I am learning in the same way. I can recommend some sites which I use often: - http://www.standardmandarin.com/chinesephrases (with audio) - http://chinese.travel-way.net/ (with audio) http://www.chinese-tools.com/phrasebook Other than that, there are videos / channels on youtube. All the best!

There are 100's of sites with Mandarin starting courses. Just from the first google page: http://www.chinese-tools.com/learn/chinese http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/real_chinese/ http://www.chinese-lessons.com/mandarin/ http://www.freechineselessons.com/lessons.php http://www.clearchinese.com/learn-chinese/index.htm My advise is, even you want Pinyin, have a good look at the characters anyway. It's easier then you think to learn a few and it really helps to remember (due to visual association).

the basic chinese is very important for you,so maybe you need to take some sessions on italki to learn it,some tutors here are very professional,if you need my help,feel free to tell me~good luck

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