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Lesson LibraryLevel 5 Chinese

Level 5 Chinese

Start here for our official curated pathway for Level 5. This course is aligned with HSK 4-5 and level C1 of the CEFR.

75 Lessons, 57 Assessments • 17hrs 44min
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1

Is It Expensive to Buy an Apartment in China?

Learn about a word that was previously used to express the idea "again"

17 Minutes • Audio
2

Is Your Landlord Driving a Hard Bargain in China?

Learn about usage of the word kou, or "mouth," particularly as a measurement of time passing quickly

15 Minutes • Audio
3

Finding a Room to Share in China

Learn a little bit more about the Chinese numbering system

13 Minutes • Audio
4

Being Stubborn Might Pay Off in China

Learn how to use 着 to talk about having insider knowledge of something, from a conversation between two people in China

13 Minutes • Audio
5

How Can the Common Man Find Love in China?

Learn how to use nouns made up of adjectives such as 白富美 and 高富帅, from a conversation between two people in China

13 Minutes • Audio
6

Don't Be a 'Leftover Lady' in China

Learn about a phrase which means, "eat something as food"

15 Minutes • Audio
7

Men Behaving Badly in China

Learn about the adverb which can mean "all" or "always," depending on the context

13 Minutes • Audio
8

Do You Trust Chinese Milk Powder?

Learn about an adverb which implies that something was done repeatedly in the past

12 Minutes • Audio
9

Protecting Your Lungs in Beijing

Learn an expression that's commonly used throughout China

12 Minutes • Audio
10

Experiencing a Chinese Sandstorm

Learn about an adverb that can be used in several different ways, depending on the pronunciation

14 Minutes • Audio
11

Getting Caught in a Chinese Traffic Jam

Learn how to use the common expression 怪不得, from a conversation between two people in China

13 Minutes • Audio
12

Who Hit Whom in China?

Learn how to use 也 to say "not"

12 Minutes • Audio
13

Chinese Insurance Might Not be a Sure Thing!

Learn how to use 白 to say something was done without results, or in vain, from a conversation between two people in China

13 Minutes • Audio
14

An Unusual Chinese Travel Companion

Learn how to use the auxiliary 过, from a conversation between two people in China

13 Minutes • Audio
15

When is the Chinese Subway Not Crowded?

Learn how to use the conjunction 要是 meaning "if," from a conversation between two people in China

14 Minutes • Audio
16

When is the Best Time to go to China?

Learn how to use the coordinating structure 又

14 Minutes • Audio
17

Crossing a Chinese City Street is a Challenge!

Learn how to use the expression 怎么也 to say you've tried everything but to no avail, from a conversation between two people in China

14 Minutes • Audio
18

This Chinese Online Store Sells Everything!

Learn how to form rhetorical questions, from a conversation between two people in China

12 Minutes • Audio
19

What is Good Chinese Wedding Etiquette?

Learn how to form conditional sentences, from a conversation between two people in China

13 Minutes • Audio
20

Do You Want to Have a Chinese Wedding?

Learn how to use the pattern 像

15 Minutes • Audio
21

Planning a Honeymoon in Chinese

Learn how to use the pattern 还是

13 Minutes • Audio
22

Invest Your Money Carefully in China

Learn how to intensify the tone of a sentence

14 Minutes • Audio
23

Who can you trust in China?

Learn about interrogative modal particles

13 Minutes • Audio
24

What is the Cause of China's Air Pollution?

Learn about using a word and phrase which mean "whether or not"

12 Minutes • Audio
25

Is Food from China Safe to Eat?

Learn about using the most common preposition

18 Minutes • Audio
26

Chinese Study Abroad

Learn how to stand up for yourself

14 Minutes • Audio
27

I May Just Be Anorexic

Learn how to use the Chinese word "really" correctly

14 Minutes • Audio
28

Questions of Marriage

Learn how to say "On one hand"

15 Minutes • Audio
29

The Life Aquatic

Learn how to say "If"

15 Minutes • Audio
30

Divorce in China

Learn how to indicate the distant past when speaking Chinese

13 Minutes • Audio
31

The Non-Existent Chinese Can Opener

Learn the Chinese word that means "after" or "afterwards"

11 Minutes • Audio
32

Getting Married in China

Learn about oppressive Chinese marriage customs

14 Minutes • Audio
33

Investing in the Chinese Stock Market

Learn how to communicate indifference between two choices when you aren't exactly thrilled about either one

13 Minutes • Audio
34

The Housing Market in China

Learn a new technique to ask a question

14 Minutes • Audio
35

The Face of an Angel

Learn how to refer to "everything"

15 Minutes • Audio
36

How to Get Rich Quick in China

Take a look at a get-rich scheme in contemporary China

16 Minutes • Audio
37

Chinese Airport Security

Learn how to get yourself past Chinese airport security without being arrested

13 Minutes • Audio
38

What's My Password, Honey?

Learn how to deal with online security, so you are the only one that uses your identity

16 Minutes • Audio
39

Tough Career Choices

Learn how to figure out your career path based on your natural abilities

14 Minutes • Audio
40

A Tall, Tall, Chinese Tale

Learn a lot of useful Chinese vocabulary to use when someone is a little less honest than they should be

13 Minutes • Audio
41

Presidential Aspirations

Learn about the various pressures Chinese parents often put on their children to succeed, and also about ways Chinese children fight back

14 Minutes • Audio
42

The Secret to a Spotless House

Learn about obsessive cleanliness disorder

14 Minutes • Audio
43

Riding bicycles in China

Learn the Chinese word for "helmet"

13 Minutes • Audio
44

The Chinese Eunuch

Learn the language you'll need to take your pet to the veterinarian and get it neutered or spayed

13 Minutes • Audio
45

Shopping Forever in China

Learn about shopping for clothes and the waiting game that comes with it

13 Minutes • Audio
46

The most luxurious hotel in China

Learn an incredibly useful Chinese phrase that will keep your Chinese conversation flowing

14 Minutes • Audio
47

Chinese Subway Battle

Learn a useful Chinese auxiliary word that might help you on your Chinese subway adventures

14 Minutes • Audio
48

Cramming it in China

Learn how to express that you have a lot of something

15 Minutes • Audio
49

You Can't Leave China

Learn about the Beijing International Airport

13 Minutes • Audio
50

Airport adventure in China

Learn about a sentence pattern that will help you transition what will happen if one thing doesn't happen first

13 Minutes • Audio
51

A Trip to the Chinese Doctor

Learn about the difference between two similar adverbs and the difference between what you need when visiting the Chinese hospital and what you will get

13 Minutes • Audio
52

Resorting to Desperate Measures at the Chinese Car Yard

Learn about onomatopoeia and the car lottery

13 Minutes • Audio
53

Throwing Rotten Tomatoes at a Chinese Movie

Learn an adverb to communicate the unexpected, and learn about Chinese movies

15 Minutes • Audio
54

All You Need is Love in China

Learn about the future past tense and what your breakfast choices will be like when you visit China

15 Minutes • Audio
55

Follow the Chinese Rules to Open the Chinese Box

Learn about shipping packages in China and a colloquial sentence pattern

14 Minutes • Audio
56

A Gruelling Chinese Interview

Learn about the trial periods that are given when you begin a job and the two sounds of a certain character

14 Minutes • Audio
57

The Hundredth Time's the Charm in China

Learn a sentence pattern that will help you emphasize something is more than what you expected

13 Minutes • Audio
58

Is the Honeymoon Over in China?

Learn the grammar pattern 除了

13 Minutes • Audio
59

The Chinese Gold Rush

Learn about a reform policy that helped some get rich quick and an advanced way of offering explanations

17 Minutes • Audio
60

It's the Same Old Chinese Spring Gala

Learn about a television show that is outdated but still aired every year and an advanced usage of a word you must know

14 Minutes • Audio
61

The Downside of Faking an Injury in China

Learn about skiing in China and how to exaggerate your feelings

13 Minutes • Audio
62

Mom Knows Best in China

Learn the top three uses of the modal particle 呢

16 Minutes • Audio
63

An Almost Perfect Housemaid in China

Learn how to say that one thing or person resembles another

13 Minutes • Audio
64

A Nerve-racking Interview in China

Learn how to make lists

14 Minutes • Audio
65

There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch in China

Learn how to use the character 于

13 Minutes • Audio
66

Making Sacrifices for Technology in China

Learn how to talk about something being a close call using the structure 差点没儿

13 Minutes • Audio
67

The Difference Between Theory and Practice in China

Learn a Chinese pattern that will help you give emphasis to your sentences

13 Minutes • Audio
68

A Tough Chinese Choice

Learn how to use the modal particle 呗 to imply that something is obvious

12 Minutes • Audio
69

A Chinese Mother with Big Dreams

Learn how to use the advanced double negative pattern

13 Minutes • Audio
70

Suffering for the Sake of Chinese Fashion

Learn a little bit about fashion and body-action verb phrases

15 Minutes • Audio
71

Voicing Some Strong Chinese Opinions

Learn how to add emphasis using the word 尤其

12 Minutes • Audio
72

Deciding on the Perfect Wedding Gift in China

Learn about wedding gifts and the proper way to make a concession

13 Minutes • Audio
73

Did You Know Speaking Chinese Could Win You a Luxury Car?

Learn about a Chinese lottery system and how to emphasize time duration

14 Minutes • Audio
74

Must Love Dogs in China

Learn how to use the character 差, which means "something else"

13 Minutes • Audio
75

Sticking to a Diet is Tough in China

Learn about making advanced comparisons

13 Minutes • Audio