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- About
With China's ever increasing importance in the new world order there's no better time to start learning Mandarin. In addition, Learning Mandarin…
- Contact
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- Course
We offer the following one-to-one private training lessons in London at a competitive rate. We encourage students to study with the unique Multisenso…
- Business Chinese
“China factor” on the planet has created a “Chinese fever” more than ever. Engaging business with China, however, requires…
- Chinese Character Writing
Chinese is a pictorial language coming from images, and the meaning of the characters is subtle, profound and even philosophical.…
- Chinese for Children
Children have the great ability and potential to learn a foreign language easily as their mother language. The Chinese language is…
- HSK Test Preparation
HSK stands for Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (汉语水平考试), the Chinese Proficiency Test, is the People’s Republic of China’s only…
- Mandarin Chinese
Mandarin refers to Standard Chinese and also often called simply “Chinese”, is the official spoken language of the People’s…
- Spoken Chinese
Speaking is one of the most important parts of studying any foreign language. Being able to speak Chinese properly is an extremely…
- Business Chinese
- FAQ
What courses do you provide?We offer the following one-to-one fast-track Mandarin Chinese private tuitions based on your specific need.Spo…
- Learning via Movies
Learning Chinese Software. Revolutionary Software for Synchro Multisensory Chinese Learning. Learn Mandarin Chinese through watching movies.
- Method
We encourage our students to study Chinese with the unique Listening-based Multisensory Synchro-learning Approach (L-MSL) that we developed…
- Listening-based Learning
Listening plays the most crucial role in the entire language acquisition process, due to the following three main aspects: Sound is at the beginning…
- Multisensory Learning
The Multisensory Synchro-Learning Approach is a natural way of learning a foreign language, it stresses the language is first…
- Repetitious Practice
Equally important to listening, repetition is another important key element in L-MSL approach due to its crucial role in resulting long-term retention.…
- Synchronised Learning
The groundbreaking work done by Donald Hebb over 50 years ago approved that if two neurons are active at the same time, the synapses between them are…
- Listening-based Learning
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Hourly Rate(One-to-One Lessons London Area Only)All lessons are priced in hourly rate £25.00/hr. However, based on your time availability, you…
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- Books
Recommended Chinese Study Books Some Online Learning Resources
- Business Chinese
Recommended Business Chinese Books Business Chinese 20 Essential Topics by Yinghong Huang and Carrie Wei (Paperback) from £16.99This is a well…
- Character Writing
Recommended Books for Chinese character writing Nearly Everything About Chinese Characters by Gaofeng Wu (Hardcover, 224 pages) from £14.20 This…
- Dictionary
Recommended Chinese Dictionary Oxford Beginner's Chinese Dictionary by Oxford University Press (Paperback) from £6.92 This dictionary is exactly…
- for Beginners
Recommended Chinese Study Books for Beginners Easy Peasy Chinese: Mandarin Chinese for Beginners by Dorling Kindersley (Book & CD)…
- for Children
Recommended Chinese Study Books for Children Easy Peasy Chinese: Mandarin Chinese for Beginners by Dorling Kindersley (Book & CD) (Paperback)…
- Grammar
Recommended Chinese grammar Books Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar (Modern Grammars) by Claudia Ross and Jing-heng Sheng Ma (Paperback) from…
- HSK Test
Recommended Books for HSK Test Prepsaration One Hour Per Day to a Powerful HSK Vocabulary: v. 1 by Liu Dongqing (Paperback) from £14.95 T…
- Online Learning Resources
Learn Mandarin Chinese through interactive films This is a revolutionary Synchro-Multisensory Chinese Learning software, which make it possible&nb…
- Spoken Chinese
Recommended Books for Spoken Chinese Basic Spoken Chinese, Vol. 1 (Basic Chinese) by Cornelius C. Kubler (Paperback, 384 pages) from £24.50 You…
- Textbook
Recommended textBooks for Chinese Study Integrated Chinese, Level 1 Part 1 Textbook, 3rd Edition (Simplified) by Yuehua Liu (Paperback) from…
- Business Chinese
- Calligraphy
Appreciation of The Art of Chinese Calligraphy Although Chinese calligraphy uses Chinese words as its vehicle of expression, one does not…
- Chinese Character
Why are Chinese Characters So Fascinating? Chinese characters are logograms used in the writing of Chinese. It is the oldest system of writing…
- 2500 Characters (flash)
According to the survey of Chinese Ministry of Education and Language Commission, you only need to know about 1,000 Chinese characters to be able to…
- Stroke Orders
Stroke Orders Just like any other languages, writing Chinese also follows a certain order and direction to make the character look nice, well…
- Structure and Classification
Character Structure The Chinese character structure can be divided into single component and the compound. Most of the Chinese characters are made up…
- Writing Strokes
Chinese Writing Strokes All Chinese characters are written with basic strokes according to a set of the writing rules. Learning the fundamental…
- 2500 Characters (flash)
- Chinese Phrases
100 Chinese characters (flash) in 40 most commonly used phrases The table below contains the total of 100 Chinese characters flash in 40 most…
- bai-qian-wan
100, 1000, 10000 bǎi, qiān, wàn 百,千,万
- bu-ke-qi
You are welcome bù-kè-qì 不客气
- bu-shi
No bù-shì 不是
- ce-suo-zai-na
Where is the toilet? cè-suǒ-zài-nǎ? 厕所在哪?
- dong-xi-nan-bei
East, west, south, north dōng, xī, nán, bĕi 东,西,南,北
- dui-bu-qi
Sorry duì-bù-qǐ 对不起
- duo-shao-qian
How much is it? duō-shǎo-qián? 多少钱?
- hao-chi-ji-le
It is delicious hǎo-chī-jí-le 好吃极了
- hen-gao-xing-ren-shi-ni
Nice to meet you hěn-gāo-xīng-rèn-shí-nǐ 很高兴认识你
- liu-qi-ba-jiu-shi
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten liù, qī, bā, jiǔ, shí 六,七,八,九,十
- mei-guan-xi
Never mind méi-guān-xi 没关系
- ni-hao
Hello nǐ-hǎo 你好
- ni-hao-ma
How are you? nǐ-hǎo-ma? 你好吗?
- ni-hui-shuo-ying-yu-ma
Do you speak English? nǐ-huì-shuō-yīng-yǔ-ma? 你会说英语吗?
- ni-jiao-shen-me-ming-zi
What is your name? nǐ-jiào-shén-me-míng-zì? 你叫什么名字?
- ni-You
You nǐ 你
- nian-yue-ri-xingqi
Year, month, day, week nián-yuè-rì, xīng-qī 年, 月, 日, 星期
- qing-jiao-chu-zu-che
Please call a Taxi qǐng-jiào-chū-zū-chē 请叫出租车
- qing-wen
Excuse me qǐng-wèn 请问
- qing-zuo
Please sit down qǐng-zuò请坐
- shang-xia-zuo-you
Up, down, left, right shàng,xià,zuǒ,yòu 上,下,左,右
- shen-me-yi-si
What does it mean? shén-me-yì-si? 什么意思?
- shi-de
Yes shì-de 是的
- tai-gui-le
That's too expensive tài-guì-le 太贵了
- wan-an
Good night wǎn-ān 晚安
- wan-shang-hao
Good evening wǎn-shàng-hǎo 晚上好
- wo-bu-hui-shuo-han-yu
I don't speak Chinese wǒ-bù-huì-shuō-hàn-yǔ 我不会说汉语
- wo-bu-yao
I don't want it wǒ-bù-yào 我不要
- wo-de-ming-zi-jiao
My name is ... wǒ-de-míng-zì-jiào … 我的名字叫…
- wo-hen-hao
I am very well wǒ-hěn-hǎo 我很好
- wo-mi-lu-le
I'm lost wǒ-mí-lù-le 我迷路了
- wo-shi-ying-guo-ren
I'm English wǒ-shì-yīng-guó-rén 我是英国人
- wo-ting-bu-dong
I don’t understand wǒ-tīng-bù-dǒng 我听不懂
- wo-xi-huan-chi-zhong-can
I like Chinese food wǒ-xǐ-huān-chī-zhōng-cān 我喜欢吃中餐
- wo-yao-zu-che
I want to rent a car wǒ-yào-zū-chē 我要租车
- xiaoshi-fenzhong-miao
Hour, minute, seconds xiǎo-shí, fēn-zhōng, miǎo 小时,分钟,秒
- xie-xie
Thank you xiè-xiè 谢谢
- yi-er-san-si-wu
One, two, three, four, five yī, èr, sān, sì, wǔ 一,二,三,四,五
- zai-jian
Goodbye zài-jiàn 再见
- zao-shang-hao
Good morning zǎo-shàng-hǎo 早上好
- zhu-ni-jian-kang
Wish you good health zhù-nǐ-jiàn-kāng 祝你健康
- bai-qian-wan
- Culture
Chinese culture is one of the world's oldest and most colourful and complex. The area in which the culture is dominant covers a large geographical…
- Arts
Chinese art is visual art that, whether ancient or modern, originated in or is practiced in China or by Chinese artists or performers. Early…
- Chinese Toast
Lower your glass as a sign of respect The Chinese toast, , means ‘dry glass’ or ‘bottoms up’. Traditionally, you should not drink…
- Chopstick
Be sure to use your chopsticks correctly The first chopsticks are believed to have come into use over 5000 years ago in China. Early Asian…
- Cuisine
The overwhelmingly large variety of Chinese cuisine comes mainly from the practice of dynastic period, when emperors would host banquets with 100…
- Finger-counting
Count to 10 using only one hand When the Chinese count on one hand, they are doing a kind of addition. They can count to much higher than…
- Finger-tapping
Tap three fingers to say thank you If you pay a Chinese person a compliment and they respond with , , don’t worry. It does not mean they…
- Gifts
Do bring the right KIND OF gift Presents and the way they are wrapped are very important in China. Here are a few helpful suggestions to…
- Literature
Chinese literature began with record keeping and divination on Oracle Bones. The earliest classic work in Chinese, the I Ching or "Book of…
- Martial Arts
China is one of the main birth places of Eastern martial arts with the well-respected Shaolin Monastery and Wudang Mountains. Chinese martial…
- Music
Chinese Music has been made since the dawn of Chinese civilization with documents and artifacts providing evidence of a well-developed musical…
- People
Zhonghua minzu 中华民族 are basic virtues in Taoism. They first appear in Tao Te Ching chapter 67, which Lin Yutang (1948:292) says contains…
- Red in China
Don’t write a person’s name in red In China, red is a positive colour: it is the colour of fire, of the sun, and associated with…
- Arts
- Flashcard
Mnemosyne Flashcard Learning Program We encourage our students to use the Mnemosyne flashcard learning software to study Mandarin Chinese.…
- Mnemosyne Tutorial
The following 12 videos created by withinjapandotcom explaining how to download, install and use Mnemosyne flashcard program step by step. &…
- Mnemosyne Tutorial
- Idiom and Proverb
Chinese idioms (chéng yŭ 成语) and proverbs (yàn yŭ 谚语) are unique forms of Chinese language, and are regarded as priceless legacies with…
- Idiom Illustrations
50 most commonly used Chinese idioms This webpage contains 50 most commonly used Chinese idioms. Each idiom illustration consists of pronunciation,…
- Idiom Riddle
40 Chinese Idiom Pictionary Riddle This webpage contains 40 commonly used Chinese Idioms Pictionary Riddle. Each riddle is represented by an artistic…
- Idiom Stories
50 most commonly used Chinese idiom Stories Most Chinese idioms are derived from historical facts or ancient Chinese literature. Each…
- Ai Wu Ji Wu
爱屋及乌 (ài wū jí wū) There was a state called zhou (zhōu 周) in the Chinese history. One day, the king of zhou asked his…
- Ba Miao Zhu Zhang
拔苗助长 (bá miáo zhù zhǎng) Long, long ago, a farmer thought the shoots in his fields were not growing fast enough. He wanted…
- Ban Men Nong Fu
班门弄斧 (bān mén nòng fǔ) In ancient times, Lu Ban was supposed to be a consummate master in construction and sculpture.…
- Bei Gong She Ying
杯弓蛇影 (bēi gōng shé yǐng) In the Jin Dynasty (jìn cháo 晋朝,265-420), a man called Yue Guang (yuè guǎng 乐广) once…
- Chun Wang Chi Han
唇亡齿寒 (chún wáng chǐ hán) During the Spring and Autumn Period (chūn qiū 春秋时期,770-476 BC), Duke Xian of the State…
- Da Cao Jing She
打草惊蛇 (dǎ cǎo jīng shé) In ancient times there was a county magistrate who took bribes and practised graft. One day,…
- Dui Niu Tan Qin
对牛弹琴 (duì niú tán qín) In ancient time, there lived a musician named Gong Mingyi. He was very good at playing the Zheng, a…
- Fu Jing Qing Zui
负荆请罪 (fù jīng qǐng zuì) In the Warring States Period (zhàn guó 战国, 475-221 BC), Lian Po and Lin Xiangru were both…
- Gao Zhen Wu You
高枕无忧 (gāo zhěn wú yōu) Feng Shiuan lived at the home of Meng Chang-jun, prime minister of the state Ch'i during the…
- Gua Mu Xiang Kan
刮目相看 (guā mù xiāng kàn) Lv Meng (lǚ méng 吕蒙) was a general of Wu during the Three Kingdoms Period (sān guó…
- Hu Jia Hu Wei
狐假虎威 (hú jiǎ hǔ wēi) A tiger caught a fox in a forest, and was just about to eat it, when the fox said, 'You mustn't eat…
- Hua Bing Chong Ji
画饼充饥 (huà bǐng chōng jī) In the Three Kingdoms Period (sān guó 三国时代,220-280AD), the king of the state of Wei…
- Hua Long Dian Jing
画龙点睛 (huà lóng diǎn jīng) In the Southern and Northern Dynasties Period (nán běi cháo 南北朝,420-589AD), there was a…
- Hua She Tian Zu
画蛇添足 (huà shé tiān zú) In the Warring States Period (zhàn guó 战国,475-221BC), a man in the State of Chu (chǔ…
- Jing Di Zhi Wa
井底之蛙 (jǐng dǐ zhī wā) Once upon a time, a sea turtle came upon a frog that lived in an old abandoned well. Upon seeing…
- Jing Gong Zhi Niao
惊弓之鸟 (jīng gōng zhī niǎo) During the time of the Warring States (475-221 BC), there lived a well-known archer…
- Kong Zhong Lou Ge
空中楼阁 (kōng zhōng lóu gé) A rich man asked an architect to build a three-story house for him. When the first story was…
- Lao Ma Shi Tu
老马识途 (lǎo mǎ shí tú) In the Spring and Autumn Period (chūn qiū 春秋时期,770-476 BC), Duke Huan of Qi (qí huán…
- Mang Ren Mo Xiang
盲人摸象 (máng rén mō xiàng) Once upon a time there were six blind men who lived in a village in India. Every day they went to…
- Mao Sui Zi Jian
毛遂自荐 (máo suí zì jiàn) In the Warring States Period (zhàn guó 战国), the State of Qin besieged the capital of the…
- Nu Fa Chong Guan
怒发冲冠 (nù fà chōng guān) In the Warring States Period (zhàn guó 战国,481 - 386BC), the King of the State of Zhao (zhào…
- Pao Zhuan Yin Yu
抛砖引玉 (pāo zhuān yǐn yù) During the Tang dynasty (táng cháo 唐朝), there lived a man named Jau Gu, who was a very…
- Po Fu Chen Zhou
破釜沉舟 (pò fǔ chén zhōu) In the late years of the Qin Dynasty (qín cháo 秦朝,221 - 206BC), Xiang Yu ( xiàng yù 项羽)…
- Po Jing Chong Yuan
破镜重圆 (pò jìng chóng yuán) In the Northern and Southern Dynasties (nán běi cháo 南北朝,420-589AD) when the State of…
- Qi Hu Nan Xia
骑虎难下 (qí hǔ nán xià) In the late Northern Zhou (beǐ zhōu 北周,557-581AD) era, after the emperor Xuan Di (xuān dì…
- Qi Ren You Tian
杞人忧天 (qǐ rén yōu tiān) In the Spring and Autumn Period (chūn qiū 春秋时期,770-476 BC), in the State of Qi there was…
- Qian Che Zhi Jian
前车之鉴 (qián chē zhī jiàn) During the Western Han dynasty (xī hàn西汉), there lived in Loyang a man named Jia Yi. Jia…
- Ru Yu De Shui
如鱼得水 (rú yú dé shuǐ) During the Three Kingdoms (sān guó 三国) , Liu Bei (liú bèi 刘备) went to Longzhong (lóng…
- Sai Weng Shi Ma
塞翁失马 (sài wēng shī mǎ) Once upon a time, there lived an old man on the northern frontier of China. One day, his horse…
- Shi Wai Tao Yuan
世外桃源 (shì wài táo yuán) Tao Yuanming (táo yuān míng 陶渊明), a famous writer of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (dōng jìn…
- Shou Zhu Dai Tu
守株待兔 (shǒu zhū dài tù) A farmer was ploughing the fields one day when he saw a hare running wildly. The hare ran into a…
- Shu Neng Sheng Qiao
熟能生巧 (shú néng shēng qiǎo) Chen Yau-tz, of the Sung dynasty (sòng cháo 宋朝), was a very talented archer. He hit the…
- Shui Luo Shi Chu
水落石出 (shuǐ luò shí chū) This idiom was a sentence excerpted from one masterpiece written by Su Shi (sū shì 苏轼),who…
- Tan Hu Se Bian
谈虎色变 (tán hǔ sè biàn) Long long ago, there was a farmer living in a small and tranquil village. One day, the poor guy was…
- Tie Chu Mo Cheng Zhen
铁杵磨成针 (tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn) This legend is about Li Bai (lǐ baí 李白), a great poet in Tang Dynasty (táng…
- Tong Zhou Gong Ji
同舟共济 (tóng zhōu gòng jì) In the Spring and Autumn period (春秋 chūn qiū,770 -- 221BC), the Wu State (wú guó 吴国 )…
- Wan Huo Zi Fen
玩火自焚 (wán huǒ zì fén) During the Spring and Autumn Period (春秋 chūn qiū,770-476 BC), Zhou Xu (zhōu xū 州吁), the…
- Wang Mei Zhi Ke
望梅止渴 (wàng méi zhǐ kě) Cao Cao (cáo cāo 曹操) in the history of China, known for clever treacherous…
- Wang Yang Bu Lao
亡羊补牢 (wáng yáng bǔ láo) A man who raised sheep once noticed there was a hole in the walls of his sheepfold. But he…
- Wang Yang Xing Tan
望洋兴叹 (wàng yáng xīng tàn) This is an old fable story about the gods. Long long ago, there lived in the Yellow River…
- Wo Xin Chang Dan
卧薪尝胆 (wò xīn cháng dǎn) During the Spring and Autumn period (770-476BC), the State of Wu launched an attack against the State…
- Xiao Li Cang Dao
笑里藏刀 (xiào lǐ cáng dāo) In the Tang Dynasty (táng cháo 唐朝), there was a minister called Li Yifu who was always…
- Xiong You Cheng Zhu
胸有成竹 (xiōng yǒu chéng zhú) In the Song Dynasty (sòng cháo 宋朝), an artist called Wen Tong (wén tóng 文同) was…
- Yan Er Dao Ling
掩耳盗铃 (yǎn ěr dào líng) In the Spring and Autumn period (chūn qiū 春秋时期,770-476 BC), a thief had stolen a bell and…
- Yi Jian Shuang Diao
一箭双雕 (yī jiàn shuāng diāo) In the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties (nán běi cháo 南北朝,420-589AD)…
- You Yu Bu Jue
犹豫不决 (yóu yù bù jué) The 'You' is a kind of wild animal which is by nature extremely suspicious. Whenever it hears a…
- Yu Bang Xiang Zheng
鹬蚌相争 (yù bàng xiāng zhēng) One day a clam opened its shell to sunbathe on a beach. Suddenly a snipe stuck its beak in the…
- Yu Gong Yi Shan
愚公移山 (yú gōng yí shān) The Foolish Old Man of the North Mountain, nearly ninety years of age, lived behind two high…
- Zhi Shang Tan Bing
纸上谈兵 (zhǐ shàng tán bīng) In the Warring States Period (zhàn guó 战国), the State of Zhao (zhào guó 赵国) had a…
- Zi Xiang Mao Dun
自相矛盾 (zì xiāng máo dùn) A man of the state of Chu (chǔ guó 楚国) had a spear and a shield for sale. He was loud in…
- Ai Wu Ji Wu
- Proverbs
50 most commonly used Chinese proverbs This is a collection of 50 most commonly used Chinese proverbs (yàn yŭ 谚语) arranged alphabetica…
- Idiom Illustrations
- Pinyin
Pinyin is formally called hanyu pinyin, including 21 initials, 36 finals and 4 tones. Hanyu means the Chinese language, Pin means ‘spell’ and Yin…
- 4 Tones
There are 4 tones in the standard Chinese pronunciation, which are represented in pinyin by marks above the word, and are read from left to right. The…
- Final vowels
Single finals:PinyinPronunciationIPAEnglish Approxaaoor…
- Initial consonants
PinyinPronunciationIPAEnglish Approxbspitppaym…
- 4 Tones
- Videos
Chinese Pinyin Pronunciation Chinese Pinyin in 6 Minutes Evolution of Chinese Character …
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