Real teachers.
Real conversations.
The video course is still being made. No lessons are recorded, there's no release date and there is nothing to buy — the plan is below. What you can use right now is all free, and it's linked further down this page.
The video course isn't ready. These are.
All live on the site today, all free, no signup — plus the one paid product we actually sell.
Card Library — 642 cards
50 must-know phrases plus 592 Level-2 words: hanzi, pinyin, meaning and tap-to-hear audio.
Core 500 Wordlist
500 essential Mandarin words across 8 real-life units, from greetings to bargaining.
26 Original Dialogues
Real conversations line by line — characters, pinyin and English for every sentence.
Interactive Pinyin Chart
Click any syllable to hear its four tones. The fastest way to stop guessing at sounds.
Chinese Starter Kit
Your first 30 minutes of Mandarin, laid out step by step with speakers on every word.
500 Chinese Phrases
Our only paid product: 500 phrases across 12 scenarios, each with an original example sentence.
Made by people, not algorithms
Three rules we're holding ourselves to while the course is in production.
Recorded with native teachers
Every lesson will be recorded by a native Mandarin speaker — the same approach we used for the phrase library.
15 minutes, start to finish
Short enough to do on a commute, dense enough to matter. No 40-minute lectures.
Both language tracks
Explanations in English or in Chinese, whichever you understand better today.
12 weeks, 48 lessons, one clear path
This is the outline we're building against — a structured video system from "I understand but can't speak" to holding real conversations. Nothing in this table is recorded yet.
The Chinese Path ladder — from free to fluent
Two of these three steps exist today. The third is still being built.
- Every free page on the site
- 642-card phrase & word library
- Free PDFs: phrase cards, wordlists, pinyin chart
- Study plan templates
- 500 Chinese phrases across 12 scenarios
- An original example sentence for every phrase
- Pinyin + hanzi + English on each card
- Printable PDF, 68 pages, yours permanently
- Planned: 48 lessons with native teachers
- Planned: 12-week structured path (EN & 中文)
- Planned: workbooks and audio drills
- No release date yet, and nothing to pay