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Learn Mandarin Chinese A1

From tones to your first 150 characters — a free, complete Mandarin course for English speakers, aligned to HSK 1. Nine chapters covering pinyin, characters, measure words, aspect and question forms, ending with a full HSK 1 mock exam.

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章节 · A1 / HSK 1
1
Pinyin & Tones 拼音与声调
The four tones, initials and finals, tone sandhi, pinyin spelling rules and tone pairs — no characters yet
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2
First Characters & Greetings
你好 and 你叫什么名字, pronouns 我/你/他/她, the verb 是, numbers 0–10, the classifier 个
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3
Family & Measure Words 量词
Family vocabulary, possessive 的, the top ten measure words, 吗/呢 question particles, plural 们
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4
Daily Life & Negation
不 versus 没, 有 for possession, 在 for location, the adverbs 也 and 都
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Actions, Time & Aspect
了 as completion aspect contrasted with English past tense, time-before-verb order, dates and clock time
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WH-Questions & Manner Expressions
谁/什么/哪儿/怎么/为什么, 几 versus 多少, and manner expressions after the verb
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7
Shopping, Food & Descriptive Language
很 + adjective predicates, shopping and food dialogues, prices and quantities
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8
Cumulative Review
Full recycling of all 150 HSK 1 target words and characters across SRS-weighted review pages
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HSK 1 Mock Exam
One full timed mock — 40 listening and 40 reading items — plus an untimed item bank, band-score table and HSK 2 transition notes
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