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WARNING; This is long! I’m sorry, but I really put all my effort into this one! This is a large majority of what I’ve used in the past over the years; my Chinese isn’t great or perfect, but it’s mostly a matter of time these days, as I’m an adult now, but if you have the time and are dedicated; I promise if you’re starting out, this should be useful in some way! :) Thank you! *upvotes are appreciated ;)—————————-Awesome! You've decided to take on mandarin Chinese! I hope my experience can be of help to you and anyone else who happens to be reading this. Before you continue, I’d just like to say, do your best and don’t give up, it will all be worth it!FLASHCARDS - Not just any flashcards, make them by hand! This way as you make them, when you have questions about the sentence you’re learning you can go step by step with it and see what you don’t understand, prior to writing the translation on the back. Personally; when I make flashcards; what I’ll do is this:1. Write the character on the front/ if you’re dedicated you can even put the Simplified and Traditonal version of it on there, but you can choose one or the other.2. write the pinyin with the symbols, and if you’re handwriting is garbage like me, you can do it with the numbers too (example: ni3 zui4jin4 hao3 ma5?) so you don’t confuse yourself when you go back to something old.3. Write the “in your language” translation, like: “How have you been recently”.4. Lastly, put the literal translation so you know what’s REALLY being said, this way you get used to the grammar and how to think “Chinese” (example: “you recently good [yes/no question particle; right…?]?).5. If the sentence is a bit convoluted, you can give yourself some notes on the back too, for those terms and phrases that don’t make sense right away and you haven’t looked at in a while.I’m a bit over the top with flashcards, it takes a long time to make them; but I think that it’s worth it, honestly! So as you learn new things, through your textbook, or phrases friends teach you along the way, make a flashcard, so you don’t forget. Group them by chapter or “things I learned from MeiMei/Wo de laoshi” or whatever.As I stated before with the flashcards, you should probably do this in general as you learn. Some people MAY argue this, but this helps me, so maybe if you do this, you will have a “OHHHH!”moment in your head as you learn. Translate literally! If you are always translating it as you would in your own language, you’re never gonna get the flow of the language. Instead, you’ll spend your first few months or year(s) learning constantly translating everything, then rearranging everything! Save yourself the grief and do it all naturally from the start! Instead of learning “我叫王世平/ wo3jiao4Wang2Shi4Ping2” as “My name is Wang Shi Ping”. Think of it, as it is “I to be called Wang Shi Ping” - jiao4 isn’t “name”, that’s ming2zi. Just be aware of those things!Get yourself some learning materials! I use/I’ve used ChineseSkill, HelloChinese, and Pleco as my dictionary of choice. I also have the Samsung Chinese input method to type in Chinese on my phone. For speaking to people I use Hellotalk & I used to use Interpals, and for tutoring I use Italki , which I love since you can find Chinese tutors; you can find a price (ranging from $4–30+hr）that suits you and learn on your own time via Skype/Wechat/QQ/etc. Back in the day, I got My Chinese Coach for the DS (this comes in other languages as well), which is a fun way to learn if you already own a DS/3DS/3DSXL. You can find software and audio tapes; like Pimsluer (free to rent from the library), Rocket Chinese, and Rosetta Stone (which I don’t really recommend, due to the price and what you get for that price, but I got it at a discounted rate at my old job). There’s also the books Practice Makes Perfect (it’s more well known for it’s Spanish textbooks), Speak Mandarin in Five Hundred Words - which is free online for download and on PDF (also contains audio but pinyin mistakes, the download version is fixed but with no audio) , provided by the Taiwanese government. They also have Speak Mandarin in 1000 words. If you go to Huayuworld’s ebook store, they have many textbooks that get more and more advanced. If English isn’t your first language, they also have the text in Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Vietnamese, etc! Then there’s FSI Languages - free from the United States government….however it is a bit old but still useful and well made, and Integrated Chinese - this is popular with colleges. I’d also like to mention, you should try and see if you have a Chinese language school in your area, it costs about the same or less than a college coarse(mine was $182 after all the fees, including the textbook). You’d likely not have that many students in your class either. It’s also much better than trying to find an in person tutor, which can be expensive. There are many more programs/books/software, there’s a lot for Chinese now that didn't exist before, when I first was learning! I just mentioned the ones that I’ve PERSONALLY used! :)*1. is available for native speakers of Indonesian, Spanish, German, French, and Thai. *2. and 3. available in Spanish, German, French, Vietnamese, Japanese, Portuguese, Indonesian, and Thai. *This series (textbooks) goes from A1-C2.1. 一千字說華語中英文版(簡化字對照版) eBook Store (DOWNLOAD/no audio/simplified and traditional characters)2. 五百字說華語中英文版(簡化字對照版) eBook Store (DOWNLOAD/no audio/pinyin mistakes corrected/simplified and traditional characters)3. 五百字說華語中英文版 http://edu.ocac.gov.tw/interact/ebook/digitalPublish/MPDF-s%5CE-H-Y.pdf (NO DOWNLOAD REQUIRED-but must download if you want to hear audio/with audio/has pinyin mistakes/traditional characters only)INTEGRATED CHINESE: I personally already own these and know they can be helpful to you all. This series is used in a large majority of US Chinese/Mandarin University Classes. :)Integrated Chinese (2nd Edition) https://www.cheng-tsui.com/sites/default/files/previews/IC2E_lv1pt1_TxtSimp_4609_0_3.pdfIntegrated Chinese #Part 1 Textbook (3rd Edition) https://is.muni.cz/el/1421/podzim2014/KSCA006/ICL1P1Textbook.pdfIntegrated Chinese #Part 2 Textbook (3rd Edition) http://www.dublin.k12.ca.us/cms/lib5/CA01001424/Centricity/Domain/747/IC%20Level%201%20Part%202.pdfIntegrated Chinese #1 Textbook (2nd Edition) https://www.cheng-tsui.com/sites/default/files/previews/IC2E_lv1pt1_TxtSimp_4609_0_3.pdfIntegrated Chinese Workbook #1 (2nd Edition) http://kenny.vegas/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/integrated-chinese-2nd-edition.pdfIntegrated Chinese Character Workbook (3rd Edition - Simplifed & Traditional Characters) http://www.whrhs.org/cms/lib09/NJ01001319/Centricity/Domain/153/IC%20Char.%20L1P1.pdf—————————————Subjects to start off with!Well, before you start with topics/subjects. I’d recommend starting out with learning tones. Just watch a video on Youtube, that goes over the 4 (5 if you count toneless) versions of “ma” and then expand with other sounds like “fa”, “ba”, to harder ones like “qu”, “jiao”, etc. I prefer someone who is the same gender as me, so I get a more feminine sound to how I speak; if you’re a guy (don’t worry, I’m not assuming your gender lmao ) to avoid that maybe listen to a male speaker, but either is fine to hear, but to imitate, I’d say go with the gender match. You should then learn the different sounds and pinyin. I personally learned pinyin as I learned words; listened to the recording of the word over and over to get used to the sounds and the letters associated with them.Greetings and other basics! Learn things like Hello. Hello everyone! How are you? Thank you! Please! May I ask you a question?Pronouns! He, she, it, me, you, they, them, etc. Chinese has different write the pronouns based on if they are male or females being spoken about. The sound is the same, but in writing it is different.Numbers! Start off with 1–10, then work your way to 1–99, 100–999, and so one. Numbers for me are a pain in Chinese, once you start getting to 10,000, since it’s said differently than English…when you get to that point, you’ll see what I mean.Common verbs! Such as “to like”, “to want”, “to have”, “to eat”, etc.Learn the difference between similar sounding verbs! I’m sure we all hate, 想/要，能/可以/会， etc -__-;Family Members！There are differences depending on the side of the family and the age of the relative (siblings).Nationality/Ethnicity/Languages - Learn how to say where you’re from (country of origin), words like people, skin tones, different types of languages, etc.Colors! This kind of goes without saying, just start out with the basics, like red, blue, pink, purple, black, etc.Types of clothing! Another goes without saying, dress, shirts, skirts, etc.How to order food/buy clothing! Learn how to ask for what you want, different types of food, saying if things are too expensive, if you can get things cheaper, ask how much something is, etc.Ask where the bathroom is! Don’t be that person who pees and poops on the sidewalk, lmao!Say what your job is/if you’re a student. What is your job or what grade you are in if you’re a student.Hobbies! Do you like to paint? Run/walk? Play sports?——————Watch Chinese/Taiwanese Dramas.I don’t think the Mainland ones have(had) a good reputation for being any good, but the Taiwanese ones are fairly well received by Asian Drama lovers. Though, I hear the Chinese ones are much better now then they were when I was in High school (2011 grad), I remember looking for dramas years ago and they were all rated so poorly, seems they have good ones now, I should give ’em a go. WATCH AUTUMN’S CONCERTO…JUST DO IT! Autumn's Concerto Episode 1 This one I watched as a teen, it amused me! Miss No Good, nostalgia at it’s finest!Don’t forget the power of Youtube, this channel has some great content and information for Chinese: This video below is a lifesaver for me haha!Another good channel:HelloTalk - in depth since i mentioned it before!I recommend this not exactly for learning the language per-say but practicing Mandarin with native speakers! I’d first start of with language partners who are at least at an intermediate level of English! This way you can ask questions about “why is that said this way” or “can you explain why I shouldn't yell out xiǎojiě/小姐 (was once meant to mean Miss and now refers to prostitutes, if said alone without the surname, example: 王小姐/Miss Wang) and instead say 美女/měinǚ?” . Overall, it’s just a good way to use what you’ve learned and make friends in the process!ChineseSkillEver want Duolingo for Chinese? Well, this is basically that! It teaches you words, phrases, sentence structure, provides tests, and speaking practice! I would highly recommend for those who are just getting into the language and want a program to give them a good foundation or just for people who feel a bit rusty and want a refresher on things they've learned in the past/in Chinese class. A good thing it provides for new learners is also a “snail” mode where you can have it repeat the vocabulary in slow motion, this way you can hear things a bit more clearly and have an easier time repeating what you've heard. If you are planning on taking a Chinese class soon but want to be a step ahead, this is it!HelloChineseThis has all the good qualities presented in ChineseSkill and pretty much the same format. However, just because you’re using one doesn't mean you shouldn't use the other! This one has a nice pronunciation section in the beginning, making this slightly better to use as your first program (over ChineseSkill) just to have a firm grasp on how things should be pronounced. Now, why use them together? One program is going to teach you words and phrases that the other might not get around to for awhile/much later, so you’re constantly learning new ways of saying things and how to say them in different ways. Not everyone talks the same to mean the same thing, even in your native language….like saying “How are you”, “How’s it going”, “What’s up”, etc or saying something like “您贵姓？” (What’s your surname?) “你叫什么名字” (What’s your name） or “请问贵姓” (May I ask your surname); all relatively the same thing (or slightly different meanings) but all worth knowing so you can communicate with others!HiNative - A good app for asking language based questions; though I personally prefer to use Quora or ask natives on Hellotalk. You may or may not prefer this.Dictionaries and Audio Tools: What I used to do, when I was learning a new character (and wasn't learning through a CD/audio program); I’d use: MDBG English to Chinese dictionary You search for the word/character/pinyin. Then you will click on the character you want to know how to pronounce, press the arrow (>>), then click the little sound button/speaker, and it will be read to you! You also, can look at the character strokes, so you can learn to write! This site also gives you the English translations; it’s a dictionary after all. I like to use this site in place of a translator when I get long messages from Chinese penpals when I don’t fully understand what’s being said. This way I can see the Chinese in the natural-grammatical order and translate it into (understandable) English. I feel it helps with my comprehension.爽的解释|爽的意思|汉典“爽”字的基本解释 Similar to the dictionary above. Has it’s own audio, so if you are looking to compare or you prefer the sound quality of one over the other, this is a good website to also bookmark. :)Another option is 1000字說華語 , a website created by the Taiwanese government, I believe. If you prefer to have a Taiwanese accent, this is for you! Also, what I like about this site, is the audio is really nice and clear! They offer a lot of learning materials that are free to learning Chinese! Even full textbooks. But, since we’re focusing on pronunciation at the moment; on that page that I linked you; you can click on “Pronunciation”, pick Zhuyin or pinyin, combine sounds to get the word you want spoken, after you chose the sounds, make sure you select the tone you want, click the speaker and you get the word you wanna hear! It even shows you the character that that sound goes with! Don’t forget to press “reset” when you want to make another word!Another great website I found that can help with pronunciation is Han Trainer English-Chinese and Chinese-English Dictionary. I would say it’s not as good of a dictionary as MDBG, since you can’t put in full text and find out what each word means; you actually have to know if something in itself is a word. I DO however prefer this website for pronunciation because they use natural native and standard (普通话/Mainland) speaking voices, with GREAT sound quality! MDBG can sound a bit electronic at times, but this site doesn't suffer from that.MUSIC! Try to get yourself to listen to some Chinese music! For a long time, I just assumed all Chinese songs were old school ballads you’d hear at the market or whatever, but there is good modern sounding ones, rap, pop, etc, worth a listen! I learned Kpop and Jpop weren't everything! LMAO!Here are some music recommendations!Wanting 曲婉婷 - 我的歌声里 (You Exist In My Song) - Everyone knows this song, don’t be left out lmao!七朵组合 - 宫商角徵羽 - Gong Shang Jiao Zheng Yu (Do Re Mi Sol La) *pop mixed with traditional instrumentsAnn白安【是什麼讓我遇見這樣的你What brings me to you】 *pop ballad徐佳瑩 - 綠洲 (字幕版) *pop balladorLara 梁心頤 - 因為你 *pop balladFaye Wong - Wishing We Last Forever/王菲 - 但願人長久F.I.R - 你的微笑 Your Smile *rockS.H.E [我愛雨夜花]楊丞琳 Rainie Yang - 太煩惱楊丞琳 Rainie Yang - 帶我走Della Ding (Ding Dang 丁噹/丁当) – I Love Him (Wo Ai Ta 我愛他)*Ballad - You know knowing good will happen when this song starts lfmao; if you saw the drama you know what’s up! XD蔡依林 Jolin Tsai - 大藝術家The Great Artist蔡依林 Jolin Tsai - 不一樣又怎樣 We're All Different, Yet The Same *get your tissues ready T_TZTAO - Hello, Hello ft. Wiz Khalifa *hiphopLuHan - That Good Good (added 4/19/2017) *hiphopLuHan鹿晗_Winter Song(微白城市) (added 4/19/2017)LuHan鹿晗_Skin to Skin (added 4/19/2017)LuHan鹿晗_Catch me When I fall（某时某刻）(added 4/19/2017)LuHan 鹿晗【Lu】 *hiphop孟佳 Meng Jia - 给我乖（Drip）*hiphop/pop孟佳 Meng Jia - 糖果（Candy）(added 04/19/2017)孟佳 Meng Jia - 她是谁（Who's That Girl）(added 04/19/2017)Miss A - I Don't Need A Man *Cpop (also a kpop song, this is the Chinese ver)Steven Universe - It's Over Isn't It (Taiwanese Mandarin Chinese) -*spoilers?*iMe - Ai Ya賈斯汀比伯 （寶貝） 中文版 BABY - Justin Bieber - Ben Hubley's "Baobei" - This is just for the lolz ;)Here’s some Chinese anime, yes it’s not a dub, it’s 100% Chinese, press CC for subs in English (and Spanish)! Great for those anime fans who are learning Mandarin! You even get that Chinese culture in their, since it’s a Chinese animation!Chou Yuu Sekai: Being the Reality (Chinese Audio) - English Sub.Chao Youbing: Hero's Tale Part 1 (English Subtitles)“I can’t even afford a toilet” is now my new favorite quote lmao!Die Now Episode 1 - English SubI Am Bai Xiaofei Episode 1 - English SubDominio Espiritual: Episodio 1 - Sub. Español/SPANISHThe Man From (The arrival of the monarch): Episode 1 - English Sub.Chinese Mystery Man: Episodio 1 - Sub. Español/SPANISHA Portrait of Jianghu: Spirit Master[English Subbed] 画江湖之灵主中英字幕Nuwa's Diary [女娲成长日记]Cupid's Chocolates *harem English Sub.《灵契》Ling Qi/Soul Contract - *BL/Shounen-ai (more evident in the manhua) Also, this show has such a great theme song, omg so good! (this has been dubbed into Japanese, you can find it on CrunchyRoll under another name)Fox Spirit Matchmaker [狐妖小红娘] *comedy English Sub.Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Episodio 1 - Sub. Español./SPANISH01 镇魂街-在线播放-《镇魂街》-动漫-优酷网，视频高清在线观看You can find more shows, subbed, here: Bayi Subs - Club - MyAnimeList.netSpeak in Chinese!Try and find a Chinese language school! Some are privately owned, some are at churches, and others are at universities (usually during less busy times or on weekends), etc. I personally go to a language school; just search for your nearest big city and “Chinese language school” and if you have a reasonable Chinese population, you should find one! :) Since, Chinese immigrants tend to want to have their children learn/maintain the language and culture even if they are away from China. They usually are cheaper than taking a class at a University or finding a private teacher or traditional language school which charge like $400 a month for a group class. (Mine is less than $200 for a semester as an example of what you can expect - we meet for 2 hours, for a semester, on the weekend) Many schools have classes specifically for non-Chinese (ethnic) learners! :)Go to a traditional language school; the ones that aren't community based. These places are usually pretty expensive like I stated before. There generally a certified teacher there that is a native speaker who teaches the class. This type of school isn’t specific to Chinese and usually has many languages offered like Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, etc. Expect to pay hourly or monthly…it’s not cheap.Try using Meetup . It’s a site that lets you find groups/people with similar interests to you, like language, cultural, hobby, etc clubs. Some clubs are free to attend and others require a fee to be paid to maintain the club. You can specifically search for Chinese langauge clubs or maybe a club for international students who have Chinese speakers to meet people to practice with.Join a club at a university! If you are in college right now (or even if you’re not, so long is there’s no rule against non-students joining clubs), you can find a Chinese language club or just go ahead and make your own. People who take Chinese classes at the college or Chinese natives are likely to join!Alternatives to finding groups (which I may have already mentioned above) would be finding a private tutor on Italki . You can budget it based on what you’re willing to spend, and there is usually teachers available for all price ranges. There are many Chinese teachers, so you can find one what fits you best and is available when you need them. You can also join HelloTalk (app) or Interpals(website) , to make penpals or language exchange partners(you can also find language exchange partners on Italki). As you get to know people you can have Skype calls with Chinese natives, even as a group, and chat that way so that you use the language regularly.This might seem obvious, but go to China! You can do a study abroad program if you are in high school or college. If you are at neither, you can still go to a Chinese university, which are much cheaper than schools here in the United States and go to a Chinese language program! If you do go to China, apply to the school directly, it can save you THOUSANDS! CUCAS: Study in China is a website that will help you find schools, they can help you apply or after finding the school you can do it on your own by going to the schools English ver of their website! Plenty of people do the programs through their college or through a company they find online that charges them for using their service, which is unnecessarily, especially when they charge you $2–10K extra with little benefit when you can just pay $800–4K to do everything yourself…Last note, if you’re in high school and are interested in learning Chinese, check to see if your state’s online public virtual school offers it. Like Florida Virtual School, as an example. They may offer language classes, like French, Spanish, German, and yes…CHINESE! That’s where I started my Chinese language journey actually(they didn’t have Chinese/any Asian language at my school)…I actually wanted to learn Japanese, but here I am now haha!If you have any questions or anything, feel free to message me! :)Good luck! 加油！Footnotes[1] Learn a language online[2] eBook Store[3] http://edu.ocac.gov.tw/interact/...[4] eBook Store[5] 1000字說華語[6] We are what we do | Meetup[7] Learn a language online[8] InterPals Penpals -

WARNING; This is long! I’m sorry, but I really put all my effort into this one! This is a large majority of what I’ve used in the past over the years; my Chinese isn’t great or perfect, but it’s mostly a matter of time these days, as I’m an adult now, but if you have the time and are dedicated; I promise if you’re starting out, this should be useful in some way! :) Thank you! *upvotes are appreciated ;) —————————- Awesome! You've decided to take on mandarin Chinese! I hope my experience can be of help to you and anyone else who happens to be reading this. Before you continue, I’d just like to say, do your best and don’t give up, it will all be worth it! * FLASHCARDS - Not just any flashcards, make them by hand! This way as you make them, when you have questions about the sentence you’re learni(more)

WARNING; This is long! I’m sorry, but I really put all my effort into this one! This is a large majority of what I’ve used in the past over the years; my Chinese isn’t great or perfect, but it’s mostly a matter of time these days, as I’m an adult now, but if you have the time and are dedicated; I promise if you’re starting out, this should be useful in some way! :) Thank you! *upvotes are appreciated ;) Also, some things aren't free that I've mentioned, but most will be. It will be stated.—————————-Awesome! You've decided to take on mandarin Chinese! I hope my experience can be of help to you and anyone else who happens to be reading this. Before you continue, I’d just like to say, do your best and don’t give up, it will all be worth it!FLASHCARDS - Not just any flashcards, make them by hand! This way as you make them, when you have questions about the sentence you’re learning you can go step by step with it and see what you don’t understand, prior to writing the translation on the back. Personally; when I make flashcards; what I’ll do is this:1. Write the character on the front/ if you’re dedicated you can even put the Simplified and Traditonal version of it on there, but you can choose one or the other.2. write the pinyin with the symbols, and if you’re handwriting is garbage like me, you can do it with the numbers too (example: ni3 zui4jin4 hao3 ma5?) so you don’t confuse yourself when you go back to something old.3. Write the “in your language” translation, like: “How have you been recently”.4. Lastly, put the literal translation so you know what’s REALLY being said, this way you get used to the grammar and how to think “Chinese” (example: “you recently good [yes/no question particle; right…?]?).5. If the sentence is a bit convoluted, you can give yourself some notes on the back too, for those terms and phrases that don’t make sense right away and you haven’t looked at in a while.I’m a bit over the top with flashcards, it takes a long time to make them; but I think that it’s worth it, honestly! So as you learn new things, through your textbook, or phrases friends teach you along the way, make a flashcard, so you don’t forget. Group them by chapter or “things I learned from MeiMei/Wo de laoshi” or whatever.As I stated before with the flashcards, you should probably do this in general as you learn. Some people MAY argue this, but this helps me, so maybe if you do this, you will have a “OHHHH!”moment in your head as you learn. Translate literally! If you are always translating it as you would in your own language, you’re never gonna get the flow of the language. Instead, you’ll spend your first few months or year(s) learning constantly translating everything, then rearranging everything! Save yourself the grief and do it all naturally from the start! Instead of learning “我叫王世平/ wo3jiao4Wang2Shi4Ping2” as “My name is Wang Shi Ping”. Think of it, as it is “I to be called Wang Shi Ping” - jiao4 isn’t “name”, that’s ming2zi. Just be aware of those things!Get yourself some learning materials! I use/I’ve used ChineseSkill, HelloChinese, and Pleco as my dictionary of choice. I also have the Samsung Chinese input method to type in Chinese on my phone. For speaking to people I use Hellotalk & I used to use Interpals, and for tutoring I use Italki , which I love since you can find Chinese tutors; you can find a price (ranging from $4–30+hr）that suits you and learn on your own time via Skype/Wechat/QQ/etc. Back in the day, I got My Chinese Coach for the DS (this comes in other languages as well), which is a fun way to learn if you already own a DS/3DS/3DSXL. You can find software and audio tapes; like Pimsluer (free to rent from the library), Rocket Chinese, and Rosetta Stone (which I don’t really recommend, due to the price and what you get for that price, but I got it at a discounted rate at my old job). There’s also the books Practice Makes Perfect (it’s more well known for it’s Spanish textbooks), Speak Mandarin in Five Hundred Words - which is free online for download and on PDF (also contains audio but pinyin mistakes, the download version is fixed but with no audio) , provided by the Taiwanese government. They also have Speak Mandarin in 1000 words. If you go to Huayuworld’s ebook store, they have many textbooks that get more and more advanced. If English isn’t your first language, they also have the text in Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Vietnamese, etc! Then there’s FSI Languages - free from the United States government….however it is a bit old but still useful and well made, and Integrated Chinese - this is popular with colleges. I’d also like to mention, you should try and see if you have a Chinese language school in your area, it costs about the same or less than a college coarse(mine was $182 after all the fees, including the textbook). You’d likely not have that many students in your class either. It’s also much better than trying to find an in person tutor, which can be expensive. There are many more programs/books/software, there’s a lot for Chinese now that didn't exist before, when I first was learning! I just mentioned the ones that I’ve PERSONALLY used! :)*1. is available for native speakers of Indonesian, Spanish, German, French, and Thai. *2. and 3. available in Spanish, German, French, Vietnamese, Japanese, Portuguese, Indonesian, and Thai. *This series (textbooks) goes from A1-C2.1. 一千字說華語中英文版(簡化字對照版) eBook Store (DOWNLOAD/no audio/simplified and traditional characters)2. 五百字說華語中英文版(簡化字對照版) eBook Store (DOWNLOAD/no audio/pinyin mistakes corrected/simplified and traditional characters)3. 五百字說華語中英文版 http://edu.ocac.gov.tw/interact/ebook/digitalPublish/MPDF-s%5CE-H-Y.pdf (NO DOWNLOAD REQUIRED-but must download if you want to hear audio/with audio/has pinyin mistakes/traditional characters only)———————-EDIT - 3/14/2017 Added the Integrated Series to this section since I could find the books online in PDF form. I personally already own these and know they can be helpful to you all. This series is used in a large majority of US Chinese/Mandarin University Classes. :)Integrated Chinese (2nd Edition) https://www.cheng-tsui.com/sites/default/files/previews/IC2E_lv1pt1_TxtSimp_4609_0_3.pdfIntegrated Chinese #Part 1 Textbook (3rd Edition) https://is.muni.cz/el/1421/podzim2014/KSCA006/ICL1P1Textbook.pdfIntegrated Chinese #Part 2 Textbook (3rd Edition) http://www.dublin.k12.ca.us/cms/lib5/CA01001424/Centricity/Domain/747/IC%20Level%201%20Part%202.pdfIntegrated Chinese #1 Textbook (2nd Edition) https://www.cheng-tsui.com/sites/default/files/previews/IC2E_lv1pt1_TxtSimp_4609_0_3.pdfIntegrated Chinese Workbook #1 (2nd Edition) http://kenny.vegas/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/integrated-chinese-2nd-edition.pdfIntegrated Chinese Character Workbook (3rd Edition - Simplifed & Traditional Characters) http://www.whrhs.org/cms/lib09/NJ01001319/Centricity/Domain/153/IC%20Char.%20L1P1.pdf—————————————Subjects to start off with!Well, before you start with topics/subjects. I’d recommend starting out with learning tones. Just watch a video on Youtube, that goes over the 4 (5 if you count toneless) versions of “ma” and then expand with other sounds like “fa”, “ba”, to harder ones like “qu”, “jiao”, etc. I prefer someone who is the same gender as me, so I get a more feminine sound to how I speak; if you’re a guy (don’t worry, I’m not assuming your gender lmao ) to avoid that maybe listen to a male speaker, but either is fine to hear, but to imitate, I’d say go with the gender match. You should then learn the different sounds and pinyin. I personally learned pinyin as I learned words; listened to the recording of the word over and over to get used to the sounds and the letters associated with them.Greetings and other basics! Learn things like Hello. Hello everyone! How are you? Thank you! Please! May I ask you a question?Pronouns! He, she, it, me, you, they, them, etc. Chinese has different write the pronouns based on if they are male or females being spoken about. The sound is the same, but in writing it is different.Numbers! Start off with 1–10, then work your way to 1–99, 100–999, and so one. Numbers for me are a pain in Chinese, once you start getting to 10,000, since it’s said differently than English…when you get to that point, you’ll see what I mean.Common verbs! Such as “to like”, “to want”, “to have”, “to eat”, etc.Learn the difference between similar sounding verbs! I’m sure we all hate, 想/要，能/可以/会， etc -__-;Family Members！There are differences depending on the side of the family and the age of the relative (siblings).Nationality/Ethnicity/Languages - Learn how to say where you’re from (country of origin), words like people, skin tones, different types of languages, etc.Colors! This kind of goes without saying, just start out with the basics, like red, blue, pink, purple, black, etc.Types of clothing! Another goes without saying, dress, shirts, skirts, etc.How to order food/buy clothing! Learn how to ask for what you want, different types of food, saying if things are too expensive, if you can get things cheaper, ask how much something is, etc.Ask where the bathroom is! Don’t be that person who pees and poops on the sidewalk, lmao!Say what your job is/if you’re a student. What is your job or what grade you are in if you’re a student.Hobbies! Do you like to paint? Run/walk? Play sports?——————Watch Chinese/Taiwanese Dramas.I don’t think the Mainland ones have(had) a good reputation for being any good, but the Taiwanese ones are fairly well received by Asian Drama lovers. Though, I hear the Chinese ones are much better now then they were when I was in High school (2011 grad), I remember looking for dramas years ago and they were all rated so poorly, seems they have good ones now, I should give ’em a go. WATCH AUTUMN’S CONCERTO…JUST DO IT! Autumn's Concerto Episode 1 This one I watched as a teen, it amused me! Miss No Good, nostalgia at it’s finest!Don’t forget the power of Youtube, this channel has some great content and information for Chinese: This video below is a lifesaver for me haha!Another good channel:HelloTalk - in depth since i mentioned it before!I recommend this not exactly for learning the language per-say but practicing Mandarin with native speakers! I’d first start of with language partners who are at least at an intermediate level of English! This way you can ask questions about “why is that said this way” or “can you explain why I shouldn't yell out xiǎojiě/小姐 (was once meant to mean Miss and now refers to prostitutes, if said alone without the surname, example: 王小姐/Miss Wang) and instead say 美女/měinǚ?” . Overall, it’s just a good way to use what you’ve learned and make friends in the process!ChineseSkillEver want Duolingo for Chinese? Well, this is basically that! It teaches you words, phrases, sentence structure, provides tests, and speaking practice! I would highly recommend for those who are just getting into the language and want a program to give them a good foundation or just for people who feel a bit rusty and want a refresher on things they've learned in the past/in Chinese class. A good thing it provides for new learners is also a “snail” mode where you can have it repeat the vocabulary in slow motion, this way you can hear things a bit more clearly and have an easier time repeating what you've heard. If you are planning on taking a Chinese class soon but want to be a step ahead, this is it!HelloChineseThis has all the good qualities presented in ChineseSkill and pretty much the same format. However, just because you’re using one doesn't mean you shouldn't use the other! This one has a nice pronunciation section in the beginning, making this slightly better to use as your first program (over ChineseSkill) just to have a firm grasp on how things should be pronounced. Now, why use them together? One program is going to teach you words and phrases that the other might not get around to for awhile/much later, so you’re constantly learning new ways of saying things and how to say them in different ways. Not everyone talks the same to mean the same thing, even in your native language….like saying “How are you”, “How’s it going”, “What’s up”, etc or saying something like “您贵姓？” (What’s your surname?) “你叫什么名字” (What’s your name） or “请问贵姓” (May I ask your surname); all relatively the same thing (or slightly different meanings) but all worth knowing so you can communicate with others!HiNative - A good app for asking language based questions; though I personally prefer to use Quora or ask natives on Hellotalk. You may or may not prefer this.Dictionaries and Audio Tools: What I used to do, when I was learning a new character (and wasn't learning through a CD/audio program); I’d use: MDBG English to Chinese dictionary You search for the word/character/pinyin. Then you will click on the character you want to know how to pronounce, press the arrow (>>), then click the little sound button/speaker, and it will be read to you! You also, can look at the character strokes, so you can learn to write! This site also gives you the English translations; it’s a dictionary after all. I like to use this site in place of a translator when I get long messages from Chinese penpals when I don’t fully understand what’s being said. This way I can see the Chinese in the natural-grammatical order and translate it into (understandable) English. I feel it helps with my comprehension.爽的解释|爽的意思|汉典“爽”字的基本解释 Similar to the dictionary above. Has it’s own audio, so if you are looking to compare or you prefer the sound quality of one over the other, this is a good website to also bookmark. :)Another option is 1000字說華語 , a website created by the Taiwanese government, I believe. If you prefer to have a Taiwanese accent, this is for you! Also, what I like about this site, is the audio is really nice and clear! They offer a lot of learning materials that are free to learning Chinese! Even full textbooks. But, since we’re focusing on pronunciation at the moment; on that page that I linked you; you can click on “Pronunciation”, pick Zhuyin or pinyin, combine sounds to get the word you want spoken, after you chose the sounds, make sure you select the tone you want, click the speaker and you get the word you wanna hear! It even shows you the character that that sound goes with! Don’t forget to press “reset” when you want to make another word!Another great website I found that can help with pronunciation is Han Trainer English-Chinese and Chinese-English Dictionary. I would say it’s not as good of a dictionary as MDBG, since you can’t put in full text and find out what each word means; you actually have to know if something in itself is a word. I DO however prefer this website for pronunciation because they use natural native and standard (普通话/Mainland) speaking voices, with GREAT sound quality! MDBG can sound a bit electronic at times, but this site doesn't suffer from that.MUSIC! Try to get yourself to listen to some Chinese music! For a long time, I just assumed all Chinese songs were old school ballads you’d hear at the market or whatever, but there is good modern sounding ones, rap, pop, etc, worth a listen! I learned Kpop and Jpop weren't everything! LMAO!Here are some music recommendations!Wanting 曲婉婷 - 我的歌声里 (You Exist In My Song) - Everyone knows this song, don’t be left out lmao!七朵组合 - 宫商角徵羽 - Gong Shang Jiao Zheng Yu (Do Re Mi Sol La) *pop mixed with traditional instrumentsAnn白安【是什麼讓我遇見這樣的你What brings me to you】 *pop ballad徐佳瑩 - 綠洲 (字幕版) *pop balladorLara 梁心頤 - 因為你 *pop balladFaye Wong - Wishing We Last Forever/王菲 - 但願人長久F.I.R - 你的微笑 Your Smile *rockS.H.E [我愛雨夜花]楊丞琳 Rainie Yang - 太煩惱楊丞琳 Rainie Yang - 帶我走Della Ding (Ding Dang 丁噹/丁当) – I Love Him (Wo Ai Ta 我愛他)*Ballad - You know knowing good will happen when this song starts lfmao; if you saw the drama you know what’s up! XD蔡依林 Jolin Tsai - 大藝術家The Great Artist蔡依林 Jolin Tsai - 不一樣又怎樣 We're All Different, Yet The Same *get your tissues ready T_TZTAO - Hello, Hello ft. Wiz Khalifa *hiphopLuHan 鹿晗【Lu】 *hiphop孟佳 Meng Jia - 给我乖（Drip）*hiphop/popMiss A - I Don't Need A Man *Cpop (also a kpop song, this is the Chinese ver)Steven Universe - It's Over Isn't It (Taiwanese Mandarin Chinese) -*spoilers?*iMe - Ai Ya賈斯汀比伯 （寶貝） 中文版 BABY - Justin Bieber - Ben Hubley's "Baobei" - This is just for the lolz ;)Here’s some Chinese anime, yes it’s not a dub, it’s 100% Chinese, press CC for subs in English (and Spanish)! Great for those anime fans who are learning Mandarin! You even get that Chinese culture in their, since it’s a Chinese animation!Chou Yuu Sekai: Being the Reality (Chinese Audio) - English Sub. _Added 3/15/2017Chao Youbing: Hero's Tale Part 1 (English Subtitles)_Added 3/15/2017“I can’t even afford a toilet” is now my new favorite quote lmao!Die Now Episode 1 - English Sub_Added 3/15/2017I Am Bai Xiaofei Episode 1 - English Sub_Added 3/15/2017Dominio Espiritual: Episodio 1 - Sub. Español/SPANISH _Added 3/15/2017The Man From (The arrival of the monarch): Episode 1 - English Sub. _Added 3/15/2017Chinese Mystery Man: Episodio 1 - Sub. Español/SPANISH _Added 3/15/2017A Portrait of Jianghu: Spirit Master[English Subbed] 画江湖之灵主中英字幕 _Added 3/15/2017Nuwa's Diary [女娲成长日记]Cupid's Chocolates *harem English Sub.《灵契》Ling Qi/Soul Contract - *BL/Shounen-ai (more evident in the manhua) Also, this show has such a great theme song, omg so good! (EDIT 3/15/2017 - this has been dubbed into Japanese, you can find it on CrunchyRoll under another name)Fox Spirit Matchmaker [狐妖小红娘] *comedy English Sub.Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Episodio 1 - Sub. Español./SPANISH _Added 3/15/201701 镇魂街-在线播放-《镇魂街》-动漫-优酷网，视频高清在线观看You can find more shows, subbed, here: Bayi Subs - Club - MyAnimeList.netSpeak in Chinese!Try and find a Chinese language school! Some are privately owned, some are at churches, and others are at universities (usually during less busy times or on weekends), etc. I personally go to a language school; just search for your nearest big city and “Chinese language school” and if you have a reasonable Chinese population, you should find one! :) Since, Chinese immigrants tend to want to have their children learn/maintain the language and culture even if they are away from China. They usually are cheaper than taking a class at a University or finding a private teacher or traditional language school which charge like $400 a month for a group class. (Mine is less than $200 for a semester as an example of what you can expect - we meet for 2 hours, for a semester, on the weekend) Many schools have classes specifically for non-Chinese (ethnic) learners! :)Go to a traditional language school; the ones that aren't community based. These places are usually pretty expensive like I stated before. There generally a certified teacher there that is a native speaker who teaches the class. This type of school isn’t specific to Chinese and usually has many languages offered like Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, etc. Expect to pay hourly or monthly…it’s not cheap.Try using Meetup . It’s a site that lets you find groups/people with similar interests to you, like language, cultural, hobby, etc clubs. Some clubs are free to attend and others require a fee to be paid to maintain the club. You can specifically search for Chinese langauge clubs or maybe a club for international students who have Chinese speakers to meet people to practice with.Join a club at a university! If you are in college right now (or even if you’re not, so long is there’s no rule against non-students joining clubs), you can find a Chinese language club or just go ahead and make your own. People who take Chinese classes at the college or Chinese natives are likely to join!Alternatives to finding groups (which I may have already mentioned above) would be finding a private tutor on Italki . You can budget it based on what you’re willing to spend, and there is usually teachers available for all price ranges. There are many Chinese teachers, so you can find one what fits you best and is available when you need them. You can also join HelloTalk (app) or Interpals(website) , to make penpals or language exchange partners(you can also find language exchange partners on Italki). As you get to know people you can have Skype calls with Chinese natives, even as a group, and chat that way so that you use the language regularly.This might seem obvious, but go to China! You can do a study abroad program if you are in high school or college. If you are at neither, you can still go to a Chinese university, which are much cheaper than schools here in the United States and go to a Chinese language program! If you do go to China, apply to the school directly, it can save you THOUSANDS! CUCAS: Study in China is a website that will help you find schools, they can help you apply or after finding the school you can do it on your own by going to the schools English ver of their website! Plenty of people do the programs through their college or through a company they find online that charges them for using their service, which is unnecessarily, especially when they charge you $2–10K extra with little benefit when you can just pay $800–4K to do everything yourself…Last note, if you’re in high school and are interested in learning Chinese, check to see if your state’s online public virtual school offers it. Like Florida Virtual School, as an example. They may offer language classes, like French, Spanish, German, and yes…CHINESE! That’s where I started my Chinese language journey actually(they didn’t have Chinese/any Asian language at my school)…I actually wanted to learn Japanese, but here I am now haha!If you have any questions or anything, feel free to message me! :)Good luck! 加油！Footnotes[1] Learn a language online[2] eBook Store[3] http://edu.ocac.gov.tw/interact/...[4] eBook Store[5] 1000字說華語[6] We are what we do | Meetup[7] Learn a language online[8] InterPals Penpals -