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The best way to actually speak Mandarin.

Learn all 300 words of the official HSK1 exam in five-minute sessions, completely free. No flashcards, no streaks, just speaking Mandarin from day one.

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300wordsAll of HSK1 · 15 chapters · 9 hours · free
HOW IT WORKS

We’ll explain each word…

…then pause, while you say it out loud…

…then we’ll say it again, so you can hear how you did.

“The word for tea is 茶.”

茶
chá
“tea”
WHY IT WORKS

By the time you finish, you’ll have spoken…

1,127
phrases

Each mark is one phrase, said out loud. Speaking out loud has been shown to roughly double recall when learning a language.

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Chapter 1

First Words

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