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The Best Chinese Course | ZERO to INTERMEDIATE in 46 hours (Udemy.com)

Learn Chinese Language: Speaking, Listening, Reading, Writing | Learning Mandarin not through HSK book | for beginners

Created by: Nuri Binnatov

Last updated January 2023

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What you will learn

  • Speak Chinese on almost any topic in your daily life
  • Improve Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing skills
  • Understand Chinese Characters (Simplified)
  • Learn common used Mandarin Words and Sentences
  • Understand Chinese Grammar
  • Get clear Chinese Pronunciation
  • Understand Chinese Tones and Pinyin
  • Learn how to have a Conversation in Chinese

How it compares

Against the other 535 rated Udemy courses in Language Learning on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.8 out of 5higher than 82% of them
  • Reviews455#278 of 536 by number of reviews
  • Length46.6 hourslonger than 95% of them
  • Last updatedJanuary 2023earlier than 61% of them

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Course Description

你好, my friend! Perhaps you are an absolute beginner in Chinese language or have studied before, but now you have forgotten a lot, it's okay, this course is for absolute beginners who want to learn Mandarin Chinese well and in a fun way.


Each Section of this course will have Two Chapters and each chapter will have Five Videos:

  1. Vocabulary Words

  2. Writing Characters

  3. Grammar

  4. Dialogue

  5. Speaking Practice


  1. Vocabulary Words. In this section, we will learn how to pronounce words correctly, we will learn their meanings and I will use these words in examples, we will make sentences.

  2. Writing Characters. This exercise will also help us to remember characters better. This part is for those who like to write characters. But this is not necessary, in real life we will very rarely need to write characters by hand, since now many people type on smartphones and computers.

  3. Grammar. Here I will explain in detail the different types of grammar with different examples. These grammars will also be applied in the Dialogue part of the same lesson. In this part, you can also improve your reading skills at the same time as we read the sentences.

  4. Dialogues. Here we will read the texts of interesting stories, we will practice the words and grammar that we learned in the chapter. Here we will also listen to audio and watch video of the dialogues to better recognize the words. I recommend watching the video several times to better practice reading, listening and pronunciation.

  5. Speaking Practice. I know it's not really easy to learn to speak the language through video lessons, so I tried to make our course as useful as possible for you, and added a series of videos to practice Speaking Chinese and improve your listening skills. Here I ask you a question in Chinese, you can stop the video and try to formulate the answer. And I will also give you a 'potential answer' so that you can know how to answer such a question. If it is not clear what I said, it's okay, at the end of the video I will show you the answers that I gave to those questions, and their translations into English.


At the end of each section, I also prepared Assignments for you to translate texts from English into Chinese, this will help you learn to think better in Chinese. In total there are in this course 40 Quizzes, 20 Assignments, 20 Listening Tests, as well as 2 Practice Reading Tests (in total, there will be 20 texts for Reading Practice), where you can test your knowledge and improve your skills.

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At the beginning, I will teach very slowly, and over time, once you have a certain foundation of Chinese, I will gradually increase the pace of teaching, with each lesson I will teach faster and faster. I think that this is very important, given the fact that each student receives information differently, someone needs faster, and someone needs more slowly. But, my dear friend, at any time you can play the video faster by adjusting the speed, you will have such a function in the player.

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I tried to create a course that will really help you learn Chinese well.
But first I would like to give some useful tips and recommendations:

  1. Please do not listen to those who say that you can learn Chinese with the pinyin system only. Why? Because you can learn from pinyin, but up to a certain point, then pinyin will not help, Chinese will not be entirely clear to you. If you go to China, you'll realize that in real life, pinyin won't be that important. If you want to learn Chinese well, it is very important to be friends with Chinese characters, and pinyin will be a great tool for learning characters, as well as working on our pronunciation, and we will use pinyin for this.

  2. In this course, please take your time and work on each lesson of the course in detail, complete quizzes and be sure that you already recognize all the words and only then move on to the next lesson. Since all lessons are sequentially connected to each other, it is important to take your time and work on each lesson well so that the next lessons do not seem too difficult.


After completing all the lessons, you will be able to communicate freely on a lot of topics related to travel, university life, work, personal life, sports, family, shopping and many others. This course is perfect for people who are going to live in China.


Together we can do it, my dear friend! Let's start our journey! :)

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Instructor Details

Nuri Binnatov

Hi 你好! My name is Nuri (李响). I'm so happy that you are interested in learning Chinese!

I live in the beautiful city of Baku on the coast of the Caspian Sea. I am a Chinese language interpreter. I have engaged in simultaneous and consecutive interpretation at summits, international official forums, and for the president of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

I have been studying Chinese for a long time. I graduated from Baku State University with a degree in Chinese studies. I also studied Chinese at one of the top universities in China, Nanjing Normal University (南京师范大学). For about five years, I even lived and worked in the ancient capital of China in the city of Nanjing.

I have a great deal of experience teaching Mandarin to a huge number of students around the world.

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Reviews

4.8

455 ratings on Udemy

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By Roman Savov on 2/8/2026

I really like this course. The pace is reasonable for a beginner and the instructor is very engaging. I would definitely recommend this course for anyone who wants to start with chinese.

By Mak The Mirrorkeeper on 10/3/2025

I love that this course is all about repeating pronunciations and understanding through the way that things sound in your mouth instead of just reading words and trying to guess what they mean or how they sound. The instructor is extremely good at helping with repetition and teaches in a way that is very easy to understand and pace. I'm already having a MUCH easier time with this course than any other foreign language course I've taken before, and I speak 3.

By Víctor Pérez Quesada on 8/28/2025

Now I will be able to speak chinese with my chinese girlfriend. I am merely getting started but this the best way to study chinese I have found. Good pacing, a lot of repeating, being encouraged to stop the video and think the anwers, good pronunciation for beginners, etc.

By Bhupal Achari Anagondi on 1/8/2025

I really like the flow and able to understand easily. I Had to see 2 or 3 times the same the lecture and had to practice. Thanks for making me understand this language.

By Adri Nel on 4/10/2024

Great for beginning from scratch. I love how I have an understanding of not only the tones, but also learned more about Pinyin in a different way than other learning materials I've used. I like the simple explanations.

By Lars Cichowski on 2/18/2024

He is not using his own material. Instead from a textbook. In daily life I am not going to ask somebody when I meet them for the first time if they are a teacher or a student. Also during the lessons he says: please repeat but doesn't pause but almost instantly continues with his lesson. Of course i could stop the video at that time but that's not clear and would be annoying to do that all the time. Also with the character writing lessons, no explanation is given there. You just have to follow the lessons. Would be good to understand that the lines can't be too low or too high etc...

By Izabela Chmielowska on 1/10/2024

Perfect with IC as basis! Pls, pls, pls create another course for IC3 and IC 4! Easy to understand, good explanations, Mr. Binnatov really goes through everything very systematically. 很好!

By JANET ESPADA on 11/1/2023

I love the Teacher's method of teaching!!! He has a logical, systematic, organized way of delivering every lesson. He can simplify the most complex lesson I. Chinese. His voice is calming and his expression is kind. Being a total beginner (I feel like a student in the nursery grade) , I am able to follow his stead because he does it like a mother, guiding me in every step and giving me examples, showing the way, demonstrating (I can write volumes about his expertise) and above all, assessing my progress. The content is very comprehensive; it covers all the basics that will lay a very solid foundation in learning Chinese. This course is true to its name. It is indeed the BEST CHINESE COURSE EVER! I highly recommend this course to everyone wanting to learn Chinese the fun and easy way.Looking for a Teacher? This is where you should be!!! Enroll now and let's learn Chinese together! ❤️

By Ilona Stemburis on 2/1/2023

Hi Nuri, I thank you from the bottom of my heart! This course is a real treasure!!! I feel so lucky that I chose your course :) I can finally start learning Chinese with pleasure! Good luck!

By Barry Hayles on 1/22/2023

I don't usually write reviews, but I felt it was important to state just how well constructed this course is. Even if we ignore the sheer value for money due to the total hours of teaching in this course, which goes far beyond your average Chinese language course, it is immediately clear that this teacher is a professional and really has poured his heart into making the course the best it can be. With the exception of speaking, which this teacher also states is a weakness of any language course where you don't get to speak directly with someone, every aspect of Chinese language practice has been covered. I have been really enjoying this course, not only is it fun, but it is really informative and crammed full of interesting grammar and additional practice. The teacher has also provided regular tests to help you practice what has been learnt, and due to the massive number of hours in this course, it has helped me remember what I have learnt. It is obvious that this has been a labour of love. In summary, I cannot rate this course enough, if you are looking to learn Chinese, you will not find a better course on Udemy. I have not finished the whole course yet ( due to time commitments and not the course itself) but I can already feel that my Chinese has improved alot because of Mr. Binnatov. If you are reading this, Mr. Binnatov, please start making the 'Intermediate to Advanced Course'. I would definitely buy that one too.

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