✅ Your First Steps 1️⃣ Introduce Yourself - Go to the Community tab → click New Post → tell us about yourself and why you’re learning Mandarin 🇨🇳 2️⃣ Watch the “Start Here – Do Not Skip!” Video 🎯 This short video shows you exactly how to use the community, courses, and challenges to make fast progress. Here's the link: https://www.skool.com/trustychinese/classroom/26b2c383?md=8be4e624886640969ed5dda66ca98ac1 3️⃣ Message me in the our private chat or book a 1:1 onboarding call, so I can understand your learning goals better. 4️⃣ Join a Live Video Class. Perfect for extra speaking practice + meeting others (and me!). 📅 Check the calendar for the time of when this runs. (Add these to your calendar so you don't miss them) 5️⃣ Take Part in our Monthly Challenges, we focus on a different skill each month — speaking, tones, or sentence building.🗣 You’ll get feedback, motivation, and real progress with every challenge.

If I had to start learning Mandarin again from zero, and I only had 6 months, this is exactly how I’d do it. In this video, I break down the approach I would use now — after more than 10 years of learning and teaching Mandarin — to start speaking confidently, without overwhelm. This video is for you if: -You want to hold real conversations in Mandarin -You feel stuck memorising words but can’t build sentences -You want a clear, simple structure for learning -Your main goal is speaking, not writing characters What you’ll learn in this video: -Why sentence building matters more than random vocabulary -The 7 Power Verbs that unlock thousands of conversations -How to use shadowing (listen + repeat) to improve pronunciation -Why feedback and speaking with others is essential How to make progress with little daily practice, even if you’re busy.T his video focuses on spoken Mandarin and communication, not reading or writing characters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XWc3lOrDDo

I would like to know the very basics, but most apps are jumping to sentences very quickly. It’s not that i don’t understand, but i would like to know how to communicate better! (most apps need premium subscriptions for in detail content..) For lack of better word, i would like to answer questions. I can tell someone my name in mandarin, but not the color of my hair. I can say what i like to drink, but not my favorite food. (i hope this makes sense lol.)

It’s becoming gradually more popular across the world - so you may have heard of it or even tried it before! Let’s learn some key words about bubble tea and how to order one in Mandarin. 1. 珍珠奶茶 zhēn zhū nǎi chá = bubble tea 》 珍珠 zhēn zhū - pearl，奶 nǎi (牛奶 niú nǎi) - milk ， 茶 chá - tea 2. 一杯 yī bēi - one cup 3. 冰的 bīng de / 热的 rè de - iced / hot 4. 冰量 bīng liàng - ice level 》 正常冰 zhèng cháng bīng - regular ice / 去冰 qù bīng - no ice / 少冰 shǎo bīng - less ice 5. 甜度 tián dù - sweetness level 》 少糖 shǎo táng - less sweet /半糖 bàn táng - half sweet / 正常糖 zhèng cháng táng - regular sweet (aka full sweet) 6. (Additions you can add) 珍珠 zhēn zhū - pearls / 椰果 yē guǒ - coconut jelly / 布丁 bù dīng - pudding / 仙草 xiān cǎo - grass jelly / 奶盖 nǎi gài - cheese lid (aka slightly sweetened cream cheese topping) 7. 加 jiā - to add e.g. 加 椰果 ( add coconut jelly / with added coconut jelly) How to order: 嗨，我想要一杯。。。。 / 来一杯。。。。(去冰，少糖，加 椰果) 谢谢！ Hāi, wǒ xiăng yào yī bēi…. / lái yī bēi…….….. xiè xiè! Hi, I’d like / may I have a cup of……. (Put the specifics here) With added….. thanks! Below you’ll see some examples from a bubble tea shop menu > take a look and see what catches your eye! Let me know your order in Mandarin!

Hi everyone, and happy New Year! My name is LeChe. I’ve completed my Honours in Linguistics and I’m currently learning Mandarin. I’m fluent in English and Afrikaans, and in my free time I enjoy reading books and watching anime.