Lesson LibraryLevel 1 Chinese

Level 1 Chinese

Start here for our official curated pathway for Level 1. This course is aligned with HSK 1-2 and level A1 of the CEFR.

77 Lessons, 94 Assessments • 15hrs 10min

0 / 171 Complete

Meeting - What's Your Name in Chinese?

Learn how to introduce yourself and ask others for their names

15 Minutes • Audio

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

Meeting - China Conversation

Learn about the Chinese culture

10 Minutes • Audio

Meeting - Studying Chinese

Learn how to talk about being a student

12 Minutes • Audio

Numbers 1 to 100 in Chinese

Learn about numbers 1 to 100

15 Minutes • Audio

Meeting - Time for Class

Learn how to ask and talk about time

15 Minutes • Audio

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

Eating - Get Me to a Restaurant!

Learn how to ask where to find a restaurant

14 Minutes • Audio

Eating - Ordering Noodles

Learn how to order food

10 Minutes • Audio

Eating - Delicious!

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

9 Minutes • Audio

Eating - Waiter, the Bill!

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

12 Minutes • Audio

Lights, Camera, Chinese Fame!

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

12 Minutes • Audio

The Great Chinese Potty Dilemma

Learn how to ask for a bathroom

11 Minutes • Audio

Essentials - Let Me Through!

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

10 Minutes • Audio

Essentials - Can You Write That Down?

Learn how to ask someone to write something down for you

13 Minutes • Audio

Essentials - No, Thanks!

Learn how to refuse something

10 Minutes • Audio

Getting Around: Finding the Subway in China

Learn how to ask directions to the subway

10 Minutes • Audio

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

Learn how to ask about bus destinations

14 Minutes • Audio

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

Getting Around China - I Want to Go Here!

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

10 Minutes • Audio

Getting Around - Asking Directions in China

Learn how to ask for directions

9 Minutes • Audio

Buying - This and That in China

Learn how to ask about prices of things

11 Minutes • Audio

Numbers 11-100

Learn how to count from 11-100

6 Minutes • Video

Buying - Get a Better Price in China!

Learn how to bargain in a shop or market

13 Minutes • Audio

Buying - Finding a Phone Card in China

Learn how to ask where you can buy something

11 Minutes • Audio

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

Buying - Getting a Train Ticket in China

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

12 Minutes • Audio

Top of the Morning to Ya!

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

11 Minutes • Audio

Not too Shabby

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

10 Minutes • Audio

Your Dog Looks Kinda Sick

Learn the Chinese phrase that means "impossible"

9 Minutes • Audio

Why Are You Crying?

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

10 Minutes • Audio

Too Tired for Fun in China

Learn how to avoid fun dates

11 Minutes • Audio

This Chinese Bathroom is Occupied

Learn how to navigate complicated washroom situations

11 Minutes • Audio

Two Hungry Stomachs in China

Learn how to make friends in China

10 Minutes • Audio

Excuses for Being Late in China

Learn about Chinese work culture

11 Minutes • Audio

The Unhelpful Chinese Operator

Learn about a Chinese adverb that can make other words negative

13 Minutes • Audio

What's the Rush in China?

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

12 Minutes • Audio

The Brand New Chinese Bike

Learn about possession

11 Minutes • Audio

We All Scream for Ice Cream in China!

Learn about the best way to cool off in the summer

9 Minutes • Audio

The Clueless Chinese Linguist

Learn about written Chinese

11 Minutes • Audio

Lightning Never Strikes Twice

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

10 Minutes • Audio

The Broken Refrigerator

Learn what happens when tragedy strikes

10 Minutes • Audio

The Stolen Purse

Learn the easiest way to sympathize with someone

10 Minutes • Audio

Bright Lights, Big City

Learn about the importance of paying attention

10 Minutes • Audio

The Easy Way

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

10 Minutes • Audio

The Hotpot Dinner

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

11 Minutes • Audio

The Not So Sweet Tooth

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

10 Minutes • Audio

Buy Brand China

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

11 Minutes • Audio

Chinese Colors

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

10 Minutes • Audio

High Tech China

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

11 Minutes • Audio

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

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

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

Being a Chinese culinary champion

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

11 Minutes • Audio

Clock-watching in China

Learn some of the most common functions of a versatile word

12 Minutes • Audio

Bag a Chinese bargain

Learn another use of a versatile word

13 Minutes • Audio

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

A Chinese case of mistaken identity

Learn about a question pronoun and who the Chinese consider beautiful

11 Minutes • Audio

Planning a fun night in China?

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

12 Minutes • Audio

Being polite helps in China

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

12 Minutes • Audio

You've got a lot to complain about in Chinese

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

13 Minutes • Audio

Too many Chinese culinary choices

Learn about the functions of Chinese adverbs

12 Minutes • Audio

Tell them what you really think in Chinese

Learn verb echoing and polite Chinese conversation

12 Minutes • Audio

Saving Energy in China

Learn a frequently used verb that has several meanings

12 Minutes • Audio

Do these Chinese clothes make me look fat?

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

10 Minutes • Audio

Finding Important Places in China

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

12 Minutes • Audio

It's All About Who You Know in China

Learn about posing rhetorical questions and making connections

12 Minutes • Audio

Time, Precious Time in China

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

11 Minutes • Audio

Shopping for a New Chinese Computer?

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

12 Minutes • Audio

A stressful subway experience in China

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

11 Minutes • Audio

The perfect Chinese boyfriend

Learn the difference between two similar Chinese verbs

12 Minutes • Audio

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

Stay safe on the Chinese roads

Learn about another adverb that has many different uses

12 Minutes • Audio

Be entertained in China

Learn about some common measure words

13 Minutes • Audio

A visit to the Chinese hospital

Learn how to refer to "everyone"

12 Minutes • Audio

Find out whether the weather is good in Chinese

Learn a degree adverb that many use quite often

11 Minutes • Audio

Get the party started in China

Learn a particle that we use intentionally

11 Minutes • Audio