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Absolute Beginner Season 1
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Lesson LibraryKey Phrases and Grammar: Absolute Beginner Chinese

Key Phrases and Grammar: Absolute Beginner Chinese

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1

Introduction to Chinese

Learn why you should learn Chinese

6 Minutes • Video
2

Introduction to Chinese Pronunciation

Learn the basics of Chinese pronunciation

7 Minutes • Video
3

Introduction to Chinese Grammar

Learn the basics of Chinese grammar

7 Minutes • Video
4

Introduction to Chinese Writing

Learn the basics of writing Chinese

6 Minutes • Video
5

Basic Bootcamp

Learn useful words and phrases for beginners

6 Minutes • Video
6

Meeting - What's Your Name in Chinese?

Learn how to introduce yourself and ask others for their names

15 Minutes • Audio
7

Meeting in China - Where are You From?

Learn how to tell others where we are from, and ask others about their own nationality

10 Minutes • Audio
8

Meeting - China Conversation

Learn about the Chinese culture

10 Minutes • Audio
9

Meeting - Studying Chinese

Learn how to talk about being a student

12 Minutes • Audio
10

Meeting - Time for Class

Learn how to ask and talk about time

15 Minutes • Audio
11

Eating - What Do You Want to Eat?

Learn how to say you're hungry, and talk about what you want to eat

13 Minutes • Audio
12

Eating - Get Me to a Restaurant!

Learn how to ask where to find a restaurant

14 Minutes • Audio
13

Eating - Ordering Noodles

Learn how to order food

10 Minutes • Audio
14

Eating - Delicious!

Learn how to talk about the food and to say you are full

9 Minutes • Audio
15

Eating - Waiter, the Bill!

Learn about Chinese money and how to get the bill in a restaurant

12 Minutes • Audio
16

Lights, Camera, Chinese Fame!

Learn how to tell someone you don't understand what they are saying

12 Minutes • Audio
17

The Great Chinese Potty Dilemma

Learn how to ask for a bathroom

11 Minutes • Audio
18

Essentials - Let Me Through!

Learn how to ask someone to get out of the way, politely

10 Minutes • Audio
19

Essentials - Can You Write That Down?

Learn how to ask someone to write something down for you

13 Minutes • Audio
20

Essentials - No, Thanks!

Learn how to refuse something

10 Minutes • Audio
21

Getting Around: Finding the Subway in China

Learn how to ask directions to the subway

10 Minutes • Audio
22

Getting Around in China: Does This Bus Go to...?

Learn how to ask about bus destinations

14 Minutes • Audio
23

Getting Around in China: How Do I Get Home?

Learn how to talk about taxis and subways and ask if something is far or near

15 Minutes • Audio
24

Getting Around China - I Want to Go Here!

Learn how to tell a taxi driver where you want to go

10 Minutes • Audio
25

Getting Around - Asking Directions in China

Learn how to ask for directions

9 Minutes • Audio
26

Buying - This and That in China

Learn how to ask about prices of things

11 Minutes • Audio
27

Buying - Get a Better Price in China!

Learn how to bargain in a shop or market

13 Minutes • Audio
28

Buying - Finding a Phone Card in China

Learn how to ask where you can buy something

11 Minutes • Audio
29

Buying - By Train or by Plane in China?

Learn how to solicit someone's opinion, and some different ways of travel in China

12 Minutes • Audio
30

Buying - Getting a Train Ticket in China

Learn how to buy a train ticket and learn about times of the day

12 Minutes • Audio
31

Top of the Morning to Ya!

Learn how to soften what you say in Chinese using a modal particle

11 Minutes • Audio
32

Not too Shabby

Learn about a Chinese adjective that means "not good" or "not bad"

10 Minutes • Audio
33

Your Dog Looks Kinda Sick

Learn the Chinese phrase that means "impossible"

9 Minutes • Audio
34

Why Are You Crying?

Learn how to ask a question in Chinese using the word "why"

10 Minutes • Audio
35

Too Tired for Fun in China

Learn how to avoid fun dates

11 Minutes • Audio
36

This Chinese Bathroom is Occupied

Learn how to navigate complicated washroom situations

11 Minutes • Audio
37

Two Hungry Stomachs in China

Learn how to make friends in China

10 Minutes • Audio
38

Excuses for Being Late in China

Learn about Chinese work culture

11 Minutes • Audio
39

The Unhelpful Chinese Operator

Learn about a Chinese adverb that can make other words negative

13 Minutes • Audio
40

What's the Rush in China?

Learn the varying degree of the Chinese verb "to die"

12 Minutes • Audio
41

The Brand New Chinese Bike

Learn about possession

11 Minutes • Audio
42

We All Scream for Ice Cream in China!

Learn about the best way to cool off in the summer

9 Minutes • Audio
43

The Clueless Chinese Linguist

Learn about written Chinese

11 Minutes • Audio
44

Lightning Never Strikes Twice

Learn about China's wacky weather, especially in the spring

10 Minutes • Audio
45

The Broken Refrigerator

Learn what happens when tragedy strikes

10 Minutes • Audio
46

The Stolen Purse

Learn the easiest way to sympathize with someone

10 Minutes • Audio
47

Bright Lights, Big City

Learn about the importance of paying attention

10 Minutes • Audio
48

The Easy Way

Learn about a high degree adverb and how to become accustomed to your new life in China

10 Minutes • Audio
49

The Hotpot Dinner

Learn about the special Chinese dish called hot pot, all the while teaching you about frequency

11 Minutes • Audio
50

The Not So Sweet Tooth

Learn about a verb that changes meanings when used in a different setting

10 Minutes • Audio
51

Buy Brand China

Learn not only about a high degree adverb but the computer trends in China

11 Minutes • Audio
52

Chinese Colors

Learn about some crazy Chinese colors, and we'll show you how to express how crazy they are

10 Minutes • Audio
53

High Tech China

Learn about using the Chinese pronoun "oneself," along with some other pronouns

11 Minutes • Audio
54

Stargazing in China

Learn about the quality of the air in China, what China is doing to try and improve it, and many parts of speech

10 Minutes • Audio
55

Playing the China Card

Learn some of the rules to play a favorite Chinese game called Mahjong, of which you may have played a version on the computer

11 Minutes • Audio
56

Feeling sick in China

Learn two Chinese characters that we use to express different types of pain and how to decipher which character to use and when

14 Minutes • Audio
57

Being a Chinese culinary champion

Learn how to use a common phrase independently or with an adverb

11 Minutes • Audio
58

Clock-watching in China

Learn some of the most common functions of a versatile word

12 Minutes • Audio
59

Bag a Chinese bargain

Learn another use of a versatile word

13 Minutes • Audio
60

Have a happy birthday in China

Learn how to use a expression to wish people all kinds of things, like happy birthday and good luck

13 Minutes • Audio
61

A Chinese case of mistaken identity

Learn about a question pronoun and who the Chinese consider beautiful

11 Minutes • Audio
62

Planning a fun night in China?

Learn a useful Chinese grammar pattern and what everyone wants to know about China

12 Minutes • Audio
63

Being polite helps in China

Learn how to express your feelings in Chinese and what is considered polite

12 Minutes • Audio
64

You've got a lot to complain about in Chinese

Learn which sentences need a verb and which ones don't

13 Minutes • Audio
65

Too many Chinese culinary choices

Learn about the functions of Chinese adverbs

12 Minutes • Audio
66

Tell them what you really think in Chinese

Learn verb echoing and polite Chinese conversation

12 Minutes • Audio
67

Saving Energy in China

Learn a frequently used verb that has several meanings

12 Minutes • Audio
68

Do these Chinese clothes make me look fat?

Learn how to ask questions and use them to get vital information

10 Minutes • Audio
69

Finding Important Places in China

Learn a word that can be used as a verb or a preposition

12 Minutes • Audio
70

It's All About Who You Know in China

Learn about posing rhetorical questions and making connections

12 Minutes • Audio
71

Time, Precious Time in China

Learn a new use for a common pronoun that you most likely already know

11 Minutes • Audio
72

Shopping for a New Chinese Computer?

Learn another usage of a auxiliary particle that you most likely have learned previously

12 Minutes • Audio
73

A stressful subway experience in China

Learn the comparison between two common words and common behavior among the Chinese

11 Minutes • Audio
74

The perfect Chinese boyfriend

Learn the difference between two similar Chinese verbs

12 Minutes • Audio
75

In China, turning Japanese

Review a particle and learn about the history of Japan's and China's influence on each other

11 Minutes • Audio
76

Stay safe on the Chinese roads

Learn about another adverb that has many different uses

12 Minutes • Audio
77

Be entertained in China

Learn about some common measure words

13 Minutes • Audio
78

A visit to the Chinese hospital

Learn how to refer to "everyone"

12 Minutes • Audio
79

Find out whether the weather is good in Chinese

Learn a degree adverb that many use quite often

11 Minutes • Audio
80

Get the party started in China

Learn a particle that we use intentionally

11 Minutes • Audio
81

Chinese Beauty Secrets

Learn how to talk about your age

9 Minutes • Audio
82

In the Chinese Kitchen

Learn how to identify Chinese nouns

9 Minutes • Audio
83

The Lost Wallet in China

Learn how to say you "must" do something

10 Minutes • Audio
84

Calling for an Ambulance in China

Learn about prepositions

11 Minutes • Audio
85

Getting News in China

Learn how to talk about yourself and other people, using a compound phrase

8 Minutes • Audio
86

Taking Photos in China

Learn about verb reduplication

9 Minutes • Audio
87

Turning On the Light in China

Learn about the verb 开, and how to use it in the context of driving and electronics as well as matters of the heart

9 Minutes • Audio
88

Angry to Death in China

Learn how to express extreme emotion, and about some outstanding Chinese athletes

9 Minutes • Audio
89

Shopping in China

Learn about some great places to shop on your trip while in China

8 Minutes • Audio
90

Chinese Surprise Party

Learn how celebrating birthdays came about in China and how you can express impatience

9 Minutes • Audio
91

Searching for Information in China

Learn about what is off limits when using the Internet in China and how to answer someone ambiguously

9 Minutes • Audio
92

Weekend Hiking in China

Learn about a holiday that revolves around mountain climbing

9 Minutes • Audio
93

Out of Cash in China

Learn about withdrawing money from ATMs in China and asking where things are

10 Minutes • Audio
94

The Unwanted Chinese Caller

Learn about telephone fraud and how to make negative suggestions

9 Minutes • Audio
95

Chinese Power Crisis

Learn about purchasing electricity and two functions of a particle that may be slightly confusing

11 Minutes • Audio
96

She's Your Chinese Mom?

Learn about the newest fashion trends of older women in China

10 Minutes • Audio
97

Wishing You a Happy Chinese Birthday

Learn how to make a wish and what you should eat when it is your birthday

8 Minutes • Audio
98

What's Your Email Address in China?

Learn about email addresses in the corporate world and about doing favors for friends

9 Minutes • Audio
99

On the Way

Learn all about being polite

7 Minutes • Audio
100

The Chinese Pretender

Learn about forbidding people to do things and when Confucianism was deemed dangerous

9 Minutes • Audio
101

Get Up Out Of Bed Right Now

Learn a sentence pattern that will help you say what you are running out of like groceries, time, or even toilet paper

9 Minutes • Audio
102

Fat Cat in China

Learn about expressing excessiveness with adjectives

9 Minutes • Audio
103

Beijing Traffic

Learn about the usual traffic in Beijing and a helpful expression

10 Minutes • Audio
104

The Concert in Beijing

Learn about buying tickets online and how to turn adjectives into nouns

9 Minutes • Audio
105

Beijing Restaurant Renovation

Learn about washrooms, or the lack thereof, and a specific verb compliment

9 Minutes • Audio