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Beginner Test - Test your chinese pronunciation - Test 1

Learn how to speak chinese with our chinese pronunciation exercises. Get your microphone ready and show us what you have got!

How it works

In this type of exercise you will be asked to repeat sentences or answer questions in Mandarin Chinese. This helps you to improve your chinese pronunciation and fluency.
Don't worry if you get it wrong the first time. You get to record a sentence as many times as you need so that you get the perfect accent.

For premium users once you complete the pronunciation exercises, one of our teachers will review your recordings and provide you with valuable feedback in a PDF report where we will point out any mistakes in your pronunciation, and things that you can improve. And you get a score as well.... so what are you waiting for? Sign up now!

Beginner Test - Chinese Proficiency Test - Test 8

In this chinese test we test your knowledge about numbers and saying the time.

Beginner Test - Chinese Proficiency Test - Test 7

In this chinese exercise set we teach you new words and exercise your creative thinking by requiring you to know the relationship between words and concepts. Listen to the sound and try to match the sound with the correct image or choice.

Beginner Test - Chinese Proficiency Test - Test 6

In this chinese exercise you will learn chinese words related to medicine. Many of the words you will learn perhaps you dislike, others perhaps you will fear or feel unconfortable talking about them. But sooner or later you will come across them. So you better get ready when that day comes.

Beginner Test - HSK Test - Listening - Test 5 Part III

This is a test for the old HSK Exam. If you are interested in the new HSK Test Level 1 please click here. Or click here for the New HSK Level 2.

This is Part III of our fifth HSK Listening test. The HSK Basic Listening test has 3 parts:

- Part I: Match picture with a sentence,
- Part II: In this part,you will hear someone talking or ask you a question, you need to select the most suitable answer to complete the dialogue
- Part III: you will hear a small dialogue between two people and you need to answer the question at the end of the dialogue.

This kind of test is great to improve both your vocabulary and your listening ability even if you don't intend to take the HSK exam. So please try it!

Beginner Test - HSK Test - Listening - Test 5 Part II

This is a test for the old HSK Exam. If you are interested in the new HSK Test Level 1 please click here. Or click here for the New HSK Level 2.

This is Part II of our fifth HSK Listening test. Unlike part I there are no pictures. That makes it a bit harder to figure out the meaning. Even if you find it difficult we recommend you to try it. When learning a new language it is always better to struggle than to just take it easy. You will learn a lot more from it. But if you have absolutely no knowledge of chinese then we recommend that you listen to our beginner podcasts and try the beginner vocabulary and basics exercises.

The HSK Basic Listening test has 3 parts:

This kind of test is great to improve both your vocabulary and your listening ability even if you don't intend to take the HSK exam. So please try it!

Beginner Test - Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of sounds - Test 13

The thirteenth test in our series 'Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of sounds' that tests your knowledge of pinyin and the ability to recognize different sounds. The purpose of the test is to help you distinguish similar sounds, such as: j-zh, t-d, z-zh, etc. For Finals, the hardest part is to make a distinction between in-ing, en-eng, an-ang and so on.

How it works: You will hear the sound of a word in chinese and you have to select the right pinyin spelling from a number of options. For each question only one option is correct.

Beginner Test - Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of sounds - Test 12

The twelveth test in our series 'Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of sounds' that tests your knowledge of pinyin and the ability to recognize different sounds. The purpose of the test is to help you distinguish similar sounds, such as: j-zh, t-d, z-zh, etc. For Finals, the hardest part is to make a distinction between in-ing, en-eng, an-ang and so on.

How it works: You will hear the sound of a word in chinese and you have to select the right pinyin spelling from a number of options. For each question only one option is correct.

Beginner Test - Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of tones - Test 13

The thirteenth test in our series 'Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of tones' that tests your knowledge of pinyin and the ability to recognize different tones.

Pinyin is the most commonly used Romanization system for Standard Mandarin. Literally, it means to spell sound. It was designed to look up unknown Chinese characters in dictionaries, as well as teaching Chinese learners the standard pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese. Once you’ve learnt Pinyin, you will be able to pronounce any of the words in Mandarin using a Chinese dictionary.

The aim of this test is to test your knowledge of Hanyu Pinyin. The exercise set includes 10 questions, and each one contains a Pinyin sound with one relevant Pinyin character. Please listen to the sound and select the most appropriate answer from A, B, C and D. Repeat the exercise as much as you can. It will help you to learn how to distinguish the different pinyin tones.

Beginner Test - Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of tones - Test 12

The twelveth test in our series 'Learn Pinyin and Tones - Discrimination of tones' that tests your knowledge of pinyin and the ability to recognize different tones.