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One plan unlocks 500+ HSK-aligned lessons, practice sets, quizzes, and writing sheets.
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500+ lessons
The Complete Chinese Method
500+ college-quality video lessons that take you from your first word to talking with friends and loved ones, watching your favorite Chinese shows, or acing your exams.
500,000+ students
have learned Chinese with us since 2016
The teacher behind our Method
Lili Hao Handcrafted curriculum
Lili spent years teaching Mandarin on college campuses, so she knows exactly where new learners get stuck and exactly how to fix it. Her Master's in Chinese Linguistics means that when Chinese gets hard and it all seems to make no sense, she shows you the logic underneath instead of telling you to memorize. And because the entire curriculum is hers, every lesson knows what you've already learned and builds on it. You're never dropped into a video that assumes things nobody taught you.
15+
years teaching
Master
of Chinese Linguistics
HSK
examiner
What your peers have to say
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"Very accurate lessons!!!" When I moved to Varese I had to find a new way to study and, thank goodness, I found Lili and ChineseFor.Us!
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"The most in-depth course you'll find. To say I was impressed would be an understatement. While looking at their HSK 1 Course, I found myself learning new things even though I'm preparing for an HSK 5 exam."
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"Great video! Simple and clearly explained! That's the true way to teach! 你们做的视频做得非常好!" (The videos that you make are made very well!)
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Results That Speak for Themselves
Italian pro basketball player Nicola Natali, speaking Chinese two courses into the Method.
Learning Chinese Opens Up A World of Possibilities
Whatever your reason for learning, you’re in the right place.
Talk to friends and loved ones
Watch your favorite Chinese TV shows
Ace your exams
Experience a rich culture
Everything you need in one place
And the Method to take you there: video lessons, quizzes,
speaking practice, and character writing.
Pick up where you left off, anywhere
Your place and progress sync instantly between phone, tablet, and desktop. Start on the bus, finish at your desk.
Auto-sync
Any device
Learn at your own pace
No deadlines, no pressure. Move through lessons on your schedule, replay anything, and revisit the hard parts as often as you need.
Self-paced
Unlimited replays
Taught like a real classroom
Video lessons based on college teaching: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Clear explanations for whatever you struggle with.
Video lessons
Stroke order
Taught by a career Chinese teacher
A Master's in Chinese Linguistics, 15+ years of teaching, students in 100+ countries. Wherever you're headed with Chinese, Lili has taken students there before.
Lili Hao
15+ years
Aligned with the official HSK exam
The levels follow the new HSK 3.0 standards, so the vocabulary and grammar you're learning are what the exam now tests.
New HSK 3.0
Exam-aligned
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Everything you need to know before getting started.
Start with Day 1 Beginner. It assumes zero Chinese: your first week covers pinyin, tones, and how characters work, and every lesson after that builds on what you've already learned.
Yes. Every course opens with free lessons and quizzes, no credit card needed. See how the teaching feels before you spend anything.
Take any course's final exam, free. Pass it comfortably and you belong a level up; if it fights back, you've found your starting point.
Everything on the site. One membership unlocks all 500+ lessons, the quizzes, workbooks, character writing sheets, and audio, plus every new lesson we release while you're a member. A traditional textbook set covering the same ground runs $150+.
Simplified, the system used in Mainland China and Singapore. Characters were simplified along regular patterns, so Traditional is a much smaller step once you can read Simplified. There's a free lesson showing how the two relate.
Nothing dramatic. Cancel anytime under My Account → Subscriptions, you won't be billed again, and you keep full access until the end of the time you've already paid for.
Your first lesson is waiting.
Nine minutes, no account needed. By the end, you’ll introduce yourself in Chinese.