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Learn Chinese (Mandarin) with the teacher 彦莉(Zhāng lǎo shī).
5.0

1,667 Lessons

彦莉(Zhāng lǎo shī)

Community Tutorid verified
Speaks :Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
Chinese (Other)
Native
English
+1

Are you shy or introverted? Im here to provide a safe and comfortable environment for you to speak. I am a certified Chinese teacher with 8 years of experience. First class certificate of Chinese Putonghua; Senior teacher certificate; International Chinese teacher certificate ✅ The total teaching time of my Chinese class is more than 4500 hours, and the students are from absolute From beginner to advanced level. ✅ I am particularly interested in helping students learn pronunciation and intonation. I do, too Experience in helping students prepare for HSK exams. ✅ As a teacher, I am a passionate demander, and my advantage is personalized teaching.

USD 5.00/trial
Available 22:00 Today
Learn Chinese (Mandarin) with the teacher Lily Liu (Kid/Adult).
5.0

7,830 Lessons

Lily Liu (Kid/Adult)

Professional Teacherid verified
Kids
Speaks :Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
English
Russian
+1

5k+ hrs exp | CTCSOL Certified | Kids/Adults | YCT/HSK‌ 📚 ‌Certified Chinese Teacher Since 2018‌ • CTCSOL Certified | Fluent in English & Russian • Students' Choice: Responsible, Patient, Approachable • Interactive Classes – ‌Fun & Effective Learning!‌ 📚 ‌Сертифицированный преподаватель китайского‌ • CTCSOL Диплом | Свободно говорю на английском и русском • Отзывы учеников: ответственность, терпение, дружелюбие • Занятия в игровой форме – ‌китайский становится интересным!‌

USD 10.00/trial
Learn Chinese (Mandarin) with the teacher Spencer 戴.
5.0

85 Lessons

Spencer 戴

Professional Teacherid verified
Test Preparation
Speaks :Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
English
+2

✨Certified Teacher | Fun & Effective Lessons | Long-Term Students Rewarded | 6+ Years✨ 🎓I hold the International Certificate for Teachers of Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages, TEFL and Cambridge TKT, and achieved an IELTS overall score of 7.5 and TEM-8. 🌍I have over six years of experience teaching adult learners from different countries and all proficiency levels. My lessons are personalized to each learner’s goals, learning style and real-life communication needs. 📈My longest-term student has studied with me for over four years and progressed from a complete beginner to fluent daily communication. 💻 I currently teach both Chinese and English, with a strong focus on practical communication, confidence building and long-term learning results.

USD 8.00/trial
Available 01:00 Tomorrow
Learn Chinese (Mandarin) with the teacher Chen Ying.
5.0

1,282 Lessons

Chen Ying

Professional Teacherid verified
Test Preparation
Kids
Speaks :Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
English
+1

years of experience/HSK/YCT/Daily Chinese conversation/children/adults I majored in Chinese in college and am a professional Chinese teacher. I have 10 years of teaching experience and have accumulated rich teaching experience. My teaching methods are also very flexible. Many of my students have passed the HSK Chinese proficiency test and improved their spoken Chinese level. , their Chinese scores in school have also improved a lot, I’m really happy for them!

USD 6.00/trial
Available 00:00 Tomorrow
Learn Chinese (Mandarin) with the teacher Meihui.
5.0

8,749 Lessons

Meihui

Professional Teacherid verified
Speaks :Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
Chinese (Other)
Native
English
Korean

8000+ lessons | Professional teacher with over 8 years of teaching experience I am a passionate language learner and experienced teacher. I really love teaching Chinese and learning languages. I have been teaching Chinese on italki for more than three years with a lot of teaching experience. And I have taught a lot of students from all over the world. I would like to share my experience to you and help you improve your Chinese abilities. If you really want to speak Chinese like native Chinese speakers, I will help you change your thought patterns. I will provide word and powerpoint documents, textbooks, learning materials, etc.

USD 13.50/trial
Available 01:00 Tomorrow
Learn Chinese (Mandarin) with the teacher Jina.
5.0

71 Lessons

Jina

Professional Teacherid verified
Speaks :Chinese (Mandarin)
Korean
Native
English
+2

An experienced educator in the field 2018-2019 : Chinese teacher at a language academy. Since 2025, I’ve been working as tutor on Italki. 2018年至2019年:在语言补习班担任中文老师。 自2025年以来,我在Italki教韩语。

USD 8.00/trial
Learn Chinese (Mandarin) with the teacher Chen HUANG.
5.0

1,950 Lessons

Chen HUANG

Professional Teacherid verified
Speaks :Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
English
French
+3

Certified TCSOL Chinese Mandarin teacher with 8 years of teaching experience // a huge language fan I have been working as a Chinese language teacher for foreigners for 8 years. I am specialised in conversational Chinese, Chinese pronunciation and HSK preparation (especially English speakers, French speakers and Arabic speakers). I have been working with Berlitz Casablanca, EMlyon Business school (Casablanca campus), BMCE bank etc. It allowed me to gain a lot of experiences in giving Classes to different types of students with various levels and ages. Je suis professeure certifiée en Mandarin langue étrangère. J’enseigne le Mandarin depuis 4 ans à tous les niveaux. Je suis patiente, attentionnée et encourageante. En plus, j’ai l'habitude de travailler en séquentiel et en distanciel.

USD 12.00/trial
Available 05:00 Tomorrow
Learn Chinese (Mandarin) with the teacher Hannah Liu.
5.0

16.6k Lessons

Hannah Liu

Professional Teacherid verified
Business
Test Preparation
Kids
Speaks :Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
English
Japanese
+2

✅Immersion✅Beginner lesson✅Experienced✅Test preparation✅Reliable ✅Abundant teaching materials. 丰富的教学材料 ✅Immersive teaching, repetitive practice. 沉浸式教学,反复练习 ✅Class notes and homework provided based on you need. 提供课堂笔记,布置作业 ✅Full-time online Chinese teacher with over 10 years experience. 十年教学经验 ✅Provide systematic courses to help students build a solid foundation. 系统性课程帮助学生打好基础 ✅Introduce vocab and grammar through conversation.- "Language is not learned, but used". 在对话中学习生词语法 ✅Provide a fun, encouraging and motivating environment to promote your interests in learning. 提供趣味性的课程

USD 15.80/trial
Available 10:00 Today
Learn Chinese (Mandarin) with the teacher Kevin.
5.0

274 Lessons

Kevin

Professional Teacherid verified
Speaks :Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
Japanese
English

拥有在日本和韩国教授汉语经验的资深语言学教师。 我曾经在日本和韩国对团体和个人讲授过汉语。 我一直以为外国学生服务而自豪。 我愿意将我关于语言方面的学识分享给每一位学生,这是我的乐趣。 我拥有得到认证的学历证书,还有汉语资格证书。 毫无疑问,我的汉语是语调标准而发音清晰的。 I have taught Chinese to groups and individuals in Japan and Korea. I am always proud of serving foreign students. I would like to share my knowledge about language with every student, which is my pleasure. I have a certified diploma and a qualification certificate in Chinese. There is no doubt that my Chinese is standard in intonation and clear in pronunciation.

USD 13.00/trial
Available 22:00 Today
Learn Chinese (Mandarin) with the teacher Aurora.
5.0

151 Lessons

Aurora

Professional Teacherid verified
Medical
Business
Kids
+1
Speaks :Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
English
+1

💥Famous Chinese institution Teacher💥News Anchor-Level Mandarin💥Immersive Chinese Courses My teaching core is to build a bridge transforming classroom knowledge into real-life ability. I focus on cultivating intuitive Chinese language sense and Chinese thinking, abandoning traditional one-way teaching to create an interactive and motivating classroom. I believe a relaxed and positive atmosphere is key. As a professional guide and patient companion, I encourage students to speak Chinese bravely. Witnessing them move from relying on translation to thinking and expressing naturally in Chinese, and communicating fluently, is my greatest motivation in teaching.

USD 10.00/trial
Learn Chinese (Mandarin) with the teacher Amelie.
4.9

597 Lessons

Amelie

Professional Teacherid verified
Speaks :Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
English
+1

Over 10 years teaching experience, Love teaching. As an experient chinese teacher,I am very patient and easygoing, and I feel this is the most important thing,because we need to do a lot of practicing in our class, it is not easy to learn a very ancient language(especially for chinese characters), you will be very relaxed and happy to learn chinese with me. This is a evaluation from my online student Felix,He said:when teacher Amelie came into my class,everything around me became bright, clear,nice-looking,wide and beautifully decorated. this is not only due to the topic of the session,she is really beautiful and interesting in her teaching way.She analysed the text very thoroughly trying to reach maximum understanding of the new words.

USD 8.00/trial
Available 00:00 Tomorrow
Learn Chinese (Mandarin) with the teacher fannie.
5.0

5,332 Lessons

fannie

Professional Teacherid verified
Speaks :Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
English
+2

Certified Chinese teacher with 15 years teaching experience Have been working as a professional Chinese teacher for 13 years now. Had finished more than 4,000 hours online teaching.

USD 15.00/trial
Learn Chinese (Mandarin) with the teacher 王艾希.
5.0

3,299 Lessons

王艾希

Community Tutorid verified
Speaks :Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
Chinese (Other)
Native
+1

200% patience + Happy classroom ,mandarin practice Help students successfully pass the HSK exam. With my help, the students' oral and writing skills have been improved. Putonghua test, grade II, Grade A

USD 7.00/trial
Available 01:15 Tomorrow
Learn Chinese (Mandarin) with the teacher Bamboo Wu.
4.9

983 Lessons

Bamboo Wu

Community Tutorid verified
Speaks :Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
English
+2

Before discussing and learning Mandarin together, I'd like to know what is your Mandarin level that we can focus on what you want and which area I can help you to improve during our class. We can speaking, grammar, pronunciation etc. I will help you to meet your target. We also can talk about what you want to learn before our class that I can prepare more related material in advance and make you can enjoy our class.

USD 11.00/Hour
Available 01:00 Tomorrow
Learn Chinese (Mandarin) with the teacher June佳佳 ⭐️Adults.
5.0

7,990 Lessons

June佳佳 ⭐️Adults

Professional Teacherid verified
Business
Kids
Test Preparation
Speaks :Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
English
Chinese (Hokkien)
Native
Chinese (Taiwanese)
Native
Chinese (Cantonese)
+2

✅7000+ lessons✅Daily topics✅Beginner✅HSK✅Conversational✅Writer (HSK graded articles) 🏅 Certifications • CTCSOL (International Chinese Teacher Certification) • English Teaching Qualification • National Mandarin Proficiency Certification 📚 Teaching Experience • 9+ years teaching since 2015 • Students aged 3 to 60+, both native and non-native speakers • Experienced with kindergarten & primary school learners – proven patience and adaptability • Content Writer for The Chairman's Bao, creating leveled reading materials for HSK learners 💡 What This Means for You ✅ Professional, structured lessons ✅ Patient, personalized teaching style ✅ Age-appropriate methods for all learners ✅ Practical learning materials aligned with HSK standards

USD 12.00/trial
Available 23:30 Today
Learn Chinese (Mandarin) with the teacher ⭐Momo in NYC.
5.0

807 Lessons

⭐Momo in NYC

Community Tutorid verified
Speaks :Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
Chinese (Shanghainese)
Native
English
French
Japanese

CTCSOL certified; Columbia grad; DELF B2/JLPT N2/IELTS 8.5; customized conversation workshop Hello and welcome; I'm glad to E-meet you on iTalki! I grew up in Shanghai but spent my formative years in the U.S. I have also lived in Japan and Singapore. I'm a very open-minded and naturally curious person. I'm here because I like to talk about different cultures, ways of life, and language learning. I'd also love to learn something from you and about you! ❗Bookings made on behalf of someone else are not accepted, including but not limited to: lesson for your child(ren), client(s), etc. 不可为儿童订课。仅教授订课者本人。 ⭐Please click on the lesson title down below to read the description and see whether it's for you. Don't hesitate to message me should you have any questions. 请下拉点击课程标题阅读课程简介。

USD 12.00/trial
Available 18:00 Today
Learn Chinese (Mandarin) with the teacher Serena.
5.0

477 Lessons

Serena

Professional Teacherid verified
Speaks :Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
Chinese (Hokkien)
Native
Chinese (Taiwanese)
Native
English
+3

Certified teacher that can improve your fluency and confidence by speaking Chinese from day one I am a qualified Mandarin Chinese teacher who has been teaching Chinese for several years. I have been teaching and tutoring Mandarin Chinese online since 2018, I also have experience tutoring Mandarin Chinese in the language center of a National University in Taiwan. I teach both simplified and traditional Chinese. I’m able to personalize the courses based on your interests, ability and learning pace whether you’re a beginner or an advanced learner. I’m an open-minded and patient teacher who is also fluent in English. 我是一位已經教學多年的合格中文老師。我從2018年開始一直在線上教學與輔導中文,而且我也有在臺灣國立大學語言中心輔導中文的經驗。我能夠進行簡體中文和繁體中文教學。不論你是初學者或是進階學習者,我能夠根據你的興趣、能力和學習步調提供個人化課程。我也是一位能說流利英語,思想開明、耐心的老師。

USD 15.00/trial
Learn Chinese (Mandarin) with the teacher Lillian👑adult&kids.
5.0

390 Lessons

Lillian👑adult&kids

Professional Teacherid verified
Business
Test Preparation
Speaks :Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
English

🏆 Certified Prof Teacher 🌎 Top Int'l Chinese institution teacher 🔥 5 yrs & 3,000+ hrs teaching 🔥I have rich experience in teaching Chinese. 📍Who I Work With​ ✅ For Beginners (Children & Adults): Friendly and patient, I use multimedia courseware to make learning fun and boost concentration.​ ✅ For HSK/YCT/BCT Test - Takers: I provide effective learning methods for all skills and explain real exam questions to help you pass.​ ✅ For Advanced Learners: Need daily talk or want to explore Chinese culture? I customize content, covering tourism, culture, etc.​ ✅ For Business Chinese Learners: Using my multinational - company experience, I put you in a real business Chinese workplace.

USD 10.00/trial
Available 11:30 Today
Learn Chinese (Mandarin) with the teacher Alicia.
5.0

6,712 Lessons

Alicia

Professional Teacherid verified
Speaks :Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
English
French
+1

💁‍♀️ More than 8 years, 6000 hours of teaching experience in schools and here! 👩‍🏫 Teaching is my career, I've been teaching for 8 years with many students from all over the world. I love to give a better understanding of what to expect from Taiwan through my own experiences. I have been teaching at Italki for more then 5 years. Before teaching here, I was a full-time Chinese teacher in a language school in Taiwan. I taught both group classes and individual students.

USD 10.00/trial
Learn Chinese (Mandarin) with the teacher Eleanor Xu.
5.0

681 Lessons

Eleanor Xu

Professional Teacherid verified
Kids
Test Preparation
Business
Speaks :Chinese (Mandarin)
Native
Chinese (Other)
Native
English

friendly and comfortable lesson During my school life, I served as a teaching assistant in the class of international students. I am willing to help them. This experience not only helped me get teaching experience, but also friendship. I worked as an English teacher after graduation. Now I'm a mandarin teacher on line. I will continue to engage in the Chinese teaching because I love it.

USD 10.00/trial
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Frequently asked questions

What level of Chinese do I need to have before taking conversational Chinese classes?

Before taking conversational Chinese classes, it’s recommended that you have at least a basic understanding of the language, ideally at a beginner (A1) or lower-intermediate (A2) level. This would include being familiar with basic vocabulary, simple sentence structures, and common phrases. While it’s possible to start conversational lessons as a complete beginner, having some foundation in pronunciation (like tones) and basic characters will make the process smoother and more effective.

Conversational Chinese classes are designed to help you improve speaking and listening skills, so knowing some basic grammar and vocabulary will allow you to participate in conversations more easily. If you’re a beginner, your tutor will likely focus on building your confidence and helping you practice simple conversations. If you’re at a more intermediate level, the focus can shift to more complex sentence structures and deeper discussions.

Can I take online conversational Chinese classes?

Yes, you can definitely take online conversational Chinese classes, and italki is a great platform for this! It offers one-on-one lessons with native Chinese-speaking tutors who can help you practice speaking, improve your listening skills, and build your confidence in real-life conversations. Whether you’re a beginner or more advanced, you can find a tutor who tailors lessons to your specific needs, helping you focus on topics that interest you, like daily life, travel, or business Chinese. Online conversational Chinese classes are highly flexible, allowing you to schedule lessons at times that suit you, and you can learn from the comfort of your own home.

How many classes do I need to take to become fluent in Chinese?

The number of classes needed to become fluent in Chinese depends on several factors, including your starting level, learning goals, and how much time you can dedicate to studying. For beginners, fluency can take several years to achieve, with consistent study and practice. On average, it might take around 600 to 1,200 hours of study to reach conversational fluency, which can equate to about 1-2 years of regular lessons.

However, becoming fluent also involves immersion, practice outside of lessons, and exposure to the language in different contexts. The key is consistency – taking lessons regularly, engaging in conversations, and practicing vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar. Additionally, actively using the language in real-world situations will significantly speed up your progress.

Setting specific milestones and working closely with a tutor on conversational practice can help accelerate your learning and give you a clearer idea of how many lessons you might need to become fluent.

Who are the tutors that will be teaching the conversational Chinese classes?

The tutors teaching conversational Chinese classes on italki are native speakers or highly proficient speakers of Chinese, with a variety of teaching backgrounds and expertise. Some tutors are professional language instructors with formal teaching qualifications, while others are informal teachers with extensive experience in helping learners improve their conversational skills. These tutors come from diverse regions where Chinese is spoken, offering a range of accents and dialects (Mandarin, Cantonese, etc.).

Many tutors also specialize in different areas, such as business Chinese, travel vocabulary, or preparing for Chinese language exams. You can choose a tutor based on your personal learning goals, preferences, and their teaching style. Tutor profiles on italki include information about their qualifications, experience, teaching methods, and reviews from other students, helping you select the right match for your conversational practice.

How do I sign up for conversational Chinese classes?

To sign up for conversational Chinese classes on italki, follow these steps:

Create an Account: If you don’t already have an account, visit italki.com and sign up by entering your email or connecting through a social media account.

Browse Tutors: Once logged in, go to the “Teachers” section and search for conversational Chinese tutors. You can filter your search based on criteria like availability, teaching style, experience, and reviews from other students.

Check Tutor Profiles: Review the profiles of different tutors, which include their qualifications, lesson offerings, teaching approach, and availability. Many tutors also offer trial lessons, allowing you to get a feel for their teaching style before committing to a regular class.

Book a Lesson: Once you find a tutor you like, click on their profile and choose a time slot that fits your schedule. You’ll be able to select the lesson type (such as conversational practice or specific skills) and pay for the lesson directly through the platform.

Start Learning: After booking, you’ll be able to join your lesson through italki’s video call feature. You can communicate directly with your tutor to focus on improving your conversational skills.

Ready to start learning Chinese today? Sign up now to find the perfect Chinese teacher for you and take your language skills to the next level!