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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…
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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…
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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 for…
  - 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…
- 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…
- 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
- 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…
- 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. &…
- 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…
  - Proverbs
    50 most commonly used Chinese proverbs This is a collection of 50 most commonly used Chinese proverbs (yàn yŭ 谚语) arranged alphabetica…
- 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…
- Videos
  Chinese Pinyin Pronunciation Chinese Pinyin in 6 Minutes Evolution of Chinese Character …
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