First, take a look at our free sample Chinese lessons. If you enjoy them, sign up for a 7-day free trial and access to ALL the Chinese video courses for free for 7 days. If you decide to continue, you may choose a month-to-month membership at US$9.99/month or another membership plan. Feel free to cancel anytime.

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Please take a look at "Teaching Method" section.

If you would like to learn the Chinese language systematically, we suggest taking Chinese Pinyin first and then Beginner Chinese Series.

If you just want to learn some basic Chinese words and expressions, you can start with Survival Chinese first.

If you are interested in learning real Chinese spoken by the locals, you can take a look at Day Day Up program.

If you are interested in various language points (grammar, etc.), please take a look at our Crazy Grammar program.

Browse our video lessons and see how those match your levels. We are constantly adding new video courses and if you have any suggestions, send us a note.

Mandarin refers to Standard Chinese, and is also called Putonghua, Guoyu, or Hanyu. Syllables could consist of an initial consonant, a vowel, a final, and a tone. There are four tones in the Pinyin system in Mandarin. The Chinese grammar is relatively simple compared to some other languages (most words have only one grammatical form). If you learn about the most frequently used 1,000 Chinese characters, you can cover 90% of the usage.