Conclusion

We hope you enjoyed this short taster course. You should now have some understanding about the structure of the Chinese language, the pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese, pinyin and characters and a few cultural practices of the use of professional titles and lucky numbers. Now that you have learned how to greet, say your name, nationality and numbers in Chinese, you may wish to progress your learning further by following The Open University’s Chinese language and cultural courses [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] . Alternatively you may be interested in The Open University’s Level 1 30-credit Beginner’s Chinese module. The course expands on what you have learnt here and teaches Mandarin Chinese and simplified characters.