Learn Traditional Chinese, one short lesson at a time
240 free lessons in everyday Mandarin as spoken in Taiwan, written in Traditional characters, from your first hello to real conversations.
Each lesson is one page and takes about 15 minutes.
You hear a handful of short lines in Taiwan Mandarin voices, see them with pinyin and zhuyin in a scene, practise them, and finish by saying them out loud.
The whole course follows Maya, her new neighbors in Taipei, and a very polite yak.
Meet the cast
MayaA freelance web designer from abroad, just moved to Taipei. In the lessons, you speak as her.
Auntie LinRuns Banyan Breakfast, where most mornings start, and calls everyone beautiful.
A-LiA very polite yak who sits like a person at the back table and somehow knows everyone's order.
Yi-JunMaya's well-connected friend who knows everyone and every piece of gossip.
A-JieAuntie Lin's son. He sells chicken cutlets at the night market.
Mr. WangMaya's landlord on Banyan Lane. He keeps the keys on his belt.
Dr. ChenThe calm doctor who works at the clinic across Banyan Lane.
Zhi-MingRuns a small design studio in Taipei and hires freelancers.
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Keep your place
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Keep your place in the course and see which lines you’ve learned.
How the course is built
Every lesson teaches a handful of short lines people really say in Taiwan, not grammar tables. You hear a few short taught lines in Taiwan Mandarin voices, follow a short story, practise them with quick exercises, and finish by saying them out loud.
The lessons follow one story, so the same people and places come back and earlier lines keep showing up. Nothing you learn is used once and forgotten.
It goes from A1 (your first hello) to B2 (holding your own in a real conversation). Each lesson takes about 15 minutes, and you can record yourself saying the lines.