Learn Chinese (Mandarin) online
Mandarin is the official language of China and one of the most spoken languages in the world. With China's presence in the global economy, it is an important asset for business, technology, travel and culture.
For Portuguese speakers
Mandarin uses characters (hanzi) and pinyin, which shows pronunciation with Latin letters. The central point is tone: the pitch of the voice changes the meaning of the syllable. On the other hand, the grammar is simple, with no verb conjugation, no gender and no articles.
- Pinyin next to each character
- Tones and pronunciation with audio
- Simple grammar: no conjugation or gender
What you study in Chinese
- Grammar with 57 points explained, with examples, exercises and videos.
- Vocabulary organized by topic and dialogues from real situations.
- Conversation units in a learning path.
- Verb conjugation in the main tenses.
- Flashcards and games to help you memorize.
- Audio and pronunciation practice with voice recognition.
- Live TV and radio in the language, to train your listening.
- Certificate of completion.
Chinese grammar topics
These are the topics you will find in Linguarudo's Chinese grammar:
Introdução
- Introdução
Entrada
- História da Língua
- Alfabeto - 拼音 (pīnyīn): b p m f, zh ch sh, a o e i u ü
- Pronúncia - tons: mā má mǎ mà; b/p, d/t, g/k; zh ch sh r; j q x; ü
Artigo
- Artigos Indefinidos - não existe artigo; 一个 (yí gè), 一本 (yì běn), 有人 (yǒu rén)
- Artigos Definidos - não existe artigo; 这 (zhè), 那 (nà), 这个 (zhège), 那个 (nàge)
Substantivo
- Masculino e Feminino - não existe gênero; 男 (nán), 女 (nǚ), 公 (gōng), 母 (mǔ)
- Nomes Abstratos - 友谊 (yǒuyì), 希望 (xīwàng), 勇气 (yǒngqì), -性 (xìng), -度 (dù)
- Coletivos - 群 (qún), 双 (shuāng), 对 (duì), 副 (fù), 串 (chuàn), 班 (bān)
- Compostos - 火车 (huǒchē), 电脑 (diànnǎo), 手机 (shǒujī), 蜂鸟 (fēngniǎo)
- Prefixos e Sufixos - 老- (lǎo), 第- (dì), -子 (zi), -者 (zhě), -家 (jiā), -员 (yuán), 可- (kě)
- Plural - não existe plural; 们 (men), 很多 (hěn duō), 一些 (yìxiē), 每 (měi)
Saudações e Conversação básica
- Saudações - 你好 (nǐ hǎo), 再见 (zàijiàn), 谢谢 (xièxie), 对不起 (duìbuqǐ)
- Interjeições - 哎呀 (āiyā), 哇 (wā), 太好了 (tài hǎo le), 救命 (jiùmìng)
Adjetivos
- Adjetivos Qualificativos - 很 (hěn), 不 (bù), 的 (de), 太...了 (tài...le), 非常 (fēicháng)
- Adjetivos Demonstrativos - 这 (zhè), 那 (nà), 这个, 那个, 这些, 那些
- Adjetivos Distributivos - 每 (měi), 都 (dōu), 所有 (suǒyǒu), 另 (lìng), 其他 (qítā)
- Adjetivos Quantitativos - 很多 (hěn duō), 一些 (yìxiē), 一点儿 (yìdiǎnr), 足够 (zúgòu)
- Adjetivos Interrogativos - 什么 (shénme), 哪 (nǎ), 几 (jǐ), 多少 (duōshao), 谁的 (shéi de)
- Adjetivos Pátrios - 国 + 人 (rén): 巴西人, 日本人, 黎巴嫩人, 乌克兰人
- Adjetivos Numerais - 一 (yī), 二/两 (èr/liǎng), 三 (sān), 十 (shí), 百 (bǎi), 第 (dì)
- Adjetivos Comparativos e Superlativos - 比 (bǐ), 更 (gèng), 最 (zuì), 一样 (yíyàng), 没有 (méiyǒu)
Pronomes
- Pronomes Demonstrativos - 这 (zhè), 那 (nà), 这个, 那个, 这些, 那些, 这儿, 那儿
- Pronomes Relativos - 的 (de) depois da oração; 谁...谁 (shéi... shéi); 什么...什么
- Pronomes Interrogativos - 谁 (shéi), 什么 (shénme), 哪里 (nǎlǐ), 怎么 (zěnme), 还是 (háishi), 呢 (ne)
- Pronomes Reflexivos - 自己 (zìjǐ), 我自己 (wǒ zìjǐ), 亲自 (qīnzì), 独自 (dúzì), 各自 (gèzì)
- Pronomes Pessoais - 我 (wǒ), 你 (nǐ), 他/她/它 (tā), 们 (men), 您 (nín), 咱们 (zánmen)
- Pronomes Possessivos - 的 (de): 我的, 你的, 他的, 我们的; sem 的: 我妈妈, 我家
- Pronomes Indefinidos - 有人 (yǒu rén), 没有人 (méiyǒu rén), 大家 (dàjiā), 都 (dōu)
Advérbios
- Advérbios de Modo - 地 (de), 得 (de), 慢慢地 (mànmàn de), 好好 (hǎohāo)
- Advérbios de Lugar - 这儿 (zhèr), 那儿 (nàr), 上面 (shàngmiàn), 下面 (xiàmiàn)
- Advérbios de Tempo - 今天 (jīntiān), 昨天 (zuótiān), 前天 (qiántiān), 已经 (yǐjīng), 马上 (mǎshàng)
- Advérbios de Frequência - 总是 (zǒngshì), 经常 (jīngcháng), 有时候 (yǒu shíhou), 很少 (hěn shǎo)
- Advérbios de Quantidade - 很 (hěn), 非常 (fēicháng), 太…了 (tài… le), 有点儿 (yǒudiǎnr), 一点儿 (yìdiǎnr)
- Advérbios Interrogativos - 什么 (shénme), 哪儿 (nǎr), 谁 (shéi), 怎么 (zěnme), 多少 (duōshao), 几 (jǐ)
- Advérbios Ordinais - 第 (dì) + número: 第一 (dì yī), 第二 (dì èr), 首先 (shǒuxiān), 最后 (zuìhòu)
- Advérbios de Afirmação, Probabilidade e Negação - 当然 (dāngrán), 也许 (yěxǔ), 可能 (kěnéng), 不 (bù), 没 (méi), 别 (bié)
Preposições
- Preposições - 在 (zài), 从 (cóng), 到 (dào), 给 (gěi), 跟 (gēn), 对 (duì), 为 (wèi), 离 (lí)
Conjunções
- Conjunções - 和 (hé), 但是 (dànshì), 因为…所以… (yīnwèi… suǒyǐ…), 如果…就… (rúguǒ… jiù…)
Tempos Verbais
- Verbo Ser e Estar - 是 (shì), 在 (zài), 有 (yǒu), 我是 (wǒ shì), 你是 (nǐ shì), 他是 (tā shì)
- Presente do Indicativo - não conjuga; 我去 (wǒ qù), 他去 (tā qù), 每天 (měitiān)
- Presente Contínuo - 在 (zài), 正在 (zhèngzài), 呢 (ne)
- Passado Simples - 了 (le), 过 (guo), 没 (méi), 昨天 (zuótiān)
- Passado Progressivo - 正在 (zhèngzài), 的时候 (de shíhou), 那时 (nàshí)
- Futuro Simples - 会 (huì), 要 (yào), 将 (jiāng), 打算 (dǎsuàn), 明天 (míngtiān)
- Futuro Progressivo - 会在 (huì zài), 将在 (jiāng zài), 到时候 (dào shíhou)
- Imperativo - 请 (qǐng), 别 (bié), 吧 (ba), 一下 (yíxià)
- Verbos Modais - 能 (néng), 会 (huì), 可以 (kěyǐ), 想 (xiǎng), 应该 (yīnggāi)
- Particípio - não existe particípio; 过 (guo), 了 (le), 着 (zhe), 的 (de)
- Condicionais - 如果 (rúguǒ), 要是 (yàoshi), 会 (huì), 想 (xiǎng), 能 (néng), 可以 (kěyǐ)
- Verbos Irregulares - 是 (shì), 有 (yǒu), 没有 (méiyǒu), 在 (zài), 不 (bù), 没 (méi), 离合词 (líhécí)
Subjuntivos
- Presente do Subjuntivo - não existe subjuntivo; 希望 (xīwàng), 让 (ràng), 要求 (yāoqiú), 可能 (kěnéng)
- Pretérito Imperfeito do Subjuntivo - não existe subjuntivo; 如果 (rúguǒ), 要是 (yàoshi), 就好了 (jiù hǎo le), 早知道 (zǎo zhīdào)
- Futuro do Subjuntivo - não existe subjuntivo; 如果 (rúguǒ), 等 (děng), 的时候 (de shíhou), 一...就 (yī... jiù), 只要 (zhǐyào)
Outros
- Uso do Gerúndio - não existe gerúndio; 在 (zài), 着 (zhe), 一边...一边... (yìbiān... yìbiān...)
Extra
- Gírias e Expressões - 厉害 (lìhai), 靠谱 (kàopǔ), 哥们儿 (gēmenr), 加油 (jiāyóu)
- Erros Comuns
Chinese conversation units
A path of 50 units to learn Chinese through conversation, each with dialogues, vocabulary and exercises:
- Introductions and first contacts - name, origin, age, profession
- Greetings and goodbyes - good morning, good afternoon, bye, thank you
- Meeting people - work, housing, hobbies, questions
- Family and relatives - parents, siblings, grandparents, uncles and aunts, cousins
- My house - rooms, floors, address, describing the house
- Objects and rooms of the house - furniture, appliances, where is it?
- My daily routine - waking up, working, eating, sleeping
- Times, days and dates - hours, days of the week, months, scheduling
- School and classroom - teacher, student, school supplies, homework
- Studying and learning - studying, practicing, making mistakes, study techniques
- Professions and work - professions, company, salary, job
- At the office - meeting, e-mail, deadline, equipment
- At the supermarket - shopping list, groceries, checkout, sales
- Buying clothes - clothes, sizes, fitting room, prices
- In shops and businesses - shops, bakery, bookstore, opening hours
- Money, prices and payments - prices, card, change, paying
- At the restaurant - reservation, menu, ordering, bill
- Food and drinks - food, drinks, fruit, tastes
- Cooking and preparing food - recipes, ingredients, cooking verbs
- At the café, bakery and snack bar - coffee, snack, cake, to go
- Health and parts of the body - body, pain, well-being
- At the doctor's - appointment, symptoms, tests, prescription
- At the pharmacy - medicines, dosage, prescription, precautions
- Sports and physical activities - sports, training, teams, matches
- Leisure and free time - weekend, hobbies, outings
- Cinema, television and music - movies, series, concerts, tickets
- Friends and social life - friendship, getting along, trust, conversation
- Invitations, meetups and events - invitations, parties, confirming, accepting, declining
- Phone and conversations - calls, messages, notes, mobile phone
- Internet, technology and social media - apps, passwords, social media, security
- Transport and getting around - bus, subway, tickets, timetables
- On the street and asking for directions - directions, addresses, maps, landmarks
- In the city - places, sights, neighborhoods
- Hotel and accommodation - reservation, check-in, rooms, services
- Airport and travel - check-in, passport, boarding, customs
- On the plane - seat, flight attendant, takeoff, connection
- Tourism and tourist attractions - attractions, guide, photos, souvenirs
- Car rental and transport - rental, insurance, gasoline, road
- Emergency situations - help, police, ambulance, danger
- Bank and financial services - account, balance, transfer, currency exchange
- Post office, documents and public services - mail, parcels, forms, documents
- Job interview - résumé, experience, strengths, vacancy
- Meetings and the professional environment - agenda, goals, agreeing, disagreeing
- Making plans for the future - plans, dreams, goals, intentions
- Opinions, preferences and arguments - opinion, advantages, preferences, debate
- Problems, complaints and solutions - complaining, refund, exchange, warranty
- News, events and current affairs - newspaper, headlines, government, economy
- Culture, customs and differences between countries - customs, traditions, etiquette, cuisine
- Social situations and more advanced conversations - compliments, accent, politeness, sincerity
- Communication in real situations: final mission - review, requests, reservations, thanks
Sample vocabulary
| Chinese | Reading | Portuguese |
|---|---|---|
| 🔊 白板 | báibǎn | Quadro |
| 🔊 背包 | bēibāo | Mochila |
| 🔊 笔记本 | bǐjìběn | Caderno |
| 🔊 彩色铅笔 | cǎisèqiānbǐ | Lápis de cor |
| 🔊 尺子 | chǐzi | Régua |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Chinese really that hard?
The tones and characters take time, but the grammar is one of the simplest. Always studying with pinyin and listening to the audio speeds up learning a lot.
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Do I get a certificate?
Yes. When you complete the study stages, Linguarudo issues a certificate of completion.
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