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🇨🇳 Chinese · 中文

Mandarin Chinese — the most spoken language on Earth.

At a glance

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1+ billion

speakers worldwide

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China, Taiwan, Singapore

plus global communities

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Hanzi characters

with pinyin to guide you

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~2,200 hours

to proficiency (FSI Cat. IV — a challenge worth taking)

Your first words — tap 🔊 to hear them

你好nǐ hǎoHello

早上好zǎoshang hǎoGood morning

请qǐngPlease

谢谢xièxieThank you

你好吗？nǐ hǎo maHow are you?

再见zàijiànGoodbye

Why learn Chinese?

Grammar is refreshingly simple — no verb conjugations, no plurals, no gender
Every word you learn connects you to over a billion speakers
HearSpeak shows pinyin with every word, so tones and characters come step by step

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