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Explore 25 free beginner Mandarin Chinese lessons on Pinyin, characters, tones, sentences, locations, preferences, time and useful questions.

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Mandarin Pinyin and tones

Read Pinyin, distinguish full and neutral tones, and recognize common pronunciation changes in short Mandarin phrases.

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Mandarin Chinese writing and sound

  1. Mandarin Pinyin and tones
  2. First Chinese characters and components
  3. Mandarin tones in connected speech

Mandarin Chinese sentence basics

  1. Identify people and things with 是
  2. Ask Mandarin questions with 吗
  3. Express possession with 的
  4. Count with Mandarin numbers and measure words
  5. Mandarin negation with 不 and 没
  6. Mandarin reasons and clause connections
  7. Mandarin known objects with ba

Mandarin actions and descriptions

  1. Mandarin descriptions with 很
  2. Mandarin locations with 在
  3. Mandarin subject, verb and object
  4. Mandarin preferences with 喜欢
  5. Mandarin events and changes with le
  6. Mandarin ongoing actions with zai and states with zhe
  7. Mandarin comparisons with bi and yiyang
  8. Mandarin result complements
  9. Mandarin direction complements
  10. Mandarin serial actions and purpose

Everyday Mandarin conversation

  1. Mandarin time before the verb
  2. Mandarin wants with 想 and 要
  3. Mandarin question words in the right place
  4. Mandarin ability with hui neng and keyi
  5. Mandarin experience with guo

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