This Conversational Chinese Language course focuses on speaking the Chinese language. It will get you started speaking Mandarin Chinese from day one. If you are interested in taking the HSK tests for getting a certificate as a proof of language proficiency, this course will also be a great help!

The best way to follow this course is to listen to them without looking at the screen first. Only after you are familiar with the sound, do you look at the screen if you are interested in learning the Pinyin and writing.

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How we got here:

2013:
We both started learning Chinese in Chengdu, Sichuan province (China). Phil got a degree in Chinese from Sichuan University. Luke went the self-study route.
We both struggled a lot for the first year, wasting thousands of hours and thousands of dollars getting nowhere.
2014:
We both almost quit, until we discovered the magic of ‘comprehensible input’. We used proven memory techniques to achieve advanced literacy in a few months, and began immersing in Chinese TV, movies, books, comics, and podcasts.
2015:
Within a year, we went from failures, to passing the highest level Chinese exam at the time (the HSK 6), and achieved B2 spoken fluency. We did this learning part time, while it should take a FULL TIME learner at least twice as long (that works out to at least 4x faster).
We became tired of everyone we knew falling into the same traps we did, struggling needlessly. We decided to share what we knew with the local community in Chengdu.
2016-2018:
We started Mandarin Blueprint. We spent 100s of hours teaching what we knew in live and online seminars, gradually developing our own curriculum.
2019-2024: We officially launched our online video curriculum, and continually improved and perfected the content, community, and various supplementary courses.
TODAY: Our paid membership Mandarin Blueprint Pro is taking the Mandarin-learning world by storm, making Chinese simple and rewarding for thousands of learners.

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00:00 Intro
02:22 What is HSK?
03:08 What is Hanzi?
03:28 What is Pinyin and how to learn?
05:38 What are radicals, and how to learn?
08:21 HSK 1 (main resources and plan)
11:02 HSK 2
12:04 HSK 3
13:30 HSK 4
16:02 HSK 5
17:49 HSK 6

Here is the list of the resources mentioned in the video :
Pre Hsk Resources:
⭐Pinyin and Tones training Apps📱:
ChineseSkill
LingoDeer
superChinese
HelloChinese

🔗Links:
Sing and learn chinesehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv6WEWS_re8&t=18s
Mandarin Blueprinthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlaJ12tmtu4&t=2549s
Everyday Chinesehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ16HpelCXA&t=2617s

⭐Radicals:
📱Apps:
Tofu learning
Anki
Memrise
Pleco dictionary
🔗Links:
Radical poster https://shop.ltl-school.com/b/Gw0v
📚 Books:
Radicals training books from Aliexpress, Taobao and Amazon
⭐HSK 1 Resources:

📱Apps (these apps can be used in all levels):
✅Superchinese
✅Supertest
✅Anki
✅Memrise
✅Quizlet
✅Lingo deer
✅Tofu learn
✅Ninchanese
✅Hello chinese
✅Chinese skill

📚Books (Across all levels):
✅HSK standard books

🔗Links:
Say ninhao-study chinese Hsk1 Course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEwfYaCVy6M&list=PLZ_62dd1us_CBbwvmIVfF_2-WDv-D9Vi4
Learn Chinese with melissa Hsk 1 Course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2bg7neoL_k&list=PL0xaNXE_mHLqRaSytLvHRTOh1xCvXbsoN
Mandarin corner Hsk 1 Vocab
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfBwNIjMbss
Chinese Grammar Wiki (suitable for all levels)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Main_Page

📻Podcast:
✅ChinesePod - Beginner
✅Learn Chinese | ChineseClass101.com

⭐HSK 2 Resources:

🔗Links:
Mandarin corner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOWRT2NM5AI&list=PL7VdqFXO0Lzcng8-g5uATwXcO3EsZMm0k
Real talk mandarin peipei Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/realtalkmandarin_peipei/
Chinese teacher lucia
https://www.instagram.com/chineseteacherlucia/
Carly LetsSpeakXYZ
https://www.youtube.com/@Chinese-Teacher-Carly
Chinese 0 to Hero
https://www.youtube.com/@ChineseZeroToHero

📻Podcast (Across all levels):
✅ChinesePod - Beginner
✅Learn Chinese | ChineseClass101.com

⭐HSK 3 Resources:

🔗Links:
Mandarin corner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D5a2LGgFFk&t=4s

🎶 Entertainment:
✅莫文蔚
✅王菲
✅陈奕迅
✅我是歌手
✅我们的歌

⭐HSK 4 Resources:

🔗Links:
Mandarin corner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3I_yQni6jI&t=1s
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Main_Page
April的草莓啊
https://www.youtube.com/@April-makeup
曼食慢语 Amanda Tastes
https://www.youtube.com/@Amandatastes
Chef Wang 美食作家王刚
https://www.youtube.com/@chefwang
周六野 Zoey
https://www.youtube.com/@WildSaturday

📻Podcast:
✅ChinesePod - Intermediate
✅Learn Chinese | ChineseClass101.com
✅Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)
✅mandarin corner https://mandarincorner.org/audio-podcast/

🎶 Entertainment:
✅爸爸去哪儿
Dad Where Are We Going
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2NbVsMJ5To
✅大鱼海棠
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAzvkD7MAfs
✅中国奇谭
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wWnOYSaP6A
✅西游记之大圣归来
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul2qvUfisOE
✅白蛇缘起
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC1-oMAHF-0
✅哪吒之魔童降世

⭐HSK 5 Resources:

🔗Links:
Mandarin corner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nby-Vl7ghm8&t=2s
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Main_Page
Tencent Video-Show
https://www.youtube.com/@TencentVideoShow
China HunanTV Official Channel 湖南卫视芒果TV官方频道
https://www.youtube.com/@MangoTV-Official

📻Podcast:
✅ChinesePod - Intermediate
✅Learn Chinese | ChineseClass101.com

🎶 Entertainment:
✅家有儿女 (Chinese "Growing Pains")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC3DmhI-3tU
✅爱情公寓 (Chinese "Friends")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82iV1DZIGfw
✅三十而已 ( "Nothing but Thirty")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4zhJHw-BpA&t=332s
✅腾讯视频 (Tencent Video)
https://www.youtube.com/@TencentVideo
✅腾讯视频 - 热播综艺
https://www.youtube.com/@TencentVideoShow
✅湖南卫视芒果TV官方频道
https://www.youtube.com/@MangoTV-Official

⭐HSK 6 Resources:

🔗Links:
Mandarin corner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G6jWN0PzDI&list=PL7VdqFXO0LzcO3VwfFCtZTFWC7kFUONcC
CCTV纪录
https://www.youtube.com/@CCTVDocumentary
https://www.ximalaya.com/

📻Podcast:
✅ChinesePod - Advanced
✅Learn Chinese | ChineseClass101.com
✅Ximalaya

🎶 Entertainment:
✅Bite of China (舌尖上的中国)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDl0Q-XmiSk
✅"奇葩说" (Qipashuo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i-gMoAArPU
✅"脱口秀大会" (Tuōkǒuxiù Dàhuì)
https://www.youtube.com/@TencentVideoTalkshow

👍The Best Free Game to Build Your Chinese Vocabulary:
🚀 Earthlingo https://earthlingo.io

👍Video Courses (free):
🚀HSK Level 1 - All Lessons: https://tinyurl.com/4hkdn6yf
🚀HSK Level 2 - All Lessons: https://tinyurl.com/4bvwexs6
🚀HSK Level 3 - All Lessons: https://tinyurl.com/4n7v65u9
🚀HSK Level 4 - All Lessons: https://tinyurl.com/zewpz3cx
🚀HSK Core Learning: https://www.youtube.com/@MandarinCorner2/playlists
🚀All HSK 1-6 Grammar Explained:
https://www.youtube.com/@ChineseZeroToHero/playlists

👍Mandarin Pronuciation (free):
🚀Mastering Tones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlaJ12tmtu4&t=31s
🚀Mastering Pinyin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XbQJPF817I&t=1s

👍Books (check your library system):
🚀HSK textbooks: https://amzn.to/499UCRo
🚀TOCFL textbooks: https://amzn.to/3viujuD
🚀Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: https://amzn.to/43tOtyn

👍Anki Flashcards (free):
🚀HSK 1: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/132435921
🚀HSK 2: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1096327442
🚀HSK 3: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1723226415
🚀HSK 4: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/936239780
🚀HSK 5: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1118671953
🚀HSK 6: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/106917848

👍Podcasts (free):
🚀Learning Chinese Through Stories:
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/learning-chinese-through-stories/id942258146
🚀不丧 (BuSang):
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/不丧/id1341496069
🚀大人的 Small Talk:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/大人的small-talk/id1452688611

👍Reading Chinese
🚀DuChinese (some free content): http://DuChinese.net
🚀The Chairman’s Bao (some free content): http://thechairmansbao.com/
🚀Graded Readers: https://mandarincompanion.com/

👍Writing Chinese
🚀Daily Mandarin (free): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/daily-mandarin/id1317121924
🚀Skritter: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/skritter-write-chinese/id1370892114

If you found this video to be useful or have any questions, please let me know. And until next time, thanks for watching.

-Brian

00:00 - How to Learn Mandarin
00:30 - Core Learning (HSK)
01:06 - Core Learning (TOCFL)
01:23 - Mastering Tones
02:18 - Speaking Skills
02:38 - Preply Mandarin Tutors [video sponsor]
03:32 - Building Vocabulary
04:32 - Mastering Grammar
05:23 - Listening Resources (Lv. 1)
06:19 - Listening Resources (Lv. 2)
07:05 - Using Movies and TV
07:46 - Reading Skills + Resources
08:45 - This is Important for Reading!
09:12 - Reading Apps
09:31 - Writing Skills + Resources
10:17 - Writing Apps
10:38 - Your Study Routine

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Lesson 1.1 - Self-Introduction
Lesson 1.2 - Chinese Characters: 我 叫 姓 好
Lesson 2.1 – Ask People's Name
Lesson 2.2 – Chinese Characters: 你 什 么
Lesson 3.1 - Countries & Nationalities
Lesson 3.2 - Chinese Characters: 中 国 人 是
Lesson 4.1 - Numbers 1 to 100
Lesson 4.2 - Chinese Characters: 一 to 十
Lesson 5.1 - Ask and Say Age
Lesson 5.2 – Chinese Characters: 岁 多 大 几
Unit 1 Review: Lesson 1-5
Lesson 6.1 – Personal Pronouns
Lesson 6.2 – Chinese Characters: 他 她 们
Lesson 7.1 – My / Your / His / Her
Lesson 7.2 – Chinese Characters: 的 名 字
Lesson 8.1 – Question Word Who; Parents and Friends
Lesson 8.2 – Chinese Characters: 爸妈朋友谁
Lesson 9.1 – Yes or No Question with 吗
Lesson 9.2 – Chinese Characters: 吗 哥 姐 弟 妹
Lesson 10.1 – Negative with 不
Lesson 10.2 – Chinese Characters: 不儿女子老师认识
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Lesson 11.1 – Greetings in Chinese
Lesson 11.2 – Chinese Characters: 再见您早晚上安
Lesson 12.1 – Useful Daily Expressions
Lesson 12.2 – Chinese Characters: 谢客气用对起没关系
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Lesson 13.2 – Chinese Characters: 年月生日号零
Lesson 14.1 – Tell Time
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Lesson 15.1 – Days of the Week
Lesson 15.2 – Chinese Characters: 今明昨天星期周
Unit 3 Review: Lesson 11-15
Lesson 16.1 – Have Vs. Don't Have
Lesson 16.2 – Chinese Characters: 有没个苹果
Lesson 17.1 – This and That
Lesson 17.2 – Chinese Characters: 这那位先小
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Lesson 18.2 – Chinese Characters: 哪同学东西
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Chapters:
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00:13 Update and Changes
00:48 How to Download
01:12 Card Template Explanation
02:39 Using it in Your Own Cards
05:00 Final Words