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Chinese for Beginners

From your first 你好 to talking about your day: the words and patterns of HSK 1, a chapter at a time, each read, practised and reviewed.

Begin: 1 Hello →

All of its words, to practise

Chapter 1 Hello free

How to greet people, say who you are, and ask who they are.

  1. 1.1 Saying who you are
  2. 1.2 Asking someone's name
  3. 1.3 Asking who someone is
  4. 1.4 Where you're from
  5. 1.5 This and that

5 texts

Chapter 2 Numbers and time 🔒

How to count, and say your age, the date and the time.

  1. 2.1 Counting
  2. 2.2 How old you are
  3. 2.3 The date
  4. 2.4 Telling the time
  5. 2.5 Morning and afternoon

5 texts

Chapter 3 Family and home 🔒

How to talk about your family, where you live, and where things are.

  1. 3.1 Your family
  2. 3.2 Sons and daughters
  3. 3.3 Where you live
  4. 3.4 Where things are
  5. 3.5 Cats and dogs

5 texts

Chapter 4 Food and shopping 🔒

How to say what you'd like, order it, and pay for it.

  1. 4.1 Eating and drinking
  2. 4.2 Meals
  3. 4.3 At a restaurant
  4. 4.4 What it costs
  5. 4.5 Shopping

5 texts

Chapter 5 School and work 🔒

How to talk about learning, school and work.

  1. 5.1 Learning Chinese
  2. 5.2 School
  3. 5.3 Books and reading
  4. 5.4 Work

4 texts

Chapter 6 Out and about 🔒

How to make a phone call, get about, talk about the weather, see a doctor, and go to the films.

  1. 6.1 On the phone
  2. 6.2 Getting about
  3. 6.3 The weather
  4. 6.4 At the doctor's
  5. 6.5 Going to the films

5 texts