Best online site to learn Mandarin Chinese?

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Hello,
What is the best online site to learn Mandarin Chinese?
Thanks!

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You can have a look at Flexi Classes for Mandarin course with native teachers: Sign Up and Get Started with Flexi Classes | Flexi Classes
The system offers you the option to book classes with native teachers 24/7, focusing mainly on speaking and listening.
You also have the option to take free classes for 7 days to try it out and see if it suits you.

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Hi, thanks for posting and welcome to the forum. Some other resources bar Flexi Classes I like:

Skritter || Great for practicing and memorising character recognition

Du Chinese || Ideal for reading and short stories

Hack Chinese || Cramming and memorising characters

Lingodeer || Probably one of the better apps on your phone for learning (streets clear of Duo)

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I had a great experience with Flexi Classes. It’s in the name of course, but the structure is super flexible. Sometimes I’d take one class a week, occasionally I did sprints of one class every day for a week. You can do what works for you and the teachers were always very patient with me and gave me plenty of examples and corrections :blush:

If you wanted some free supplementary materials alongside your classes, you can check out:

:point_right: The Chinese Grammar Bank:

:point_right: The LTL Chinese YouTube channel:

:point_right: Aside from this forum, there are also Chinese language learner communities on Reddit too:
https://www.reddit.com/r/LTL_Chinese/

Best of luck!

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There isn’t one single “best” site, but a few popular options are:

HelloChinese: one of the best apps. It teaches pronunciation, characters, listening, and grammar step by step and is designed specifically for Mandarin learners.

Duolingo: good for building basic vocabulary and practicing every day with short lessons.

ChinesePod: great if you want to improve listening with lessons based on real conversations.

Using a mix of apps + listening practice usually works best.

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Bringing this one back to life. What are people using to study Chinese these days?

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I still stick with Flexi classes and use Du Chinese for practicing reading, very simple, but that’s what I learnt from my mistake that I use so many apps at the same time, seemed productive, but took forever to start

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I guess a lot of people are using AI to support their learning these days, in addition to attending classes with teachers

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I’ve been using Flexi Classes to learn Chinese and Japanese for over two years now and I’ve had a great experience with both languages