Established in 2004 and one of the first private Mandarin Schools in China, Mandarin House have helped over 20,000 foreign students from 80+ nationalities to speak Mandarin.

Are you considering a move to China, or just returned home, or constantly on the move with no fixed location? It can be hard to get your Chinese level up to speed, but that doesn’t have to be the case with the online classes by Mandarin House.

Delivered by their well trained Mandarin House teachers using teacher techniques designed to recreate that 1-on-1 learning atmosphere and on your schedule, Mandarin House online lessons are the perfect solution for you.

I) Real Life Chinese Online Course

Learning Chinese for beginners, Intermediate Learners, and advanced speakers.

This course is specifically designed to enhance learner's all-around Chinese ability based on our decade of Chinese teaching experience, combining the elements of Chinese language, Chinese culture, and Chinese social life. Mandarin House breaks courses into sessions and provides you a clear picture of each session's learning focus and outcome. It is not only about flexibility in duration and learning content, but they also show you the outcome based on your personalized needs.

Choose a Real Life Chinese course if you want to improve all of your Chinese language skills - speaking, listening, pronunciation, vocabulary - for everyday use. These courses focus on communication. You'll use Chinese Mandarin from the first day in a relaxed setting to improve your understanding, fluency, and confidence.

Course Benefits:

• From one session to an entire level, you can flexibly choose your learning plan.
• Native, professional, certified and experienced Chinese teachers.
• Use standard Chinese as the medium of instruction and communication, creating an immerse Chinese language learning environment.
• Each session is learning outcome-oriented.
• Sub-levels to meet the different language skills for each Mandarin Chinese learner.
• Real-time one-on-one live course.

Level 1: 40 sessions, 45 minutes per session

Study 390 core vocabularies and 51 essential sentence structures and grammar points. Cover daily topics such as greeting, simple self-introduction, numbers, day and time, asking directions, shopping for simple goods, taking a taxi, making simple appointments, ordering food at a restaurant, etc.

Level 2: 40 sessions, 45 minutes per session

Study 425 core vocabularies and 34 essential sentence structures and grammar points. Cover daily topics such as weather, climate, sports, traveling, shopping for clothes, at a hair salon, describing the location and house layout, animal, and Chinese zodiac, birthday celebration, etc.

Level 3: 40 sessions, 45 minutes per session

Study 378 core vocabularies and 28 essential sentence structures and grammar points. Cover daily topics such as transportation methods, opening a bank account at a bank, sending a package at a post office, purchasing mobile phone and plane or train ticket, seeing a doctor, making a travel plan, how Chinese people celebrate Spring Festival, etc.

Level 4: 40 sessions, 45 minutes per session

Study 378 core vocabularies and 28 essential sentence structures and grammar points. Cover topics such as why learning Chinese became popular around the world, the experience of staying at a hotel, break up and love relationship, welcome a visitor, use an agency to rent an apartment, shopping at a supermarket, TV programs and movies, physical exercise and health, etc.

Level 5: 40 sessions, 45 minutes per session

Study 369 core vocabularies and 28 essential sentence structures and grammar points. Cover topics such as 8 Chinese cuisines, our life on the internet, the history and culture of Beijing, special gift culture in China, pop and classical music culture, famous Chinese idioms, study hard and lifelong continuous education, consuming habits, travel through the Silk Road, environmental protection, etc.

II) HSK Preparation Chinese Language Course

Study with an official HSK testing centre. Mandarin House will help you to effectively prepare for HSK test.

Known across the world, an HSK exam opens doors to jobs and further study. Study towards one of the world's most popular Chinese language test for work or study, choose an HSK preparation course to help you prepare for and pass your test.

What is the secret to passing your HSK test? At My Mandarin House, they provide HSK practice questions, HSK sample and mock tests, and intelligent vocabulary training; get to know the differences between the similar words as this is at the core of this test. Learners will also increase their reading speed and writing skills. They can develop these skills as they take the HSK preparation course.

Course Benefits:

• HSK is recognized as an entrance requirement by all Chinese universities.
• HSK is also recognized by many employers as proof of Chinese skills.
• Taking the HSK test is useful when you want to test your Chinese level or set yourself a goal to pursue.
• Mandarin House is an authorized HSK testing centre.
• Understand the examination structure; focus on the systematic learning of core skills in addition to grammar and vocabulary.
• The teacher will show you exactly what the HSK grader is looking for on each question. Help to an extent and gives you a better grasp.

Level 1: 40 sessions, 45 minutes per session

Study 390 core vocabularies and 51 essential sentence structures of daily topics such as greeting, day and time, asking directions, shopping for simple goods, taking a taxi, making simple appointments, etc. Accomplish the learning of vocabularies required in HSK test syllabus; Pass the mock test of HSK 1.

Level 2: 40 sessions, 45 minutes per session

Study 425 core vocabularies and 34 essential sentence structures of daily topics such as weather, climate, traveling, at a hair salon, describing the location and house layout, birthday celebration, etc. Accomplish the learning of vocabularies required in HSK 2 test syllabus. Pass the mock test of HSK 2.

Level 3: 40 sessions, 45 minutes per session

Accomplish the learning of 600 vocabularies required in HSK 3 test syllabus; Pass the mock test of HSk 3; Be able to communicate in Chinese at a modest level in daily, academic, and professional lives; Can manage most communication in Chinese when traveling in China.

III) Tailor-Made Online Chinese Language Course

Learn together with experienced teachers for your specific needs.

Mandarin House's dedication to the success of their learners begins when their course consultant contacts them for personal language evaluation and it continues when their professional teachers fine-tune each session to accelerate their progress and ensure they achieve their goals. With a tailor-made course, learning Chinese is fast, effective and enjoyable.

In their Tailor-Made course, a seasoned teacher and a course consultant will be assigned to each learner in the very beginning to help them get a clear picture of how they can develop their Chinese effectively and efficiently based on their current skill level.

Course Benefits:

• The teaching approach focuses on the individual needs of the learners to help them achieve their goals.
• Carefully structured sessions to accelerate your progress.
• Personalized, live interactive courses with dedicated teachers.
• Highlight learner's participation, and create a learner-centered environment under the teacher's guidance.
• Extensive practical topics into practice, business, travel, finance, job, etc.

Popular Course Topics

• Chinese Business Etiquette
• Chinese Reading (Newspaper, Magazines, and internet)
• Learn Chinese through Songs, Movies, and TV.
• Survival Chinese.
• Travel Chinese
• Finance Chinese
• Business Chinese
• Job Interviews Chinese

Free Trial Session

Students who register for this online Chinese language course will be qualified for a free trial session, in order to show how the Mandarin House online platform works and how easy it is to learn Chinese online.

Class Schedule

All their online courses are 1-on-1 live courses, and it's very flexible for students to book each session based on their schedule, which ensures them an easy and convenient learning experience.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are based on the number of lessons the students will choose to take. The more lessons they take, the lower the price per lesson of their tuition fee. Kindly message us what course you're going to choose, and also the number of lessons, from the list below:

I) Real Life Chinese Online Course
Level 1: 40 sessions, 45 minutes per session

Study 390 core vocabularies and 51 essential sentence structures and grammar points. Cover daily topics such as greeting, simple self-introduction, numbers, day and time, asking directions, shopping for simple goods, taking a taxi, making simple appointments, ordering food at a restaurant, etc.

Level 2: 40 sessions, 45 minutes per session

Study 425 core vocabularies and 34 essential sentence structures and grammar points. Cover daily topics such as weather, climate, sports, traveling, shopping for clothes, at a hair salon, describing the location and house layout, animal, and Chinese zodiac, birthday celebration, etc.

Level 3: 40 sessions, 45 minutes per session

Study 378 core vocabularies and 28 essential sentence structures and grammar points. Cover daily topics such as transportation methods, opening a bank account at a bank, sending a package at a post office, purchasing mobile phone and plane or train ticket, seeing a doctor, making a travel plan, how Chinese people celebrate Spring Festival, etc.

Level 4: 40 sessions, 45 minutes per session

Study 378 core vocabularies and 28 essential sentence structures and grammar points. Cover topics such as why learning Chinese became popular around the world, the experience of staying at a hotel, break up and love relationship, welcome a visitor, use an agency to rent an apartment, shopping at a supermarket, TV programs and movies, physical exercise and health, etc.

Level 5: 40 sessions, 45 minutes per session

Study 369 core vocabularies and 28 essential sentence structures and grammar points. Cover topics such as 8 Chinese cuisines, our life on the internet, the history and culture of Beijing, special gift culture in China, pop and classical music culture, famous Chinese idioms, study hard and lifelong continuous education, consuming habits, travel through the Silk Road, environmental protection, etc.

II) HSK Preparation Chinese Language Course
Level 1: 40 sessions, 45 minutes per session

Study 390 core vocabularies and 51 essential sentence structures of daily topics such as greeting, day and time, asking directions, shopping for simple goods, taking a taxi, making simple appointments, etc. Accomplish the learning of vocabularies required in HSK test syllabus; Pass the mock test of HSK 1.

Level 2: 40 sessions, 45 minutes per session

Study 425 core vocabularies and 34 essential sentence structures of daily topics such as weather, climate, traveling, at a hair salon, describing the location and house layout, birthday celebration, etc. Accomplish the learning of vocabularies required in HSK 2 test syllabus. Pass the mock test of HSK 2.

Level 3: 40 sessions, 45 minutes per session

Accomplish the learning of 600 vocabularies required in HSK 3 test syllabus; Pass the mock test of HSk 3; Be able to communicate in Chinese at a modest level in daily, academic, and professional lives; Can manage most communication in Chinese when traveling in China.

III) Tailor-Made Online Chinese Language Course

Popular Course Topics:
Chinese Business Etiquette
Chinese Reading (Newspaper, Magazines, and internet)
Learn Chinese through Songs, Movies, and TV.
Survival Chinese.
Travel Chinese
Finance Chinese
Business Chinese
Job Interviews Chinese

Over 20,000 students from 80+ nationalities have chosen Mandarin House as their Chinese language school and our expertise and reputation in helping students achieve their Chinese goals is second-to-none.

We are proud to have won international awards, reached the strictest quality accreditation standards and to have employed only the best teachers and staff who are all dedicated to one thing: ensuring you learn Chinese as fast and efficient as possible.

2014 is our tenth year of Mandarin teaching! Our mission remains the same; we want to ensure you learn Mandarin on your terms, quickly and efficiently.

Our Awards

Sometimes it can be hard to take something at face value in China and difficult to tell whether a school is speaking the truth or simply just speaking empty words. Talk is cheap and by making the claim to be China’s premier Chinese language school we feel obliged to share some of the recognitions and awards we have received from within China and internationally.

One of our proudest achievements has been the recognition we have received from voting language study abroad agencies and organisations for the ‘World Language Provider Star Award’ as awarded by Study Travel Magazine. In 2008 we were nominated as the first and to-date only Chinese language school and have since been nominated a further 5 times culminating in being awarded the top prize for the category in 2009 and 2013.

Our Expertise

Established in 2004, Mandarin House is a pioneer of the Chinese language industry and was established to provide a more personal, flexible alternative to universities.

Mandarin House was the first private Chinese school in China to:

• Develop its own structured, holistic curriculum based on the fundamental principle of providing real-life Chinese communication training.
• Offer junior courses including China’s first summer camps and self-developed junior curriculum also focused on real-life Chinese.
• Introduce the widely accepted operation model for group class programs seen in private schools across China today.
• Be internationally quality accredited by IALC
• Be shortlisted and also the first to win LTM’s World Language Provider of the Year.
• Host a major international language abroad conference.

10 Reasons to Choose MH

We are in constant pursuit of excellence in all aspects of our schools. Here are 10 reasons why you should make Mandarin House your first choice to learn Chinese.

1. Internationally Accredited by IALC – the ONLY school in China to have our quality recognized in this way.
2. Established in 2004 and one of the first private Mandarin Schools in China, we have helped over 20,000 foreign students from 80+ nationalities to speak Mandarin.
3. Recognized by Hanban as an Official HSK Chinese Proficiency Test Centre.
4. Qualified and experienced teachers. All are degree qualified, bilingual, comprehensively trained and have an average of 5,000 Chinese teaching hours experience.
5. Self-developed teaching curriculum. Regularly updated and revised, designed by our former best teachers and is in line with both HSK & European CEFR.
6. A wide range of programs for 14 levels of Chinese, small group classes, private tutoring, business specialized Chinese, HSK exam preparation, Chinese teacher training, internship and junior summer programs.
7. Great Student Life. Facebook, alumni networks and fun, cultural activities organised every week such as Chinese cooking, calligraphy, city tours, kung fu and much, much more.
8. A range of quality accommodation options – homestay, private studio apartments and shared apartments
9. Central, modern locations right in the heart of central Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and London with spacious, clean and dedicated facilities.
10. Friendly, professional service staff welcoming and helping you to settle in to China. They also give you a chance to further your Chinese outside the classroom!