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Lesson LibraryLevel 2 Chinese
Beginner
Level 2 Chinese
Start here for our official curated pathway for Level 2. This course is aligned with HSK 2-3 and level A2 of the CEFR.
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Contents
80 Audio Lessons
144 Assessments
1

Where Did You Learn to Speak Chinese Like That?

Learn how to speak over the phone with a friend, especially when you are saying goodbye

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
2

How to Make a Chinese First Impression that will Last a Lifetime

Learn how to make a good impression while in China, which includes introducing yourself and making apologies

Audio
 • 12 Minutes
3

Do People in China Understand Where you are Coming From?

Learn how to form questions in Chinese and who else seems to migrate to China--you aren't the only one enjoying China for what it is

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 • 12 Minutes
4

The Art of Chinese Small Talk

Learn several words in Chinese that will help you make small talk

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 • 16 Minutes
5

Welcome to China! Avoid Immersion Shock with this Lesson

Learn the days of the week, time, and temperature

Audio
 • 21 Minutes
6

Don't Miss Your Chance - How to Close the Deal in Chinese

Learn about the importance of business cards in China

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 • 14 Minutes
7

Don't Answer the Chinese Questions Incorrectly!

Learn how to express periods of time, location, and purpose

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 • 17 Minutes
8

Get What you Want Using Chinese

Learn so much that could help you while getting around China including how to buy a bus ticket

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
9

Your One Stop Shop for All Your Chinese Needs

Learn about measure words, money, and the Chinese convenience store

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 • 16 Minutes
10

How to Stay in Style in China

Learn how to check into a Chinese hotel and ask questions

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 • 16 Minutes
11

Don't Get Left out in the Chinese Cold (or Heat!)

Learn how to speak about the weather and how to hail a taxi

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 • 17 Minutes
12

Get Where You Need To Go With a Mobile Chinese Language Partner

Learn what to say and expect once you get into that Chinese taxi

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 • 17 Minutes
13

Learn the Proper Way to Do Business in China

Learn some appropriate business etiquette and how to address people

Audio
 • 22 Minutes
14

Making the Most of Your Time in China

Learn about itineraries

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 • 24 Minutes
15

Your Chance to be the Life of the Chinese Party

Learn how to order food in China

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 • 18 Minutes
16

Fitting In and Making Friends—Several Surefire Chinese Phrases to Help Your Social Life

Learn what to say and how to act during a business dinner while in China

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 • 18 Minutes
17

Lost in Translation - Finding yourself in Chinese

Learn vocabulary to help you find someone, which is handy especially when you are picking someone up

Audio
 • 19 Minutes
18

The Beauty of the Orient—Pretty Girls and Handsome Boys

Learn about speaking of the opposite sex

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 • 18 Minutes
19

Three Places You Have to See When in China

Learn about three incredible places to visit

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 • 20 Minutes
20

You'd Better Ask Before you Do This in China

Learn how to tell time

Audio
 • 16 Minutes
21

Getting the Best Table and Dish in Town

Learn how to order food while in a Chinese restaurant

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 • 14 Minutes
22

You Paid What? The Best Place to Shop in China

Learn how to order food on the streets of China and what you should be aware of

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
23

Take Charge of the Situation Using Your Chinese

Learn different directions and bus taking tips to help get you around China

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
24

A Brush with Destiny - Two Strangers Reunited

Learn different phrases useful for when you run into that someone that you have not seen in awhile

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 • 14 Minutes
25

Get Treated Like an Emperor in China

Learn words and phrases surrounding the family unit and what you can expect when being a guest in a Chinese home

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 • 19 Minutes
26

Your Home-cooked Meal Away from Home

Learn useful language when you are a guest in someone's home

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 • 14 Minutes
27

Reliving the Past - The Chinese Trip Recap

Learn how to use the past tense

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 • 18 Minutes
28

Taking the Scenic Route in China

Learn about touring China and adjectival verbs

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 • 13 Minutes
29

Tour de Shanghai—All the Sights and Sounds

Learn about some places to tour while in China and an adverb to help you emphasize those places

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 • 14 Minutes
30

Parting is Sweet and Sour

Learn how to say some farewell phrases

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 • 12 Minutes
31

Catching Up With a Friend in China

Learn how to form split constructions using the pattern 挺

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 • 13 Minutes
32

Please Pass on my Chinese Regards

Learn about a special exception when talking about possession using the character 的

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 • 13 Minutes
33

Having a Happy Birthday in China

Learn how to congratulate people and wish them well on various occasions

Audio
 • 10 Minutes
34

Showing Your Appreciation in China

Learn how to say 帮忙 ("to help out")

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 • 12 Minutes
35

A Chinese Apology

Learn about Chinese adverbs of degree

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 • 13 Minutes
36

What Should You Do About a Broken Cellphone in China?

Learn how to use the character 新 in a new way: as an adverb

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 • 12 Minutes
37

What's the Obvious Solution in China?

Learn how to say "how come," from a conversation between two people in China

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 • 12 Minutes
38

How Much do you Love Chinese Cuisine?

Learn how to say "both"

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 • 12 Minutes
39

How Much do you Hate Bitter Chinese Coffee?

Learn how to say "surprisingly" or "unexpectedly" using the character 才

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 • 12 Minutes
40

Getting Excited About Your Birthday in China

Learn another use of the character 才

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 • 11 Minutes
41

What's Your Chinese Sign?

Learn a little bit about Chinese superstition regarding the year of their birth and also about a colloquialism that's often used to talk about sequential events

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 • 11 Minutes
42

Are the Stars Aligning in China?

Learn how to use two-character adverbs

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 • 11 Minutes
43

A Chinese Invitation

Learn how to use the character 请 to mean "to invite"

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 • 10 Minutes
44

Going on a Date in China

Learn about using a character we've learned before 那 which means "then"

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 • 10 Minutes
45

Are You Too Busy for Love in China?

Learn how to talk about something you have done before and are planning on starting again in the future

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 • 10 Minutes
46

Thanks for a Great Chinese Party!

Learn how to use the character 就 which means "then"

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 • 10 Minutes
47

Asking for Help in Chinese

Learn about the usage of a key Chinese character, 没, and also how to ask for help

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 • 9 Minutes
48

Offering Help in Chinese

Learn about a Chinese verb which can either mean "to use" or "to need," depending on how it's placed in the sentence

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 • 10 Minutes
49

Feeling Under the Weather in China

Learn about the adverb meaning "first"

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 • 10 Minutes
50

Making Sure Your Chinese Friend is Okay

Learn an expression that means "how" or "why"

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 • 13 Minutes
51

An Unseasonably Hot Day in China

Learn how to use the character 可 to add emotional emphasis

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 • 10 Minutes
52

What Do You Do in Your Spare Time in China?

Learn about using the Chinese conjunction which means "or"

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 • 11 Minutes
53

What a Cute Chinese Child!

Learn about a phrase that can be rather confusing

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 • 12 Minutes
54

What a Good Chinese Dog!

Learn how to talk about animals

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 • 10 Minutes
55

Have You Heard of my Chinese Band?

Learn how to express lukewarm emotions

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 • 11 Minutes
56

Chinese Traffic Chaos

Learn how to use the preposition 往, meaning "towards," to give directions

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 • 10 Minutes
57

You'd Better Use a Chinese Dictionary

Learn the conjunction 就, which is used to signify temporal and causal relationships between actions

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 • 12 Minutes
58

Last Minute Travel Panic in China

Learn the uses of 在 with localizers

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 • 5 Minutes
59

Man vs. Printer in China

Learn how to answer questions

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 • 12 Minutes
60

Do you Have an Unreasonable Chinese Landlord?

Learn how to say you can or can't afford things

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 • 11 Minutes
61

A Visit to the Chinese Emergency Room

Learn a structure that will help you avoid repeating adjectives

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 • 11 Minutes
62

It's All About Impressing the Bartender in China

Learn how to talk about doing something for someone, using the preposition 给

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 • 11 Minutes
63

A Convoluted Chinese Checkin Process

Learn how to use Chinese conjunctions

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 • 13 Minutes
64

Seeking Treatment in China

Learn how to ask questions for which you already know the answer

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 • 14 Minutes
65

Getting Nowhere Fast in China

Learn how to use the adverb 根本 which means "fundamentally"

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 • 11 Minutes
66

Listen to your Chinese Personal Trainer

Learn about the pattern 都

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 • 12 Minutes
67

The Case of the Missing Chinese Cellphone

Learn about prepositions and where you put them

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 • 11 Minutes
68

How Much are you Willing to Pay for an iPhone in China?

Learn how to use the subordinating particle 的

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 • 11 Minutes
69

Is it Too Late for Chinese Tea?

Learn about Chinese tea houses and an easy way to make comparisons

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 • 14 Minutes
70

Burning the Candle at Both Ends in China

Learn about work units and how to give evasive answers

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 • 14 Minutes
71

Do You Have a Hidden Talent for Speaking Chinese?

Learn about the tragedy that China faced during WWII and about tense

Audio
 • 12 Minutes
72

How to Get Your Vegetables in China

Learn about a well-balanced diet in China and how to express the word "please" correctly

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 • 12 Minutes
73

Partying in Old-school Beijing

Learn about traditional living communities and an adverb that helps you express that there might be something bad about the situation, but not bad enough to dismiss it

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 • 15 Minutes
74

Patience is a Virtue in China

Learn about the adverb "almost" and how strict the Chinese school system is

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 • 12 Minutes
75

Don't Let the Cab Driver Take you for a Ride in China

Learn about repetition and cab drivers that may not be so honest

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
76

An Awkward Situation in China

Learn how to say "to think"

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 • 15 Minutes
77

Don't Pester the Chinese Bus Driver!

Learn how to repeat single character verbs

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 • 14 Minutes
78

Shopping For Real Estate in China

Learn the pattern for a special kind of rhetorical question and the divorce laws in China

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
79

Filling up on Delicious Chinese Snacks

Learn about the adverb "just" and street food in China

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 • 15 Minutes
80

Culinary Confusion in China

Learn an adverb that you have seen in other forms, and about hot pot

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 • 15 Minutes