Learning Outcomes

Usage of Words and Structure of Sentences

Comparisons and Expressions

Society and Relationships

Service Firms and Career

Lesson Summary

HSK Level 4 includes more than 90 keywords and new grammar points. This module will cover some new words and sentence forms with the help of passages and dialogues in Mandarin. You will learn the usage of keywords like 好, 总算 and 终于, among others. The topics have two parts: Part 1 is reading and explanation, while Part 2 is practice exercises.

Emotions and Conditions

Reading and Describing

Business Conversations

Revision Lesson

In this module, the passages used as examples will focus on having conversations in different circumstances. You will learn to convey your emotions along with carrying on a business conversation. How can you use conjunctions to form complex sentences? There are new grammar and vocabulary to help you move ahead in the Chinese language skill.

Discussing Employment Status

Family Matters

Health and Medicine

Final Revision Lesson

A conversational language has varied tones and forms. Many new sentence structures and grammar points in this course section will explore these tones and forms. This module includes passages related to job search, family and medicine to help you express yourself better. Your vocabulary for HSK Level 4 exam will expand as you continue practising

Course assessment

This free online course will help you master the HSK Level 4 grammar and intermediate daily conversations in Chinese.

Diploma in HSK Level 4 Conversational Chinese

If you have completed the HSK Levels 1, 2 and 3, this level 4 course will add more vocabulary and grammar points to further your Chinese language skills. The video lessons are short, with passages related to different scenarios covering all walks of life. After completing this course, your confidence in conversational Chinese will increase and you can benefit socially or by tapping newer opportunities at work or in education.

Greeting People

Asking And Telling Names

Asking And Telling Nationalities

This module contains three topics that introduce absolute beginners to the Chinese language. Each topic begins with learning vocabulary words that are then used to construct simple sentences. You will learn simple greetings and how to introduce yourself - your name and country to a person in Chinese.

Course assessment - Chinese for Beginners: Greetings and Self-introduction

Explore basic vocabulary and speech for general greetings in this free online course on your journey to Chinese fluency.

Chinese for Beginners - Greetings and Self-Introduction

Start exploring the Chinese educational culture, work or leisure through its language, the most widely spoken language in the world! This short course will teach you to greet others and introduce yourself, using your name and nationality in Mandarin Chinese. In addition, explore its vocabulary, proper pronunciations and tones so you can sound like a native speaker, impressing yourself and others. The course is free so begin today!

Expressing Opinions and Comparisons

Comparisons and Construction of Rhetorical Questions

Descriptions, Emphasis and Affirmations

Talking About Changes and Summarising

Fluent conversations in Chinese will require accurate knowledge of verb phrase structures, sentence constructions and the use of specific characters. In this module, you will learn how to compare things and situations. As you watch the lesson videos, you can practice forming sentences where you have to either emphasise or talk about changes.

Approximation and Use of Conjunctions(只要…就…)

Revision: Conversational Chinese HSK Level 3

Conjunctions, Classifiers and Directional Complement

Interrogative Pronouns, Subjectless Sentences

This module conversational Chinese will help you to use conjunctions, classifiers, complements and pronouns to add more meaning to your understanding of the language. You will learn new words, grammar and sentence structures as you progress through the next four topics with engaging practice exercises.

Asking About Things

Possibility Complement and Conjunctions

Directional Complement

Everyday conversations in Mandarin or Chinese will involve the use of mathematical expressions. In this module, you will begin with understanding how to talk about fractions, percentages and multiples. Subsequent topics will guide you through fresh grammar and sentence structures as you learn about and practise complements and conjunctions.

This free online course helps you master HSK Level 3 grammar and conduct basic daily conversations in Mandarin Chinese.

Diploma in HSK Level 3 Conversational Chinese

If you have completed the ‘HSK Level 1 and Level 2 Conversational Chinese’ courses, this course will help you progress further in mastering Mandarin. The short video lessons will teach you new vocabulary and grammar to have more extended conversations in Mandarin. Completing this course will add yet another milestone to your foreign language proficiency, which will help you tap into new opportunities, whether at your studies or work.

Vowels, Initials, and Tones

Basic Mandarin Terms and Expressions

Sentence Pattern and Speaking Practice

In this module, you will examine the finals, the initials, and the four tones in Chinese Pinyin. Likewise, you will study the tonal marks and tone change rules of Mandarin. You will learn about Chinese greetings, manners, and colours. Then, the food and drinks, animals, key verbs, and sentence patterns in the language will be discussed.

Mandarin for Beginners - Course Assessment

This free online course teaches how to communicate in Mandarin and Pinyin, Chinese's Romanised phonetic system.

Mandarin for Beginners

In this free online course, we will introduce you to Mandarin and Pinyin, the phonetic system of the language. You will examine the syllables, tones and spelling rules of Mandarin. In addition, we will discuss the number system and sentence patterns in Mandarin. By completing this Mandarin course, you will develop your mental aptitude, enhance your travel experience and attain a global business and economic advantage.

Numbers, Months and Years in Chinese

Expressing Dates in Chinese

Birthday, Festive and Holiday Vocabulary

This module will teach Chinese numbers from zero to one hundred. Then you will learn dates and how to ask questions about dates in Chinese. The module will also teach you other Chinese vocabulary such as days of the week, birthdays, holidays, labor day, Christmas, and Valentine's day, to mention a few.

Chinese for Beginners - Number and Date - Course Assessment

Learn Chinese numerals, dates and holidays for basic communication in the Mandarin language in this free online course.

Chinese for Beginners - Number and Date

Mandarin Chinese is among the world’s most widely spoken languages. Understanding dates and numbers in Mandarin Chinese will aid you in learning many other fundamental concepts. The numbering system we study in this course is the foundation for mastering concepts like weeks, months, dates and years. We then show you how to properly describe time and use the words you've learned to compose sentences. Finally, we discuss Chinese holidays.

How to Greet

How to Speak Affirmative and Negative Sentences

How to Meet People

How to Ask Permission and Introduce Yourself

How to Ask and Answer Location Specific Questions

If you want to learn a language, you begin at the primary level with some simple words. This module will teach you how to develop your conversation skills. How do you greet? How do you introduce yourself? How do you ask some simple questions when meeting someone first? You will learn many words that we use in everyday conversations.

How to Comment and Suggest

How to Ask Is or Not Questions

How to Count and Classify

How to Work With Dates and Weekdays

How to Work With Currency

As you progress learning a new language, you have to get comfortable with managing the daily conversations on activities, days and local shopping. In this module, you will learn some more grammar rules. You will also expand your Chinese vocabulary by learning to count beyond 10, talk about days of the week, months along with the currency.

How to Ask the Time and Express Yourself

How to Talk About Health and Sickness

How to Express the Frequency of Activities

Revision: Conversational Chinese

We understand what others are saying most of the time, but we find it difficult to express ourselves in a new language. You will continue to learn and practice conversational Chinese in this module and gain confidence as you master new words and phrases. This module's new sentence structures and grammar rules will enhance your language skill.

Hold simple conversations with Chinese people by mastering the basics of Chinese (Mandarin) in this free online course.

Diploma in HSK Level 1 Conversational Chinese

How do you have a conversation in Chinese (Mandarin)? If you want to learn this language and would like to have a dialogue with native speakers, this course is for you. Whether it is a polite conversation or describing your life and work, you will have the confidence to express yourself like a local. Our video lessons help facilitate sound practice techniques and prepare you to learn the sentence structures and vocabulary at HSK Level 1.

Chinese Five Tones

Pinyin Simple Finals

Pinyin Compound and Nasal Finals

In this module, you will learn the concept of Chinese pronunciation system and how to master Pinyin for effective communication. Pronunciation is very essential when learning how to speak Mandarin. Did you know that the tone you use when pronouncing a word can change the meaning of a word? You will master the five tones of Chinese language.

Chinese Pronunciation(Pinyin) Initials-b,p,m,f

Chinese Pronunciation(Pinyin) Initials - d,t,n,l

Pinyin initials - g, k, h, j, q, x and z, c, s, zh, ch, sh, r, y, w

In this module, you will learn about the twenty-three Pinyin initials with their finals. There are twenty-one initials and two special initials available in the Chinese Pinyin system.  You will learn how to pronounce these initials, practice with some examples in both Chinese words and their English equivalent for easy assimilation.

Chinese Pronunciation(Pinyin) Whole Syllables

Pinyin Rules and Spelling Practice

In this module, you will learn about the Pinyin rules. ü can be used after the initials j, q, x in Pinyin, however, the two dots should be omitted. You will learn how to apply the Pinyin rules in mastering Mandarin Chinese. Then you will practice some spelling to help you familiarized the Chinese characters and pronunciation.

Chinese Language | Pronunciation and Tones - Course Assessment

Master Chinese pronunciation, eliminate your accent, and sound like a native speaker with this free online course.

Chinese Language | Pronunciation and Tones

This free online course teaches you how to master the different tones in Mandarin Chinese and helps you communicate like an authentic native speaker. Did you know that the tone you use when pronouncing a word can change its meaning? Learning how to pronounce words correctly is the key component of mastering Mandarin Chinese. You will learn how to master the Chinese pronunciation system known as Pinyin with an emphasis on the 24 Pinyin finals.

Auxiliary Verbs and Complements in Chinese

Direction Complement

Quantity Complement and Uses of [的 de]

Result Complement and 把(bǎ) Construction

Auxiliary verbs are added before verbs to add more meaning to the sentence. This module will teach you about sentence construction with auxiliaries, complements and 把(bǎ). You will also learn to count large numbers, and the specifics of directional, quantity and result complements before understanding the grammatical use of 的(de).

Descriptions and Comparisons

Functional Components of Chinese Sentences

Emphasis Complement

Complements of Frequency and Conjunctions

A conversation includes some descriptions and comparisons. You can learn how to do this. This module will teach you some advanced sentence structures to express yourself better. Additional grammar points will add to your Chinese language skill as you will learn about some more complements of emphasis, frequency and conjunction.

Making Plans and Suggestions

Expressing Changing Circumstances and Progressions

Result Complement and 被(Bèi) Construction

Revision: Conversational Chinese HSK Level 2

Verb phrases add meaning to any sentence and one must know their correct usage. In this module you will learn about auxiliary verbs, complements and advanced sentence constructions that use verb phrases or verbs. Your conversational skill will improve and you can get more comfortable with the Chinese characters as you progress through the lessons.

This free online course will help you master HSK Level 2 grammar and basic daily conversations in Chinese Mandarin.

Diploma in HSK Level 2 Conversational Chinese

This course will be valuable if you want to add more Chinese words to your vocabulary and master complex sentence structures. The lesson videos offer plenty of examples and explanations to enhance your learning experience. Discover new sentence patterns and grammar points to have diverse conversations with the Chinese locals. This course will prepare you for the HSK level 2 exam and benefit your professional or academic interests in China.

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