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Survival Mandarin: Your First 30 Situations (L2)

CEFR A1–A2 · Thirty situations you will actually meet in China — where cash barely works, everything runs through one app, the numbers are counted in ten-thousands, and hospitality operates by rules you should know before someone pours your tea.

BeginnerChinese (Mandarin)Certificate
4 modules 21 lessons 10 enrolled ~13h of material
Survival Mandarin: Your First 30 Situations (L2)

By the end

What you'll build

  • Handle thirty everyday Chinese situations with the right words and tones
  • Pay, travel and communicate in a near-cashless, app-driven country
  • Count and understand prices, including the ten-thousand grouping
  • Order food, ask for what you want, and handle a shared table
  • Read the etiquette around hospitality, face and gift-giving
  • Ask for help and keep the conversation in Chinese

The shape of it

How this course works

Short lessons

21 lessons across 4 modules, each small enough to finish in one sitting.

Practice as you go

Every lesson ends with a small space for what you noticed — the doing is the learning.

A certificate at the end

Finish the course and earn a certificate anyone can verify with a link.

Ready when you are.

Make an account and this course opens up — your progress is saved from the very first lesson.