Chinese for Beginners

Immerse yourself in the captivating world of Chinese culture and language with our ABC Chinese course for beginners. This comprehensive course provides an introduction to Mandarin phonetics and essential daily expressions, enabling learners to achieve a fundamental understanding and confidently engage in basic conversations. Our carefully crafted curriculum covers practical topics and real-life situations, ranging from exchanging personal information and discussing daily schedules to conversing about food, prices, city life, weather, and hobbies. The diverse selection of reading materials and interactive activities ensures a rich and stimulating learning experience, piquing learners' interests throughout the course. No need to worry about learning Chinese characters – this course focuses on speaking skills, making it accessible and enjoyable. Elevate your learning with a thrilling bonus feature: virtually travel to China and hone your speaking skills with our immersive game, playable on a VR headset or desktop. Embark on a scavenger hunt, talk to vendors, encounter fellow travelers, and explore a traditional market, all while applying your Chinese skills in a real-world environment.

Status: Communication

Status: Virtual Reality

Course24 hours

Featured reviews

5.0Reviewed Sep 16, 2016

Thanks for this course. I like it and this language really so necessary for me and my job. My company in New Zealand - ESKA Ltd (www.eskaltd.co.nz, eskaltd.com) and we are work with aliens from China.

5.0Reviewed Apr 21, 2020

This program is great and benefits for everyone who would like to improve the Chinese language. There are a lot of things for learning and improving Chinese skills.I really like it. Navin ARUNRAT

5.0Reviewed Jun 20, 2020

It was great to learn from such a talented teacher, Hope this will open doors of opportunity and will help me achieve my goals. Very High regard for my teacher Xiaoyu Liu. Thank you very much, ma'am.

5.0Reviewed Sep 26, 2023

This course was very helpeful and very well made. Amazing first course for people who don´t have knowledge of mandarin. Thank you to the teacher for the easy understanding classes and exercises!

5.0Reviewed Jun 30, 2020

It was really fun and interesting to learn Chinese here! I could understand and relate to what's taught really well. I'm so excited to use what I have learnt and learn more too! Thank you so much!

5.0Reviewed Jan 18, 2022

The best free course I've ever had. So easy to memorize and because it's taught by native, I easily can differentiate the tones. I'm going to the next lesson because this is super helpful for me.

5.0Reviewed Apr 24, 2020

She teaching very well! Easy to understand, her accent is very clear to understand, lesson is very useful to and might can use it for real. Thank you for lovely teaching and lovely lesson Thank you

5.0Reviewed Apr 7, 2016

it was an amazing class. perfect class to take for who works full time. few additional notions every week. the teacher patiently repeats several time ervy sentence to help with pronunciation. Thanks

5.0Reviewed Apr 25, 2019

I really enjoyed this course . It was very useful and help me to understand and speak a little Chinese. I am really grateful . see you soon in another Chinese course and more. Thank you very much

4.0Reviewed Jan 15, 2022

Overall I think this is a good course for complete beginners of Chinese. The instructions are clear and easy to follow. However I do have doubts about completely excluding hieroglyphs from the course.

5.0Reviewed Sep 21, 2020

Thanks Coursera for giving me such an opportunity to learn this course,the Teacher was excellent ,the way she teaches us was really helpful to understand and easier for us.... thanks, xiexie.. :-)

5.0Reviewed Apr 16, 2020

I got this course for free and I want to learn about basic Chinese language so I'm give it a shot. Overall it is an active learning. The reading nasal and vocabulary are simple. Great for beginners.