in Chinese.
Lesson 5: Names in Chinese This lesson will teach you how to Learn how to ask for names and introduce yourself in Chinese.
Lesson 6: Counting Numbers This lesson will teach you the basic numbering system in Chinese. It is essential to the later lessons such as money and time.
Lesson 7: Money in Chinese Learn how to count money in Chinese is yet another important survival skill you will need!
Lesson 8: Year Month and Day in Chinese Learn how to date in Chinese. Remember, always year first, then month, then day!
Lesson 9: Time in Chinese Learn how to describe clock and time of the day in Chinese. This lesson also covers some daily tasks such as go to work, eat breakfast etc.
Lesson 10: Age and Birthday in Chinese Learn Birthday Greetings and Age related conversations in Chinese. Useful tips of finding out someone's age without directly asking for it.
Lesson 11: Country and Nationality in Chinese An essential communication skill when traveling in China is able to tell others which country you are from in Chinese. This lesson also teaches how to ask for other's nationality in Chinese.
Lesson 12: Cities and Native Place in Chinese This lesson will further explore the expressions on geographic locations in Chinese, specifically on cities and native place.
Lesson 13: Family in Chinese Family is a crucial element in Chinese culture. This lesson will teach you how to introduce family members in Chinese.
Lesson 14: Occupation in Chinese Knowing how to find out other's occupation may help you to start the right dialog and make new friends quickly. This lesson will teach you occupation related Chinese vocabularies and dialogs.
Lesson 15: Hobbies in Chinese Hobbies and Recreation are the best topics to open up a friendly conversation. This lesson will teach you the basic vocabularies and dialogs in regard to hobbies in Chinese.
Lesson 16: Making Appointment in Chinese Most of the appointments today are made through telephone. This lesson will use a simple telephone dialog to teach the basic elements of making an appointment in Chinese.
Lesson 17: Phone Calls in Chinese China has become to be the largest mobile phone market in the world. This lesson will teach you some basic dialogs of telephone conversations and also telephone related inquires in Chinese.
Lesson 18: Asking for Direction in Chinese Knowing how to ask for direction in Chinese is essential to everyone who want to travel to China. This lesson will teach you the directional vocabularies and the key traffic terms in Chinese.
Lesson 19: Transportation in Chinese Transportation is extremely important to travelers. Knowing how to communicate and inquire about public transportation in Chinese will get you to places quickly and safely.
Lesson 20: Airport and Customs in Chinese Airport customs would be the first (and last) stop on your trip to China. Proper communication at Airport, or to the Custom officers would make sure your tour in China doesn't start on the wrong foot.
Lesson 21: Rent Apartment in Chinese This chapter will teach you the common dialogs used to rent apartment or home. It would help you to find an efficient place to live in China, including utility fees, pet and much more.
Lesson 22: Shopping in Chinese Learn to negociate in Chinese! Shopping is one of the must do things in China, but if you don't know how to negociate in mandarin, get read to be ripped off!
Lesson 23: Resturant Ordering in Chinese Learn how to order food in Chinese to enjoy the delicious local food while traveling in China! This lesson teaches you how to say it in Chinese in order to get a seat, order food and drinks in a resturant.
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